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Author: Kate Mosse
ISBN# 0752860534
Publlisher: Orion
1st Published: 2005
525 pages
Three secrets. Two women. One Grail.
The premise is simple
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Have you ever read Lightning? It's my favourite Koontz - very well thought out on the theories of time travel & paradox. I loved it!
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I've just requested The Other Bolyn Girl & The Queen's Fool from the Read it, Swap it site - let's see if they take me up on it...
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I'm thinking it's an 8/10 - pretty damned good. I'm a very harsh judge so getting 8/10 from me is a pretty big deal. I'll write the review later on today & post it...
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Finished Labyrinth in the bath tonight & was mightily impressed with it. I'll do the review in the morning once I've had time to collect my thoughts & digest the whole thing (not that I've been chomping on the book or anything - LOL!).
In the meantime, I've started on The Bad Mother's Handbook by Kate long (from one Kate to another!) while I wait for Trace to arrive for the reading circle...
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Ooh, you picked a couple of good 'uns there, Jo - there are 2 on that list I've read & I loved them both.
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Thanks for the linkie - i'll check it out once I've caught up on messages & had dinner - it looks interesting!
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Why have I never heard of John Saul? Who is he? I'm intrigued now!
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* edited cause I AM the typo Queen !
You'll have to share the crown with me then - I'm always having to go back & edit my posts - LOL. I spotted one I'd missed a month or so back just a moment ago, so I'll have to nip back & correct that one too. Evetually, all my posts will be typo free - LOL!
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I like Bernard Cornwell, his book on Stonehenge was really good and if your into Arthurian history his trilogy is really good.
It's on my "to read" shelf & I'm looking forward to it rather more than I was now - thank you!
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Hang on... 3 nights... 5 main courses listed..? Crikey, if that was me, I'd be the size of a bus by now eating all that scrumptious food - LOL!
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Ooh, sounds like one I'll have to look out for!
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I got The Taking last Xmas off Dale - I really enjoyed that one.
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folm version of this boko,
Kell, your typing is getting as bad as mine!
not at all, it's... erm... it's Swedish. Yes, Swedish, that's right - LOL!
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Labyrinth will most probably get finished tonight, so the review will most likely get posted some time tomorrow once I've had a chance to compose my thoughts. I think we all already know this review will give it the thumbs up though (unless the endnig turns out to be severely disappointing, which I can't imagine it will). This is one book I've been wishing would last longer as I've been enjoying it so much!
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The film was better. It actually changed large partso f the plot & aspects of various characters, but the film was definitely better than the book.
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It certainly gets you wondering about what on earth was going through her mind when she decided to single out one of her children for such terrible treatment. It's quite clear she was a profoundly disturbed woman who deserved some pity, but it's so difficult to feel pity for someone who has caused to much pain to a helpless child.
Tell you what though, if I ever had the chance to play her in a folm version of this boko, I'd snap it up - it would be such a challenge!
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She also does an e-newsletter which keeps you up tp date on everything she's doing & ther's the 1st chapter of Broken avaialbe to read there too - it's a pretty nifty site!
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A 23 mile round walking trip??? How did you ever manage that? Andy, I think you might be just a little bit crazy (but we love you that way - LOL!).
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i agree - it's defniitely more about the harsh realities of relationships, getting to grips with being with someone who you can know so well & yet still have them be a stranger, keeping secrets from one another, working out your problems & trying to just keep it all together - if that's not a real relationship, i don't know what is. Niffenegger certainly writes it well. I think it's a contemporary classic that will most certainly stand the test of time & have people talking about it many years from now. It's made of the kind of stuff that endures.
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Can't wait for May - it's too long to have to wait for Broken!
You'll be mended again by then!!
ooh, i dunno about that - I may have totally cracked by that point - LOL!
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I'm now about 2/3rds of the way through Labyrinth & really enjoying it. It's basically a Grail Quest type of tale but I have to say the writing is quite lovely - a really nice flow of words without being too wordy, if you get what I mean. Almost like walking a labyrinth in the reading - perhaps that's intentional (ooh, I must remember that when it comes to writing the review!) - with its winding story, taking you back & forwards across time between two women connected by the same secret...
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An excellent one to start with if you fancy reading the Death books (he's one of my fave characters). My 1st one was Reaper Man, but I loved it so much I backtracked & ended up collecting them all (they have pride of place on my shelf - mostly hardbacks & many of them are signed).
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here's mine, sorry its a bit long-winded!!!!
Not at all - we all love reading at this forum & it's always interesting to hear a little about the places members live. Some of us have been around a bit & it's nice to be able to say "oh, yes - I know a little something about such-&-such-a-place".
Interesting stuff!
Kell's 2006 Reading Log - January to June
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Well, the review to Labyrinth is now posted here if anyone's interested in seeing what I thought of it...