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I spend my Sundays unwinding and spending hours reading books. Share your favourite books here!

 

The last book I read: 12 Years A Slave- Solomon Northup

  • Page turner! Very graphic, couldn't bring myself to watch the movie :3

 

The book I am currently reading: Love Without Limits- Nick Vujicic 

  • Very inspirational!

 

Books I want to read next: The Alchemist-Paulo Coelho 

  • Apparently a good read, can't wait to start it

 

What are your favourite books? Share your recomendations here 

 

matilda

jvkn
jvknPosted 01-02-2015 05:05 PM

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lokifish
lokifishPosted 30-12-2016 11:57 AM

@Chessca_H Ah I loved that Susan Cain book! It makes some great arguments for why introversion is actually awesome 😛

 
 
 
 
Chessca_H
Chessca_HPosted 30-12-2016 05:22 PM

@lokifish Definitely, I read her first book and loved it so I'm looking forward to seeing what she does with the follow up 🙂

 
 
letitgo
letitgoPosted 28-12-2016 08:49 AM

I just finished Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult. It was one of my Christmas presents. I enjoyed it, but I have to say, not even Jodi can bring me to sympathise with the prejudiced couple in the novel. My favourite of hers is still definitely Handle With Care.

 
MintyMary
MintyMaryPosted 29-11-2016 02:54 AM

If you enjoy short stories I would give Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser a read! Recently finished reading Ready Player One and now can't wait to see the film version! Hopefully they don't mess it up!

 
 
N1ghtW1ng
N1ghtW1ngPosted 29-11-2016 11:48 AM
@MintyMary hello and welcome to RO! I hope that the movie is good! I've never heard of the book though, maybe I'll give it a read. 🙂

I just finished Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor. Now what to read next... 😛
 
 
 
lokifish
lokifishPosted 22-12-2016 01:40 PM

I was at the library this morning and stumbled across a copy of 12 Years A Slave - I've never actually read it so I thought I'd give it a go. Preparing myself to feel all the feels haha

 
 
 
 
Chessca_H
Chessca_HPosted 27-12-2016 06:48 PM

Got some money from my brother to spend on Kindle books for Christmas and this is what I've got with it so far:

 

Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution by Shiri Eisner

Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive by Julia Serano

Quiet Power by Susan Cain

 

Just started reading Excluded yesterday, really interesting and informative so far! 

 
AnnaK
AnnaKPosted 18-11-2016 09:54 PM

Has anyone read Six of Crows? I totally recommend that one!!!

 
 
letitgo
letitgoPosted 21-11-2016 07:20 PM

Oooh, no @AnnaK, haven't read that one either. What's it about?

 
 
 
N1ghtW1ng
N1ghtW1ngPosted 21-11-2016 07:41 PM
So I bought the first Magnus Chase book today 😄 I'm considering reading it tonight, but then again I'm not sure. Mainly because I have a problem where I literally can't stop reading (I just have to keep going!) so I'll end up being up all night and I am already exhausted enough with sleep, I don't want to know what I'd be like without it 😛
 
cupcakes_032
cupcakes_032Posted 14-11-2016 06:15 PM

@letitgo yay!! I haven't read any of his other books, but I will check them out in the holidays when there's more time. I've heard that 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' is good!

 
 
letitgo
letitgoPosted 15-11-2016 07:51 PM

@cupcakes_032 Yes, it is amazing! Apparently there's a movie of The Five People You Meet in Heaven, too, but I haven't watched it yet...

 

I put 'I Am Malalia' on hold at the library because one of my tutoring students is studying it and just got a notification that it had come in, so I hope I can pick it up tomorrow!   

 
 
 
May_
May_Posted 15-11-2016 08:57 PM
I just got 'Americanah' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has anyone read it?? 🙂
 
 
 
 
letitgo
letitgoPosted 21-11-2016 07:20 PM

No @May_, I haven't read that one! It's going on my list! How are you finding it?

 
 
 
 
 
May_
May_Posted 23-11-2016 12:58 AM
@letitgo I have only just started really but its so good so far! 🙂
 
 
 
 
 
letitgo
letitgoPosted 23-11-2016 09:18 PM

Glad you're enjoying it @May_! I'm soooo close to finishing Eva Luna. I'm torn between finishing that and reading more of the other books I'm reading - so many choices!

 
 
 
 
N1ghtW1ng
N1ghtW1ngPosted 16-11-2016 09:50 PM
Guess what I totally bought today... the box set of Heroes of Olympus!! :D:D:D:D It's okay because I don't own any of them yet, I've only read them on my kindle and I'm so happy to finally own them! I almost bought the first Magnus Chase book, and if I'm there and it's still there I think I might, if I haven't bought it online yet. (The online purchasing world is scary :P)
 
 
 
 
 
AnnaK
AnnaKPosted 18-11-2016 09:53 PM

Hahahaha I agree. I always worry about what condition the books will come in Smiley LOL

 
 
N1ghtW1ng
N1ghtW1ngPosted 14-11-2016 06:40 PM
I really want to buy a bunch of books online but I also have no idea where to buy them from. (I've been on four/five different websites :P) Hopefully I'll figure it out and will be getting myself a very awesome Christmas presents! Two/three box sets and two new books! :D:D:D
 
cupcakes_032
cupcakes_032Posted 13-11-2016 02:41 PM

I liked 'Tuesdays with Morrie' by Mitch Albom. It's a relatively short book and easy to read. After I finished the book, I sort of lingered on it and was sad that there was no more of it to read - highly recommended!

 
 
letitgo
letitgoPosted 13-11-2016 06:25 PM

@cupcakes_032I loooooove Tuesdays With Morrie, and Mitch Albom's work in general. Have you read any of his other books?

 
 
Chessca_H
Chessca_HPosted 13-11-2016 05:28 PM

This might be a controversial opinion among fellow psych nerds, but I'm in the middle of reading Love's Executioner by Irving Yalom and... I'm not sure how I feel about it? Like obviously his incite into the process of therapy is amazing, but I'm not too keen on the way he tends to talk about women 😕

 
 
 
letitgo
letitgoPosted 13-11-2016 06:24 PM

@Chessca_H Considering myself a psych nerd, I'm very disappointed that I haven't heard of Love's Executioner! Going to get onto that asap.

 

Has anyone read Kate Grenville's The Leuitenant? One of my tutoring students is studying it next year, so any insights would be much appreciated!

 

I've just started reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami and I'm liking it so far.  

 
Leeseyloo_
Leeseyloo_Posted 12-10-2016 06:54 PM

i just finished reading Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

 

i absolutly fell in love with this book as it talks about the emotion behind why people choose their actions. 

 

After finishing it I went to Elizabeths Bookshop in Newtown Sydney as they do "blind dates with a book" where the book is covered with brown paper with just a few words describing the book on the front (kind of like a lucky dip) 🙂

 

i was lucky enough to select The Innocent by David Baldacci which is proving to be quite interesting 🙂

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