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over a year ago
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In a world dominated by the latest Hollywood movie, TV Series or Serial Killer Documentaries, have you ever thought where is the hype surrounding the release of a new book!!
I remember the hysteria created for the release of the latest Harry Potter with people queuing up at Waterstones all night….it doesn’t happen anymore!!
I love the fact that books allow you to get submerged into your own imagination and create your own settings and images of characters all the way down to the type of voice you’d imagine they’d have….you obviously don’t get that with TV!!
I’m currently reading “The Guilty One” by Lisa Ballantyne for the 4th time and I’m still shocked by its ending!!
So I’m curious to know what is your favourite book that you could read more than once??
(I’m after new reading material as I’ve completed Netflix, Amazon, Disney and Apple TV!!  ) |
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By *imbo59seMan
over a year ago
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John Masters WW1 trilogy (Now God Be Thanked, Heart of War and In The Green Of The Spring).
Obviously a bit dated now, but interaction of families in Kent pre, during and after the first World War.
Well worth a read.
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One of my students, who is travelling over to the UK soon, was ecstatic to know there is a 4 storey bookshop in Manchester. He has declared that he will be found there outside of class time. I hope he will  |
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"Thanks for the posts…I have a lot of free time so will certainly check them out
You're int army, you've got all the time in the world! "
Wow 
But I can’t even dispute your claim at the moment  |
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"Starship Troopers. I have a copy that's pretty tattered from readings and being bundled in to bags on trips Excellent book and definitely worth a read for those who haven't!
LvM"
I just thought it was a classic film….have to look into this!! |
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"Starship Troopers. I have a copy that's pretty tattered from readings and being bundled in to bags on trips Excellent book and definitely worth a read for those who haven't!
LvM
I just thought it was a classic film….have to look into this!!"
Also one of my favourite films and a very good adaptation of the book. As ever though, the book has that bit more to it
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Currently reading The Thursday Murder Club that I got for Christmas. Better than I expected.
I can reread my Terry Pratchett books over and over but also Pride and Prejudice.
I want to reread my Joe Abercrombie books starting with Before They Are Hanged. But my husband lent it to a friends daughter and we've not had it back  It's very good if you get a chance to read it  |
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Life is too short for all the books I want to read.
It's hard to pick a single favourite. I would really recommend Ubik, The beach and Ted Chiang books to anyone. |
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"In a world dominated by the latest Hollywood movie, TV Series or Serial Killer Documentaries, have you ever thought where is the hype surrounding the release of a new book!!
I remember the hysteria created for the release of the latest Harry Potter with people queuing up at Waterstones all night….it doesn’t happen anymore!!
I love the fact that books allow you to get submerged into your own imagination and create your own settings and images of characters all the way down to the type of voice you’d imagine they’d have….you obviously don’t get that with TV!!
I’m currently reading “The Guilty One” by Lisa Ballantyne for the 4th time and I’m still shocked by its ending!!
So I’m curious to know what is your favourite book that you could read more than once??
(I’m after new reading material as I’ve completed Netflix, Amazon, Disney and Apple TV!! )"
In literary circles I think there's still hype with certain writers but obviously not to the extent that we've seen with Harry Potter. It takes Donna Tartt roughly 10 years to write every new book she releases but there's always a huge buzz when that time comes around again, and Waterstones will promote the ones they know will obviously grab a particularly large fanbase.
The latest one for me was Hanya Yanagahara's To Paradise. After reading her second novel, A Little Life (I'm a huge reader with 2 English Lit- based degrees) the only novel to make me SOB, I made sure I was early ordering this one.
Also very much looking forward to Douglas Stuart's second novel. Shuggie Bain is a beautiful book, and early readers are already claiming the follow-up is just as good. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Currently reading The Thursday Murder Club that I got for Christmas. Better than I expected.
I can reread my Terry Pratchett books over and over but also Pride and Prejudice.
