Whats your favourite book?
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Topic: Whats your favourite book?
Posted By: Delli
Subject: Whats your favourite book?
Date Posted: 30 July 2010 at 10:01pm
I'm a BIG book reader. Could read books all night and all day if you let me and often dream of being a proof reader for a publisher or one of those people that write the blurbs on the back of books  . So, always interested to hear what other peoples absolute favourite book is. Everyone has ones they can recommend but I want to know the one you love above all others.
Mine is "Enders Game" by Orson Scott Card. Has been my favourite book for years and years. Read it countless times. Favourite genre is Sci Fi/Fantasy. ETA - sorry, that should be "What's your favourite book?" in the title (not "Whats"). How lame to have a mistake like that in a post about books. Ugh, you wouldn't believe how many times I've had to come back and edit this post for spelling mistakes and grammatical errors etc and I bet there are still some there. Probably some in the ETA bit too. . Perhaps I should follow my brain to bed.....------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 30 July 2010 at 10:08pm
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Tully by Paulina Simmons. I love that book and can read it over and over again and still cry in the same bits ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: MrsEmma
Date Posted: 30 July 2010 at 10:09pm
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My fave book of all time is PS I love You by Cecelia Ahern, I love her books (and not just cause she's Irish ) and I've read it countless times, love it and will read it again soon I think!
HATED the movie though.. couldn't watch after the first 15 mins. Favourite genre, chick lit ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 30 July 2010 at 10:22pm
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But the best looking man in the world is in that movie how could you not watch it. I have been told that the book isn't that great and the movie is so much better. I must go and find it to read. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
MrsEmma wrote:Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 30 July 2010 at 10:29pm
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Oh I bawled my eyes out through the whole movie! But agree the book was better.
Tully is a long time favourite of mine! The one series of books I can read over and over and over - Harry Potter 
I'm not sure I can choose ONE book...! ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 30 July 2010 at 10:40pm
I agree, its been my fave for years. Most of hers are good except the Bronze Horseman and the sequel Oooh and anything Stephen King. I love horror and thrillers |
Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 30 July 2010 at 11:06pm
| I love Diana Gabaldon, all of the Jamie & Claire series & the Lord John Grey ones- A Breath of Snow & Ashes would be my favourite. Sherlock Holmes too. Dickens, Enid Blyton. Individual book would be Whale Road by Robert Low. Favourite genre is definitely historical, hand to hand combat, swordfights etc. Mysteries. I like books full stop! |
Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 30 July 2010 at 11:41pm
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Favourite book is waaaay to hard...some of my favourites are
Middlesex -Jeffrey Eugenides I know this much is true - Wally Lamb Birdsong -Sebastian Faulks Krakatoa-simon Winchester (plus his other nerdy geology books) and lots of the classics like Vanity Fair, Wuthering Heights and most Jane Austen novels So many books...so little time...sigh! ETA: I always find that watching a movie after reading a book never lives up to expectations..probably coz I have invented in my head what things look like and it is disappointing if the movie doesn't match  ------------- 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 30 July 2010 at 11:42pm
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Tully yes!!
I actually liked The Pact by Jodi Pilcoult (sp?) sorry always forget her last name! kinda depressing but was really gripping. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 12:59am
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My fave book ,no question about it , To Kill a mockingbird beautiful , I would marry Atticus Finch if he was like, real , and I wasn't married to Phil I can read the book over and over, and when I don't ,...then I go and google To Kill a Mockingbird quotes ,such beauty, such wisdom . Im gonna go start reading it again now . ------------- 
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Posted By: jano1
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 8:10am
Same here- fav of ALL TIME  ------------- http://www.thebump.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=UBB&utm_campaign=tickers"> |
Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 8:10am
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My fav is A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. I havent read it for awhile, so might just have to get it off the bookcase this weekend. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 8:17am
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Ooh I know this much is true! Definitely a good, good read!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 8:18am
So true! Always happens. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 8:19am
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I love historical fiction - Philippa Gregory, Christina Dickason and Diana Gabaldon books. Everything seems far more sexy when corsets and dashing men were involved. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 8:21am
Omg definitely! I wonder why it's like that though... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MrsEmma
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 9:12am
Not even he could save it for me!! It was truly awful, plus I'm really not a Hilary Swank fan. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Joscia
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 10:10am
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Oh man - I only get to pick one?
If so, it would have to be The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. I normally read it about once a year. SO good. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: sbeach
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 11:20am
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only one??
