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Well, frankly, I'm looking forward to everything you guys have mentioned (particularly Star Trek (I hope this doesn't make me sound sad!)) I'm also looking forward to Sherlock Holmes, having read the books. Love 'em, I do. Wolverine'll be excellent, all being well. Here's hoping, anyway.
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You are not alone in needing buckets for the tears. I loved these two so much!
Darn it, you've reminded me of their demise! 
Ah, sorry about that. It's not very manly, though, is it? I mean, blubbing while one reads a book! I should really have a word with myself. What a great set of books though. They're another bunch in my 'top books I've read' list.
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The absolute worst film I ever saw was 'Catwoman' with Halle Berry. I went one Tuesday morning during the summer holidays and had the entire screen to myself. I couldn't leave the cinema purely because I had never experienced being alone in the cinema. I got up, stretched my legs, had a dance, that type of thing, you know? The projectionist must have thought I was nuts...
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I love KFC. I think they put something in it to make you salivate at the mere thought of a Zinger Burger...ooooh...chicken...
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You see, there you are! I can never get rid of my books. It'd be like gnawing one of my arms off! So, it stands to reason, that if I'm going to keep them for all of eternity, then Hardbacks are going to do the job nicely, thank you. Hold on. Someone's at the door. Ooh. Some nice people in white coats want me to go on a trip with them! How lovely!
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I find the author Glen Duncan regularly disturbing. His novel 'Weathercock' is a masterpiece. I got to a point around half way through where I thought "Crivvens! I can't read any more of this! It's wrong!!!'.
At that very point, it all turns round and becomes very much more bearable. This is a great author who really knows his readership. 'I, Lucifer' and 'Death of an Ordinary Man' are also good ones of his.
Chuck Palahnuik is a guy I can't read more than one novel of in succession. He's tremendously nihilistic and very dark to boot! I really enjoyed 'Survivor' of his. I don't need to mention 'Fight Club', do I? Ooops...already did...
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I am very, very late to find this thread, but since The Historian is one of the few books you guys mention on the forum that I have also read, I will give my opinion.
I remember before buying this book on a whim, my boyfriend once mentioned it to me saying that it was very long and drawn out and he didn't like it at first but later changed his mind. Also, I was very surprised when I discovered what the book was actually about. Anne Rice was my introduction to vampire novels, and the Historian is very far removed from Rice's romantic vampire world. I was pleasantly surprised as The Historian did actually manage to scare me, draw me into the characters' struggle and adventures and weave a very captivating story all at once. In short, I adored this novel. I read Dracula afterwards and found it just a little bit boring, to be honest.
I, too, adored this novel. This is another book in my All-Time-Favourites! I keep pushing this book onto all and sundry. I should be locked up. I'm not safe out there...
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I'm a huge sucker for the Myron Bolitar series written by Harlan Coben. There is wit, character development, excitement, plot twists and an enormously enjoyable writing style. I love the guy. As for prolific writers, does anyone really like Dean Koontz? I've bought most of his books and have noticed real development in his prose. It's much more poetic - a graceful text nowadays. Obviously, some of his novels are better than others, but I feel the consistancy of quality is higher than contempories of his such as, say, Stephen King (I might get linched for that remark - I know there are some huge King fans here). Don't get me wrong, as I have all of his books too. The Stand, The Talisman, The Shining, It - these are among my favourites of the genre!
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Can someone explain my aversion for hardcovers? I know they're heavier than their paperback counterparts and the dustjackets cause more hassle than they save, but still - surely they can't be so bad that I need to wait an extra year or so to read a book because the very notion of buying a book in hardback irks me? Do I need help?
I'm the opposite. I just have to buy my favourite authors in hardback. I cannot walk into a book shop and walk out without one. It is I who is obsessive! Re: Dust jackets. I don't even like damaging them, so I take them off until I've read the ruddy thing and then replace them once I put them back on my shelf. OCD ALERT! OCD ALERT!
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Ayup. I love His Dark Materials. I tell you, when Lee Scoresby and Hester shuffle off the mortal coil I was weeping buckets! Beautifully written. If I had a daemon, I believe it would be either an English Bull Terrier or a Labrador, two of the most loyal, gentle, loving, wonderful dogs a man could ever wish for.
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Had a kick up the bum by my boyfriend. I asked him to borrow his copy of Carrie - Stephen King but he said not until I had either read or given back three of his books so I have decided to put my books to one side and finish books I have borrowed firstly and give them back.
They include:
Torn ear - Geoffrey Malone - read in one day, twas a lovely story!
White fang - Jack London - currently half way through!
The sight - David Clement-Davies - next on list if I can handle that much books on canids in a short space of time.
And I have also borrowed Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen, so must read that soonish.
