SueK
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I thought this was a great book and very dark as you say. I also have the film on DVD (one of those freebies in a newspaper) - very stark it was too and starred a very young Richard Attenborough who was thoroughly nasty as Pinkie.
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Ah what a shame!
I loved last nights episode! Ah....Lorraine aka Mystic Meg! and James with blinking Willy Wonka! Ahhhhh it was so funny and uncomfortable at the same time
Yes they were all ripped to shreds. Why on earth do they lie on their CVs (Lee did it big time last year) they know they will get found out. Fancy Lorraine owning up to a "misprint" LOL.
James, trying to be clever on his CV just had it thrown back straight at him.
And, the best, Yasmina not knowing her net from her gross:lol:
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Darn it:irked: I'm going to miss the Final - I shall be on holiday. I don't really know who will win it. I guess I'll catch it on iPlayer when I get home.
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Thanks all for the recommendation.
I might well give The Blue Nowhere a go. Sorry to go off thread a bit - away from the Lincoln Rhymes theme:smile2: -
SueK, it's quite alright if you don't want to read US crime fiction. There's nothing wrong with the UK ones and if that's what you want to read then feel free!
But if you want to give Lincoln Rhyme -books a try, I'd recommend to start with the first book in the series, The Bone Collector. You never know, you might get hooked and then you'll be glad you started from the beginning Thanks Frankie, re the Bone Collector, is that based on the film with Denzel Washington (as a paraplegic?), if so, great film.
Just to give a bit more info, I used to read loads of US crime thrillers and still fancy picking up a Raymond Chandler now and again. I think that there was such a glut of them a while back it was like overkill. Thanks for the recommendation though.
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OK Confession time;) I've never read a Jeffery Deaver book. I have been told they are really great (on here and other forums) and by friends. Sooooo what is stopping me. I know I will upset a few people here but I have problems with US crime books. I expect it is because I like my crime to take place in English (or French) villages with characters such as Miss Marple or Insp Barnarby and Jacquot (in the French ones) - or more likely, medieval ones like Br. Cadfael etc.
I think I will give one of Deaver's books go though. A friend suggested Vanishing Point (is that right?) but would like to have suggestions from you dear peeps on here on what to try first and what epitomises his style of writing the best.
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I haven't read this book, neither is it on my TBR list but I am baffled by the title as it's taken straight out of a Sherlock Holmes book (The Silver Blaze), any correlation between the two?
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Sue Son (the violinist) should have gone through instead of Susan Boyle - she gave a FAR better performance in the semi.
Agree with Sue Son's performance. Simon said she wasn't very likeable though. Don't understand that comment at all.
apparently Susan Boyle has been wound up by some journalists at the hotel she is staying, threw a wobbly and lost her temper. Piers had to come on a radio show to say she is the sweetest person etc. I wonder if that would have done her damage though.
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I thought Stavros Flatley was funnier in the first audition - they made be laugh but they weren't great.
LOL what about the singer and flower arranger - could you imagine watching them for 1 and half hours in concert. You'd lose the will to live:blush:
So far, for me, it has to be the two dance acts. Even Susan Boyle went of the "boyle" for me a bit.......
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I read the back about the synopsis, only if the title and front cover lure me in. Does anyone read the last chapter first? I have heard of people doing that, and for me it is unthinkable!
I know A LOT of people that read the last chapter first. My mum is one of them. I can't understand it, especially if it is a whodunnit. What is the point:blush:
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I was hoping debra would go.....booooo! I'm not sure why Sir Alan is keeping her in!
Don't forget it is a TV programme first and foremost and Sralan is thinking about viewing figures. He's keeping her in cos she's good viewing:blush:
I'm pleased the little squirt has gone as last, thinking he can compete with the Big Boys, such a moody little twonk, bashing the sofa at the end.
So, I'm thinking Lorraine/Debra final - that would make a good final - pity I shall be on holiday when that happens though:irked:
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I echo Bookjumpers comments, Genevieve. Very well said:D
To those who can't/won't be seen picking up a book - you are the losers:mrgreen:
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Wow, it's interesting to read that there are so many ways of evaluating a book before buying.
As an aside, I popped into Smiths yesterday as they had a book offer if you bought The Times. The book is "Night Train to Lisbon" and I tried hard to read the back cover but got bored after the second line - easy to see why it was only
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This sounds like an absorbing read, thanks for the information Rosegarden. I'll put it on my wish list for later reading as well .... (I've already ordered This Time of Dying on your recommendation:D).
.... too many books, too little time:blush:
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Well, I have to say this won over Orlando Bloom on Ch 4 in the end, LOL. Was a bit better than previous years with less stupid costumes and songs. I know they said the voting was to be fairer but there is still block voting, I mean you almost knew the Eastern bloc would vote for their neighbours, or Sweden for Norway etc..
Still, I think we did well to come 5th and she was obviously a bit nervous, didn't she nearly get hit in the eye with a violin bow:blush:
Didn't really rate the winning song, in fact there wasn't any that really DID it for me but at least it was more watchable than previous years.
Oh, and are Greece our new best friends for giving us deuze points:lol:
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Well I had planned to watch but I've discovered Orlando Bloom is on another channel in "Kingdom of Heaven" - oh what to do, what to do:lol:
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'I'm inclined to think -' said I
Valley of Fear ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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I think my nearest Borders is in Brighton so I don't frequent it that much. I love browsing through Waterstones but tend to buy books in Sussex Stationers as the prices are good.
My local Smiths is pretty dead:irked:
When I'm up in London I make a beeline for Foyles, absolutely love that shop.
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Does anyone know what the odds are for our song? I haven't been watching any of the Semi Finals, did we have to go through that or did we automatically qualify for the Final?
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I've never been inspired by ALW either (except perhaps for Phantom) and to be honest, he was never going to write the best song ever for this Competition was he.
Frankly unless our country ends in an "ia" or we have Balkan or Baltic neighbours, we ain't gotta chance:lol:
Waste of licence fee if you ask me.
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I check how many pages there are, and divide the book up, say, the book I'm reading now has 210 pages, so my first checkpoint is 53, then 106, then 159, then 210. I usually try to read in increments of quarters or thirds, depending on how long the book it
Oh, not just me then Roxi.
Actually it's not as strange as it sounds. A couple of years' ago we went on holiday to France and I took just one book thinking we'd be so busy being out and about, I won't read much. Well unfortunately it rained for most of the time so we were confined to sitting in the apartment reading. I then had to ration myself to so many pages a day so as not to finish the book before the end of the hol. I didn't want to buy any English books locally as they cost a fortune:irked:I actually have a friend who reads the last page first when she is picking up a book. She usually knows whodunnit when she buys it:smile2:
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Does anyone think UK have a chance this year?
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When you pick up a book, what do you do first? Read the back cover for synopsis? read the first para; pick a random sentence from the book? read the Author's bio or check other books by the author?
Me, for some reason, I check how many pages there are:blush:
What do you do first?
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This sounds good Peacefield. I loved Instance at the Fingerpost and I've read a lot of his other books revolving around Art thefts in Italy. This is my sort of era so I shall look forward to checking this one out too.
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