Tea & Books - What are you reading?

I loved that one. What about No Name by the same author? I loved that one even more. I actually and more of a Wilkie Collins fan over Dickens.

I read that in my grandpa’s house when I was a lil kid. It was probably one of the earliest mystery novel so I think the language was a bit strange. I really don’t remember too much about it though except that I enjoyed it a lot then – I should re-read it sometime.

I enjoy Wilkie Collins. He had so many books, and so few are available any more!

So far, I am liking it. Will probably look for more books by that author.

(Now is the time of year when I usually read or re-read Dickens.)

i have that one on my shelf.. and was considering reading it next. you lovin it?

Heck yeah! It’s different than the movie, and I heard the ending is excellent. Can’t wait to get there. I’m around 82% now. The book is short, relative to other books.

cant wait to read it. vampires are sort of my thing..

I loved it!

It’s VERY different from the movie, and excellent in it’s own way. Separate them in your head, and you’ll be set. :D

Had not heard of “The Martian” before. Just added it to my goodreads list. I think this is one my husband would enjoy too. It is rare we read the same book.

The Martian is hugely popular, with good reason! My husband and I are actually reading the Audible version of it, and the narrator is excellent. I do hope you get around to reading it—it’s definitely a page-turner with really likeable characters.

I sent him a link to the book and ended up getting it from the library for our Kindles. I will read it with him next. Looks like it will be made into a movie too….

The movie is in theatres now, and I’ve heard good things about it. Haven’t seen it yet. And yes, the book is super popular!

I read The Martian several months ago. I thought the characterization of everyone other than the lead character was quite stereotypical and one-sided, but the lead character was certainly nicely done and the book kept you interested throughout.

I have a copy of The Martian at home to read, but the beau and I already saw the movie. I didn’t realize it was based on a book and he really wanted to see it. I thought the movie was amazing but want to put a few months between movie and book. Maybe in the new year I’ll give it a go.

Sometimes the book is really different from the movie – 1408 is a good example – and the book is actually better after the movie, it doesnt spoil it, but gives a different perspective of the character because you are feeling the story in a different way. Some stories it might not work for, I dont know. The movie adds a lot of quickly understood movie things in there, whereas the book has a lot of description not present in the movie. (1408 is totally worth reading btw)

Yes, it’s the main character who is most likeable and layered. I agree that the other characters are a bit more one-dimensional, although that hasn’t detracted at all from my enjoyment of it. And I’m looking forward to getting around to seeing the movie at some point, although I imagine it’ll be highly visual and thus harder to follow.

Started this book this weekend. Loving it so far. It has been a long time since a book made me laugh out loud. The main character cracks me up. I am also loving all the nerd talk in the book.

Sounds like time to brew up some of your favorite tea and read to your heart’s content. Enjoy!

I didn’t know Rutherfurd did a Paris one! It’s been a long time since I could bury myself in one of his big, thick sagas—-how tempting!

Do it! I got distracted by the Peter May series so I took a break from it, but will be getting back into it after I zip through the last book in the May series haha