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    Desperate Housewives

    in Music / TV / Films

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    I'm so greatful that this show is already in TV although they haven't even shown it the whole way through in the US but I'm also kinda mad because now we are having a little break from it because the channel that's showing the series probably hasn't even gotten the latest episodes yet. By the way, UK started the showing The Desperate Housewives before Finland, but now we're at least 4 episodes ahead of you, but you'll catch up because we're on the stupid break. Worry not, no spoilers from me. Have fun! :D

    Linda Gillard missed out on the prize!

    in Women's Fiction / Chick Lit

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    It was a family drama with lots of mystery, some romance, something along the lines of THE 13TH TALE or REBECCA.

     

    Publishers really don't like mixed-genre books, but I'm sure readers do. Don't they?...

     

    I know that lots of people have already said this but I'd like to say it as well: Readers do like mixed books!

     

    Also, "something along the lines of The Thirteenth Tale" sounds really promising and great, I absolutely loved that book. I've also heard great things about Rebecca and it's on my TBR.

     

    Good luck!

    Reading in the car?

    in General Book Discussions

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    Sorry for off-topicing but whenever I see this thread, Roxette's Sleeping in My Car starts playing in my head and it's getting quite annoying :lol:

     

    On topic. I usually never get to sit in a car anymore nowadays so I haven't been able to test whether I'll get sick from reading in one, but I'm betting that I would :D However, lately I've been able to read while I'm in a bus which is a huge improvement.

    Frankie reads 2009

    in Past Book Logs

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    The Surgeon comes first in the Tess Gerritsen series, start with it and you'l be hooked :(

     

    Shame about The Graveyard Book :lol: I quite fancy the sound of it and its on my wishlist, but that's you and Roxi both disappointed in it :)

     

    I've come to hate my Finnish copy of The Surgeon, it's got really ugly covers and it's a hardback. The English paperbacks are so much more beautiful :)

     

    I would've loved to have liked The Graveyard Book but I couldn't help it, it didn't do anything for me. But I thought it was just me and my not getting Gaiman, I am surprised to hear that others (at least Roxi) were disappointed as well. I'm not saying that it was bad though, it just wasn't good enough.

    Frankie reads 2009

    in Past Book Logs

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    chrysalis_stage;Yeah I'm definitely going to read the Gerritsen books in order. I believe The Apprentice and The Sinner come before Vanish and Body Double so I'm going to have to look out for those as well or borrow them from the library before I can read Vanish and Body Double which I already have.

     

    And I hear Hugo's Hunchback is on the poll for the May reading circle, have you voted for it already? You'll have to keep your fingers crossed, it seems to be a really close tie with War and Peace. I haven't voted yet, mostly because it's in May and who knows what I'll be in the mood for then.

     

    Oh and I'm glad to hear you liked Snow Falling on Cedars. I bought it because the blurp sounded interesting and it was really cheap, but I havent' heard anything about it so didn't really know if it was worth a read.

     

    I just finished reading Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book. I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. This always happens with Gaiman :)

    Gyre's Reading Adventures 2009!

    in Past Book Logs

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    I've wanted to read this for a while now but can't decide if it's worth buying (unfortunately there are a lot of Alice Hoffman's novels in the library but not this one! :lol:). I'm glad you liked it :D

     

    Every chapter is told from a character's point of view, Jorie, Nathan's wife, Collie, Nathan and Jorie's son, Kat, Collie's best friend, Charlotte, Jorie's best friend and Nathan.

     

    I find this usually very annoying and confusing. To me the ideal structure for this novel would have been the point of view of Nathan's wife. So I guess I'm still clueless about this book :D:D

    Frankie reads 2009

    in Past Book Logs

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    Just finished American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Very confusing and disturbing. I'm quite speechless about this book, I can't even say whether I liked it or not. I'm glad that I read it though, because now I don't have to read it ever again.

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