My favourite of all time is The Drifter by James A Michener...I dont even own a copy at the moment...It cemented my desire to travel around europe Others include the Janet Evanovich series, currently re-reading them for the umpteenth time!!! My favourite genre would be a mix I guess..some action/adventure/mystery and sometimes some chick lit thrown in there...I tend to follow authors... Lee Child Matthew Reilly Derek Hansen Janet Evanovich also a huge fan of the Twilight series...not so much the movies though ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 12:08pm
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i have read the clan of the cave bear series by jean auel i dont know how many times. every time a new one was released i would re read the rest.
Delli the only problem about being a proof reader is that you dont actually get to really read as you are too busy checking for errors.  ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 12:23pm
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I like the clan of the cave bear series as well. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 12:39pm
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Agree on the clan of the cave bear series.
I also like the 2 different series written by L.E Modesitt, I just can't remember the names of all of them 11 or so in one series and 6 in the other :P In general I like sci fi/Fantasy, horse fiction ie THe silver brumby and Black Beauty, and romance specially books by Johanna Lindsey, which Hastings Library doesn't seem to have any of sooo annoying!!! Hehe Libraries are my fave place in the world, (along with my bed for reading and sleeping (dreaming) in. ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 1:32pm
LIKE !  -------------
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Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 1:33pm
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favourite book of all time - Bridge to Teribitiha (ohk is written for 10-12 year olds... but i own it and still love to read it constantly)
also love My Sisters Keeper - Jodi Picoult, From the Corner of His Eye - Dean Koontz and Flowers in the Attic - Virginia Andrews, |
Posted By: Turtle
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 2:34pm
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Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
I love "I know this much is true" as well and the Jamie and Claire series. And I stopped watching the the movie of PS I love you as I hated it so much. It annoys me when they change books so much, there was no need to change her family set up in that movie. The only movie that I have ever preferred over the book is Forrest Gump. |
Posted By: Delli
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 2:36pm
Very true! Perhaps I'll just be one of the people who decides if it's a good book and worth being published or not Just kidding - so not my area of expertise. Plus then I'd perhaps have to read all the boring books as well as the good ones - and I bet there are quite a few boring books submitted to publishers.
I liked the first couple of Clan of the Cave Bears. Really liked the first one. After that as my mother put it - "they just bonked the rest of the way across historical Europe".Now don't get me wrong, I like a good sex scene as much as anybody It just seemed as if they were having sex every second page - and it was pretty much the same every time!
It was sort of the same with the Cross Stitch series by Diana Gabaldon. Really liked the first one but the others got boring. To Kill a Mockingbird is an awesome choice for favourite book - although I haven't read it in a long time, still love it. Speaking of classics, I also read Gone with the Wind the other month - was very surprised to find that I really enjoyed it. I am not really that into romance and love stories and as it is heralded as one of the "greatest love stories of all time", I went into it a bit skeptical that I'd like it. Pleasantly surprised. I know! I should have read it years before now - I always feel bad when I haven't read one of the classics that everyone should have read. Haha, I thought people might have trouble choosing just one book It's not hard for me as Ender's Game is just my absolute favourite of all time but if I had to leave that one out and choose the next best one - I'd have real trouble.
Have just finished a few series of books by Robin Hobb The Farseer series, The Liveship Trader series and The Tawny Man series - Very good I thought. Also like books by Raymond E Feist, the new series The Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins, Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman etc etc. Oh and better not forget Terry Pratchett! Surprisingly for a sci fi/fantasy fan - I didn't like the Dune series  Love childrens books too! Narnia and anything by Roald Dahl. The Theif of Always by Clive Barker. Liked Harry Potter but wish she hadn't made her subsequent books so big - they really didn't need that much description in them. You could condense some of the last books into a book half that size and they would still be just as enjoyable (if not more) to read.
*whispers* and I really didn't like Twilight at all. Too much twinkling and sparkling for me Characters needed a wee bit more depth and the plot was very very simple. Thats just me though.
Well I'll leave it there although there are a million more books I could comment on and I suppose I've just hijacked my own thread! Thanks heaps for sharing your favourites! Very interesting to see how different everyone is. Will look up the ones I haven't read. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 3:10pm
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If you like Terry Pratchett I recommend Good Omens its hilarious.
