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Bella babe, you're part of the family now, that means that we care about you, we'll nag you, we'll tell you exactly what we think and how we feel. It's part of the parcel. Too late to back out now, you're hooked. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell
Really though, get better or I'll kick your arse. I don't do mushy very well, I just do "get better or else". ;)
Hugs to you. Okay, that was mushy. Darnit, I'm losing my edge. :(
LOL! I don't do mushy either. That was good for me. Was it good for you?
And on an unrelated topic, Lord of the Flies is on!
It was satisfying. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell
Not a big fan of Lord of the Flies, too weird for me. I didn't like the book either, but then again, I'm not much for the so called "classics" of literature. I didn't really like "Watership Down" either.
WG, put the gun down! I'm sorry! GUN DOWN! Ahhhhhh! :eek:
This and Catcher in the Rye were my favs. I just finished reading Catcher for like the 100th time. My friend said that book and serial killers were related some how.
Lol nice eh? I swear it wasn't me.
Bella you liked Catcher in the Rye! People think I'm nuts because I hated "Jane Erye" and "Little Women". I loved "To Kill a Mockingbird" and Brave New World.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell
I loved to Kill a Mocking Bird, it was on 2 days ago. Classic.
I love One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest too! Honestly I don't think I have seen or read Brave New World.
Again, not a fan. The book was okay, but one reading was enough for me, as is with most "classics" that are considered a must read.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell
I love reading, I'm always reading, and I'll read anything, or at least give it a shot. With "Watership Down" I was so bored I almost cried. I mean come on, here's a book about rabbits, it's right up my alley, but boy oh boy did I have to force myself to read every word. I kept thinking "this is a classic? Really? Why, because someone said so?" I also kept hoping it would get better. It didn't. :(
I love "Thorn Birds", even though it's not a so called classic it is worth a read. My all time favorite book that I can and often do read over and over again is "Swan Song". I just love that book, even though I know the whole thing, can quote most of it and definitely know how it ends, I can still read it when there's nothing new at my disposal.
As for "Watership Down" it's on my shelf, collecting dust, but I can't give it away, after all, it's a "classic". :(
I hated the book "Little Women" but loved the movie, the one with Winona Ryder. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitkat22
Not a fan of "Jane Eyre", sadly not a fan of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and I've never heard of "Brave New World". Who's the author?
I've never heard of water ship down... I'll remember it sucked Lol.
I am reading Leonard Cohen's auto biography right now. MMM that man has a sexy voice! When I am reading it I can hear him narrating it to me.
What about Blue Lagoon?
I didn't like Little Women either, didn't like the movie, but I do like Wynona Ryder.
Aldus Huxley... A good book if you like mysteries... anything by James Pa Creepytterson or Erica Spindler and Joy Felding.Quote:
Originally Posted by Altenweg
I like Hunter S. Thompson.
I'll look into that. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitkat22
Thank Kit.
I'm always on the lookout for a new read. :)
Brave New World is a futuristic novel which paints a really gloomy picture of the future its an old book. Read James Patterson, start with the Alex Cross series.. The first one was "kiss the Girls".Quote:
Originally Posted by Altenweg
I read Kiss the Girls. It was a good read. I have read Brave New World. It just came back to me when you explained it. I watched the movie in grade 8 too lol.
Gosh I feel old! Have you read "Carolina Moon", by Nora Roberts?:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell
I've read that, and "Along came a spider", loved it. I love the Alex Cross series, just haven't checked out all of them. I'll have to do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitkat22
A little late, but any discussion of good books must include John D. MacDonald. "Travis McGhee" was the best detective series ever!Quote:
Originally Posted by Altenweg
Just finished reading "The Ghost in Love" by Jonathan Carroll.
It's a book that was lent to me--I wouldn't have picked it up on my own, like--EVER.
One of the better books I've read for that sort of book. Think "Tuesdays at Maury's" sort of book. Absolutely wonderful.
Have you read, "The Generals Daughter", by Nelson DeMille and "A Painted House", John Grisham? Older books but great! "Drood" by Dan Simmons supposedly the life of Charles ens.. Spooked me, you never know if some of the things are true or not. I hope not, if they are true he was a perv.Quote:
Originally Posted by Synnen
Loved Brave New World. Had to read it the summer before my senior year for AP english.
