Haha yeah they're an easy read but sometimes thats good. Good holiday reads.

Another book I love which isn't such a basic book is The Secret Life of Bees.

I did say there's a place for them- on holiday. Your brain power failing you?

Have you read Ps. I love you? Brilliant storyline but the actually writing was pretty poor. Still, it was her first book.. if you could see me now is much better in that way.

Yeah totally agree. None of her books are particularly literary genius or anything but the plots and the cute little things she adds in are what makes them good (IMG:http://media.profileheaven.com/images/style_emoticons/default/happy.gif) P.S I Love You is good for that. Wasn't impressed with the film though.

Well when I say brainpower I don't mean reading shakespear or a book on philiosophy, I just mean things with a more complex plot, like crime novels. Although I appreciate they're not everyone's cup of tea.

I read a Danielle Steel book on holiday last year as it was just cheap in morrisons.. biggest pile of shit ever. It barely had a plot, it was like an Eastenders episode.

Do not even get me started on the film. Awful. Ruined it!

Ikr (IMG:http://media.profileheaven.com/images/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I mean I love Gerard Butler but the film did not do the books justice. Films rarely do though.

I've just finished reading The Host, was really good actually. Pretty weird, but I like weird books.

I haven't read any of hers, although I've heard quite a lot about her.

I like James Patterson/Minette Walters etc. Not exactly literary geniuses but putting the pieces of the puzzle together is better than complete trash, imo.

Nah, I'm okay because I don't read Marian Keyes. Ken?

Judging by your later posts, I can actually now see what you meant. When you said the bit about brain power, I just thought that it looked a tad pretentious. I don't see why it'd matter how much brain power is involved in a book if you enjoy it. I'd've bracketed books by the likes of James Patterson under 'books which don't take much brain power', though, and therefore assumed that you'd be including them in what you were saying.

I read most of i could see me now and for some reason just didn't finish it :s


Should read Dorothy Koomson's books. The Cupid effect, best friends daughter, goodnight beautiful and marshmellows for breakfast = all amzing reads

I like her books.



I love hers (IMG:http://media.profileheaven.com/images/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) but yeah they are pure trash, but easy to read.

Ive finished all my true blood books, theyre trashy too in a way, but a totally different way.

I used to love these books by Enod Blyton ( I think ) when I was younger and the name has escaped me, were about a girl at a boarding school? If anyone can think lemme know. Trying to get a hold of them.

No, don't get me wrong, I don't only have interest in overly academic books, I just mean I don't really enjoy trashy chick lit novels anymore.. the storylines are always pretty similar and they tend to be predictable. Obviously books like James Patterson don't challenge my brain to it's full potential but I just mean I like it when you have to do a bit of thinking and piecing together. James Patterson is probably the more basic of crime authors.. Minette Walters tends to be a little more complex, and a lot of her books combine law and psychology which are where my interests lie.

I'm reading 1984 at the moment and finding it pretty damn boring tbh.. doesn't have that page turning motivation a good book should have. The fact I've been reading it since like October says a lot.. I can finish a book in 2/3 days when I have the time.

I liked 1984, I read it in English at school, cant mind what year but I remember reading it.

SAS books > all.

One of the best books I've read but to fully appreciate it, you have to read it the whole way through. The second half of the book is much better than the first half.

Nm. was Malory Towers series. (IMG:http://media.profileheaven.com/images/style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

Currently Reading Confessions of an Ugly Sister by Gregory Maguire.

Really good retelling of Cinderella from the 'other side.' Also read Wicked and Mirror Mirror (retellings of The Wizard of Oz (made into the hit musical) and Snow White)

Yeah, I reckon that's true.. I've just been reading the big extract from the book given to them and that's very long and tedious.. but now I've got to the bit when they're arrested it seems it will get more exciting from now until the end.

I suppose it doesn't help that I've been picking it up and reading 5 pages every week or so on average.. you don't really 'get in to' a book properly like that.

I like another of George Orwells, not meaning animal farm although that is good.
Cant mind what its called, about the spanish civil war. very interesting.

Edit: Homage to Catalonia.