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    Stephen King

    in Horror / Fantasy / SF

    Posted

    My first King book was Carrie. I've read Pet Cemetary and tried the first book in the Dark Tower series. I don't think I like the Dark Towers. I've seen a tv film of The Stand and I hope to read that some day.

    Ilona Andrews

    in Horror / Fantasy / SF

    Posted

    I agree with you there :)

     

    I can't wait to see what they get up to in the next book.

     

     

     

    I'd realised that he ate Kate's pie (which falls into the were courting ways) long before the end of the last book.

     

     

    Audiobooks?

    in Audiobooks & eBooks

    Posted · Edited by Michelle
    merged with existing thread - please search for popular topics

    I'm not keen on audi books as I'm a very visual person. Seeing words written on paper stays in my memory longer. Add to that distractions in the tone of voice and or accents. I've tried one audio book and can't remember a thing just noise. I can recall details of books I've read over a decade ago. My 12 year old nephew will listen or read books happily.

     

    Do you have a prefference or are you indifferent to which form books come in?

    Books being cheap and more often than not free..

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    Please don't forget that there are those who can't read or are barely illiterate. There's Dyslexia and some are new to the English language. Libraries do stock some books in different languages but there's no garantee they'll have ever language in the world stocked. Reading a book isn't as social as book reading since books will require swapping books, book clubs and family bedtime stories to make it more socialable. It's something one person can do excluding the whole world around them for a time.

     

    You can watch a film or play computer/consol games with a group of friends in no time at all. You can even get some daily exercise by doing aerobics etc or action games like Wii sports. Reading isn't active unless you decide to hike somewhere for a quiet spot to read.

     

    There's also those who find sitting and concentrating on a book hard to do. I know a person on medication for mental health problems who hasn't the concentration to read or even watch a full tv program. There are various reasons why some would read or why some don't. As for myself I am fortunate I grew up with a mother who loves reading and did read us bedtime stories. I was able to pick up reading from very young age with no trouble and I have the patience to stick with a book. As one of four children I realised reading meant not having to fight with other family members to decide what to watch on the tv and in a noisy family home, reading is the only time anyone's quiet time was respected.

    Kim Harrison

    in Horror / Fantasy / SF

    Posted

    I've read this series. A witch, a vampire and pixie end up as business partners and house mates. You have to love Jenks and his "Tinks (add any word like knickers) swear words. Oh and his fifty something children too. Rachel's relationship with Ivy is so complicated. Here's her website.

    http://www.kimharrison.net/

     

    The hollows series starts with Dead Witch Walking, yes it seems Harrison has a thing for Clint Eastwood movies. See here for excerpt

    http://www.kimharrison.net/BookPages/DWW/DWW.html

     

    The latest book to be released soon is Black Magic Sanction.

    Black Authors

    in Book Search and Reading Recommendations

    Posted · Edited by Kreader
    highlighting and additions

    You can't always tell what an author's background is. Here's a list of some of the books I have actually read from authors of a non-European background.

     

    Classics/drama/novels:

    VS Naipaul, 'Miguel Street', 'A House of Mr Biswas'

    Earl Lovelave, 'A Dragon can't Dance'

    Michael Anthony, 'A year in San Fernando', 'Green days by the River'

    C Everard Palmer, 'The wooing of Beppo Tate'

    Rosa Guy, 'The Friends'

    Alice Walker, 'The Colour Purple', 'Possessing the Secret of Joy' (a little sexual refferences and disturbing themes)

    Maya Angelou, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings', 'And Still I Rise'

    Gloria Naylor, 'The Women of Brewster Place'

    Ben Okri, 'Famishing the gods'

    Chinua Achebe, 'Things Fall Apart', 'No Longer at Ease'

    Andrea Levy, 'Small Island'

    Zadie Smith (mixed parentage), 'White Teeth'

    Zee Edgell, 'Beka Lamb'

     

    Sci-fi/fantasy/horror:

    Octavia Butler, 'Xenogenesis (republised as Lilith's Brood or you can get the books separately as 'Dawn', 'Adult Rites'& 'Imago')', 'Kindred', 'Mind of my Mind', 'Parable of Talents', 'Fledgling ( a bit disturbing)'

    LA Banks, 'Minion (would be classed as paranormal but I'm not sure about the romance bit. The language, ebonics, takes getting used to. This was a difficult read for me).

     

    Poetry:

    Benjamin Zephaniah

    Derek Walcott

    The Mighty Sparrow (known singer/writer/calysonian in the Caribbean)

     

     

     

    I've never taken a book off the black author shelves in the libraries or book shops. Having grew up in the Caribbean amongs avid readers I hear of books. Others I come across by chance and may later discover more about the authors which may come as a suprise.

    Jim Butcher - The Dresden Files

    in Horror / Fantasy / SF

    Posted

    Ooh I just read book 9, Small Favours. The first book doesn't get really interesting 'til the last few chapters. The series does get better as you go along. My favourite book has to be Dead Beat, the 5th book. The next book to come out is called Changes. Jim Butcher also has The Furies of Calderon series which is 6 books. I enjoyed reading books 1-4 of this series and am yet to read the last two books.

    Books to Charity

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted · Edited by Kreader

    I give some books away to charity, some I sell as used, some gets passed around family and some I swap in a bookswap. I hate dusting shelves and mine are already full. I like sharing my reading joy around. I'm not a collector, I'll read paperbacks, used books, libraries' books and they can be in any condition. It's the contents I'm mostly interested in. When I want to re-read a book there's the library for that. There are some books I'll keep for a while like study text books but nothing is for absolute keeps.

    Do you read magazines often?

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    I don't really read magazines but I have in the past. The cost is a factor plus most don't have any interest for me. There's also the worry what to do with all that paper. My exposure these days is limited to what I can peruse in the library or what I can read in waiting rooms. I do occasionally get a sewing and craft magazine since that's tied to my hobbies. Magazines are faster than books though. They can be more up-to-date since the time between input, editing and publishing is short where as a book can take years sometimes. The internet is fastest but there's so much information you have to scrutinise it for genuinity plus fact and fiction can get mixed up. You can also subscribe to e-papers and e-magazines online these days.

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