What are you reading at the moment??

[Killme00]

ONE DOES NOT NIBBLE YORKIES...

[Heidi G]

Well, they do sound more appropriate to clubbing inanimate electronical objects to death when they do not obey.... 

[Lisa]

ONE DOES NOT NIBBLE YORKIES...

Chisel, then???

What's in these things, anyway?

[Killme00]

No your chisel would break...id say a kango hammer would be more like it!!

[Heidi G]

a kango hammer

er, a what?

[Killme00]

Erm...you know like a big jachammer that roadworkers use

[Heidi G]

Well, no I didn't know, but I do now. 

Now if only I could find out what's *really* in a Yorkie.  I mean, to me a Yorkie is a small dog whose been tortured with the placement of a tiny bow atop its head, tightly attached to the hair that should flop over its eyes.

[Heidi G]

Oh, and before such a great topic spins off into Yorkie bar oblivion, I just finished up a third JA mystery, am halfway through Prachett's Interesting Times (and right after I'd learned about the Chinese saying, too)  and am about to dive into Little, Big, by John Crowley; one article about him described him as "one of the best, if not the best, contemporary authors of fantasy. He is also one of the least commercially successful".  Any of you other fantasy readers tried him?

I found him after a JC talk in Portland; his newest novel, Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land was on display by the door and I stopped to browse through it, though it made me even later for my class than I already was.  But the browse was well worth it; it was put on my must buy list.  He came to Nonesuch later that week, but I wasn't able to go, much to my disappointment.

And while recently we discussed (on the old board) the fallability of Amazon reviews, I have to say that never have I seen an author get so many excellent, *well written* reviews.  I'm really looking forward to jumping into this book....

[Enuvs]

Heidi G - take a look here: http://www.nestle.co.uk/OurBrands/AboutOurBrands/ConfectioneryAndCakes/Yorkie.htm

Basically it's a very thick chunky chocolate bar.

But back to the topic...

I've recently read The Conjuror's Bird by Martin Davies which was really good - has anyone else read it?

And am about to start S is for Silence by Sue Grafton.

It's my first Sue Grafton - has anyone else read a lot of hers?

[Eli]

I´m in the letter D of Sue Grafton´s novels, and I think they are very funny and entertaining!!! I love them! I like a lot the main character: Kinsey Millhone, she has a very peculiar sense of humour 

[dave]

Just finished A Confederacy of Dunces which I kind of enjoyed but found I had to wade the through parts of it. Loved the vitriol that poured forth from Ignatius J. Reilly's mouth but was a little disappointed on the whole.
 

[Heidi G]

Envus--

Thanks for the link.  I wonder if a Yorkie was the monstrous candybar that the leading lady in Truly, Madly, Deeply gave to her nephew?  It was HUGE.  Have to watch again....

[verve]

My friend is about to gift to me the new Jodi Piccoult novel. For the life of me I can't remember its name, but I've heard it's as well-researched and thought provoking as her others. I've just re-read The Pact... I have a copy of My Sister's Keeper, but to be honest, I've read it twice and I think that's enough. I don't know whether it's just me (it probably is) but I began to cry on the first page when I first read it. I finished it in one sodden, continuous, overnight session. I only re-read it to clarify the sequencing (it was a little blurry the first time). I'm glad I read it again, though, as I have mistaken the voice of the prologue to be that of another character.

I'm hoping this one is as good as her others... although, to be honest, I find her perspectives to be so well-balanced on all sides that I almost start wishing she'd tip into having an opinion...

Anyone read her novels?

[Jayne]

I intend to read them all, but I've only read My Sister's Keeper up to now. It was sent out to me to review and it turned out to be one of the most moving books I've ever read. I awarded it five out of five stars - and it's not very often I do that.

Two weeks after finishing the novel, my mum was diagnosed with leukaemia. It was just a routine blood test that picked it up. I couldn't believe it; I thought it was so cruel that my mum should end up with a life-threatening condition that I'd just finished reading about in a book. But, fourteen months on, I view things a little differently and I think that My Sister's Keeper came into my life at just the right time.

It taught me a lot about leukaemia and what to expect and I understood what doctors and consultants were talking about when we had our little chats. In fact, when my mum was admitted into hospital (before she was diagnosed), the doctor told me that she would be having a bone marrow biopsy. I knew immediately that they suspected leukaemia (the doctor confirmed this when I checked with him), but I wouldn't have known this had I not read the book.

It helped me enormously, it really did, and I contacted Jodi Picoult and told her about my mum. She replied within a couple of hours - it was a beautiful email that she sent me; I've still got it, in fact.

I'd recommend My Sister's Keeper to anyone... but keep the tissues handy!

[Noeni]

I would recommend My Sister's Keeper too - a beautiful read. Challenging on a lot of fronts and what a finish. You'll definitely need a new box of tissues though before starting.

Am so looking forward to her next.