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"Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Good choice . Not read that for years, might have to dig it out again.  "
Do it! I've ended up with multiple copies over the years |
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"The Silver Sword- John Serraillier "
Great shout. first read that when I was 29, a former girlfriend brought it me for a birthday present.
She told me its really a children's book and I should read it as a teenager would.
Going to Waterstones tomorrow!!! |
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"The Silver Sword- John Serraillier
Great shout. first read that when I was 29, a former girlfriend brought it me for a birthday present.
She told me its really a children's book and I should read it as a teenager would.
Going to Waterstones tomorrow!!!"
It's one of the books I read in school that stayed with me. I had a fantastic English teacher who was so inspiring and you could tell he loved literature |
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"A day in the life of Ivan denisovitch"
I was just trying to remember this one. I could recall the front cover with the face on it. I kept getting Ivanisovitch come to my mind |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Bonfire of the vanities.
Took a while to get through but a very good read.
And Lord of the Rings. When set against the time it was written and by whom it has some very strong messages. |
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"Pride and Prejudice. It's my go to book when I am poorly.
I prefer the film version of this. It's one of my favourite films
Which film version though? So many have been made.
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The Keira Knightly one. Great performances ,beautiful scenery and lovely music. I like the understated costuming in it too |
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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Pride and Prejudice. It's my go to book when I am poorly.
I prefer the film version of this. It's one of my favourite films
Which film version though? So many have been made.
The Keira Knightly one. Great performances ,beautiful scenery and lovely music. I like the understated costuming in it too "
Nooooo, has to be the BBC Adaptation with Collin " sexy as fuck in my britches" Firth in.  |
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"A day in the life of Ivan denisovitch
I was just trying to remember this one. I could recall the front cover with the face on it. I kept getting Ivanisovitch come to my mind "
It confuses people when they hear I like Solzhenitsyn |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Pride and Prejudice. It's my go to book when I am poorly.
I prefer the film version of this. It's one of my favourite films
Which film version though? So many have been made.
The Keira Knightly one. Great performances ,beautiful scenery and lovely music. I like the understated costuming in it too Nooooo, has to be the BBC Adaptation with Collin " sexy as fuck in my britches" Firth in. "
I prefer him in Love Actually. The tv version of P&P was more theatrical and stiff. He is sexy though lol |
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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Pride and Prejudice. It's my go to book when I am poorly.
I prefer the film version of this. It's one of my favourite films
Which film version though? So many have been made.
The Keira Knightly one. Great performances ,beautiful scenery and lovely music. I like the understated costuming in it too Nooooo, has to be the BBC Adaptation with Collin " sexy as fuck in my britches" Firth in.
I prefer him in Love Actually. The tv version of P&P was more theatrical and stiff. He is sexy though lol "
Oh noooooo....he is smouldering in P and P.....he sets the screen alight...oooh a slight hot flush now.  |
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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago
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I am an avid reader so I shall try and edit my list as I go but there are a few definite favourites I go back to once a year or so. Anne of Green Gables novels, Lord Of The Rings, The Handmaid's Tale (a modern classic I reckon), Fanny Hill; Lovecraft, Poe and MR James for short stories and novellas, the occasional nostalgia wallow in Dickens, Austen, Blyton or Alcott and finally the Sherlock Holmes stories (I even have some of the collected Strand editions). I know it's more modern but if I ever need perking up then it's The Crow Road by Iain Banks. |
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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago
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"I am an avid reader so I shall try and edit my list as I go but there are a few definite favourites I go back to once a year or so. Anne of Green Gables novels, Lord Of The Rings, The Handmaid's Tale (a modern classic I reckon), Fanny Hill; Lovecraft, Poe and MR James for short stories and novellas, the occasional nostalgia wallow in Dickens, Austen, Blyton or Alcott and finally the Sherlock Holmes stories (I even have some of the collected Strand editions). I know it's more modern but if I ever need perking up then it's The Crow Road by Iain Banks."