The Hobbit is a good shorter read too, LOTR takes ages. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 3:22pm
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Twilight Saga!!
and Harry Potter Im not that into reading, but these books I could read over and over again. ------------- |
Posted By: Delli
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 3:24pm
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Yeah I like the Hobbit better than LOTR. Although I do like LOTR as well. Hope my last post didn't come off as if I don't like long series - I really do! But sometimes it seems as if some authors feel they must make each subsequent book bigger and longer than the last and quite often run out of things to say and so end up repeating themselves or describing a whole lot of things that don't need to be described.
Terry Pratchett is hilarious . Thanks for the Good Omens recommendation - one of the few of his that I haven't read (he has so many!) ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 3:47pm
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My favourite is The Drifters by James Mitchener. I only read the first two of the Clan Bear series but really enjoyed them. I also loved To Kill a Mockingbird, its the only book I studied at school that I actually enjoyed at the end of it. I am half way through I know this much is true, by Wally Lamb, a great book, would find it hard to put down but at almost 900 pages you just have to. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 3:53pm
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My favourites would be Pillars of the Earth and World without End by Ken Follett! BIG huge reads over 1000 pages, but the stories are fantastic.
A Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahearn, I fell in love with the characters and they stayed in my head for a long time after I'd read it. Then I'd have to say anything by Jeffrey Deaver particularly the Lincoln Rhyme Series... Lee Childs - I'm going to marry Jack one day ...I just hope when they make the movies they cast someone who will do Jack justice.
A great author called Fiona Walker, her books are laugh out loud funny. Love them I live for reading...I order books from Book Depository which can be very dangerous for the credit card... but you get them quicker and it's free shipping.. can't go wrong with that.... I need another book case!!! ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: julz85
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 6:14pm
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the lovely bones was a good read , im with ya on ps i love you , love the book , HATE the movie . Loosing Gemma is a really good book too , i saw the mini series on tv1 earlier in the year and thought it was awful but the book was fantastic . All the shopohilic books are good for a light hearted read , there not heavy , just easy and funny to read even tho the main character does get on my nerves a bit . ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 6:31pm
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I have a few favorites.
The Bronze Horseman Series - Paullina Simons Southern Vampire Novels (Sookie Stackhouse) Series - Charlaine Harris. I love this series. Sherrilyn Kenyon - Dark Hunter series I like Nicholas Sparks books, they are a good easy read. I just got the 1st JD Robb book out so im going to read that. I prefer Chicklit/Romance type novels. -------------  
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 7:14pm
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I found PS I love you , really badly written , the type of book Caitlyn could write .
I preferred the movie . I didn't want to vomit all through it , unlike the book . The Lovely Bones I love too ,and I think they did a pretty good job in the movie, I liked Saoirse Ronan's(Susie ) and Stanley Tucci(Mr Harvey's ) portrayals . And I was glad they changed it to Mark Wahlberg rather than Ryan Gosling as the dad -------------
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Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 7:34pm
Same - but I just skip past the sex bits Oh and I got sick of hearing how Ayla discovered making fire from stones
I haven't read the twilight books yet - they are always out at the library - but I read a review of a book called "The Passage" by Justin Cronin which kicks the as$ of the Twilight books. It has just come out so am not sure if it is even at our library yet -------------   
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 7:38pm
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Just finished "the Book Theif" and loved it - have been recommending it to everyone.
DH hasn't read To Kill a Mockingbird so am buying it for his birthday and can't wait to re-read it. Kids books - I loved "Tomorrow when the way began" series and am currently working my way thru the entire collection of Roald Dahl that DH brought for the boys. I like Marian Keyes for no thinking books. -------------  
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Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 9:24pm
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Oh yes the book Thief is a great book too.
