Basically Books! discussion

Charmaine Elaine wrote: "@Tara You Against Me by Jenny Downham? If so I love that book, it's one of my favourites that I've read this year. I've not got around to Hush Hush though, is it good?"

Yup thats the one! am half way through it and so far am loving it! Hush hush has to be one of my favourite books! I would definetly recommend it! :)

Tara wrote: "Charmaine Elaine wrote: "@Tara You Against Me by Jenny Downham? If so I love that book, it's one of my favourites that I've read this year. I've not got around to Hush Hush though, is it good?"

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The ending is so perfect. I want their to be another book after it. I'll eventually get around to reading Hush Hush, but then again I've only just bought The Hunger Games trilogy lol

Finally finished and reading It's really good so far!

Charmaine Elaine wrote: "Tara wrote: "Charmaine Elaine wrote: "@Tara You Against Me by Jenny Downham? If so I love that book, it's one of my favourites that I've read this year. I've not got around to Hush Hush though, is ..."

now i really hwant to get to the end quick! :L Oh really! I want to read the badly! I think all just borrow them off a friend of mine though! :)lol

Haha. I read that book really quickly, that's how much I liked it. Really? I thought I was the only person who hadn't read them. I don't have any friends that read and I like to buy my books, so I bought them lol. =)

Nope am with you on not reading them! at least am not alone anymore though!:) yeh i like to own my own to but i just bought a few books there so i better not spend all my money! =)

It's a relief to know that there are people like me who haven't read the Hunger Games (Okay I'm being slightly dramatic but never mind lol). Yeah, it's probably a good idea to save some money, just ashame I didn't think of it before lol

I'm now reading which is unusual for me, since I have had a slight distaste for James Bond from the age of five.

Louise wrote: "I'm now reading which is unusual for me, since I have had a slight distaste for James Bond from the age of five."

I know the feeling with James Bond but my brother loves it (films and books) so I got round the problem of having to watch the movies by buying my mum a TV. =D

What's the book like?

you know, this seems to be the most commen part that people talk about (though the group is called basically books)which im kinda happy about that we still have active forums, just not all the others are being used, so anybody got any ideas to help out the group?

but, since im commenting, im also currently reading really good and very different to other kind of books :D

I've finally finished and I have to admit it was pretty good, but really heavy going. So I'm going to lighten my mood by reading it sounds so funny. I can't wait to read it, so I think I'm going to start lol

So any way, since I finished I thought I'd just edit this post to say that I'm now reading

Hey everyone, i am back!! My internet is back !!
And i will be commenting now!!

I am currently re-reading some books!
LoL

Currently reading Water for Elephants and thinking about starting Lover Unleashed

I'm reading Prophecy of the Sisters by Alyxandra Harvey, then I'll read either Delirium by Lauren Oliver, The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong, or Afterlife by Claudia Gray, not sure which yet though! :L

Im currently reading Heartstone by c.j.sansom and i just started the dragon keeper by robin hobb

Bella wrote: "I'm reading Prophecy of the Sisters by Alyxandra Harvey, then I'll read either Delirium by Lauren Oliver, The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong, or Afterlife by Claudia Gray, not sure which yet though! :L"

Please read Delirium, it is amazing!

Tara-jayne wrote: "Bella wrote: "I'm reading Prophecy of the Sisters by Alyxandra Harvey, then I'll read either Delirium by Lauren Oliver, The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong, or Afterlife by Claudia Gray, not sure whi..."

Oooh is Delirium good? I've been wanting to get that one.

yes it is good!

I might get it, the next time I'm allowed. Which isn't going to be for a while since my mum said I could spend £55 on Converse =D

lol!!! i hate not having allot of money!

I know, but my mum owes me some and I have weird feet which means my shoes go really quickly but my Converse lasted for over a year so she's seeing them as an investment lol (this isn't about books but it's the reason why I can't buy any lol)

Charmaine Elaine wrote: "I know, but my mum owes me some and I have weird feet which means my shoes go really quickly but my Converse lasted for over a year so she's seeing them as an investment lol (this isn't about books..."

well, its ok!

I've finished and I have to admit I'm confused at all the hype. I really didn't enjoy it, but I'm pressing on anyway and I'm now reading I hope it's better than the first.

I loved the hunger games!! and the second one is way better!! lol

Most people have but I just didn't. I'm weird like that lol Oooh! Really?

yep yep!! allot better!

Yay! I shan't give up hope just yet then.

Tara-jayne wrote: "Bella wrote: "I'm reading Prophecy of the Sisters by Alyxandra Harvey, then I'll read either Delirium by Lauren Oliver, The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong, or Afterlife by Claudia Gray, not sure whi..."

