SueK
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I really hate to give up on books and try very hard not too. But as a reviewer said above, life can sometimes be too short to persevere with one that doesn't do anything for you.
I'm about to give up on Exodus as I read it donkey's years ago and quite enjoyed it then but I think my tastes have changed quite a bit and I'm not a fan now of that style of writing. The plot is of course very good and heart wrenching but I wish it had been written in another style (possibly updated as it is 51 years old and it shows!!) It's also 600 pages long .....
Well, I put my hands up, I've had to give up on this now. The book is very long with tiny print, I have been turning pages like there is no tomorrow and have only reached page 250. I have to say that's it now. I know what happens anyway so it's now time to move on.
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I really enjoyed this too and am looking forward to the next episode. I love Rupert P-J and his quaint meticulous behaviour with his tiger balm (lol) and antibacterial gel for his hands. Nice touch.
I thought it was manacing too, with the dim lighting and the glimpse of the ripper going past some shots. Not sure who it is yet (even though I've read the spoiler) but just like to keep my options open. After all, we never knew who the real Jack was did we.
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Ireland's won it more than any other countries - and we've been doing terribly for years. Although admittedly, some of the stuff we've put through lately, I'd love to blame the eastern european countries voting for each other, but man, Dustin The Turkey??? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!?!
I think they should give up the whole thing tbh. It's so bad now.
I did wonder, Roxi, if Ireland had lost the plot with Dustin the Turkey but I believe Ireland didn't want to win it again. But there was some equally bizarre entries as well so you could possibly have won again. Perhaps we should have entered Mr Blobby (now there's an idea:lol:).
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That BBC thing sound ludicrous. Everyone has different tastes, and there are different genres and so many books out there! So how can anyone possibly say you aren't a reader if you can't quote from certain authors? That's ridiculous.
It was a quiz on the BBC website a while back. I tried answering some of the questions but because I couldn't quote some Dylan Thomas or Samuel Becket (sorry, not my sort of read), I didnt get very good marks. The comment quoted was I should start to learn to read..... I was quite taken aback! If I was in my "disgusted from Tunbridge Wells" mood, I would have written back, but I didn't:D
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Personally, I don't think the new voting system will make much difference. It seems that unless your country ends in an "ia" you ain't gotta chance.
I suppose we could change our country to Britannia - that might help:lol:
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It's just my opinion..... but if you like the big voice, big dramatic anthem like "Love Changes Everything" then .... you'll love it:)
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I totally agree that you shouldn't be judged on what you read.
I remember the BBC running a quiz on how "well read" you were - if you weren't able to quote lines from Dickens, Dylan Thomas, Hemingway, etc, then you were classed as a luddite and asked if you had ever picked up a book:irked:.
Absolutely wrong in my opinion.
Read what you enjoy and what you feel comfortable with I say.
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I haven't been following "Your Country Needs You" but I thought I would tune in on Saturday if only to hear what Andrew LW had written for our Eurovision entry. It didn't bother me who won frankly.
Well, what an anti-climax! Another typical ALW "aria" (I'm not a great fan on his music, except for perhaps Phantom) and this just leaves me cold.
Another good reason for not watching the Song Contest in May (I usually only tune in for the jury votes anyway - better than hearing all those songs:smile2:).
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I really hate to give up on books and try very hard not too. But as a reviewer said above, life can sometimes be too short to persevere with one that doesn't do anything for you.
I'm about to give up on Exodus as I read it donkey's years ago and quite enjoyed it then but I think my tastes have changed quite a bit and I'm not a fan now of that style of writing. The plot is of course very good and heart wrenching but I wish it had been written in another style (possibly updated as it is 51 years old and it shows!!) It's also 600 pages long .....
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Quite often, for me, the setting of a book is usually one of the reasons for reading it. I go for period books generally as I like to picture the scenes, the gentileness of the Victorian/Edwardian era, the rawness of Medieval times and the quaintness of the 20s through to the 50s, these hold something special for me. I think I would be unsettled if I didn't know what time to picture it in.
However, I am intrigued by this book and although I promised myself no more book piling up (and it's only January:smile2:) I may seek this out in the library.
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Jurassic Park (well I know Sam Neill and what's her name are an item but there isn't any further spark between them).
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To be fair, this is the only Mo Hayder book I have read and I mentioned this book in the "most disturbing books" thread. After almost two years, I still feel queasy about this book. I hated Oaksey and his ex and felt I needed a shower after reading this book:blush:
I may give her another go in the future though, but not sure what would be a good book to pick up. Some people have told me Tokyo is a good one to tackle?
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I tend to "chain read". It's like a drug really, always got to have a book on the go .......
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My fav ad right now has to be the Virgin Airlines 25th Anniversary one to "Frankie Goes to Hollywood" I just love seeing those Hostesses with the cheeky captain walking slowly thorugh the terminal, it's just great.
