Ruth

Oh no!! I've got over 600 books on my tbr - yes really:smile2::lol:

After reading one Sheila Quigley book, I will never ever make that mistake in future! I also avoid misery memoirs. I find them all very similar, and as distressing as the experiences surely must have been to the authors, I just don't get anything out of reading them.

I don't know if it really classes as horror, but American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis is one of my favourite books ever.

Looking forward to a lovely Spag Bol with garlic bread on the side tonight.

I loved that show - it was one of my very very favourites. But I didn't like the book it was based on very much, it was very disappointing, and an example of bad chick lit. I don't mind the odd chick lit book, and some of them are very well written. I think it's a genre that does seem to attract a fair amount of dross as well though.

My dad adores Westerns - books and movies. I read Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx earlier this year. It's a collection of short stories, and is a really good read.

Philip Marlowe anyone?

Atticus and Scout Finch, from To Kill A Mockingbird Ave Maria MacChesney, from the Big Stone Gap series Betty Blue, from Betty Blue

Thank you all for a warm welcome:D

Great episode tonight. Peter Jones did so well in the car!

I'm 36.

My favourite is definitely Salvo Montalbano, in the series by Andrea Camilleri. The books are set in Sicily, and are full of quirky characters. Montalbano is a promotion avoiding inspector; he's grumpy with a sour taste of humour, and loves good food and wine. He's a very moral man, although some of his methods are a bit unorthodox. Anyway, I discovered the series earlier this year, and love the ones I have read so far. The thing about Montalbano is that he is the kind of guy I know I shouldn't really like, but I can't help thinking he's great. He's very funny too!

Persuasion, by Jane Austen Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

I read this at the end of last year. I enjoyed it on a superficial level, but some parts of it didn't work for me. For example, even though Bruno was only a child, I found it hard to believe that he didn't have a clue what was really going on. I also found in implausible that there could be a hole in the fence big enough for a child to crawl though. My main gripe with the book though was the play on words, such as 'Outwith' and 'The Fury'. Bruno was obviously a German boy, and in the German language, this play on words wouldn't have worked! However, there were certain parts that I really did enjoy. The man who worked for the family, who was a former Doctor, is the character that really stands out for me. (By the way, as a long time absentee, I hope it's okay to simply jump in to this thread)!

Thank you for a very quick and warm response:) I have added the forum to my 'favourites' page, so you won't be able to get rid of me now!

I definitely read books now that I would not have considered perhaps ten or even five years ago. I never ever thought I would enjoy historical fiction, but I do. I used to mainly read crime, but that's probably not my favourite genre anymore.

Brokeback Mountain Before Sunrise/Before Sunset Fearless Edward Scissorhands 21 Grams

Hi, I joined here ages ago and for one reason and another stopped posting - but I remember it being a lovely friendly place, and hope it's okay to come back:smile2:

I like Dean Koontz's later books - Life Expectancy, The Taking, The Face....all brilliant. However, I read an earlier one of his called The Eyes Of Darkness, and I really didn't think it was that good.

I admit I haven't read the entire thread, but if nobody else has mentioned these books, I must... Deric Longden - The Cat Who Came In From The Cold, and Enough To Make A Cat Laugh (he's written more than this, but these are the best two). Cat lovers everywhere will love these!

Birthday: 9th July Age: 35 Starsign: Cancer (and I'm a typical Cancerian apparently)! Single/Married/Other? Getting married on 12th August, so in about a week and a half! Children? No. Wait...does a crazy 3 year old Labrador count? Where do you live? Stourbridge, West Midlands Do you work? Yes, Director of a Legal Agency Favourite author? Jane Austen, Paullina Simons, Mark Billingham Favourite book? To Kill A Mockingbird How did you get here? Louiseog recommended this forum

I would have to say.... Starman The Big Lebowski Before Sunrise Before Sunset Edward Scissorhands Frankie and Johnny Brokeback Mountain

It depends what kind of book I'm reading. I would never reread a thriller or a whodunnit, for example, because the main point of reading the book is to find out whodidit, or uncover some secret. But with some books, it's more about the reading than the ending, if that makes sense. For example, I have read To Kill A Mockingbird a number of times, and although I know what happens, I just love the writing and reading the story again!

Oh, I forgot about Sophie's World. I really thought that was a let-down, after all the good things I had heard about it. Tedious with a capital T.

I've not read it Nicx, but I have picked it up and almost bought it several times. I think I might have to get it after reading your review - sounds like the kind of thing I would enjoy:)