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  • LeonorMG
    LeonorMG Posts: 93
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    Harry Potter! Eheh ????
  • regosaki
    regosaki Posts: 265 Member
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    Harry Potter! Eheh ????


    Which one? I think I lost interest after 3 or 4, can't quite remember?
  • LeonorMG
    LeonorMG Posts: 93
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    Harry Potter! Eheh ????


    Which one? I think I lost interest after 3 or 4, can't quite remember?

    The first one actually.. ????
    I've just finish "the name of the rose" - I recommend this one!! ????
    Have you heard about it!?
  • chipstickss
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    Tell us your list, it's good to share?
    I don't actually remember adding some of these to my Reading List collection on my Kindle, but something about each of them must have cause my eye at some point.... lol. Here goes...

    The other 4 Necroscope books - Brain Lumley
    Six Seconds - Rick Mofina
    Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers guide, full set.
    Stephen King - 11/22/63
    The Take - Martina Cole
    Pushing the Limits - Katie McGarry
    We need to talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver
    Catcher in the Rye
    Stiff, the curious lives of human cadavers.
    Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult
    The Stoyteller - Jodi Picoult
    Let the right one in - John Ajvide Lindqvis
    Rats trilogy - James Herbert
    The Shrine - James Herbert
    Good Omens - Neil Gaimen and Terry Pratchett
    The Poet - Michael Connelly
    Consider Phlebas - Iain M Banks
    Me Before You - Jojo Moyes
    You Had Me At Hello - Mhairi McFarlane
    Killing floor - Lee Child
    Against all odds - Paul Connolly.


    There are a couple of others I wanted to add, but they escape me at the minute.... lol
  • Maisietotes
    Maisietotes Posts: 10 Member
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    I quite agree!! Wally Lamb is one of my favourites, as he can write circles around many other authors. 'I Know This Much Is True' is, in my humble opinion, his best volume yet. I gather from amazon.ca that he's currently working on yet another novel which was to have been published in 2012; for some reason, though, its release date has been delayed. His work is worth the wait, but I sure hope that it's soon. Pickings are rather slim these days. Any suggestions?
  • Maisietotes
    Maisietotes Posts: 10 Member
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    Dunno about you, but I started reading the Asterix books in Junior High and found them soooo punny that I soon had to collect the whole shebang. It took a while, but I have 'em and still enjoy them. Good stuff, indeed!

    And I hope that your spring is proceeding nicely - we're getting more snow tonight and perhaps some freezing rain. In the famous crabby words of Obelix: Rhubarbrhubarbrhubarbrhubarb....
  • whitney312
    whitney312 Posts: 10 Member
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    I quite agree!! Wally Lamb is one of my favourites, as he can write circles around many other authors. 'I Know This Much Is True' is, in my humble opinion, his best volume yet. I gather from amazon.ca that he's currently working on yet another novel which was to have been published in 2012; for some reason, though, its release date has been delayed. His work is worth the wait, but I sure hope that it's soon. Pickings are rather slim these days. Any suggestions?

    Ooo I had no idea he was working on another that was supposed to be released soon!! And yes, you are quite right, the work is definitely worth the wait. :) At least it gives us something to look forward to. And I know what you mean about the pickings being slim these days, I feel the same way. I'll have to take a look through my bookshelves and see if anything jumps out at me that is really worth the read.
  • regosaki
    regosaki Posts: 265 Member
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    Harry Potter! Eheh ????


    Which one? I think I lost interest after 3 or 4, can't quite remember?

    The first one actually.. ????
    I've just finish "the name of the rose" - I recommend this one!! ????
    Have you heard about it!?



    No tell me more? Wasn't there a film with that moniker a few years back?
  • regosaki
    regosaki Posts: 265 Member
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    Tell us your list, it's good to share?
    I don't actually remember adding some of these to my Reading List collection on my Kindle, but something about each of them must have cause my eye at some point.... lol. Here goes...

    The other 4 Necroscope books - Brain Lumley
    Six Seconds - Rick Mofina
    Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers guide, full set.
    Stephen King - 11/22/63
    The Take - Martina Cole
    Pushing the Limits - Katie McGarry
    We need to talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver
    Catcher in the Rye
    Stiff, the curious lives of human cadavers.
    Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult
    The Stoyteller - Jodi Picoult
    Let the right one in - John Ajvide Lindqvis
    Rats trilogy - James Herbert
    The Shrine - James Herbert
    Good Omens - Neil Gaimen and Terry Pratchett
    The Poet - Michael Connelly
    Consider Phlebas - Iain M Banks
    Me Before You - Jojo Moyes
    You Had Me At Hello - Mhairi McFarlane
    Killing floor - Lee Child
    Against all odds - Paul Connolly.