I would also suggest another book I had to read for that class, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving.
I read the General's Daughter, but have never been a Grisham fan.
I like Dan Simmons, though, but I've not read Drood yet.
I go through 5-6 books a week, most weeks. I'm reading the "Tuesday Next" books right now by Jaspar Fforde. Good mysteries, very tongue in cheek.
Dean Koontz and Robin Cook. "The Hour I First Believed", by Wally Lamb about Columbine is a great book!Quote:
Originally Posted by Synnen
General's Daughter is by Nelson DeMille.Quote:
Originally Posted by Synnen
Thanks for getting me started on the Fforde books! They're amazing! I'm always looking for a new author.
Wg have you read "Drood", I"d like to know what you think of it. It really gave an uneasy feeling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wondergirl
I'm going to have to check out Fford, this is the third time I have heard of him in 7 days! It's an omen.
I'm hooked on Jodi Picoult and Anita Shreve.
Any author that names characters slated to die Phodder and Kannon, along with a boss named Braxton Hicks has got my vote. Plus--they're really good mysteries, especially for people who love books.
I have read all her books. The last was "Not Easily Broken". I cried my eyes out!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wondergirl
Who wrote Not Easily Broken? I found that title by a Ruth Meyer and by a T. D. Jakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitkat22
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Originally Posted by Synnen
Is that Fford Syn?
Yes, Fforde. Great stuff.
Geeze,can you discuss books in my genre please?
Sci-fi, Fantasy.
I've got hundreds of them.David Gemmell,Stephen R. Donaldson,Terry Goodkind, just a few with really interesting series.
I'm not THAT big on Sci-Fi, though I like Card and Martin quite a bit.
My fantasy library puts a lot of peoples' to shame, though. There's not a lot of fantasy that I have not only read, but own.
Have to admit I'm partial to Martin, Jordan, Goodkind, Tad Williams, Patricia Wrede, Mercedes Lackey, Piers Anthony, Sara Douglass, Elizabeth Hayden, Eddings, Card, Scott Lynch, Hambley's "Time of the Dark" series, Susan Cooper, Robin McKinley, Feist, E.E. Knight (who's a crossover author), and Jim Butcher (both the Dresden Files and the Calderon books),
ANYTHING by piers anthony. I've read everything by him that I've come across, and have yet to not like one of his books.Quote:
Originally Posted by KBC
The same goes for mercedes lackey.
Anne bishop, especially her black jewels series.
Anne rice.
Madeleine l'engle.
Anne mccaffrey.
Is that enough in the sci-fi/fantasy genre?
Edit: I forgot about david weber's honor harrington series.
NOW were getting somewhere, Both of you have good tastes,, I offer you to partake in Donaldson's 'Thomas Covenant:The Unbeliever' series,it started back in the early 80's and just now he has written the last of them,, it really drew me in, and nowadays you can get the original prints CHEEP!
Gemmell is into war, pre King Arthur,during some Roman,but not called as such,he was always skirting historical reference to those eras.
I'm getting into margaret weis' dragonvarld trilogy. It's REALLY good. Read the first book a week or two ago. The second just came into the library today, so I'm starting it tonight or tomorrow.
I liked the Unbeliever books the FIRST time I read them. The first 6 books, anyway.
I think I was 13.
They're kind of "eh" to me now--it seems too simplistic, with characters that are too hard to empathize with.
Trying to think of an author's name here, driving me crazy. She wrote the "Tiger and Del" series, and the "Song of Homana" books--and I know her last name starts with an R because of where she is on my bookshelves, but I can't think of her name.
EDIT: Robeson! Jennifer Robeson!
LOL, amazing how they are remembered when you go LOOK at them on the shelf... hehe:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Synnen
I hadn't read the series from Donaldson till I saw a new book in the series,then I was re-hooked, now there are 6 more to read:)(On the last one, haven't picked up a book in 9 months,though) :(
Robert Asprin collaborated years ago with many other writers to make a series ,I liked all those too(Thieves World)
Actually, I'm not at home. Just hate how stuff slips my mind until AFTER I click on the "post quick answer" button.
I've dug my way through the Thieves' World books--some are absolutely outstanding. Some are boring to the point of tears.
Of course, I don't like Moorcock, so my taste is obviously lacking from the point of view of many fantasy lovers.
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