When I was laid up two years ago with a broken ankle/shoulder, through an accident at work, I was drowning in daytime TV and those National Accident Helpline ads were on all the time. Anyway, it must have brainwashed me because when I went back to work I got in touch with National Accident and, to cut a long story, I have won my compensation for Injury at Work an am waiting for my payout!!
Hate Cillit Bang ads too and boring Alan Hansen and his "maurrrissons" ads. (Although I do like Morrisons:)).
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Yes, totally refuse to lend books out unless I have designated them to go to the charity shops. Then anyone can have them. But I have lent some of my prized books out thinking that people will treat them with the same respect as me and lo and behold they have come back in a sorry state.
I one lent a book to a friend and after gentle reminders for it to be returned (after a year - which I think is long enough) it was handed to me very sheepishly. When I was able to look at the book a while later, it fell to pieces in my hand, all the pages were detached from the spine. That was the last time .......
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2008 wasn't a bad year for me but it could have been better. There were some books that fell by the wayside that I'm hoping to pick up this year.
The ones that stood out for me last year were the three Simon Serailler books by Susan Hill:
The Various Haunts of Men
The Pure in Heart
The Risk of Darkness
she has also written another one in the series (name escapes me) so I shall need to pick that up as well.
This is a detective series she has written but it is more in the Ruth Rendell psychological style thriller rather that straight whodunnits. Very well written but they do need to be read in order.
I think they would make good TV fodder.
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A nice comfy chair with my feet up on a foot stall with a little throw over my feet, a nice cup of Earl Gray and a book - and that is my idea of heaven.
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I seem to remember Charm, we had a short dialogue on Pig Island on the most disturbing thread. That first line brings back to me how disturbing I found that book......
Anyway, here's a good first line ...
In the crypt of the abbey church at Hallowdene, the monks were boiling their Bishop
From "The Bone Pedlar" by Sylvian Hamilton.
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Yes, Janet, please do. I have an odd list, mostly made up of Tsarist Russia, Victorian and medieval England - with a bit of France thrown in for good measure.
Not sure what order I shall be reading them in either.
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London born and bred. Moved down to West Kent in my teens. After a bit of travelling and living in Bangkok for 8 years, I returned to a quiet village in West Kent.
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I hope I'm not being presumptious posting a list here as I haven't been a member for very long:smile2: I thought I would get one started anyway, if only for me to come back to, to see how I've done.
Chocolat Joanne Harris
More of Daphne du Maurier's short stories
The Bronze Horseman Paullina Simons
Tatiana and Alexandra Paullina Simons
Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale
Arthur and George Julian Barnes
The Brothers of Gwynedd Edith Pargeter
The Winter Queen Boris Akunin
The Alchemist's Secret Scott Mariani
Touch Earth Rani Manicka
Anna Karenina Tolstoy
Under a Blood Sky Kate Furnivall
William Marshal (can't remember the correct title) Elizabeth Chadwick
That's as far as I've got at the moment and some of those are quite big books so I'll be quite busy with those for the early part the year.
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Oh dear, I've done it again. I did a search and couldn't find anything (must have written it differently) so, sorry everyone, I guess I've come in late to this thread.
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For a long time Kindle was the only e-book on the market and it wasn't available in the UK. Now, all of a sudden, we have BeBook, Sony, e-bookman and Cybook, all available to buy here.
I have wondered about these. I just love the feel of books, I suspect like most of the readers on this forum, but if you were to go on holiday or a long journey and you didn't want to take up space with a lot of books, would you invest in one of these?
I was reading some reviews of the BeBook on Amazon (this is supposed to be a popular reader) but there is no download compatibility with Amazon, Smiths or other popular sites. It comes with 100 free e-books but they are classics or fairly obscure books. It would be a big mistake to buy one only to find you were very limited to what you could buy and at around
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Generally I find mags soooo expensive so I don't bother. Because I am a therapist though, I subscribe to a trade one called Today's Therapist which is very informative. I also get the International Therapist which comes with my membership to Federation of Holistic Therapists.
Like peeps above, I can't abide the celeb gossip or soaps mags.
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I had a bit more to add
This sort of slightly wandered off track a bit for me last night. I thought it was trying hard to keep up the momentum but the red herring with the Soldier seemed a bit desperate to me. Arresting the Ripperologist also seemed obvious (from part 1 really). So who do we have left? I do hope they don't throw in a last minute red herring next week as that would be a cop out. One thing they seemed to have left out so far, I don't profess to be a ripperologist - a bit too mawkish for me - but I always thought that the Ripper lured his victims with fresh grapes and there was always a stalk left by the victim's body. Maybe grapes are not such a luxury these days.
Anyway I hope they do track someone down and don't leave it unanswered, like the real Jack. One would hope that with DNA and forensics having moved on 100 years, we get an answer - or I shall be throwing something at the telly:irked: