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benfilo
United Kingdom
1002 Posts
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Status: offline |  Posted - 19 Apr 2005 : 22:47:59  
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Originally posted by jo carroll
"Stephen Donaldson's White Gold Wielder is worth a go"
Yes! I've read these too but many years ago, had almost forgotten about them. Maybe time for a re-visit. Better get off the forums and get reading - both are enjoyable and addictive pastimes, I am torn.
I've read them twice now Jo, long time ago like yourself . it is addictive and the books are so much better than most of the films that are based on them, got to hand it to everybody involved in the LOTR films tho' |
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Cruella DeVilla
 Germany
10928 Posts
Joined: 18 May 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 19 Apr 2005 : 22:50:03
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Originally posted by jo carroll
STILL in Florida CDV, or have you come back and gone again. I am jealous!!
I went back to Europe for 9 days at the end of March and then back out again on the 7th April and have just extended til next weekend. The weather is the best it has been on our last 5 trips and we are just soaking it up and enjoying the new house
Would recommend a month in Florida to anyone |
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benfilo
United Kingdom
1002 Posts
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 19 Apr 2005 : 22:51:09
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Originally posted by stabard
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Originally posted by jo carroll
"Stephen Donaldson's White Gold Wielder is worth a go"
Yes! I've read these too but many years ago, had almost forgotten about them. Maybe time for a re-visit. Better get off the forums and get reading - both are enjoyable and addictive pastimes, I am torn.
There is a new one out now - Lee bought it for me for Xmas. Linden Avery is back in The Land. It looks to be the start of another Trilogy.
have to add that to the shopping list then, think I'll wait until i go to the US and buy a sackful
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Thorogoods
United Kingdom
291 Posts
Joined: 18 Aug 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 19 Apr 2005 : 23:41:50
| Hi used to read Stephen King - Needful Things not to bad, but the only Horror Book ever to scare has been IT by Stephen King not only scary but a brilliant story. |
Gary & Sam
http://www.orlandovillas.com/villas/1455.aspx
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Ana
 USA
1429 Posts
Joined: 24 Feb 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 20 Apr 2005 : 00:29:47
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Originally posted by E. Cosgrove
Jemima J is wonderful!!
I'd love to do a Jemima and reinvent myself
I've read all of Jane Greens books except her latest, which I'm waiting to come out in paperback. Spellbound is good as well, sort of Jemima J in reverse!! And a lovely New England setting as well.
That was the first Jane Green book I've read, but I did notice she has a lot more to work on.............more for my pile!!! |
Ana
http://www.orlandovillas.com/florida-vacation-rental-1480.aspx |
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benfilo
United Kingdom
1002 Posts
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 20 Apr 2005 : 21:36:48
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Originally posted by Thorogoods
Hi used to read Stephen King - Needful Things not to bad, but the only Horror Book ever to scare has been IT by Stephen King not only scary but a brilliant story.
I can't believe i didn't start reading him sooner it's amazing what goes on in his head, just think of some of the films to come out of his books Shawshank, Green Mile and The Shining
Haven't red it but saw the film , isn't that the one with pennywise(name??) the clown |
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chrizzy100
USA
7495 Posts
Joined: 26 May 2003
Status: offline | Posted - 20 Apr 2005 : 22:26:46
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Originally posted by Thorogoods
Hi used to read Stephen King - Needful Things not to bad, but the only Horror Book ever to scare has been IT by Stephen King not only scary but a brilliant story.
I like Stephen King....I'm just trying to work out if its worth writing to him to see if our families are linked .....he uses our family names in a lot of his books....I'm sure its nothing really....but now I have his e-mail address...it maybe worth asking....if only to find out why he uses the names....... |
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Thorogoods
United Kingdom
291 Posts
Joined: 18 Aug 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 20 Apr 2005 : 22:38:36
| Yes Pennywise the clown, Shawshank has to be one of the best movies of all times and is the best adaption of book ever - maybe because it was based upon short story.
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Gary & Sam
http://www.orlandovillas.com/villas/1455.aspx
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Cruella DeVilla
Germany
10928 Posts
Joined: 18 May 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 20 Apr 2005 : 23:01:57
| Stephen King is great I think his stories are more gripping than scary.
I absolutely loved the Green Mile and Misery. |
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DisneyDreamer
United Kingdom
410 Posts
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
Status: offline | Posted - 21 Apr 2005 : 14:34:53
| Well I am coming towards the end of The Time Travellers Wife and the pace is picking up!
Now I have no idea what to read next.....fancy a good thriller or some fluffy chick lit....anybody got any suggestions of new releases that might fit the bill?
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fiona
 United Kingdom
6668 Posts
Joined: 21 Feb 2002
Status: offline | Posted - 21 Apr 2005 : 16:59:30
| | Is the Time Travellers Wife good? I have had that to read for ages now and as my brain is slowly starting to de-fuzz I might give it a go. However it will have to wait behind this list, Brother & Sister by Joanna Trollope (which I have just started), The Family Way by Tony Parsons and the Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler. Read a couple of Liz Young's books last week which are very funny and excellent chick-lit. |
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www.orlandovillas.com/Villas/148.aspx |
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stabard
3160 Posts
Joined: 31 Mar 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 21 Apr 2005 : 17:14:50
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There is a new one out now - Lee bought it for me for Xmas. Linden Avery is back in The Land. It looks to be the start of another Trilogy.
have to add that to the shopping list then, think I'll wait until i go to the US and buy a sackful
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Just found it again - It is called " The Runes of the Earth - The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant"
I enjoyed it and will of course have to read the rest to find out what happens but it was not as good as the First Chronicles I thought. |
Jan and Lee
http://www.orlandovillas.com/florida-vacation-rental-1399.aspx |
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DisneyDreamer
United Kingdom
410 Posts
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
Status: offline | Posted - 21 Apr 2005 : 18:46:32
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Originally posted by fiona
Is the Time Travellers Wife good? I have had that to read for ages now and as my brain is slowly starting to de-fuzz I might give it a go. However it will have to wait behind this list, Brother & Sister by Joanna Trollope (which I have just started), The Family Way by Tony Parsons and the Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler. Read a couple of Liz Young's books last week which are very funny and excellent chick-lit.
