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Right.
As we're all apparently getting sick of the endless would you/wouldnt you, he said/she said threads, let's try something else.
Half the problem on the forums here is nobody starts a thread which requires anything more than the ability to say yes, no, or (god forbid) lol.
SO, tell us a fave book you've read, maybe recently maybe one from childhood which made a lasting impression, and if you want, why you liked it.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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To Kill A Mocking Bird, makes understand and appreciate sensitive subjects such as inequality, racism, bigotory etc. as seen and told through the eyes of the child.
If you believe the film is good, read the book as it is better!  |
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"To Kill A Mocking Bird, makes understand and appreciate sensitive subjects such as inequality, racism, bigotory etc. as seen and told through the eyes of the child.
If you believe the film is good, read the book as it is better! "
Oh yeah I love this book, never seen the film. I dont think I could choose a favourite book, I love reading - am about to read The Other Boleyn Girl and I do like real life crime  |
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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago
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For the romantic in me,,
The love letters of Abelard and Helouise
In the 12th Century,true story of a nun and a priest that fell in love, its their letters that they sent to each other after the shit hit the fan |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I loved the Magic Faraway Tree as a kid too and also the Naughtiest Girl books she wrote.
Now I love loads - I'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite - Memoirs of a Geisha, Angela's Ashes, The Other Boleyn Girl and any of the Harry Potters are just a few I've read over and over |
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over a year ago
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I just read Laurent Fignon's memoirs "We were young and carefree" which I really enjoyed (being an ex cyclist). Made me recall how and why I first fell in love with cycling.
Otherwise any Robert Ludlum. When I have the time, of course |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Anything by Tess Gerritsen. A lot of Martina Cole. Adore Diana Gabaldon's Cross Stitch series -- so brilliant and I could read them again and again. Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles (the one's every other vampire story has since copied) and Anne Rice's version of Sleeping Beauty. Off the top of my head. Oh and Lesley Pearse I like too -- specially "Remember Me", one of my fave books ever and so sad. It's like films though, you keep remembering more.
As kid, the Enchanted Wood was my favourite too, that and Charlotte Web. Loved Roald Dahl's books also.
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Doesnt have to be an all time fave people, any book you've read and enjoyed.
But only proper books.
First person to say 'Jordan'or 'Worlds biggest trucks etc' is a cunt.
A serious thread for good, reasoned discussion.
Wanna be a fanny? Pick your thread, there's loads.
And - Harry Potter makes the cut as easily acceptable - got more kids reading than anything in a generation. And if a few adults got into the habit via JK, so much the better.
ONWARD, my fellow bibliophiles!! |
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I think it was R E Feist, Fairy Tale- scared the shit out of me and my mates at school.
I'm still looking under the bed for the Bad Thing!
I still fondly remember my first copy of Mayfair as well, it was an old issue when I got it! Still like ladies with staples down the middle to this day! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"If anyone says Harry Fucking Potter I want them shot.
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Read them all twice  sorry granny hope ye still love me.
As for other books, well where do i start, just finished reading silence by lesley pearce. Love anything from james patterson, karen rose, marina cole etc
kev got me a kindle for my birthday and i downloaded some of the classics, pride and prejudice, little women ect as iv never read them, then he went and bought me 250 erotice books for the kindle and well lets just say the classics have been put on the back burner for a while |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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On a serious note. JK Rowling's series is absolutely brilliant. Brilliantly written, brilliantly creative and quite frankly, they're brilliant.
Okay, so I think they're brilliant. I love it when an author creates a whole other world. CS Lewis of course, with Narnia - I forgot to mention them earlier, another lot of my favourites as a kid and as an *ahem* grown up. I've re-read them more than once. Again, the creativity and imagination is quite astounding.
Aforementioned "Lord of the Rings ..." another brilliant series involving vast amounts of creativity and imagination.
More will come to me, I'm sure, but JK Rowling deserves all the praise she gets as far as I'm concerned. AND she's Scottish! Go her!! |
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Been sat here 10 mins trying to think of my fav fave book and come up with loads and loads that enjoyed reading, I love reading fiction and non-fiction.
Have been known to sit and look through a dictionary.
So not very good on this thread sorry
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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First real book, lord of the rings, Tolkien, dune, frank Herbert, the alchemist, Paulo Coelho, also not a book, Milton’s, paradise lost a heavenly rebellion. For me these books where very influential when I was younger, and are well written .