    There are a couple of others I wanted to add, but they escape me at the minute.... lol


    The 3 that jump out at me there are Gaiman and Pratchetts good Omens (superb) Salingers Catcher in the Rye ( I bought a first ed of that from my local charity shop for 50p, 3 weeks before he passed away....last time I check it was worth a few hundred pounds...) and lastly but by no means least my hero Douglas Adams I LOVE all his works he was a genius and a very amusing chap to boot, as for the others I shall keep my eyes open.... THANKS FOR SHARING IT'S A GREAT LIST AND SHOULD KEEP YOU OCCUPIED...
  • CheriLMT
    CheriLMT Posts: 220 Member
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    I am trying to make it through The Host but it just isn't doing it for me
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
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    About 1,000 books on the bookshelves, but I'm reading "The Wise Man's Fear" by Patrick Rothfuss ( good beyond all hope), "Calculated In Death" by J.D. Robb, and re-reading "The Hobbit" for about the 10th time.
  • regosaki
    regosaki Posts: 265 Member
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    Dunno about you, but I started reading the Asterix books in Junior High and found them soooo punny that I soon had to collect the whole shebang. It took a while, but I have 'em and still enjoy them. Good stuff, indeed!

    And I hope that your spring is proceeding nicely - we're getting more snow tonight and perhaps some freezing rain. In the famous crabby words of Obelix: Rhubarbrhubarbrhubarbrhubarb....

    being the youngest of 5 brothers Asterix books kinda ran in my family lol they got handed down...two childrens authors that still amaze me to this day are Ted Hughes and his book 'The Iron man' (I think it was called 'The Iron Giant' in the U.S version)
    I remember reading that at primary school and I just couldn't put it down, a brilliant children's story.

    The other author that was such an influence on my reading progression was the great Roald Dahl, I devoured his books when I was young, he was a real genius and he wrote magnificently for children as well as adults.

    Spring here in Paris is progressing nicely, if somewhat slowly but we can't complain a few more weeks and the flowers and trees will be in full bloom and life will get back to normal again.

    Thanks for posting, hope you keep out of the cold until spring arrives where you are.
  • angbieb
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    'Pastoral' by Nevil Shute; 'She's Come Undone' by Wally Lamb; several Asterix books. Am re-reading all of these for the umpteenth time, as spring is late in arriving here and one needs something of good cheer. And, what the hey, it's better for me than chocolate. Sort of.

    Happy Easter...

    What are Asterix books? Is that the last name of the author?
  • regosaki
    regosaki Posts: 265 Member
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    I am trying to make it through The Host but it just isn't doing it for me


    Don't you just hate it when books are like that?
  • Proyecto_AN
    Proyecto_AN Posts: 387
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    My WHEY protein.
  • regosaki
    regosaki Posts: 265 Member
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    'Pastoral' by Nevil Shute; 'She's Come Undone' by Wally Lamb; several Asterix books. Am re-reading all of these for the umpteenth time, as spring is late in arriving here and one needs something of good cheer. And, what the hey, it's better for me than chocolate. Sort of.

    Happy Easter...

    What are Asterix books? Is that the last name of the author?

    Asterix the Gaul was originally a comic strip by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations).
    they made books, cartoons for television, and in more recent times a series of films starring non other than Gérard Depardieu. the franchise was massive, if you haven't done so already check them out as they are fantastic!
  • regosaki
    regosaki Posts: 265 Member
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    About 1,000 books on the bookshelves, but I'm reading "The Wise Man's Fear" by Patrick Rothfuss ( good beyond all hope), "Calculated In Death" by J.D. Robb, and re-reading "The Hobbit" for about the 10th time.

    What did you think of 'The Hobbit' movie? I just wish Peter Jackson would leave Tolkein alone and move on tbh.
  • Lift_This_
    Lift_This_ Posts: 2,756 Member
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    porn.
  • angbieb
    angbieb Posts: 692 Member
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    Regosaki...if you had to pick one book as your favorite (it sounds like you have read a lot!) what would it be?
  • totallydevious
    totallydevious Posts: 309 Member
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    I just finished Before I Go To Sleep by S.J Watson and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, I've so many books on my Kindle that I want to read but I also bought all the Twilight books so I can re-read them soon but I think that my next read will be The Host by Stephenie Meyer as well as Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. n.n

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