'No More Buying Books Until I've Read the Ones I've Already Bought' Thread

InaPickle

:j :j FINALLY! :j :j

I FINALLY managed to finish Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. IT has only taken 10+ library renews and dogged determination, but I got there in the end.

It's certainly interesting and debunks many of the the myths behind many of the things you think you know, as well as introducing certain scientific principles and practices in a fair amount of depth. It's a pretty slow read, though, due to the detail. And hey, Dr. Goldacre, stop being so disparaging about Humanities graduates: if you want a better standard of science/health reporting, why not start tutoring some journalists on the side?/SIZE]

scubaangel

Turned on the wireless on my Kindle again - added 112 ebooks to the to read list, have taken one of my goodreads books to work to read there as I might actually start making progress again there, so am aprt way through Clementa.

cactuspotty

Ok - confession time. I was in a second hand book shop last weekend looking for a book for a birthday present for someone and ended up buying loads of books for myself! My only defence is that they are books by one of my favourite authors which aren't in print anymore, so I couldn't just leave them there!

But I promise that I won't buy any more from now on! I've got around 35 unread books to keep me going! I will not buy, I will not buy!

I've also read two fantastic books recently - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zaf!n and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. I'd highly recommend them.

InaPickle

Tut, tut, cactuspotty!

I'm delighted to announce that I have just finished Bluebell Hollow by Bill Rogers.

At long last...I'm on a roll with the reading!

Now I just need to finish Atonement.

scubaangel

Finished Clementa over the weekend and am about half way through The Red Queen. Need to choose another book to take to work with me tomorrow though. Slowly reducing the Kindle list too though I think we all know I'll never read everything on it!

Picklepud

Flat_Eric wrote: »

Well I finished A Faint Cold Fear a short time ago and have decided to read something else now. So been on the hunt in my own little bookshop :rotfl: and have narrowed the choices to You're Next by Gregg Hurwitz, Or She dies by Greg Hurwitz or Mo Hayder, Gone.

I am drawn to Gone but I haven't read any of the other Mo Hayder books and wonder whether they should be read in order ???

your reading sounds like mine, I have not long finished a faint cold fear and loved it but having read all the ones before missed the one before this one and would have preferred to read this first. I have also read the Greg Hurwitz and have Mo Hayder but not read yet - nearly finished James Patterson but left in car so I forget the name!!!

Itsadogslife_2

I really enjoyed the first of the Larsson books. I have all three but needed to take a break for this month's book club book but will pick up the second one shortly.

I am also currently reading To Kill a Mockinbird and also popping into Chocolat every now and again.

Read John Connelly's first Charlie Parker book, Every Dead Thing and found it very good so I have been collecting the rest of that series from charity shops (and I purchased two from Amazon as they were the next ones in the series I needed ).

Whilst on holiday recently I read a Maggie O'Farrell book that I loved, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - I read it in a day and thoroughly enjoyed it - would recommend it to anyone.

Also read, A Dog at a Time, Saving the Dogs of Helmand, which is about a guy who starts taking in all of the waifs and strays in Helmand Province. As an animal lover it pulled at the heart strings quite a lot as I could completely see where he was coming from, but would imagine lots of his comrades thought he was nuts

ladsmadd

not been on here for a while seams you have all been reading hard finished reading carmen reid personal shopper, also read cathy glass mummy told me not to tell, just started reading abela the girl who saw lions by berlie doherty half way thought.

blindtoast

InaPickle wrote: »

Hello again, blindtoast! Fancy meeting you here!

Feel free to pull up a virtual squishy chair and join in. Sometime we even get virtual tea and cakes...:D

It must be fate - I generally gravitate to places with comfy chairs, tea and cake!!

lauralou83

ladsmadd wrote: »

not been on here for a while seams you have all been reading hard finished reading carmen reid personal shopper, also read cathy glass mummy told me not to tell, just started reading abela the girl who saw lions by berlie doherty half way thought.

ooo i have just finished carman reid's personal shopper too, didnt think it was as good as some of her others though, what did you think ladsmadd?
i have also just finished Dave gorman's are you dave gorman? very very funny, have got googlewack which i will start after reading the james patterson that i started last night.
ive realised there is one problem with this group, hearing the books that you are all reading makes me want to go and find them and buy more books :embarasse