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I'm another Enid Blyton fan... I just read The Faraway Tree series again. Next is Secret Seven and after that Famous Five. Loved them as a kid.
In adulthood... I'm a true crime fan, my favourite being Perfect Victim. I like fiction too and anything by Karen Rose and Karin Slaughter do it for me.
I quite like erotica too... The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty trilogy are amazingly well written and I thoroughly enjoyed them. Worth a read if you like that kinda thing.
Also... the Stieg Larsson series were also great. One massive story over three books had me totally hooked. The films were great too... not sure what the remake in English will be like but the Swedish versions were brilliant.
I'm sure I'll think of more. |
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over a year ago
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I have such a wide range of authors I read, but one book that stuck in my head was a sci fi novel written in the 80's called footfall, it was about an invasion of earth by elephant like beings and how we, (well the USA) kicked ass and drove them away.
Don't ask me why I liked it, but I thought it was well written, the science was based on known technoligy, and you ended up feeling for the characters, on both sides |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Been sat here 10 mins trying to think of my fav fave book and come up with loads and loads that enjoyed reading, I love reading fiction and non-fiction.
Have been known to sit and look through a dictionary.
So not very good on this thread sorry
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Non-fiction I love too. Anne Rule's Small Sacrifices, the story of Diane Downs is very well written and her book, "The Stranger Beside Me" re Ted Bundy is unreal! She was commissioned to write the book, during which time, she came to realise that she was very good friends with one of the most (if not the) most prolific serial killers in the history of, well, "serial killers. |
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"I'm another Enid Blyton fan... I just read The Faraway Tree series again. Next is Secret Seven and after that Famous Five. Loved them as a kid.
In adulthood... I'm a true crime fan, my favourite being Perfect Victim. I like fiction too and anything by Karen Rose and Karin Slaughter do it for me.
I quite like erotica too... The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty trilogy are amazingly well written and I thoroughly enjoyed them. Worth a read if you like that kinda thing.
Also... the Stieg Larsson series were also great. One massive story over three books had me totally hooked. The films were great too... not sure what the remake in English will be like but the Swedish versions were brilliant.
I'm sure I'll think of more. "
I've not read the Larsson series, but I absolutely loved the first two films. Still to see the third part but those books are most definitely on my reading list this year. Amazing, even the subtitles didn't put me off, I hardly noticed they were there. |
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I've not read the Larsson series, but I absolutely loved the first two films. Still to see the third part but those books are most definitely on my reading list this year. Amazing, even the subtitles didn't put me off, I hardly noticed they were there."
I enjoyed them more cause I'd read the books I think but you're right, you don't notice the subtitles.
Books are worth the read... have them here if you want to come borrow them!  |
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I've not read the Larsson series, but I absolutely loved the first two films. Still to see the third part but those books are most definitely on my reading list this year. Amazing, even the subtitles didn't put me off, I hardly noticed they were there.
I enjoyed them more cause I'd read the books I think but you're right, you don't notice the subtitles.
Books are worth the read... have them here if you want to come borrow them! "
ooer Missus  I'm more interested in your interest in the Claiming of Sleeping Beauty lol, I adored those books. But as I said earlier, Anne Rice is a genius. Maybe I didn't use that word actually, but I meant to
So, you ... me ... claiming ... beauty ... sleeping ..
Sod the sleeping, everything I said before that |
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"dont really read much fiction bit as non-fiction goes "in the company of heroes" by micheal durrant is an inspiring story of mans ability to endure and survive adversity."
GOOD POINT.
Non fiction as well my little seething cauldron of intelligensia..
...Biographies, Autiobiographies, Diaries, Memiors etc, you name it.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Started with the Famous Fives... Everything Spike Milligan ever published... Emanuelle... Loads of Tom Clancy and Wilbur Smith... My all time favourite has to be The Mists of Avalon by Marion Bradley. |
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" ooer Missus I'm more interested in your interest in the Claiming of Sleeping Beauty lol, I adored those books. But as I said earlier, Anne Rice is a genius. Maybe I didn't use that word actually, but I meant to
So, you ... me ... claiming ... beauty ... sleeping ..
Sod the sleeping, everything I said before that "
My PM box is that way! |
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ALSO - to anyone flicking through this thread who is NOT a reader...
..if you think you fancy trying a book or two, but arent sure where to start because there are so many, feel free to ask.