I want to reread my Joe Abercrombie books starting with Before They Are Hanged. But my husband lent it to a friends daughter and we've not had it back It's very good if you get a chance to read it "
Before They Are Hanged is awesome!! Definitely agree and recommend. Joe Abercrombie is an amazing writer, love Peter V Brett too.
One of the best books I’ve read is The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter, but it’s more an acquired taste as written from a feminist perspective and deals with the issues of gender and sexuality x
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
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If I read a book again I wait for quite aong time before I do.
When the lion feeds by Wilbur Smith got my pulse racing the second time around. And it will the third time.
I hope, I Pilgram by Terry Hayes, does the same.
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"One of my students, who is travelling over to the UK soon, was ecstatic to know there is a 4 storey bookshop in Manchester. He has declared that he will be found there outside of class time. I hope he will "
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I rarely read fiction now. Have 2 books on the go at the moment. "The Body Keeps The Score" by Bessel van der Kolk and "When The Body Says No" by Gabor Maté. |
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"I rarely read fiction now. Have 2 books on the go at the moment. "The Body Keeps The Score" by Bessel van der Kolk and "When The Body Says No" by Gabor Maté. "
The Body Keeps the Score is an incredible, life changing book |
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By *adyBugsWoman
over a year ago
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, I’ve read it a few times and each time I find something new to connect with in it.
Stasiland by Anna Funder, it’s based on interviews the writer had with people who lived in East Germany before the wall fell.
The Falling Angels by John Walsh because it was filled with laughter and sadness that I could relate to regarding Irish/English family roots
Medic: Saving Lives from Dunkirk to Afghanistan by John Nichol, Tony Rennell & Eleo Gordon is a graphic and eye opening account of medics over the history of time.
McCarthy’s Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland by Pete McCarthy because it’s just hilarious and I’ve actually been to the bar itself |
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"I rarely read fiction now. Have 2 books on the go at the moment. "The Body Keeps The Score" by Bessel van der Kolk and "When The Body Says No" by Gabor Maté.
The Body Keeps the Score is an incredible, life changing book"
It's relevant to my work. A hard read in parts but enjoying it overall. |
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"In a world dominated by the latest Hollywood movie, TV Series or Serial Killer Documentaries, have you ever thought where is the hype surrounding the release of a new book!!
I remember the hysteria created for the release of the latest Harry Potter with people queuing up at Waterstones all night….it doesn’t happen anymore!!
I love the fact that books allow you to get submerged into your own imagination and create your own settings and images of characters all the way down to the type of voice you’d imagine they’d have….you obviously don’t get that with TV!!
I’m currently reading “The Guilty One” by Lisa Ballantyne for the 4th time and I’m still shocked by its ending!!
So I’m curious to know what is your favourite book that you could read more than once??
(I’m after new reading material as I’ve completed Netflix, Amazon, Disney and Apple TV!! )"
Brent Weeks, Night Angel Trilogy is fantastic.
Anthony Ryan is a new author and his stuff is epic.
Pretty much anything by Brandon Sanderson if awesome too for what my opinion is worth  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I rarely read fiction now. Have 2 books on the go at the moment. "The Body Keeps The Score" by Bessel van der Kolk and "When The Body Says No" by Gabor Maté.
The Body Keeps the Score is an incredible, life changing book
It's relevant to my work. A hard read in parts but enjoying it overall."
