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| Topic Started: Apr 20 2010, 06:02:51 PM (1,531 Views) | |
| AmbroseChick | Apr 20 2010, 06:02:51 PM Post #1 |
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I am an avid reader - if anyone has any recommendations please pass them along. I am reading A Short History of Australia by Manning Clark - good but not the best Australian history book that I've read. I'm also reading a book called Culture Shock Australia written by a woman from Perth. Its very good and she's very readable. I don't have a fun book on the go at the moment. |
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| caspercorb | Apr 20 2010, 06:22:23 PM Post #2 |
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Sounds like you're into non-fiction? If you want some fiction I just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett- it was fantastic. I had the audio book and if there was a ever a book to "listen to" this is it- It's narrated by multiple women and it's fascinating to actually hear their accents, terminology. Highly recommend it. Also really liked The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Girl Who Played With Fire- both very good. |
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| CynicalCountess | Apr 20 2010, 07:15:40 PM Post #3 |
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I'm working on Arthur C Clarke's Richter 10. Definitely interesting! |
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| rambleonrose | Apr 20 2010, 08:23:10 PM Post #4 |
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I just finished Jodi Picoults New Book... I guess the best book I've read in a long time is the Book thief by Marcus Zusack |
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| adamcarpenter | Apr 20 2010, 08:53:56 PM Post #5 |
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Books hmmmm............. just cant get over $40 for a paperback (granted I still buy them) good thing I get books thrown in anytime I get a box from the states. Looking forward to last night at twisted river by John Irving. |
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| kimandmarc | Apr 20 2010, 09:08:50 PM Post #6 |
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I'm so behind in the game. Reading Bill Bryson's Down Under. It's so funny. Is there a book swapping section on this site? Maybe could work by region? |
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| miki | Apr 20 2010, 09:27:39 PM Post #7 |
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I too am an avid reader. What sort of books do you like? |
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| AmbroseChick | Apr 20 2010, 09:59:33 PM Post #8 |
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I love Bill Bryson's book and I recommend it to everyone. I've read all of his books and they are all excellent. John Irving is also a favorite author of mine. I love any book except scary ones... I'm a real wimp when it comes to anything scary. I am too cheap to buy the expensive Australian books as well so I fully utilize my local public library. The libraries here on the Gold Coast are good but few and far between... I have to travel about 20 minutes to get to the nearest one. I used to live in Portland which really spoils a person for public library access. I haven't utilized it yet but there is an active book swap that goes on between members of our local Freecycle group - normally someone gives away a box of books and then things get passed along. Maybe every YDU meet and greet should include a bring your favorite book to swap?  |
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| crapola | Apr 20 2010, 10:24:12 PM Post #9 |
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where on earth are you buying them to be paying that much for a book? i wouldnt pay that much for a hardback!!! i get books at big w for less than $20 for the large paperbacks. i love psychological thrillers (jonathan kellerman, faye kellerman, michael connelly, kathy reichs (but cant stand "bones" on tv), linda fairstein, etc), or political thrillers (tom clancy, vince flynn, david rollins, david baldacci, etc). |
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| Bindie | Apr 20 2010, 10:38:53 PM Post #10 |
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Oh me? I am currently reading the back of this here pack of Reeces Peanutbutter Cups. All I can make out are a bunch numbers that I am sure translate to YUM. Nomnomnommm Oh and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest is my current read, but I read Lunch in Paris by Elizabeth Bard not long ago and loved it. Great book for those living in another country for love and those who love food. |
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| dtwilcox | Apr 20 2010, 11:02:06 PM Post #11 |
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Bill Bryson's book is excellent. I've also read the Culture Shock Australia book after finding it at my local library. Currently, I'm reading "The World Turned Upside Down", which is an anthology of classic sci-fi that is hard to find in print. I also have "Is God A Mathematician?", "House of Leaves" and "Beginning iPhone 3 Development" on my stack of read-pause-read books. Most of my time these days is spent in the garden (spring up here), working my day job or working on my software startup (note the last book on my list). |
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| AmbroseChick | Apr 20 2010, 11:27:03 PM Post #12 |
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Is God a Mathematician sounds like a really good book... I don't know if I could bite into Beginning iPhone 3 Development LOL |
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| CynicalCountess | Apr 21 2010, 12:56:50 AM Post #13 |
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Mom? When did you move to SA? She also loves Harlan Coben - she's mostly a crime reader. |
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| Culturally Confused | Apr 21 2010, 05:28:52 PM Post #14 |
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Hi, I'm sorta new here. I'm reading the Elm Creek Quilt series, sort of going through it haphazardly. It's set in Waterford Pennsylvania, which is funny because I live in Waterford Queensland. It's fiction revolving around quilters and their lives. I'm also reading The Kimberley by Di Morrisey, which is pretty good -- I liked it so much that I bought another one of hers, The Island, but haven't started it yet. Just finished Wishin' and Hopin', by Wally Lamb; I've got all his novels, although I've only read She's Come Undone, which was excellent -- but very intense. I like most of Stephen King's work, but some of it is formulaic. I also get into trashy romance novels now and then, but don't have any on the go at the moment. I'm a voracious reader and read most anything, most of the time. I read whenever I get the chance - waiting for kids at school, at red lights, over lunch, etc. I just love to read! |
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| AmbroseChick | Apr 21 2010, 08:18:54 PM Post #15 |
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Welcome to the group Thanks for the suggestions - I haven't heard of Di Morrisey but given the title of her novels I'm assuming she's Aussie? I've read She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb - very very good book but yes very intense. I always have to have several books on the go at any given time. |
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| adamcarpenter | Apr 21 2010, 09:32:22 PM Post #16 |
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Yeah Big W has some cheap books....but the selection leaves something to be desired. |
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| Bindie | Apr 21 2010, 10:15:23 PM Post #17 |
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Hiya. I have the Elm Creek Quilt serious on top of my bed headboard waiting to be read. Do you enjoy it? I really need something to sink my teeth after the 3rd Millenium book. . . |
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| crapola | Apr 21 2010, 11:14:26 PM Post #18 |
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guess it depends on what you're looking for. i do notice, however, that store location makes a difference when it comes to the book selection at big w. if i cant find what i want there, i'll order it through amazon.com. |
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| Samantha | Apr 23 2010, 07:16:45 PM Post #19 |
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I am a big reader, and if the reading has little to do with what I am formally studying (education) all the better HAHA. I mix it up with fiction and non-fiction: 1. Gone with the Wind (finally, Mom is pleased) 2.) Fight Club (okkkkkkk interesting. Not nearly as good as the movie, not into the writing style.) 3.) Trumpet of the Swan (Ok this is teen book, I found it randomly in the Uni library and had to read it again because this was my favourite as a child! So glade I did, this book about a swan who has no voice but later becomes famous when a stolen trumpet takes the voices place is an especially great story about invididual differences and overcoming the odds.) 4.)Survivors: an Oral History of the Armenian Genocide. ( Reading at the moment...Excellent, but emotionally/politically difficult reading as I have been to Turkey and have Turkish and Armenian friends.) |
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| miki | Apr 23 2010, 11:28:41 PM Post #20 |
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I love "Gone with the wind". I read it first when I was 16. One of the popular girls at school asked me to recommend a good book to her. I thought she would like GWTW because she reminded me a bit of Scarlett. Well, this girl who hardly ever read anything devoured GWTW and then came back to ask if I could recommend another book "like that". There is no other book quite like that. Although interestingly I have since read that critics think Margaret Mitchell may have based Scarlett partly on Becky Sharp in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair". Another of my favourite books. But I don't think Scarlett was quite as calculating as Becky Sharp. |
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