This is a friendly thread for reasoned debate and discussion.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have a box full of books that have been packed up since I moved house over 2 years ago. They're all yet to be read and I really must do something about that. |
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over a year ago
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I have a huge number of books, but to mention a few:
Old Man's War - John Scalzi. About the choice old people have, die on Earth or get a new body but fight a war. Very good entertaining read.
Nights dawn trilogy - Peter F. Hamilton. This man can really write space opera!
Most things by Neal Asher.
Notice a SciFi theme here?
Enders Game - This is awesome, the follow ups not so good though.
1984
K. J. Parker Memory and Engineer series.
Plum Island by Nelson Demille and the rest on in the John Corey series. Good detective drama with a rouge but likeable key character. Gave my Dad one to read on hols and on return he bought all of them!
Snowcrash - Neal Stephenson
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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thanks to the OP for creating this post.
the books that i'll never forget include wind in the willows, the lion, the witch and the wardrobe, lord of the rings triology and my favourite which makes me cry to this day, jane eyre. dracula is up there too.
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By *picMan
over a year ago
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Such a wide range of authors
Anything by Bernard Cornwell especially the Sharpe series, just read Azincourt which was a great book.
Allan Mallinson, very similar to the Sharpe series but better.
Sven Hassel for WW11 fiction
others to mention, James Herbert, Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, Kevin Lewis, Tess Gerriten.
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"thanks to the OP for creating this post.
the books that i'll never forget include wind in the willows, the lion, the witch and the wardrobe, lord of the rings triology and my favourite which makes me cry to this day, jane eyre. dracula is up there too.
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And thanks to you for contributing to it. |
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And, on a related note to the above, how nice it is to see some people posting on this thread who are not regular forumites.
It's nice to know there's life out there, and even nicer to know that if there's a thread which has a sensible, well structured theme, people will contribute.
Not to say that the lighthearted, silly, profane etc don't have their place too, but the library thread is looking like a good thing.
And it just goes to show that there are many people who look at the forums, but don't post.
The fact that they are largely avoiding smart arsed gits like me shall, for now, be glossed over.
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"juicy was fantastic but sadly has got lost when moving round would love to get it again and let my daughter read it"
Amazon is great for nearly new books at dirt cheap prices.
I used to be a snob about it & insist on buying spanking new, but now i'm happy with 'used, good'.
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Chris Mullins diaries.
Regardless of your politics, a rollicking good read and a great insight into life as a junior minister in govt.
Gives you as much of an insight into the Blair years from the inside as Clarks book does for the Thatcher years.
Fascinating stuff, as neither man had a political career to save, or legacy to worry about by the time their books were published.
So they tell it like they saw it.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"oh, i forgot the great gatsby, gorgeous film too. xx"
Oo yes! And Tender is the Night too. I've been wracking my brains as there are so many that I've loved or have inspired me over time, some of which have been mentioned (Nancy Drew, Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe etc etc). A few others from different times in my life have been Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Like Water for Chocolate, Little Birds (Anais Nin)... Could go on, but it's time for a chapter or two before I sleep... |
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By *umourCouple
over a year ago
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The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.. I have "fine" editions of both. I also have read my way through probably a dozen of each in paperback!
Earth Abides by George R Stewart
A story about man all but disapearing from the Earth. No explaination of how, just a well written story of how people get back into a social group and the equivelent of the bible is a Lump Hammer first used by the main character, Isherwood Williams.
Great reading |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My favourite book of all time is To Kill A Mocking Bird, I re read it about once a year.
I read about 3/4 books a week, mainly crime fiction, I go to the library, and pick six books from the crime section at random.
Normally there is always something worth reading, once I find an author I enjoy, I read everything they have written.
Right now im reading stuff by Stuart McBride and Richard Montanari. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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i thought long and hard about this and decided to throw in a book not many will have read. and it cast a huge dark shadow over half a century and possibly still does in some ways think this book really did change the world
MIEN KAMPF Adolf Hitler Certainly not anyones favourite author and i am no fan but well it certainly changed things |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Adrianuk....thanks ....most peeps take the piss, when I mention that book, why I never know .....and its wonderful to know his memory is still cherished..its one of the most vivid books I`ve ever read ...brilliant thread by the way ...some quality readers about,and books I think I`ll try !!!..x |
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"i hardly ever read books.i find they just spoil the films.
my favourites.