Anne of Green Gables is definitely totally brilliant as is The Crow Road, and I now have to say that out loud in a Scottish accent.."he's away down the Crow Road"  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Constants on my bookshelf are the complete works of Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare, and the poetry of Pablo Neruda, Maya Angelou, Carol Ann Duffy and Robert Burns. |
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"Abelard and Helouise for me  "
The memories of Hadrian by Marguerite youcenar. Not so long but each sentence is a meal in itself. Of as much value as the book is extra at the end where she explains the journey she took to write the book. I do want to give a shout out for Ernest Hemingway's 'A moveable feast' centred on his time in Paris in the 20's. |
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Another vote for pride and prejudice here. BBC adaptation was closest to the book I've seen plus love Colin firth.
'Modern classics' 'waterland' by Graham Swift, 'behind the scenes at the museum' by Kate Atkinson, also love her other books but this is the best.
I'm currently re reading the 39 steps and want to read the count of monte cristo before revenge back on tv |
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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Another vote for pride and prejudice here. BBC adaptation was closest to the book I've seen plus love Colin firth.
'Modern classics' 'waterland' by Graham Swift, 'behind the scenes at the museum' by Kate Atkinson, also love her other books but this is the best.
I'm currently re reading the 39 steps and want to read the count of monte cristo before revenge back on tv"
I was looking at your response on the other thread, I loved Little Women, and Enid Blytons "The Famous Five" |
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By *he tactile technicianMan
over a year ago
the good lands, the bad lands, the any where you may want me lands |
Lord of the Flies by William Golding ; reminds me of a independent school education,
Empire of the Sun;by J G Ballard reminds me of childhood in the Far East,
I am David by Anne Holm ; escapism,
Blindness by Jose Saramago; a wake up call for everyone
Poppy shakespeare by Clare Allan; but for the will of God go us
And so many many more, you should all pop around and browse my bookshelves |
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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago
Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria |
"Dantes inferno is on the shelf, I intend to read that soon"
I've got that on my Kindle but haven't started it yet...for an avid reader, I don't really go for the classics, but I'll plump for To Kill a Mockingbird...Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is pretty good too |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The Magic Faraway Tree aka the enchanted wood!!! Love love love this book!!!  "
This enchanted me as a child. Once I reached about twelve though, Bram Stoker's "Dracula". Also not sure if they're considered classic yet, but anything by John Wyndham.
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Things I have read repeatedly and act as a comfort blanket are;
Conan Doyle's various Holmes tales
Orwell's 1984
HG Well's The Time Machine (of course)
James Herbert's The Fog
They all remind me of being a kid. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"120 days of sodom Have you seen the cinematic version of this? Salo... made in 1976 - banned. Unbelievably graphic"
The young actors made me uncomfortable... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Id also add:-
The Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
Asimov's Foundation Series
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Stranger in a Strange Land
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"120 days of sodom Thats my second choice, not an easy read though."
I found it so badly written it put me off. Though to be fair it's not completed. It's just one of those things that seems obscene for the sake of obscenity.
At the risk of sounding pretentious, anything by Shakespeare is fantastic.
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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago
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"120 days of sodom Thats my second choice, not an easy read though.
I found it so badly written it put me off. Though to be fair it's not completed. It's just one of those things that seems obscene for the sake of obscenity.
At the risk of sounding pretentious, anything by Shakespeare is fantastic.
K"
I disagree, I really enjoyed it, I like Shakespeare too, which is your favourite? |
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Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
20,000 leagues under the Sea, Around the World in 80 days, Jules Verne
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
The Iliad Homer
Dracula Bram Stoker
The Picture of Dorian Grey Oscar Wilde
Animal Farm, 1984 George Orwell
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck
The Invisible Man, The Time Machine H G Wells
*The Haunting of Hill House* Shirley Jackson, you know when films are good but the movie even better! well this is an amazing Horror!
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway After my visit to Cuba and visiting the bar he used to frequent a couple of years back I found myself
picking this book up again and in a somewhat a reversal of my
previous Statement I remembered just how much I enjoyed the Spencer Tracy movie 1958
so many classics so little time!!! |
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"120 days of sodom Thats my second choice, not an easy read though.
