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  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    So glad to hear from you suzy! We where wondering if you where ok and all along you where watching more telly!! I do watch certain programmes I enjoy and I have a now.tv box in my Bedroom which means I can watch catch up telly in bed. But I always find time to do a little reading. Where did you find Never Come Back? Hope you enjoy it and look forward to the Review. :)
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hope all the bookies had a fairly good weekend! What horrible weather we had and it's going to get worse this week!! I'm dreading going out tonight in this cold going to get mega wrapped up to go and see Depeche Mode in concert at the LG Arena!! WooHoo! :D
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Ooooh! Have fun Amanda!!
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    The Concert was amazing! This morning I'm deaf and my left knee is very swollen and can hardly move it. Not sure if it's the flare up starting or just the cold. So going to keep it warm and raised today. Get kindle at reading for some reading.
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Glad you had a good time, Amanda! I finished The shock of the fall on Monday night. I really enjoyed it. I must warn you, Amanda, there is a small amount of back and forth in time, in as much as the main character is telling us his past. I hope this doesn't ruin it for you. On a positive note, though, it did win the Costa prize yesterday!

    I am now reading The girl with all the gifts which seems to be some sort of zombie story - but I am not sure yet. Again, it is gripping me!

    This weather is getting me down a bit now. The garden is turning into a swamp and the dogs are perpetually tracking mud all across the house! But it is good weather for reading. Mind you, I don't think there is bad weather for reading!!
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I haven't been well since Tuesday afternoon and was in bed Thursday and Friday but feeling better now so got lots of reading to catching up on over the horrible wet weekend!! Hope everyone has a good weekend and keep warm!!
  • suzygirl
    suzygirl Member Posts: 2,005
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hello everyone :D

    Bubba, sorry to hear you haven't been well. Hope you are feeling better.

    I have just finished reading After the Fall it is told in a back and forth fashion. I guessed what had happened way before the end, but it was a good story.

    ***/*****
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I read that one a while ago now, Suzy. I seem to remember quite enjoying it, but, like you, working out what had happened too!

    I am really enjoying The girl with all the gifts at the moment.
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi everyone wanted to make sure everyone with Kindles knows Amazon has got (I think it's) 12 Books For 99p for today! I found what looks a really good read called Coming Clean: A Memoir by Kimberly Rae Miller Basically it's about Kimberly's life growing up in a home full to the rafters of stuff due to her farther's hoarding addiction. And her poor mothers at her wits end not knowing what to do. It looks an interesting read and I can't wait to start it!!!
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I was wondering if anybody else got a book from the 12 books for 99p on Amazon yesterday? :?
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    The girl with all the gifts by M R Carey
    In essence this is a zombie story. It is set in the not-too-distant future a couple of decades after an infection turned most people into flesh eating zombies. It begins in a classroom where Melanie is being taught by Miss Justineau. From here the meat is slowly put onto the bones of the back story so that you can work out what is going on.
    It is a gripping book and it makes you think about right and wrong in odd situations.
    I award ****/*****

    Picking up Rubbernecker by Belinder Bauer next.
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you Frogmella for the review on The Girl with all the gifts. Hope you enjoy reading Rubberneck look forward to reading the review on that book. :)
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I have had a quick read of the first two chapters and it looks good so far. Really busy at the moment - inspection at school next week so need to do extra prep producing actual lesson plans rather than a brief note and a head full of ideas!! Ah well, then it's half term so not all bad!!
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Wow half term already!! They haven't long gone back to school from their Christmas break!

    Have a good weekend Book Worms, stay warm and dry! Happy reading!! :)
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hope everyone had a good weekend? I spent the weekend wrapped up in my fav furry throw. I'm now just over half way through 'You Had Me At Hello and enjoying it!
  • ichabod6
    ichabod6 Member Posts: 843
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Alphabetical by Michael Rosen is a very interesting book; a very
    refreshing change from the sludge of D Tartt's the Goldfinch,
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    ichabod have you finished reading Alphabetical or are you still reading it? If you have could you please do a review on it....Thank you.
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer

    What a good book. There were loads of twists and turns and just when you think the last surprise has been revealed there is another one! The main character is Patrick who has Asperger's syndrome and so there are similarities to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Patrick is doing and anatomy course and works out, during the dissection of his group's cadaver, that the cause of death may be murder.
    A really good, gripping read. However, I caution you that if you have fears of being in a coma it may not be the book for you. I say no more!
    Anyway I reckon ****/*****

    Going to collect The Gallery of vanished Husbands next.

    Hope the bookies are as well as possible. Hope Toni is doing ok. xx
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you frog for the review, It sounds like a very interesting book glad you enjoyed it. So your next book will be a totally different genera to the last. I do think sometimes when we read we jump from one different type of read to another without thought. One minute reading about love and happiness next murder and revenge!!

    I'm doing O.K just wish this weather would get better damp & cold does not agree with my joints!!
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    OK well I need everyone to get thinking for a book for Book Of The Month For March yep it's that time again already!! If anyone has any idea's please let me know. Hope you all had a fairly good weekend what with the awful weather.
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    HELLOOOO!! Anybody there?!! Where have all the bookies gone?!

    Well I have nearly finished You Had me At Hello it has been an enjoyable book to read, will review it properly when finished so look out for the review!!
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Sorry, Bubba! I am here!!!! I am enjoying the gallery of vanished husbands at the moment. Glad you are enjoying your current read too. I think I have chosen lots of BOTMs recently so am looking forward to someone else's suggestion!
  • suzygirl
    suzygirl Member Posts: 2,005
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hello, everyone. I have been in hospital so have been absent. Will be in and out whilst recuperating. I have just read Everyone lies by A.D. Garrett it was good, also Tall, Dark and Deadly by Heather Graham. I also started reading Hotel K a biography of Bali's most notorious jail.

    The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton It is a story told back and forth between time about a daughter who discovers more about her mothers life before she was a wife and mother. I really enjoyed the story and loved the characters.

    ****/*****
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh, Suzy, I am sorry to hear you have been in hospital again. I hope you feel better soon.

    You do seem to be enjoying these Kate Morton's. How many have you read now?? :D
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Guys,
    So sorry to hear you've been in hospital Suzy, you recoup and carry on reading, wow you have a lot of reviews to do!! :lol: Thank you for the review on The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton I'm sure a lot of other members will enjoy the book.

    Frog glad your enjoying The Gallery of the Vanished Husbands that title sounds interesting! :shock: Due to the absence of a few of our members I'm not sure what to do for Book Of The Month For March ? Unless we have a free pass so we can choose our own book for March and see what happens over the next few weeks, what do you think? :?

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