1984.
animal farm.
i just think,that guy new something.
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think you got that wroing way round most films are poor shadow of the books |
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over a year ago
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Don`t think I`ve ever seen a film that matched the book....mabye thats me !!!......As an aside anyone who likes Tolkien should really try The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant ....2 trilogies .......beautiful prose and a story to die for !! |
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By *drianukMan
over a year ago
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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is all about the labour theory of value. All value is created by labour and, whatever our politics, we all recognise that as being true. But I've never known it explained as clearly as by Tressell. Once you've read it you'll never be daunted by anyone |
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By *adcowWoman
over a year ago
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"Nancy Drew...
was drawn more to her name than her books.
The Hardy Boys were great.
(And, for once, it's not a double entendre)
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loved the hardy boys adventures when i was a kid.
stephen kings - the green mile i couldn't put down read it in a single night.
love laurell k hamilton;s anita blake vampire hunter series just bought a new one (number 15) yesterday - bullet |
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over a year ago
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Not at all fashionable ...but the Bible ...well New Testament had a influence on me as a child ......surprising as my family wasn`t religious at all, and how I ended up hanging around Hells Angels just tickles me .....but some of that book live with me today ....the parables as teaching stories are wonderful..x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I met a complete stranger in Waterstones ...a lady , and we agreed to read each others suggestions ....call it a leap of faith lol......I gave her Tressels book ....she gave me one o McCarthys ......think she had the better deal lol..x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I was walking thru my high st bout a month ago ...and was puzzled to see a book on a wall....seemed outa place....further on down there must of been 25 books left on walls ....seats ....tubs etc ...twas a free street library ...take it home read it , then replace ...and add a new one if you felt inclined .....how funky is that ?....Anyone else encountered this ?..x |
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One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Takes a while to plough through, and you have to have your wits about you because several generations of the family have the same name, so it's tricky to get a hold on who's who sometimes.
But a great read and a brilliant exponent of magical realism. |
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"Don`t think I`ve ever seen a film that matched the book....mabye thats me !!!......As an aside anyone who likes Tolkien should really try The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant ....2 trilogies .......beautiful prose and a story to die for !!"
I much prefer the books to the movies. I think with books you take more in as everything is described to you with words. With a film you might not see something that adds so much to the story because you're looking at something else on the screen. |
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All pj tracy's although not enough of them it a mother and daughter that writes them and love them.
David Baldacci - like thrillers
and mmmm Jeffrey Deaver - empty chair and all his love a good serial killer, met him in Lincoln at a book signing and he looked like a serial killer !!
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i dont read as much as i should - i quite enjoy it but find when i am at home i have a very short attention span
the only time i really read is on hoiday. spending hours round the pool reading - love it!!
i love Martina Cole and have read most ofher books. My favourite being The Take.
Also like Terry Pratchett as he is really off the wall and you never know where he is going to take you. |
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From BSE to Global Warming, why scares are costing us the earth - Christopher Booker/Richard North.
Compelling account of the way the media & society deal with everything from Salmonella in eggs, to BSE, bird flu, millenium bug, and how mass hysteria results.
FOr a good scare story you need both a proposer, the possibility it could happen and a denier.
Worth the cover price for the chapter on Child Abuse alone.
A Compelling read. |
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"Any book by Cathy Glass. A wonderfully caring woman who fostered so many "problem" children, puts so many of us to shame with our own problems"
Welcome back to the thread.
We're glad you learned your lesson.
And a good contribution to boot. |
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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago
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"Any book by Cathy Glass. A wonderfully caring woman who fostered so many "problem" children, puts so many of us to shame with our own problems
Welcome back to the thread.
We're glad you learned your lesson.
And a good contribution to boot."
I never learn, but I enjoy you trying to teach me Sir xxx |
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Another two...
Sister by Rosamund Lupton - really good read with a twist. Tissues required.
My Side of the Story - Will Davis. Really good read, made me laugh out loud from beginning to end (don't read it on the bus unless you want people to ask what you're reading)  |
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over a year ago
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the Wilt series by Tom Sharpes always good fer a giggle if yer into lampooning the establishment and general farce .....genuine laughs fer me...giggles in my memory |
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great thread ain`t it !!! I ain`t come across Twains aforesaid !!!...another name on the list then ......
