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I mostly tend to go off chick lit authors. They start off well, but when their writing never develops and they get stuck in a style, I quickly go off them. Katie Fforde definitely fits this bill, and Alexandra Potter started brilliantly, went downhill so far, that I almost didn't buy any more of her books, but she has started picking up again with the last couple.
I would add Marian Keyes to this as well. Her last book wasn't even funny however she admitted she had depression when she wrote it.
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Welcome to the forum. I was too far away from the volcano to worry about it.
I love your sense of humour on the matter though:)
Welcome to the forum.
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I'm new around here. I'm just another book-lover who spends more time reading that actually living. But hey, that makes me happy.
And what is wrong with that???
Welcome
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Patricia Cornwell for me. Her early Scarpetta novels though never exceptional were entertaining fair, but they started to go down hill when she started to sniff the film rights.
She started getting 'high on her own supply' in my opinion. Thought she was pretty good.
Wally Lamb is the one for me as the answer to this question.
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Great film. I did another post on it.
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Apologies if this subject has already been posted.
Have you ever been watching a film that you KNEW must have been a book even though you didn't know at the time?
It happened to me last night watching "In the Electric Mist".
I thought "This is too good to not have been a book first"
Sure enough it was, and written by James Lee Burke.
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I am just torn on writing anything about this book. Usually I pick to pieces very popular books (like the Da Vinci Code) and I think the only popular book that I really liked is "The Book Thief"
Certainly, this book is gripping, but once the main mystery was over I was a bit 'meh'
They sure do drink a lot of coffee in Sweden and the main character has the morals of an alley cat. I couldn't work out how he was sentenced and walked out of jail. That doesn't happen where I live. That kept playing on my mind. I loved Lisbeth, though.
Worth reading for sure.
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I am no expert, Denise, I have just read widely on the subject as well as having a few encounters plus a family that was quite involved in the Spiritual Church.
I don't think it matters where a persons earthly remains rest as spirit can manifest anywhere.
A lot of what I say is my own personal views too, so take it as you please
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My mum once burned a copy of Roald Dahl's 'Witches' in the kitchen stove (the old wood burning type) in front of my sister and I, as it had given my sister nightmares. It was pretty extreme and I don't think I'll ever forget it.
That is just wonderful. You go, mum!
Great on so many levels
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Has anyone else noticed how the vampire section at book shops is growing almost on a daily basis?
It seems a bigger section than all the other genre at the moment.
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Denise, I think that is your sons friend trying to communicate with him. He is moving to the place where they lived before am I right?
Don't be frightened, they can't hurt you.
I have had a lot of these sorts of things happen to me and other colleagues. I suppose it happens a lot working at night in a hospital.
The most recent one was about two weeks ago, we had a priest come and give blessings to another priest who was dying. I went in the room after the first one left and I felt something touching me all over, very lightly. It was not frightening at all.
Then I went into the room of the lady next door who is completely sane. She knew nothing of this but said "I don't feel I am alone in this room" I said "Well I assure you that you are"
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Has to be really because you avoid the middleman costs.
Sometimes thins appear to be more expensive to make, like for example fruit cake, but see how much more generous your recipe usually is than the miniscule amount of fruit in cheap bought cakes.
You get what you pay for and if food is cheap there are usually less ingredients or inferior.
Just my opinion and I am an avid cook. I do all my own pizza base, biscuits, cakes, though not bread. I have a very cheap supply there (daughter works in a bakery
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Thanks Mia, I have seen that book at a book exchange shop near where I live. I have some credit there.
(and the TBR pile just grows and grows:lol:)
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The last book I got was from betterworldbooks.com and I get the second hand ones.
I use the library, or from friends or bookstores/dept stores
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Lol...
Wasnt it Twilight?
Lordy, I am not that daft.
This is going to bug me now. The book was about a lady who was a doctor, caught up in her mundane life, her father or someone dies and she goes back to organise the funeral in her home town. There she meets the boy she dated at 16 but while she has moved on, he is not that attractive at all now and looking the worst for wear from a life of booze and cigs. Nonetheless, she has a brief affair with him.
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Finished it now and I enjoyed it immensly. Ive got the next one in the trilogy sitting on my next but im going to read 'iWoz' by Steve Wozniak first. Its a non fiction book about the early days of computers, Silicon Valley and Apple.
Its nice having a job where I get a few hours reading in a day
I finished it too and am having a break before number two. I do that for some reason:blush:
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Welcome High Jingo. I am sure you will find lots to chat about here.
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Hi fransmith, hope you enjoy it here.
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Welcome Hannah, I love this forum too and I have started to read a bit outside of my usual books.
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Mac and twinkle, I have a girl crush on Zooey Deschanel and Pauly Perette too. (?spelling, too lazy to google)
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I know this is more a problem with translation but in After Dark by Haruku Murakami the girl eats a 'vegetable sandwich'. I can imagine pumpkin and cabbage between the bread.
(I know, this is a bit picky)
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The word 'dude' is mainly used in the UK now by middle aged, middle class men. I absolutely hate it when someone says it to me - 'you ok dude' Aghh go away!
I am waiting for David Cameron to use it on his election campaign, i'll be amazed if he doesnt say it at least once.
Johnny CarsonWhit, my teens say "dude" all the time. I think is from watching too much South Park
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Yep, a lot of the time dreams are like a reflection of what you have been doing and thinking of during the day, so naturally if your mind has been occupied with moulding the universe you enter in your book, your dreams will be busier, and will probably include characters and scenery described in your reading.
Also, if you remember dreams more often it means that you've woken up during the REM stage of sleep (which is when you dream) - you are ONLY likely to remember dreams if you wake up during this stage. I'm no scientist, but I think I remember that if you wake up before your sleep cycle is complete (like during the REM stage) that you're more tired during the day. Conversely, if you don't remember many dreams, it probably means you're sleeping well, or at least deeply! Would it be true that most people who can recall vivid dreams on here are regularly tired or don't sleep well?
Thanks for that Nienna.
hmmm...regularly tired or don't sleep well. All of the above. I am a night shift worker and nearly always tired.
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Ryu Murakami (no relation to Haruki Murakami) his books show the darker side of Japan, I have only read 'In the Miso Soup' & 'Piercing', both well written but quite sinister.
I have just got Piercing out from the library.Interesting blurb about that book on the back.
The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes
in Women's Fiction / Chick Lit
Posted · Edited by corina
This is the long awaited book by Marian after her recent battle with depression.
It brings back one of the Walsh family, this time Helen, who, with the economic downturn, has little to no work as a private investigator and has to move back home to live with her parents.
As usual with Marian, she interweaves an issue, this time about depression, with a fiction story which is laugh aloud in parts.
Much of it is old style Marian, with her note for detail of everyday life and it's absurdness and hilarity.
The mystery is a good one, and though other reviewers on Amazon saw it coming, I did not.
It's not a blood and guts mystery, more a chick lit mystery.
I loved it and i am glad Marian is back in the game.
Oh, one thing I found. I had also bought her book "Saved by Cake" bake yourself happy about Maryanns own battle with depression and over 50 cake recipes. I am such a tragic fan girl! I noted that chuncks of what Marian had written in SBC were also written word for word from Helen Walsh. I found that a little unsettling, but shouldn't have really. I think Marian was speaking through Helen.
If you love Marian, you'll love it