I have struggled with it at times, you do have to concentrate so you don't lose the thread...but almost finished now and really enjoying the last few chapters...I would say it's worth giving a go.
Debating whether to buy The Jane Austen Book Club?
I have a question for all you Book Clubbers, which I hope will help me choose my next book.....
What is your favourite book of all time and why?
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E. Cosgrove
 United Kingdom
6196 Posts
Joined: 26 Apr 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 21 Apr 2005 : 19:54:32
| I couldn't possibly pick an all time favourite, when I was young I loved Enid Blyton, as a young teenager Agatha Christie, as an older teenager Jackie Collins and Victoria Holt and so on and so on.
My all time top 10 in no particular order would be ;
Riders: Jilly Cooper
The Other Side of Midnight: Sidney Sheldon
When the Lion Feeds: Wilbur Smith
Tell No One: Harlan Coben
Ruth Appleby: Elvi Rhodes
The Thornbirds : Colleen McCulloch
The Shellseekers: Rosamund Pilcher
Don't look Back: Lesley Pearse
A Woman of Substance: Barbara Taylor Bradford
Kane and Abel: Jeffrey Archer
Iam quite surprised to see 4 male authors in there as I always thought i preferred female writers, but now I,m not so sure. |
Liz
www.orlandovillas.com/florida-vacation-rental-1599.aspx |
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benfilo
United Kingdom
1002 Posts
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 21 Apr 2005 : 21:57:30
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Just found it again - It is called " The Runes of the Earth - The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant"
I enjoyed it and will of course have to read the rest to find out what happens but it was not as good as the First Chronicles I thought.
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I'll give it a try then,I've read the first series a couple of times and really enjoyed them (mostly) I think it's the reluctant hero that like in some of the books I read. |
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jo carroll
 United Kingdom
406 Posts
Joined: 01 Jan 2005
Status: offline | Posted - 22 Apr 2005 : 18:10:53
| Disney Dreamer, for fluffy chick lit - have you read "Olivia Joules and the overactive imagination", Helen Fielding? For Thriller -ish "The Constant Gardner" John le Carre, great book.
A contender for my favourite book of all time "The Sunne in Splendour" by Sharon Penman, an account of the Wars of the Roses, historically extremely accurate but written as a novel. Very very readable- absolutely loved it.
I'm still going with "The Time Traveller's wife!" |
Jo
www.orlandovillas.com/Villas/27.aspx |
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jo carroll
United Kingdom
406 Posts
Joined: 01 Jan 2005
Status: offline | Posted - 22 Apr 2005 : 18:13:32
| | Oh and forgot to ask, do you think books are good value in the US?I've never really thought they were but haven't really looked all that hard as I always take a stack with me whenever I travel. Get a bit panicky if I think I might not have enough reading material to last my trip! |
Jo
www.orlandovillas.com/Villas/27.aspx |
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E. Cosgrove
United Kingdom
6196 Posts
Joined: 26 Apr 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 22 Apr 2005 : 18:43:24
| You can always pick up a good Mary Higgins Clark, Sidney Sheldon or Norah Jones from Publix or Walmart.
We are hoping to get a bit of a library going at the villa where guests will leave books they have read and perhaps take one home hat someone else left behind. |
Liz
www.orlandovillas.com/florida-vacation-rental-1599.aspx |
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Cruella DeVilla
Germany
10928 Posts
Joined: 18 May 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 23 Apr 2005 : 00:15:33
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Oh and forgot to ask, do you think books are good value in the US?I've never really thought they were but haven't really looked all that hard as I always take a stack with me whenever I travel. Get a bit panicky if I think I
I buy a lot of books in the USA as they are cheaper and the titles come out earlier..like the movies |
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DisneyDreamer
United Kingdom
410 Posts
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
Status: offline | Posted - 23 Apr 2005 : 06:54:04
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Originally posted by jo carroll
Disney Dreamer, for fluffy chick lit - have you read "Olivia Joules and the overactive imagination", Helen Fielding? For Thriller -ish "The Constant Gardner" John le Carre, great book.
A contender for my favourite book of all time "The Sunne in Splendour" by Sharon Penman, an account of the Wars of the Roses, historically extremely accurate but written as a novel. Very very readable- absolutely loved it.
I'm still going with "The Time Traveller's wife!"
Jo, I have read 'Olivia Joules...', very funny it was too. I am going to Smith's today to have a look at the new releases. To be honest, I don't tend to buy books in Florida but I do buy them at the airport, like CDV says, you can get them before they are released in the UK (I believe they release them at the airport shops early to see how they do?)
Liz, a great selection of books, I have read quite a few of them but am thinking of getting to the library and re-reading some...Thornbirds in particular. |
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