I was affected by Papillon as a teenager..quite visceral with my young mind,not sure if its a great book,but it had an impact on me .....I couldn`t put it down ... |
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"great thread ain`t it !!! I ain`t come across Twains aforesaid !!!...another name on the list then ......
I was affected by Papillon as a teenager..quite visceral with my young mind,not sure if its a great book,but it had an impact on me .....I couldn`t put it down ..."
well, that particular story is a series of letters from the Archangel Satan to Michael and Gabriel about his _iews of life on Earth...it questions quite deeply religion. Very good! I recommend! |
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over a year ago
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Love the Larsson books also anything by Maggie O'Farrell particularly The Vanishing of Esme Lennox and the The Hand that First held mine. I love the way she writes it really pulls you.
Also a big fan of Lisa Jewell
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There are far to many amazing authors and literary works I have taken great such pleasure in reading,,, but if I where ever only allowed to chose one book to read again,… it would have to be “Uncle John's Bathroom Reader”…..Granted its no giant of intellectual standing and wont inspire people to conjure deep thoughts or make life changing affirmations…..However, its simply crammed full of fascinating information of little value and great fun to spend otherwise wasted time with.  |
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"great thread ain`t it !!! I ain`t come across Twains aforesaid !!!...another name on the list then ......
I was affected by Papillon as a teenager..quite visceral with my young mind,not sure if its a great book,but it had an impact on me .....I couldn`t put it down ..."
Loved Papillon as a teenager.
Must re-read it.
(Good movie too, but never gets shown) |
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By *utzzCouple
over a year ago
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The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart. An amazing book.
Anything by Bill Bryson, his travel books are laugh out loud funny and also make you realize how little you know of the world around you, and A Short History of Nearly Everything is brilliantly written science book accessible to the thicko is me! |
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Gone with the Wind - read it whilst at primary school and was disappointed when I saw the film - too much missing
The Hobbit. Could never get into LotR but loved The Hobbit
Faraway Tree series. Beatrix Potter books.
Colette's Le Ble en Herbe and Cheri & Le Fin de Cheri
Treasure Island - haven't read it since I was about 12 but it was one of my favourites as a child.
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"The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart. An amazing book.
Anything by Bill Bryson, his travel books are laugh out loud funny and also make you realize how little you know of the world around you, and A Short History of Nearly Everything is brilliantly written science book accessible to the thicko is me!"
"I come from Iowa. Somebody had to"
Quality. |
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"Another read as a teenager in the same sort of vein that had me as a teenager is King Rat by James Clavell...."
Top book!
Led me on to read Tai-pan.
And then Shogun and Noble House.
Learned SO much about hong kong and it's history from them.
Shogun was good too. |
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"Ditto ....I read the same books as an adult ...I lived in Honkers as a teen for 3 years,I felt almost nostalgic!! "
Must be (ahem) close on 30 years since I reads them, but still remember 'gweilo' as meaning 'white face', the way gambling affects the entire culture/way of life and the concept of 'face'.
Would have loved to have visited/spent time before the handover to China - which is foretold in the signing of the 99 year lease in tai-pan.
A great example of how reading can give you knowledge of cultures, places and people you won't get the chance to see in real life.
Not to mention it being a bloody good story, when the guy turns up at the start of Noble House with half a coin... |
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I dont read much but the last Book I read was Beyond Band Of Brothers, War memoirs by Major Dick Winters.
Id like to meet Major Winters and enjoy chatting to him about his experiances during his time in uniform.
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"I dont read much but the last Book I read was Beyond Band Of Brothers, War memoirs by Major Dick Winters.
Id like to meet Major Winters and enjoy chatting to him about his experiances during his time in uniform.
Mr Fun. "
Amazing man (&men). Amazing life (& lives).
