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GeoffC · 07-31-2010, 05:24 AM

leema

Welcome to mobileread .....

neilmarr · 07-31-2010, 08:05 AM

Yep. Good to have you join us, Leema. Slainte. Neil

Trebro · 07-31-2010, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurt

sad but true - i've never actually read "Dracula"
(until now)

half way through

hey, it was included with the 150 free books

good read but i find "Mina" really annoying

I had never read Dracula until I got my nook, and I was shocked by how much I liked it. Not an amazing book by any means, but I thought it was pretty good and well worth reading. Stoker's pacing is very Victorian, but I liked the ebb and flow of the drama.

Trebro · 07-31-2010, 12:30 PM

Forgot to mention I'm reading the first book of Tales from the Green series, by an author who posted here to MR. About 1/3 of the way through a book that has a touch of Harry Potter and a touch of Tolkien in it, and am happy so far.

Tales from the Green book 1

DixieGal · 07-31-2010, 01:52 PM

Don't interrupt me. I'm halfway thru The Long Goodbye and have to see how this ends. Go make your own breakfast and leave me alone.

That was a quote from this morning. I can't seem to put this book down.

kennyc · 07-31-2010, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

Don't interrupt me. I'm halfway thru The Long Goodbye and have to see how this ends. Go make your own breakfast and leave me alone.

That was a quote from this morning. I can't seem to put this book down.

thinkpad · 07-31-2010, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

Don't interrupt me. I'm halfway thru The Long Goodbye and have to see how this ends. Go make your own breakfast and leave me alone.
That was a quote from this morning. I can't seem to put this book down.

Now you've got me interested. I'm in the middle of the Swedish author Jan Guillous memoires and thought I would perhaps skip this months MR read but now I'm not so sure.

DixieGal · 07-31-2010, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thinkpadx

Now you've got me interested. I'm in the middle of the Swedish author Jan Guillous memoires and thought I would perhaps skip this months MR read but now I'm not so sure.

It's a fast read, so you could get back to the memoirs soon. It's mostly first-person monolog, so there isn't really a stopping place. I'm enjoying it more than I ever expected.

jgaiser · 07-31-2010, 02:55 PM

Stayed up late to finish it myself. Thought I had it all figured out. Until the ending.

FlorenceArt · 07-31-2010, 04:08 PM

You guys are making me want to re-read Chandler again

I just downloaded all I could find on MR.

In the meantime, I'm almost finished with The City and The City. Enjoyable but not Miéville's best, I think. I'm also reading Virgin with Butterflies, a Harlequin "vintage" book from the 1950's. I love this kind of books and remember buying one or two in the used books booths along the Seine when I was a student. This one is delightfully funny, naive and old-fashioned, and the main character is very lovable (although a bit too naive sometimes, but she's smart too. And I guess naive was something a young woman was supposed to be in these days. She is also, of course, very virtuous and constantly escaping from the paws of mean men trying to attempt to her virtue, or virtuous men wanting to marry her. I think I know which one will get her in the end).

ShortNCuddlyAm · 07-31-2010, 05:01 PM

Not reading any ebooks at present, but have three pbooks on the go:
Stitch 'n bitch - The Knitter's Handbook
Dr Hessayon's The Bedside Book of the Garden
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's The River Cottage Meat Book

Plus two I'm using for inspiration, so flicking through rather than reading:
David Ellwand's Fairie-ality and Fairie-ality Style

WT Sharpe · 07-31-2010, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

...Stitch 'n bitch - The Knitter's Handbook...

It's a good thing that book has the subtitle, The Knitter's Handbook, otherwise someone might assume it's about a cantankerous surgeon.

kennyc · 07-31-2010, 06:17 PM

Nip and tuck, stitch and bitch..

recluse · 07-31-2010, 06:37 PM

"Stitchin' Bitches: The Life of a Plastic Surgeon"

Ea · 07-31-2010, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by recluse

"Stitchin' Bitches: The Life of a Plastic Surgeon"

Have you no mercy?

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07-31-2010, 05:24 AM	#5776
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	leema Welcome to mobileread .....

07-31-2010, 08:05 AM	#5777
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Yep. Good to have you join us, Leema. Slainte. Neil

07-31-2010, 12:30 PM	#5779
Trebro Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 14 Join Date: May 2010 Device: nook	Forgot to mention I'm reading the first book of Tales from the Green series, by an author who posted here to MR. About 1/3 of the way through a book that has a touch of Harry Potter and a touch of Tolkien in it, and am happy so far. Tales from the Green book 1

07-31-2010, 01:52 PM	#5780
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Don't interrupt me. I'm halfway thru The Long Goodbye and have to see how this ends. Go make your own breakfast and leave me alone. That was a quote from this morning. I can't seem to put this book down.

07-31-2010, 02:55 PM	#5784
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,283 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	Stayed up late to finish it myself. Thought I had it all figured out. Until the ending.

07-31-2010, 04:08 PM	#5785
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	You guys are making me want to re-read Chandler again I just downloaded all I could find on MR. In the meantime, I'm almost finished with The City and The City. Enjoyable but not Miéville's best, I think. I'm also reading Virgin with Butterflies, a Harlequin "vintage" book from the 1950's. I love this kind of books and remember buying one or two in the used books booths along the Seine when I was a student. This one is delightfully funny, naive and old-fashioned, and the main character is very lovable (although a bit too naive sometimes, but she's smart too. And I guess naive was something a young woman was supposed to be in these days. She is also, of course, very virtuous and constantly escaping from the paws of mean men trying to attempt to her virtue, or virtuous men wanting to marry her. I think I know which one will get her in the end).

07-31-2010, 05:01 PM	#5786
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Not reading any ebooks at present, but have three pbooks on the go: Stitch 'n bitch - The Knitter's Handbook Dr Hessayon's The Bedside Book of the Garden Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's The River Cottage Meat Book Plus two I'm using for inspiration, so flicking through rather than reading: David Ellwand's Fairie-ality and Fairie-ality Style

07-31-2010, 06:17 PM	#5788
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,903 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Nip and tuck, stitch and bitch..

07-31-2010, 06:37 PM	#5789
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	"Stitchin' Bitches: The Life of a Plastic Surgeon"