2 books at a time…how do you manage that….I don’t think I could concentrate on two at a time….I’d end up getting mixed up between them both!! |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
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"And I have a massive crush on Jo Nesbo books at the moment, there’s something so easy and captivating about the way he writes I can literally finish a book in one weekend  "
I haven't read about Harry Hole recently, he is a great character. |
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"And I have a massive crush on Jo Nesbo books at the moment, there’s something so easy and captivating about the way he writes I can literally finish a book in one weekend
I haven't read about Harry Hole recently, he is a great character. "
He's a great character. I find some of the writing sloppy, particularly the more recent books. It's forgiveable given the character, but I'm not as keen on the series as I once was |
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By *adyBugsWoman
over a year ago
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"And I have a massive crush on Jo Nesbo books at the moment, there’s something so easy and captivating about the way he writes I can literally finish a book in one weekend
I haven't read about Harry Hole recently, he is a great character. "
He’s just brilliant |
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By *adyBugsWoman
over a year ago
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"And I have a massive crush on Jo Nesbo books at the moment, there’s something so easy and captivating about the way he writes I can literally finish a book in one weekend
I haven't read about Harry Hole recently, he is a great character.
He's a great character. I find some of the writing sloppy, particularly the more recent books. It's forgiveable given the character, but I'm not as keen on the series as I once was"
Ah I’m still early on in the series. I read a later one first and it got me hooked so I went back to the beginning. |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
In the west. |
"And I have a massive crush on Jo Nesbo books at the moment, there’s something so easy and captivating about the way he writes I can literally finish a book in one weekend
I haven't read about Harry Hole recently, he is a great character.
He’s just brilliant "
He is very complex and a bit of a rouge. He reminds me of John Rebus. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"And I have a massive crush on Jo Nesbo books at the moment, there’s something so easy and captivating about the way he writes I can literally finish a book in one weekend
I haven't read about Harry Hole recently, he is a great character.
He’s just brilliant
He is very complex and a bit of a rouge. He reminds me of John Rebus. "
Love Rebus. I have one in the TBR pile. I've never read Jo Nesbo. |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
In the west. |
"And I have a massive crush on Jo Nesbo books at the moment, there’s something so easy and captivating about the way he writes I can literally finish a book in one weekend
I haven't read about Harry Hole recently, he is a great character.
He’s just brilliant
He is very complex and a bit of a rouge. He reminds me of John Rebus.
Love Rebus. I have one in the TBR pile. I've never read Jo Nesbo."
When I read my first Rebus years ago I pictured Ken Stott in the role, John Hannah just didn't cut it. |
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"And I have a massive crush on Jo Nesbo books at the moment, there’s something so easy and captivating about the way he writes I can literally finish a book in one weekend
I haven't read about Harry Hole recently, he is a great character.
He's a great character. I find some of the writing sloppy, particularly the more recent books. It's forgiveable given the character, but I'm not as keen on the series as I once was
Ah I’m still early on in the series. I read a later one first and it got me hooked so I went back to the beginning. "
The character is still great. The plot jumps the shark a bit after awhile. I still read them, I'm just no longer chomping at the bit for more like I used to |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"And I have a massive crush on Jo Nesbo books at the moment, there’s something so easy and captivating about the way he writes I can literally finish a book in one weekend
I haven't read about Harry Hole recently, he is a great character.
He’s just brilliant
He is very complex and a bit of a rouge. He reminds me of John Rebus.
Love Rebus. I have one in the TBR pile. I've never read Jo Nesbo.
When I read my first Rebus years ago I pictured Ken Stott in the role, John Hannah just didn't cut it. "
I did watch the first John Hannah show but - he was just wrong. I've not caught any more because I just wanted to enjoy the books alone. |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
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"And I have a massive crush on Jo Nesbo books at the moment, there’s something so easy and captivating about the way he writes I can literally finish a book in one weekend
I haven't read about Harry Hole recently, he is a great character.
He’s just brilliant
He is very complex and a bit of a rouge. He reminds me of John Rebus.
Love Rebus. I have one in the TBR pile. I've never read Jo Nesbo.
When I read my first Rebus years ago I pictured Ken Stott in the role, John Hannah just didn't cut it.
I did watch the first John Hannah show but - he was just wrong. I've not caught any more because I just wanted to enjoy the books alone."
Yes he was wrong for the role. Ian Rankin is a great storyteller. |
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