Got the Pacific book for chrimbo, but havent touched it yet. |
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To be honest, i dont actually have a favourite book which is odd in a way as when i was at school, i probably read more that i bothered with lessons. I like a book called The Ocean of Air that i have had for years because i find it fascinating, other than that though, i much prefer true to life; A boy called it, for example or autobiographies but i draw the line at ever finishing Katy Price's as its the most awful drivel ive ever read |
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As a child anything by Enid Blyton, especially the famous five, then moved on the Catherine Cookson (don't shoot me yet, please), then to kill a mocking bird and of mice and men, also The Crucible which I know is a play but read read and re read it so many times. Also Hitch-hikers Guide to the galaxy and Biography Is That IT (BOB GELDOF) so you can see I have very wide tastes. |
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"To be honest, i dont actually have a favourite book which is odd in a way as when i was at school, i probably read more that i bothered with lessons. I like a book called The Ocean of Air that i have had for years because i find it fascinating, other than that though, i much prefer true to life; A boy called it, for example or autobiographies but i draw the line at ever finishing Katy Price's as its the most awful drivel ive ever read "
oh loved (if thats the right word) a boy called it and the follow up books including his brothers. Read very many along this line. |
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"To be honest, i dont actually have a favourite book which is odd in a way as when i was at school, i probably read more that i bothered with lessons. I like a book called The Ocean of Air that i have had for years because i find it fascinating, other than that though, i much prefer true to life; A boy called it, for example or autobiographies but i draw the line at ever finishing Katy Price's as its the most awful drivel ive ever read
oh loved (if thats the right word) a boy called it and the follow up books including his brothers. Read very many along this line."
I too as my daughter buys them. At work we get books and other stuff delivered and i got laughed at for my choice of books (a triple set): No-one Wants you by Celine Roberts, Sickened by Julie Gregory and Silent Sisters by Jenny Tomlin  just prefer something with substance and i dont feel fiction has that, which is of course what they read but i didnt laugh at their choice |
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"I dont read much but the last Book I read was Beyond Band Of Brothers, War memoirs by Major Dick Winters.
Id like to meet Major Winters and enjoy chatting to him about his experiances during his time in uniform.
Mr Fun.
Amazing man (&men). Amazing life (& lives).
Got the Pacific book for chrimbo, but havent touched it yet."
Just shows how ordinary men had to deal with extraordinary situations. |
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By *ayceeCouple
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Faourite book has to be Brideshead Revisited, but when I was at school I found myself re-reading Tom Brown's Schooldays, and the Tin Drum by Gunter Grass. I also read a lot of non-fiction, especially military history, but my favourite fiction authors - John Irving(World According to Garp, The Ciderhouse Rules, A Prayer For Owen Meany);Christopher Brookmyre(very funny crime fiction - the Scotish Carl Hiasen); Robertson Davies(anything by him, but esp. What's Bred in the Bone, and The Lyre of Orpheus) |
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The Dark Towers by Stephen King, thier his magnus opus (spelling) and they are breathtaking, my favourate amongst them is Wizzards and Glass. Seven books in total.
Maybe it because there's elements to that particular story that make me feel nostalgic, thinking about my first kiss and having advetures with my friends. Along with the usuall thrilling horror/action stuff thats par for the course with this series that gets me, or maybe its because its the 1st time (and only) that iv fallen in love with a character from a story, The lovely Susan, girl by the window :D or the fact that it breaks my heart everytime I read it.
Probably all of the above :D simply amazing!! |
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"To Kill A Mocking Bird, makes understand and appreciate sensitive subjects such as inequality, racism, bigotory etc. as seen and told through the eyes of the child.
If you believe the film is good, read the book as it is better!
Oh yeah I love this book, never seen the film. I dont think I could choose a favourite book, I love reading - am about to read The Other Boleyn Girl and I do like real life crime "
Damn, can't believe this, all the above were favourites, still are.Didn't discover my Dom side until I read Wuthering Heights . |
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"Right.
As we're all apparently getting sick of the endless would you/wouldnt you, he said/she said threads, let's try something else.
Half the problem on the forums here is nobody starts a thread which requires anything more than the ability to say yes, no, or (god forbid) lol.
SO, tell us a fave book you've read, maybe recently maybe one from childhood which made a lasting impression, and if you want, why you liked it.
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Impossible for me to name just one,but i have a few i return to time and time again,for companionship,solace,laughter,escape,
1.Mansfield Park,I honestly believe Austens finest work.
2.War and Peace.
Just indescribable,but worth it,in many ways every book ever written.
3.LOTR because we all need to escape sometimes.
4.Any Disc world witches novel
5.100 yrs of solitude
ok i will stop there lol |
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"To Kill A Mocking Bird, makes understand and appreciate sensitive subjects such as inequality, racism, bigotory etc. as seen and told through the eyes of the child.
If you believe the film is good, read the book as it is better!
