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    Kell's 2006 Reading Log - January to June

    in Past Book Logs

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    Nah, I didn't watch the Oscars at all. In fact, I think I've only ever seen them once, & not all the way through. They just don't hold much interest for me - it's just a chance for the big stars to voice their political opinions & cry a lot as they thank everybody under the sun in turn & then say that someone else should have won it instead of them, blah, blah, blah. They're also so predictable these days that I could probably set up shop as an Oscars Fortune Teller (along with ,illions of others - LOL!).

     

    I had no idea Charlize & Stuart were an item anyway. Ah well. Two more painfully pretty people back on the market again. I wonder if I could get Stuart's phone mumber. Just don't tell Dale - LOL!

    Philippa Gregory

    in Historical Fiction

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    LOL, at this rate, following in the footsteps of a certain book by Karen J Fowler, we could have a Philippa Gregory Book Club. (In case nobody has a clue what I'm on about, check in the reviews section for her book The Jane Austen Book Club).

    Kell's 2006 Reading Log - January to June

    in Past Book Logs

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    I finished 24 Hours & it totally rocked! I'll write a review at some point this weekend, i'll definitely be getting hold of the movie at some point too - I want to see what they did with it (although usually, I'll watch a movie first if I can help it, that way I can't get upset about any changes they make because I can't compare - LOL!).

    Philippa Gregory

    in Historical Fiction

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    So far I've only read The Other Boleyn Girl. I loved it & it was more than enough to encourage me to try another of hers. I'll be starting The Queen's Fool tonight in the tub & going by what a lot of people have been saying, I think I'll really enjoy this one too. I also really like the look of The Wise Woman - I think it'll be very interesting... I'll end up getting them all eventually, I know it - once I get hooked on an author like that, there's no stopping me!

    Historical Fiction

    in Historical Fiction

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    A few more questions to consider on Historical Fiction:

     

    What makes a good historical fiction novel?

    Is there any particular era you tend to avoid or choose above others?

    Which aspect of Historical Fiction interests you most? Or do you find it dry & boring?

    Would you rather read novelisations of actual historical events with actual historical figures, or do you prefer fictional characters within a specific historical setting?

    Kell's 2006 Reading Log - January to June

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    LOL - I just get all knotted up when I can't see a reason for them changing something. I can understand that bits have to get cut out & little things need to be changed so that the cut bits don't leave gaping holes, but I've never understood things like name changes or little things like I just saw in the trailer - they changed the number of jobs done - what was the point in that? It makes no difference! Arrgghh!

     

    *calm... breathe...*

     

    Ahem. Well, as you can see, I just get a bit funny sometimes... lol.

     

    I'm gonna want to see the film anyway coz it looks like they did a fairly decent job of it. :)

    Kell's 2006 Reading Log - January to June

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Cool - I'm going to have to look out for that now. Excellent news.

     

    Edited to add:

    I just checked it out on IMDB:

    Kevin Bacon's too young to play Joe Hickey(but apart from that an excellent choice).

    Courtnay Love is just a tad too old to play Cheryl Hickey (but apart from that, probably an excellent choice)..

    Why has Huey's name been changed to Marvin?

    Why does Abby have asthma instead of diabetes?

     

    I always get a bit miffed at the seeingly pointless changes they make when they turn a book into a movie. I still want to see it,but I'm going to be a bit upset about that (& a thousand other things) when I finally see it!

    D Hill & S Brandenburg - The Land of the Wand

    in Horror / Fantasy / SF

    Posted

    The Land of the Wand

    Authors: Debra Hill and Sandra Brandenburg

    ISBN # 1929374437

    Publisher: Fire Mountain Press

    1st Published: 2006

    249 pages

     

    One weekend in June, four people in Chicago all go, separately, to the same gift shop in the Galleria and examine an ornamental crystal wand. Rock star Marshall Storme, fantasy author Evan Stone, architect Valaura Bennet and fast-food worker Lillian Curtis all look at the wand, though only Marshall and Valaura are seriously interested in purchasing it. They are all transported to a parallel dimension, a place where the myths of earth originated, and live as real, if unusual, beings.

     

    Befriended by the Daemona, the four dimension travellers find themselves embroiled in a holy war with the savage Anjeles. Led by the mad King Yahoo, the Anjeles are trying to wipe out eh Daemona and their four brother-kings, Nicholas, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub and Lucifer. It is Lucifer, King of The Land of the Chalice and the Lightbearers, who is the nemesis of King Yahoo. But they have gone to war against the eldest brother, Nicholas, and the four travellers are caught right in the middle.

     

    The Land of the Wand is a bold, bright, colourful start to The Lost Myths Saga (comprising of 4 books), which strives to do for Paganism what C. S. Lewis did for Christianity with The Chronicles of Narnia.

     

    There is a reversal of Judeo-Christian religious teachings

    Kell's 2006 Reading Log - January to June

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Started 24 Hours by Greg Iles at coffee break this morning. It looks set to be quite an enjoyable crime thriller - a woman & child are kidnapped by career kidnappers who have never been caught on any of their previous "jobs". But this time, the kid in question has diabetes & could throw the entire "foolproof" plan into untested waters...

    Laura Wilson - Dying Voices

    in General Fiction

    Posted

    Dying Voices

    Author: Laura Wilson

    ISBN # 0752843281

    Publisher: Orion

    1st Published: 2000

    293 pages

     

    When Dodie Blackstock, only child of multi-millionaire Wolf Blackstock, is told that her mother's body has been found in a housing estate in Hackney, she is shocked. When she is told that her mother, Susan, has been dead for less than 48 hours, she is devastated, for Susan was kidnapped, apparently by a politically motivated group, when Dodie was eight. Susan was never found, and she was presumed dead.

     

    Traumatised by her lonely childhood, Dodie has been estranged from her dysfunctional and complicated family for years. She returns to Camoys Hall, the Blackstocks' stately home, to talk to her stepmother Joan, who lives there by herself. But Dodie finds more than she bargained for - and then she starts to receive anonymous and threatening letters. Who is waiting in the darkness outside Camoys Hall, watching her every move?

     

    Dying Voices is less of a Whodunit, more of a Whydunit. From the start, we know that Susan Blackstock was kidnapped; one of her kidnappers was killed and his two accomplices did time for their part in the crime; her body isn

    Kate Mosse - Labyrinth

    in Previous Reading Circle Books

    Posted

    Esclarmonde was one of my fave characters, she came across to me as a real *wise woman* and I liked that a lot.

    Yes, she was very "earthy" & full of common sense - I liked her a lot too. She seemed to be the mother character to Alais & I think that if she'd been absent a lot of the heart of the story would have been lost.

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