I don't know which one to choose :L I think I'm going to read If I Stay, but then I'll read Delirium :D

ok :D

I have finished and have started I thought book 2 was better than the first but still find myself hating the amount of violence (maybe it's the way the violence has been written actually)

HaHa! The third one is also as good as the second one!! lol
But that is also just my opinion!! lol

lol, Well if it's only as good as the second then I'm not going to hold out any hope for it to be spectacular. It's fine though, I can live with slightly more than mediocre.

HA!! not going to say anything!! but I cried!! lol

im currently reading Revenger by Rory Clements. so far so good. =D

I'm reading I love this series =)

I started today. I had the urge to re-read this one after I just finished another story about mail order brides -

I am reading I am reading loads of books at the moment. =D

Well i have had a break of reading!! but i am back on it!
Reading

I've just started and it is a really creative set up. I think it will be a good book.

Candy wrote: "I've just started and it is a really creative set up. I think it will be a good book."

That's one of my all time favourite's. It's so amazing, it made me cry.

I am reading I would have read it over the weekend but I was watching TV. =D

Planning to start today. FINALLY!

Hi everybody. I am new to this group but I just wanted to share a book with you that I just read. It is called "One,Two...He is coming for you" by T.P.Boje. It is an e-book that I bought at amazon. It was my first e-book but I was totally blown away. If you like mystery like me I strongly recommend it. Here is the review I just posted on Amazon:

One, two ... He is coming for you is a breath taking thriller. You will never guess who the killer is! This is Scandinavian Mystery when it is best!
Rebekka Franck is a very well-known reporter in Denmark that moves back to her hometown of Karrebaeksminde. Soon after she starts her new job on a local paper the body of one of the wealthiest men in the country is found in his summer residence in the coastal town. Rebekka Franck knows him and begins to dig in his past and finds a lot of dirt on him and his friends from the same boarding school and soon she reveals a series of very dark secrets. When another man from the same boarding school is found killed she discovers the connection and the hunt for the first serial killer in Denmark has begun.
Rebekka also fights her soon to be ex-husband, who fights with all he has got to get her and their six-year old daughter back. Rebekka makes friends with her new co-worker the punk-photographer Sune and together they try to solve the mystery of who it is that is killing the rich high society men from the same boarding school. And most importantly: WHY.

This is thrilling, fascinating and very difficult to put down. And it has some really suspenseful and chillingly ugly scenes. It had me guessing all the way to the end and when I finally reached the end I did not want this story to ever stop. I LOVED IT! Now I look forward to the sequel.

wow, i must check this out!

Got a few going atm:
L'étranger - Albert Camus.
Le chevalier de la charrette (Lancelot) - Chrétien de Troyes
L'amour la fantasia - Assia Djebar

And in English:
Murder on Bank Street - Victoria Thompson
A Most Dangerous Woman - L. M. Jackson
Vicious Grace - M. L. N. Hanover

This is a lot of me considering I usually read my books one at a time!

Rea - Wow I got so confused by the French ones. (They are French right? I didn't do languages at school)

I've not heard of the English ones either but A Most Dangerous Woman sure does have an interesting title! =D

Yeah they're French! I mostly read in English but sometimes I'll go for something in French of Dutch.

Camus is of Spanish descent but he became a "French Algerian" and wrote in French.
Djebar is Algerian. She wrote in French originally as it was a way to get herself onto the world market but has since shunned the language (if I'm not mistaking her with another Algerian author) and only writes in Arabic now.
Chrétien de Troyes lived in the late 1100's. He wrote in Anglo-Norman (I think, I don't speak the language and all versions of Old French look the same to me :p) about the Knights of the Round Table. He didn't actually finish Lancelot's story and someone else finished it. He was told to what to write by the Queen, but he didn't want to write an adulterous story. All his other books feature true love.

The English ones are relatively little known. M. L. N. Hanover is the only one of the three that I found in a shop, others had to be ordered online. But he writes urban fantasy, which is very popular atm, and the name is a pseudonym for an author who already sells well under his real name.
I admit that the title A Most Dangerous Woman is what drew me to the book too :p It's Victorian mystery. I'm not sure what I think of it yet. I'll let you know my final verdict when I'm done!

Oh wow! The French books have such history. I love history.

Haha, I'm a sucker for a good title. It's amazing what books you find online.

Anyway, I'm currently reading which means I've nearly finished all of the Gossip Girl books. Thank God, I've been reading this series for years.

I finished the book I was reading so I'm now on This is the last Gossip Girl book. It's going to be nice to read something different.

I seem to be the only person commenting on what I'm reading, it's becoming like my reading diary lol, anyway I'm now reading which is a nice departure from all that Gossip Girl.