Michelle
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Andibody, great to hear from you! :friends:
Definitely go get Memory.. it was much better.. I'm now impatient for the next one.. and Mavis's baby!
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Are you mad, woman?!!!!
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I've started The Queen's Fool too, and have just bought a copy of The Virgin's Lover!
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I'm not getting into Guilty Pleasures as I hoped - I feel like there's too much being thrown at me straight away, trying to work out her rules about vampires, zombies, ghouls etc.
At the same time I started The Queen's Fool, because I simply couldn't stay away... good beginning!
I think I'm going to be the same as Kell here, and work my way through alot of hers. (Someone kick me and remind me I have a huge pile of TBR upstairs! LOL) -
Shh... I have a headache, and it stops my brain working!
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Finished The Other Boleyn Girl.
I'm very tempted by The Queens Fool now, but I have Quilty Pleasures from the library.
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I agree.. a fantastic book!
As Tash says, you really get a feeling that this all happened - the sign of a great historical novel?
The characters are so well written.. putting you through all sorts of feelings, emotions and sympathies.
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I've just finished The Othe Boleyn Girl, and it may have overtaken Labyrinth as my book of the year so far! Her characters were great, and so well written. They appear well researched, and you really feel you've stepped back in history!
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The sleepy town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, paediatrician and medical examiner, finds Sibyl Adams dead in the local diner. As well as being viciously raped, Sibyl has been cut: two deep knife wounds form a lethal cross over her stomach. But it's only once Sara starts to perform the post-mortem that the full extent of the killer's brutality becomes clear. Police chief Jeffrey Tolliver - Sara's ex-husband - is in charge of the investigation, and when a second victim is found, crucified, only a few days later, both Jeffrey and Sara have to face the fact that Sibyl's murder wasn't a one-off attack.
What they're dealing with is a seasoned sexual predator. A violent serial killer
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Andy! You enjoyed a popular book!!
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And if anyone has a copy they want to send my way when they finish....
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I hate trying to find something for lunch - there's only so many days that I can eat sandwiches before I become a little bored by them!
So what was for luch today?
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ooh.. me want!
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I liked To Kill A Mocking Bird.
I also remember Billy Liar now you mention it!
The one we hated was Far From The Madding Crowd - we had such a go at our teacher, until he agreed to let us stop!
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Alot of my school books stick in my mind. The Hobbit was the first main book I came across in secondary school.. our deputy head took us for English, and she was fantastic at reading out loud. She was a scarey woman, but I loved her lessons!
I remember To Kill A Mocking Bird and Macbeth, because as well as the book, we went on trips to see stage versions.
As part of my GCSE, I compared Brave New World, 1984, Z For Zacariah and The Chrysalids.. and I enjoyed each and every one. Recently I reread the latter, and still loved it. Brave New World, however, I read a part of, and won't be going back to. I have 1984 on my shelf, and I'd love to get hold of Z For Zachariah!
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I know this was mentioned before, but I'd like to focus on a couple of aspects.
Which books do you remember reading at school, and more importantly, which ones stick in your mind, good or bad? Why?
Have you revisited your school books? Was you experience the same, or were things different this time around?
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So I take it she covers different eras?
I'm really enjoying The Other Boleyn Girl - the differences in their 'society' are just amazing!
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Of course Tash - I'll let you have it when I'm done.
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After going round the charity shops, I've added the following:
Jeanne Kalogridid - The Burning Times
Steve Harris - Wulf
Maggie O'Farrell - After You'd Gone
Barbara Nadel - Deadly Web
Gillian White - Night Visitor
Terry Goodkind - Wizards First Rule
3 in 1:
Jojo Moyes - The Ship of Brides
Sophie Kinsella - The Undomestic Goddess
Mary Higgens Clark - No Place Like Home
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Not at all - I've only just started it.
And knowing you, it'll be finished within a week!
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If we choose The Queen's Fool for the reading circle, you would have already read it!
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After Memory In Death I'm having a funny time settling with something..
..I've read 'The Hellbound Heart'.. it was ok, but not too impressive.
..I have a book that's been sent to me by the authors. It's aimed at 10 - 12 year olds, I believe, but she said adults seem to enjoy it too. So far I'm not convinced.. I would really like to get the opinion of a child for them, but I'm also interested to see how it develops. http://www.j-a-k.com/
..I have 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' from the library, but I'm sure the style is going to hold me.
..I started 'The Other Boleyn Girl' because it was calling to me, and I have to say, that's the one that's gripping me most!
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I've started The Other Boleyn Girl, and so far I'm impressed enough to get The Queens Fool
She seems to have that skill of writing believable characters that you start to feel for.
Maureen's Reading Blog (2006)
in Past Book Logs
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I liked this book.. different style to Hannibal.