Ruth
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I loved this book, and Inver, I certainly agree that it can be a great comfort. I read it not long after a 10 day period in which an old boyfriend (who I had stayed friends with), and then my father-in-law died, both unexpectedly. I did find the book to be a comfort. I have For One More Day on my tbr, but goodness only knows when I will get around to it!
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I loved the first series of this show, but sometime during the second series, I realised that practically all of the characters were unbelievably self absorbed and annoying. Sorry!! I'm still lamenting the end of ER - season 15 will be the last series.
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Hi Ben. I have picked up Blindness in my local book shop on many occasions, but the lack of paragraphs has always put me off. However, the theme really intrigues me, so I may have to give it a go! I didn't even know there was a sequel, so thanks for the info. Depending on how I get on with Darkness, I may have to get hold of Seeing.
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I enjoyed No Country for Old Men. I read it before watching the movie, and I have to say - the film is very good too. Great book:)
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I have a problem with formulaic crime/thrillers - unfortunately, there seem to be a lot of them out there, as a writer finds something that works once and then hangs on for dear life.
The other things that gets me is the fine line between it being too easy to figure out whodunnit and it being impossible to work out. I like to have a chance of working things out for myself, but I don't want it to be too obvious or I feel like the writer is being condescending.
I agree on both points. I have read a few books where I have figured out whodunnit when I am only about 1/3 of the way through. It's quite disappointing when that happens. On the other hand, I have also read a couple, where the perpetrator was someone who wasn't in the book at all until the very end, when they where revealed to be the one 'whodunnit'.
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I recently read After Dark, which I enjoyed, although I did wonder if I was missing the point somewhat. But I have been informed by friends who have read lots of his novels, that After Dark is not one of his better ones.
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This is a fabulous and utterly compelling debut novel, set in Mississippi in the 1940s, a time when white people and black people were not friends, and did not socialise together. It is a novel about hatred and intolerance, about anger, about family and about love.
Laura McAllan is not happy when her husband Henry decides to move them from their comfortable life in the city to a remote cotton farm in the Mississipi Delta. She misses her home comforts, and struggles with the harsh and sparse lifestyle (she names the farm
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I thought I had posted on this thread, but I can't find my post, so apologies if I am repeating myself!
My favourites are:
Brokeback Mountain
Before Sunrise / Before Sunset
Edward Scissorhands
The Big Lebowski
Fearless
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I have a cloth bookmark, which is good, because it never remains creased for long. My husband uses anything - old train tickets, old lottery tickets; just whatever happens to be lying around.
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Season of the Witch by Natasha Mostert caught my attention - looks like it could be something I might enjoy...
Of the 2008 choices, I've read:
Adept by Robert Finn
Boy A by Jonathan Trigell
Q & A by Vikas Swarup
I also have The Mathematics of Love by Emma Darwin...
I have it on my tbr - might be a good Halloween read!
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I've read Gold by Dan Rhodes. I loved it! I have about five of the other fiction books on my tbr pile.
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I loved this too! He went to the places in New England I wanted to go too- made me think I've definately got to go this year!
Go to Newport, Rhode Island - it really is the most beautiful town. I will be there for the election!
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Sorry for reopening this thread after such a long time (I'm not sure wether book circle threads are meant to continue on once the month is finished) but I had a question about this book.
I read it last WE and loved it and hated it at the same time. I thought it was great in many ways but in others it was just too much.
But the fact is I cant quite get it out of my head since then... And I just realised something: whose voice do you think it is in the prologue? It is the only part which isnt labelled and I always assumed it was Anna, talking about how she sometimes dreamt of killing her sister. But at the end the person speaking says 'she' ended up killing herself on her own... Is this really Kate speaking? Saying she felt she only existed compared to her sister??
When you think about it, its the only explanation that makes sense, but it seems to put an entirely different perspective on her caracter and the way she saw things. If so, it is very cleverly done indeed!
I thought that the voice was Anna's until I came to the end of the book and I decided it was Kate's. I might be wrong, but that's the way of looking at it that I find 'fits' the best.
I read this a few years ago, and was captivated by it. I remember becoming really angry with Anna's mother, although it is impossible to imagine what she must have been going through.
I thought the book was very well written and presented the subject from a very human point of view.
However, I am famously hard to completely please:smile2:, and there was one part that disappointed me...
...the ending. It just felt like a real cop out for Anna to be killed after everything that had happened. I also felt that Jesse's story was wrapped up too conveniently, although I am probably nitpicking there.
Overall though, a terrific read.
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Don't suppose he will be there though!!
No, I doubt it very much! But the food is supposed to be gorgeous.
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As someone who never cooks (I'm lucky to be married to a wonderful cook), I don't really watch cookery programmes. Hubby does though, and he really likes Jamie Oliver. I like him too, because I do think he's trying to make a positive difference, and his receipes translate easily to someone's kitchen - just good, wholesome food.
I like Gordon Ramsay too, and am booked for lunch at his NY restaurant in four weeks!
The Hairy Bikers are hilarious!
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I remember reading this when I was about 14. I didn't appreciate how good the writing was at that age, but looking back, it was a good book for teenagers. It wasn't patronising, which is something that a lot of books for that age group can be.
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Yes, I watched it. I loved it when he went to Newport, Rhode Island - I will be there in three weeks!! I went before in 2006, and we are going there for a week (we have friends there, who we are staying with), and then New York for four days.
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This book is described as a satiric urban fantasy, which is pretty accurate! It
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I've recorded the first episode, but haven't watched it yet. Will probably watch it this weekend.
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I can very easily start a book immediately after finishing one.
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I have all of them, having read them years ago. This thread makes me want to read them again!
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Uh-oh. Sad dog books are a no-no for me - I always end up sobbing my heart out. I did recently read Gold, by the same author, and really enjoyed that.
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Still trying to make my mind up on fringe, it looks good from ep1 but ..it has potential to be another LOST( read: drag on for years with no clue where its going)
I didn't like Lost, but I loved X Files. If it is another Lost, I won't stick with it for long. I like Kirk Acevedo a lot, and he's one of the main cast...so I'll do my usual thing of watching the first few episodes and then decide what to do.
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I'm looking forward to Fringe - supposed to be a cross between X Files and Lost. Looks good!
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
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I read it last year. I'm afraid it did irritate me and I could not understand all the rave reviews it was getting. Each to their own of course! It didn't stop me buying A Spot of Bother though (yet to be read).