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

mrs-moneypenny

finished salmon fishing in the yemen and was amazed by how differntly the book ends compared to the film, it almost branches off into a different story. wont spoil it incase anyone else dicided to give either a go.
read for one more day over the weekend, i literately couldnt put it down. really well written.

ruby_eskimo

I always keep forgetting to come and update this thread!

In the past week I have finished, 'An Idiot Abroad' and 'Twisted', 'Ruthless' and 'Stunning' in the Pretty Little Liars series. It's really being dragged out and I just want her to end the thing. I thought that would happen in 'Stunning' but nooooooo there's apparently another book coming out in December and it still might not end there...

On to 'The Great Gatsby', can't believe I've never read this either!

blindtoast

Finished "The Future of Us". It was a fairly predictable ending tho I couldn't work out how it'd get to it! I liked that the point of view of each chapter kept swapping between the two main characters

Started "Hybrids" by David Thorpe - so far so good

ruby_eskimo

Finished 'Gastsby' and 'City of the Beasts' by Isabelle Allende (one of my fave authors). On to 'The Devil in the White City' (an IN to declare I'm afraid). It's a read for my book club and to be honest I'm not really looking forward to reading it, it's not my kind of thing at all. But I guess it's good to broaden my horizons!

Oh and I ordered 'The Forest of the Pygmies' (again by Isabelle Allende) because it's the last one in that particular trilogy that I haven't got round to. To be fair it was £2.80 in the amazon marketplace (and an order fulfilled by amazon, so free shipping!)

mrs-moneypenny

started tuesdays with morrie last night, 1/4 way through already

ruby_eskimo

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

started tuesdays with morrie last night, 1/4 way through already

I have this on my "To be read pile" as well. Might pick it up after I've finished the beast I'm on at the moment.

blindtoast

Finished "Hybrids" today. Not sure what to think about it. The concept was interesting and the plot was twisty. Didn't see where it was going at all. It ended very abruptly tho and on a bit of a cliffhanger which seems to set it up for a sequel but there isn't one so I assume it was just the ending.
It was written in 1st person with each chapter swapping the POV, this was quite hard to get into - didn't feel like the author wrote from the girls POV as well as from the boys, which made me care more about the boys story - tho he was the main character so maybe this was on purpose!

Next up is "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy - have heard good things about it so looking forward to giving it a go

Giggles86

I'm not getting anywhere with Lord of The Rings. I'll have to come back to it later. Might start on a Jodi Picoult book as I have so many of them I've not got round to reading!

charlies_mum

Part way through Fifty Shades Freed, but have to stop and read something else every few chapters.

Just read Peter James, Dead Simple, brilliant. Now reading Jeffrey Archer prison diaries part 3, Heaven.

Have more Peter James lined up and Harlen Coben. Loved Tuesdays with Morrie and Five People you meet in Heaven.

blindtoast

Giggles86 wrote: »

I'm not getting anywhere with Lord of The Rings. I'll have to come back to it later. Might start on a Jodi Picoult book as I have so many of them I've not got round to reading!

I'm the same with Jodi Picoult - think I have about 6 around the house I need to read!