I still have 100 pages left of Boudica and have put Tess - Hardy on hold, sad to say but I want to devour it without destraction so others will be read first, same idea about Gerritsens new book, keeping the dead.
Reading Poe stories on and off as well as trying to finish The heart of a dog - Bulgakov inbetween doing uni work!
Greetings. It's been a while, as I've not been about. I notice your badge about Murakami. I love the stuff. Kafka on the Shore is one of my favourite books of all time! Note the bold type. Another sign of my excitement...
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I have been banging on to practically everybody about a book called "Bad Monkeys" by a chap named Matt Ruff. This has the worst cover ever and some dreadful blurb on the back. My friend John (who, incidentally, is the biggest fella I've ever met - he's six foot nine and built like a block of flats) told me to "just read it, you daft
!"So I did. You wouldn't argue with the man.
This turned out to be an excellent choice, not only for the welfare of my limbs, but also because it is a truly brilliant book. I don't care what books anybody says they like, I defy anyone not to go "Blinking heck, Mac! You're right!"
Check it out. Don't read the blurb. Ignore the cover. Love the book.
Laters, taters.
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Yay! I've got two stars!
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I really enjoyed Watchmen. It remained very faithful to the source! I didn't enjoy the cringy, porny sex bit in the middle, but overall I thought it was ace! Slumdog's supposed to be very good and 'feelgood' but with all the hype, I'm a bit put off. Hope you enjoy whatever you go and see. Happy anniversary.
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I thought 13 sounded odd.13 is odd.
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Good welcome to you, Sixtyfoothigh. I'm quite new at this game n'all. It's a good site, so far! Happy days.
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Okay, I read that totally wrong the first time... *cracks up*
I've just re-read my last post and it would appear to contain a few more euphemisms. There are more double entendres in their than a script by Julian Clarey...sorry guys!
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I'll do that. I 've not started one yet, but I'll get on it. My taste is eclectic, really. I tend to alternate between a decent, thought-provoking contemporary novel and a thumping good thriller or crime novel. Only Forward is definitely worth sticking on your TBR pile. You will not be disappointed. I hope your 'Laundry' day was enjoyable and I hope next door enjoy their new bathroom. Have a good day.
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I loved this book, one of my favourites. It's one of the few to make me teary and choked. I await her follow-up novel with some trepidation, because of my experience with Donna Tartt. With her, I had read The Secret History and could not wait for the second one to come out (ten years later!!!) and was sorely disappointed. I hope this doesn't happen here. I'm looking forward to the film. I think Eric Bana's mostly good (he appeared a little one dimensional and wooden in The Other Boleyn Girl) and Rachel McAdams is certainly easy on the eye. I think I saw her in Red Eye with Cillian Murphy...
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Sorry, mate. I'll behave myself and reign in my sense of humour a little. I thought of a book you might enjoy. Have a look for 'Only Forward' by a chap writing as Michael Marshall Smith. I think it was published in 1994 (but I could be wrong). This was his debut novel. He now writes crime thrillers as Michael Marshall. His debut is mind-blowing. I hope you have a good day.
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Ooh, I have this one on Mount TBR - I shall have to see about bumpinb it up a bit now!
I've found a bunch of really good crime writers. For a thumping good crime thriller that really sucks you in, why not try Michael Marshall and Jack Kerley (or J.A.Kerley as he's writing under now). These guys are always great. And I also keep raving about Harlan Coben. Every book's a winner! There's also a book called Bad Monkey's by Matt Ruff that blew me away. I read the thing in just two sittings. Very nearly didn't pick it up, only under persistent insistance from my friend John. Don't read the blurb, ignore the cartoony cover, just enjoy.
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One author I'm always banging on about is Stieg Larsson. His books 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' and 'The Girl Who Played With Fire' are some of the best I've ever read. Try them. You'll love them.
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Um.... are you serious? Do you really have that kind of strict rules?? :eek2: I would understand that if you were supposed to work as a robot, but other than that, it just doesn't seem to make sense to me
Sorry, Frankie. I'm having a laugh. Work is nothing like that.
Working with adults with learning disabilities is good fun. I was just pulling your leg. Hope you're not cheesed off with my sense of humour. -
I'm sure it's good! But if it's anything like the book, then remember to have some tissues along with you I'm going to watch the film too but I'll probably wait for the DVD because I don't enjoy bawling my eyes out in public...
Ah. I wonder how professional it's considered if one weeps in public...do you think it could be a situation where I might be disciplined under company policy 24.4 Section C "An employee must not, under any circumstances what-so-ever, be seen to display signs that they are human and therefore have emotions"? I'm rubbish at films. I've only read a couple of books where I've blubbed, but films! Sheesh! I'm Weeping Man! Don't even start me thinking about E.T....
Northern Lights - If read What daemon would you have?
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Sorry, yes, must do. Not quite sure how, though. I also don't know how to start my own thread.