What is the last book you read, and your rating?

[Bighuey]

World of the Drone by Robert Abernathy. About thousands of in the future when the survivors of an atomic war fought each other in machines. Abernathy's best story, exciting old school sci-fi. I read another one of his stories, Record of Currapura but there wasnt much to it.

[Aurora Dawn]

Warrior Queen of Ha-Ran-Fel by Sandra A. Kopp. Very intriguing book. Reminded me of Lord of the Rings. I rate it a 10!

[sammonroy]

the fault in our stars by john green i would say 4/5 its a good book all in all but the story seems so predictable

[Geneen Karstens]

Flesh market Alley by Ian Rankin. The story is about immigrants seeking asylum in Scotland and being exploited by people using them as slaves. One of them is going to speak out about it when he is murdered. It becomes more complicated and Rebus has his hands full. I find that Rebus does have a soft side: hard to find but it's there. Very good book.5/5

[Fran]

Finished The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory .... more fascinating insight to this period of English history. I think at this stage I have overdosed on The Tudor's so I'll take a break & pick another period of history.

[Gannon]

"Vespasian - Tribune of Rome" by Robert Fabbri. It is the first book in his series about Rome's ninth Emperor and the founder of the Flavian dynasty. Great book, fairly accurate as an historical fiction book. Looking forward to the next book. 9/10.

[Fran]

Finished 4th Of July by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Why it takes two to write this is beyond me)

Another case of deja vu, predictable, repetitive and pretentious ..... "I had a rough night's sleep, riding my nightmares on a steeplechase of drive-by shootings and whipped corpses and faceless killers with no names" .... Oh, please!
I'd give it 0.5/5* .... and the .5 is for the short chapters making for quick skimming. I did not like this book especially as I feel I've already read it a number of time now .... Mr Patterson please get some new ideas or do us a favour & retire gracefully.

I would be really annoyed if I'd paid for this book fortunately it was borrowed & goes back in the morning with a recommendation that it makes it's way swiftly to the Charity shop bargain bin.

[stevethegirl]

I recently finished 'Things Fall Apart' by Chinua Achebe, I gave it a 4/5.

[Gannon]

"Daughters of Rome" by Kate Quinn. The more I read Kate Quinn's work the more I am enjoying it. Very enjoyable read set in one of Rome's most interesting time periods. 9/10.

[Noriko]

I just finished Triptych by Karin Slaughter. It's boring and the plot is too obvious, I wouldn't recommend it.

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

tuesdays with Morrie...a classic...also a re-read...but never fails to be inspiring 10/10

[fitzml]

The last book I read was "The Stranger Beside Me," by true-crime writer Ann Rule, about the capture and trial of serial killer Ted Bundy. The book was longer than I thought was necessary, but some of her personal anecdotes and her character study were fascinating. I'd give it 8 out of 10 stars.

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

Morrie: In his own words... By Morrie Schwartz (subject of tuesdays with Morrie)

This was a re-read for me. Non-fiction. Inspirational. Motivational. 10/10

[sin]

'Flowers of Grass' by Takehiko Fukunaga. 4.5 out of 5. Most excellent; strongly recommended!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's been a while since I got my hands on a good solid novel like this! (I gave up 'Before I Go to Sleep' by the way.)

[Bookwurms]

the fault in our stars by john green i would say 4/5 its a good book all in all but the story seems so predictable

I read it too and found it to be a good story as well, yes predictable somewhat as we knew death was imminent but the story was moving and I found it to be funny at times as well as sad.

-- 05 Aug 2012, 06:37 --

The last book I read was "The Stranger Beside Me," by true-crime writer Ann Rule, about the capture and trial of serial killer Ted Bundy. The book was longer than I thought was necessary, but some of her personal anecdotes and her character study were fascinating. I'd give it 8 out of 10 stars.

I read that a very long time ago and I remember it being a very good read. For a while I was fascinated by true crime and read many of them.

-- 05 Aug 2012, 06:48 --

I haven't been on here for a while! The last books I've read were: The Book Thief, which is the first Historical fiction genre I've ever read and it was fantastic! It was about a little girl in Germany during the war and the story was so riveting. Markus Zusak's first book is very well written and I would most definitely recommend it with a 4.5 out 5 stars!

Next last book I've read was "Second World" by Jeremy Robinson. It's an apocalyptic story, well written and fast paced thriller. A mindless read not very meaty but entertaining never the less. 3.5 stars out of 5 fort this one.