I found it so badly written it put me off. Though to be fair it's not completed. It's just one of those things that seems obscene for the sake of obscenity.
At the risk of sounding pretentious, anything by Shakespeare is fantastic.
KI disagree, I really enjoyed it, I like Shakespeare too, which is your favourite?"
Fair enough! :D
Measure for Measure, Tempest, also a soft spot for R&J |
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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago
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"120 days of sodom Thats my second choice, not an easy read though.
I found it so badly written it put me off. Though to be fair it's not completed. It's just one of those things that seems obscene for the sake of obscenity.
At the risk of sounding pretentious, anything by Shakespeare is fantastic.
KI disagree, I really enjoyed it, I like Shakespeare too, which is your favourite?
Fair enough! :D
Measure for Measure, Tempest, also a soft spot for R&J "
Much ado about nothing and Othello are my two favourite. |
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By *andACouple
over a year ago
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Like a lot of people 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and I'd also add 'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac.
Both different, but wonderful, books that set me on the road (no pun intended) to spending a ton of money on Amazon over the years. All worth it though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Lord of the flies.
The diary of Ann frank.
Flowers in the attic.
To name a few.... Also the series books that started with a boy called it."
Is "a boy called it" a classic?? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Lord of the flies.
The diary of Ann frank.
Flowers in the attic.
To name a few.... Also the series books that started with a boy called it.
Is "a boy called it" a classic??"
Always one isn't there. 
I don't really give a hoot whether its a classic or not... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Lord of the flies.
The diary of Ann frank.
Flowers in the attic.
To name a few.... Also the series books that started with a boy called it.
Is "a boy called it" a classic??
Always one isn't there.
I don't really give a hoot whether its a classic or not... "
Hey...if it's a classic then I'm claiming it as the ONE that I've read.
Very sad book though. Not nice, brought back some bad memories. |
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"The Bible if you take away the religion it's a damn good read and most hotels have one for free! "
I've been reading "God is disapointed in you" it distills each book within the Bible, old and new testements, to it's core message. But it does it in a really humourous way. Fantastic reading.
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"The Bible if you take away the religion it's a damn good read and most hotels have one for free!
I've been reading "God is disapointed in you" it distills each book within the Bible, old and new testements, to it's core message. But it does it in a really humourous way. Fantastic reading.
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That sounds really good! Christmas pressie for L is sorted then |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Like a lot of people 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and I'd also add 'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac.
Both different, but wonderful, books that set me on the road (no pun intended) to spending a ton of money on Amazon over the years. All worth it though."
I hated "on the road", was really looking forward to reading it too. To many "blow man blow" in it. Xx |
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"The Bible if you take away the religion it's a damn good read and most hotels have one for free!
I've been reading "God is disapointed in you" it distills each book within the Bible, old and new testements, to it's core message. But it does it in a really humourous way. Fantastic reading.
That sounds really good! Christmas pressie for L is sorted then "
It's published by Top Shelf productions and I believe they have a sale on at the moment.
The book is written by Mark Russell. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The Bible if you take away the religion it's a damn good read and most hotels have one for free!
I've been reading "God is disapointed in you" it distills each book within the Bible, old and new testements, to it's core message. But it does it in a really humourous way. Fantastic reading.
That sounds really good! Christmas pressie for L is sorted then
It's published by Top Shelf productions and I believe they have a sale on at the moment.
The book is written by Mark Russell."
The same top shelf that publish graphic novels? Totally persuaded now |
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"120 days of sodom Have you seen the cinematic version of this? Salo... made in 1976 - banned. Unbelievably graphic"
I havnt but I will try and get a copy from somewhere,thanks |
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"The Bible if you take away the religion it's a damn good read and most hotels have one for free!
I've been reading "God is disapointed in you" it distills each book within the Bible, old and new testements, to it's core message. But it does it in a really humourous way. Fantastic reading.
That sounds really good! Christmas pressie for L is sorted then
It's published by Top Shelf productions and I believe they have a sale on at the moment.
The book is written by Mark Russell.
The same top shelf that publish graphic novels? Totally persuaded now "
Yeah that's them! I bought a bucket load last time they had a sale. |
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