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I like having genre variations too. I wouldn't want to sit and read a book that was classed as "Romance", but give me a vampire romance/impossible love and I am hooked!
I'd find it hard to read a straight romance too, add a little quirk like vampires, werewolves, elves/fairies, aliens etc then it gets interesting.
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I love home made ice cream of these my favourite is
watermelon,
then coconut with a hint of lime zest,
then banana made with creme freche.
If I do buy icecream it would be
rhubarb and ginger,
Ginger,
rhubarb and strawberry,
B & Js chunky monkey, banana icecream with walnuts and chocolate chunks
Most places tend to have a lot of sweet like stuff like fudge, caramel and cocolate aranged in different ways. I'm into more fruit based stuff. I get tired of seeing loads of vanilas, strawbery and chocolates which come in so many different brands. Thankfully I like cooking and will make my own with or without an icecream maker at hand.
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I hate the ones that are like real life interviews. I've seen some of these for, probiotic yogurt, toothpaste and a stretchmark oil. What I hate is that they carry on as if your whole life is going to change just because you used the products. If you're constantly feeling bloated could it just be possible that you ate too much? No need for a cure just cut back a little next time. As for using an oil to reduce marks suddenly making you feel sexy therefore wanting to wear more clinging or closely fitted clothes, oh please!
I do like the Linx leather adverts with the cool cave guy but I detest linx products.
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THE worst ever was a Tom Hanks film. I think it was a remake of an old one.
A group of bankrobbers con their way into boarding with an old lady whose house ajoined, or was close to a bank they wanted to tunnel into. I can't remember the name, and really nor do I want to except that I would want to avoid it!
I've just looked at the other posts, maybe I am talking about "A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"?
It's called The Lady Killers and I kind of like this one. I can't stand Gone With the Wind.
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I definitely agree with the above. I didn't enjoy the first two books in the Discworld series much at all, but fortunately, they weren't the first ones I read (I accidentally read Reaper Man first and LOVED it!). The Discworld has definitely improved as Pratchett has gone on (with very few of the later ones not living up to expectations!).
In general, I tend to just buy the first one in a series to see if I like that, If I do, I'll get hold of subsequent ones, but one at a time, and stop when I don't enjoy them any more.
My first Prachett book was Wryd Sisters, it took me quite a while to come across the first book in the disc world series. If I'd started with that one first I might not have read later books.
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I agree that it is possible to see how a writter progresses when they have many books around. Terry Prachett's Colour of Magic was okay but I lost interest toward the end of it. Later books were more entertaining. Lots of practice seemed to have helped. With the latest books I'm addicted too I hear people saying that they can't wait for the next book to be published and the sooner the better. I on the other hand would think I can wait since a rushed book may be lacking especially if an author is busy with other things at the same time. Books are read quickly compared to the writing time, editing time and publishing.
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I'm reading these books now. They're about a band of warrior vampires who are supposed to be protectors of their race. They fight against Lessers who wish to destroy the vampires. Yes the good versus evil aproach with yin and yan balances. Humans are just in the background and are not usually the vampires means of substinance. There's a sort of street lingo used and lots of male bonding plus some romance/erotica involved. There is an old fashioned rigid social structure surrounding the vampire culture despite the modern lingo. The males are domineering and want to be as macho as possible.
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I like having the many variations of this genre. Mixes of crime/mystery, epic stories, action adventures and romances are all available especially when a book seems to a merge of more than one genre.
Anne McCaffrey's Dragons of Pern series could be considered fantasy because of the dragons yet it starts out with sci-fi origins. Jim Butcher's Dresden Files is a mystery series in a urban fantasy setting. Then there's those paranormal romances lots on the vampires falling for forbidden or impossible loves like Twilight by Stephanie Myers.
Anyone else interested in books like these?
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Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice's book to film adaptation was bad.
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Do you read series books? Some of the books I read belong to series. They have been enjoyable and at times I'm looking for more. The downside is that the story or quality of the story may not be maintained throughout the series. Then I have come across continuity errors with the some storylines.
Of course I can choose to limit what I read of a series if I do not like further books. I also don't like it when others say I have to read a series in a particular order since through choice I may not want to read everything in a series or all books in a particular series may not be available to me. I've also become addicted to two series so far
What's your thoughts about this? Do you like prolific writers? Do you think this risks quality over quantity? Is there a place for both?
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I saw the movie first then read the book. I think the book was okay. I've read a few others which got tedious. I did like the one with the body thief though.
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My first fantasy book was an Enid Blyton book, The Magic Faraway Tree, I was 9 years of age. My first horror book was Stephen King's Carrie when I was 14. My first Sci-Fi book was George Orwell's 1984, read around the age of 13/14.
Was this the book/s that got you really interested in this genre?
Having read the Chronicles of Narnia and CS Lewis's Alice stories, it was Ursula le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness that made me seek out a lot more books now that I was an adult. I went to the local library and approached the shelves at Authors A-C. My first choices were CS lewis, Maria Zimmer Bradley and Anne McCaffrey.
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I haven't read past the triology as yet. The whole series is called The Realms of The Blood. I'm aware the other sequels may not live up to these three. The sibling relationship between Lucivar and Daemon is great. Here's the website to check out the books.
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Paperback is my preference due to lower costs and smaller sizes. I'm not into a lot of collecting.
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Anybody checked out Dante's Inferno?
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The Tiffany Aching books might be a better starting place for a teenager wanting to read Terry Pratchett - I'd recommend Wee Free Men!
Followed by A Hat Full of Sky and
The Wintersmith
Have a go at Trudi Canavan's The Black Magician Triology.
There's also Twilight by Stephanie Meyers, Magic Lost, Trouble Found by Lisa Shearin. Check out these writers, Malorie Blackman, Cornelia Funk, Dianna Wynne Jones, Kate Thompson, Mercedes Lackey, Tamara Pierce and Jame Patterson.
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Sci-fi and fantasy is my favourite. I already read some non-fiction mainly for study and a few other fiction for leisure so the Sci-fi and fantasy is something that is totally opposite as well as having some escapism elements. I like extremes.
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Thanks I check out Scott Lynch.
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Don Quiote by Cervantes
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Prachett books mostly make me laugh. Katie McAlister's books too. Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are not The Only Fruit was amusing for me and so was VS Naipaul,s Miguel Street. Other books may have a few funny bits even if the main story was not meant to be funny. For instance I found something to laugh about in Melville's Moby Dick.
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This happens. Anne McCaffrey's Dragons Eye is under a different name once sold outside of America, well I'm sure about the UK, Dragonflight, if I remember correctly. Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis is now renamed Lilith's Brood in the latest edition.
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No one had heard of this book? http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/content/index.asp
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Anyone read any of her books? http://www.wenspencer.com/
Tinker
Wolf Who Rules
Endless Blue
Ukiah Oregon;
Alien Taste
Tainted Trail
Bitter Waters
Dog Warior.
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I have a few, some given as gifts. Sometimes I can't find them so any piece of paper will do or I'll memorize the page number. I have left books opened faced down at times but then I worry over the spine of the book getting too creased. I don't like making dog ears of book pages.
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I read it some time ago. It wasn't too bad but there was some typing errors in it. You get the story from three points of view, Cory's, Green's and Adrian's. I did think to follow up the story with the next in the Little Goddess series, Wounded but the lure was not strong enough so I never got that far.