Oh yeah I love this book, never seen the film. I dont think I could choose a favourite book, I love reading - am about to read The Other Boleyn Girl and I do like real life crime
Damn, can't believe this, all the above were favourites, still are.Didn't discover my Dom side until I read Wuthering Heights . "
Oh yes, every subs first Dom is heathcliffe! |
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The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Tolkien's Rings, CS Lewis' Narnia, anything by Terry Pratchett …… hmmmm there's a fantasist theme here but I also love, and still read, To Kill A Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest was pretty bloody good too!
So no single fave I guess just anything that takes my fancy on at the time …. a bit like my women I guess |
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"I have a huge number of books, but to mention a few:
Old Man's War - John Scalzi. About the choice old people have, die on Earth or get a new body but fight a war. Very good entertaining read.
Nights dawn trilogy - Peter F. Hamilton. This man can really write space opera!
Most things by Neal Asher.
Notice a SciFi theme here?
Enders Game - This is awesome, the follow ups not so good though.
1984
K. J. Parker Memory and Engineer series.
Plum Island by Nelson Demille and the rest on in the John Corey series. Good detective drama with a rouge but likeable key character. Gave my Dad one to read on hols and on return he bought all of them!
Snowcrash - Neal Stephenson
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Just read The Reality Disfunction and started The Neutronium Alchemist, not usually sci fi fanatic but P.F Hamilton is one amazing writer and the fact i want to bed Joshua lol.
Other titles by Mr Hamilton also fantastic have read the Greg Mandell trilogy too and yes i would bed him also and Misspent Youth .....
Voidhawk trilogy next when finished Nights Dawn Trilogy ....
Will read anything with words in it though and thanks for thread cos jotted down some new to read books
Linz xxx |
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The Universe in a Nutshell – Steven Hawking
Oh and one about the most prolific serial killers of the last century.
In all seriousness, I don’t think I have read a fictional book in my life… well since the age of about 10.
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By *oddessWoman
over a year ago
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"Anything by Tess Gerritsen. A lot of Martina Cole. Adore Diana Gabaldon's Cross Stitch series -- so brilliant and I could read them again and again. Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles (the one's every other vampire story has since copied) and Anne Rice's version of Sleeping Beauty. Off the top of my head. Oh and Lesley Pearse I like too -- specially "Remember Me", one of my fave books ever and so sad. It's like films though, you keep remembering more.
As kid, the Enchanted Wood was my favourite too, that and Charlotte Web. Loved Roald Dahl's books also.
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I luv Jamie Fraser from the cross stitch books!!! He is adorable!!! |
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In repsonse to the people talking about it on telly on another thread...
Norman Mailer's The Fight focuses on the 1975 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire. Muhammad Ali met George Foreman.
It'a first hand account of the build up, the fight and the aftermath, putting everything into a wider social context.
Facsinating read. |
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This, for Thatchers children i.e anyone who came of age during the 80's.
Black Swan Green - David Mitchell
Will take you back to those halcyon days of boys and girls and girls and boys and school and parents and brothers and sisters and stuff.
And the technoligical wonder which was the push button phone.
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"try the jason bourne trilogy by robert ludlum magic a tell thee
Really enjoyed the first book.
The other two, not so much, but still good.
Different from the (excellent) movie(s) too..
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Have to agree. I read the Rhinneman Exchange when I was about 18 cos I liked the cover when I saw it in the library, (remember them?). It started a long love affair with Robert Ludlum's books. However whilst I really enjoyed the Bourne Identity I began to feel that the books were becoming too long and the plots too convoluted so I never bothered with anything he did after that. I do agree that the films are very good fun.
He also wrote a book called the Oosterman Weekend and despite reading it twice and seeing the film, which starred John Hurt and Rutger Hauer as I recall, I still never understood what it was all about. |
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"try the jason bourne trilogy by robert ludlum magic a tell thee
Really enjoyed the first book.
The other two, not so much, but still good.
Different from the (excellent) movie(s) too..
Have to agree. I read the Rhinneman Exchange when I was about 18 cos I liked the cover when I saw it in the library, (remember them?). It started a long love affair with Robert Ludlum's books. However whilst I really enjoyed the Bourne Identity I began to feel that the books were becoming too long and the plots too convoluted so I never bothered with anything he did after that. I do agree that the films are very good fun.
He also wrote a book called the Oosterman Weekend and despite reading it twice and seeing the film, which starred John Hurt and Rutger Hauer as I recall, I still never understood what it was all about."
Ditto all of that. |
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