Agree with you Delli about the Clan of the Cave Bear and the CrossStich series...I liked the first few books but after that couldn't be bothered. Also like Edward Rutherford books...heavy going but learn heaps about history...I love reading about history or living in another persons culture. Oh another good book is Red Tent, I loved that book but it was sad. Ah gee, there are heaps of other great books but they all live at mum and dads house, they have a library in their house (serious, they do) and I never remember book names. On facebook there is something you can do maybe called on my bookshelf or something which you can list the books you have read and I think make a comment about how you found the book...I had it but then forgot to keep updating, I might start again. We should set up a book club on here! We could choose a few books to select from each month (since we are not all into the same stuff) and then have a discussion at the end of the month... Or we could have it on facebook??? -------------
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Posted By: Aroz
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 9:35pm
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Hi all, I don't get a chance to come on here very often but am a major book worm. I also am a big fan of Diana Gabaldon, Philippa Gregory and the clan of the cave bear series although I do agree about there being way too many sex scenes in some of those books! Another series that i have been getting into is the Into the Wilderness series by Sara Donati. If you like Diana Gabaldon you would probably like this series too. I have read Ken Follet's Pillars of the Earth over and over again and I'm seriously thinking about buying World Without End as well! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 01 August 2010 at 4:34am
Hahaha, I'm glad it's not just me. Love the "they just bonked the rest of the way across historical Europe"
I read a lot, but I don't think I have a favourite book. Although 'Haroun and the Sea of Stories', by Salman Rushdie, does come to mind. That's got to be one of the sweetest books I've read, and I love the layers upon layers in something that's really a kids book. Also, I really have to read 'All Quiet on the Western Front'. I suspect I'd really like that. Oh, and ETA that I really enjoyed Pillars of the Earth too, Aroha. I picked it up in a backpackers in America to fill in some time and got hooked. -------------   
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Posted By: hcsmum
Date Posted: 01 August 2010 at 9:25am
| March 29th 2011 is when the new Clan of the Cave Bear book will be published. |
Posted By: AzzaNZ
Date Posted: 01 August 2010 at 11:02am
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Only one? Impossible!!
I am never not reading. Hmm... Anita Diamant's The Red Tent would be up there, Neil Gaiman's American Gods, Stephen King's Gunslinger series, Mitch Albom's Tuesday's with Morrie... there are just too many. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kittie
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 9:10am
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[QUOTE=Aroha]
Another series that i have been getting into is the Into the Wilderness series by Sara Donati.
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 9:34am
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I haven't read To Kill a Mockingbird ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 9:47am
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Jaycee, I really really want to read The Passage, I've heard so many good things about it... it's at our library but I'm 430 of 535 holds!
I also like Mitch Albom - his other books are just as good as Tuesdays with Morrie.. (which I've read so many times the poor book is on it's last legs). Seen the movie too. 
I use Visual Bookshelf on Facebook to keep track of what I've read.. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3)
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 10:27am
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 10:31am
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if you do a search for book club it comes up with about 5 threads... 2007 it was - i thought it was only last year ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: kandk
Date Posted: 05 August 2010 at 9:22pm
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All time top favourite author is...Georgette Heyer - the Queen of Regency romance Subtle and so funny! (But her mysteries aren't in the same league)
Not keen on Twilight, but do try her other book - The Host. I've just read it three times in the last two weeks
Stephen Donaldson's Thomas Covenant series is great fantasy, but intense. And since I was seven years old, I can't be without I Am David, by Anne Holm. My blueprint for life! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: astral_monkey
Date Posted: 06 August 2010 at 10:32am
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Angela's Ashes The Great Gatsby I got very into classics a few years ago so I have read a whole lot of Dickens, Tolstoy, Hemingway etc. some of which I loved, some not so much. Anna Karenina I couldn't put down, even though I couldn't pronounce most of the russian names. The Sun Also Rises I am going to have to re-read as I couldn't decide how I felt about it. Books that have been made into movies - Lovely Bones and The Notebook are probably my favourites. Never read Twilight, but I'm a big Harry Potter fan. I also like Nick Hornby - High Fidelity, About a Boy, The Long Way Down, etc. (a ton of his books have been made into movies too). I read a lot of books from the discount table at Whitcoulls and the Warehouse - LOL. Most of which I can't remember, which is why my favourites are generally ones that have already stood the test of time. There's a really good second hand bookstore in Tirau. I'm thinking I might con DH into a day trip some time soon. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 06 August 2010 at 1:39pm
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I'm up for a book club! I've been trying to find a RL one but it's not really happening.
I loved Anna Karenina. I love how you can buy the Penguin Classics super cheap (well, they are here lol). I also enjoyed the Into the Wilderness series. What's the most recent title in that series? I started it before we moved overseas and have never seen the books in a shop in Asia, or the library. Would probably have to buy them all on Amazon or Book Depository or something! ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: Aroz
Date Posted: 06 August 2010 at 2:21pm
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Kiwisj the most recent book in the Into the Wilderness series is titled The Endless Forest. A good book but I agree with another post that it was very rushed at the end. I just felt like way too much had been packed into the last few pages, the same way as the last book of Diana Gabaldon's was, but worth reading anyway. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 06 August 2010 at 5:12pm
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Ooh I definitely haven't read that and I think there is one before that that I haven't read either. Might look them up later on .... thanks! ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |