Nicola
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Sounds really interesting! I hope the casting gets it right.....could be a brilliant drama
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Hello folks!
I haven't popped in for ages! After a busy couple of years I've got the reading bug again and need inspiration!
Hope everyone is grand xx
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Hey! I have to second Pickle's recommendation for Justin Cronin's The Passage. I'm reading it now and it has me gripped. It's a big one (about 900 or so pages) but it's divided into pre and post-apocalyptic as well as other sections so doesn't feel too long. It's the first of a trilogy which is apparently the same time frame from three different perspectives.
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I use public transport to get about. We've got really good transport links up in Newcastle so I've never really needed to drive although I have started to learn (on and off!
)However, the bus company I use have created names for their services and the service I use is called the Fab 56
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Just finished Dark Lover by JR Ward. Overall it was a good book
Hoping to finish Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk soon. This is a re-read but as it's been a while since I last dived between the pages, I'm enjoying forgotten storylines and characters.
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Normally I'm a non fiction reader, as in "Primitive cooking in Neolithic Britian" type of book.
Haa! I know how you feel. I'm currently re-reading Social Innovation and Territorial Development just for fun.....yes I'm a complete loser!
I've not heard of this series Tenne and I've read a fair bit of vampire fiction. I've recently made a start on Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series and also the JR Ward Vampire series. They're both ok.
How many books are in the series so far? Any good?
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When I have read a series of books, I tend to skim-read them the second or third time, cutting to the interesting parts or bits I want to read.
Me too. I've also re-read Harry Potter, Sookie Stackhouse and the Vampire Diaries quite a few times. I think I've re-read Dead to the World by charlaine Harris about 10 times! Its my 'pick me up' book when I need cheering up
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I love Jane Austen but this quote does crack me up:
Jane Austen, according to Mark Twain (1898)
I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Every time I read 'Pride and Prejudice,' I want to dig her up and hit her over the skull with her own shin-bone.
This was my favourite too
Thanks Abby! I've had myself a good little chuckle
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finished Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk. Liked it! Crazy story, like the rest of his books. haha Now I must figure out what to read next..
Oh! I loved this book Whitegold
A bit odd, but really interesting. I loved all the old movie trivia he threw in too.I'm reading Dark Lover by J.R Ward and it seems to be recovering my lost mojo for me. I've also read a few chapters of Once by James Herbert which was recommended by a friend. It's pretty good so far and I'm looking forward to getting a few more chapters read....it seems like my kind of story.
Unfortunately, I've given up on American Psycho and have filed it away for another day. I wasn't a fan of the over descriptive narration which I think is probably one of the quirks of the book.
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I agree with everyone else....40p is super cheap. I pay about 60p for extra salad at the sandwich shop close to my office and that only icludes lettuce, tomato and cucumber.
Bargain!!
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My mojo is all over the place at the minute. I tried to start American Psycho again but it just isn't happening. So now I'm reading an academic book called Disadvantaged by Where You Live?, which is about how the notion of community and neighbourhood has been used in urban planning policy in the UK. My mojo seems happy to absorb the words so I'm just running with it.
Zzzzzzzzz
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I finished Wicked this morning, I really enjoyed it too, this afternoon I returned it to the library then went home and started The Big Over Easy I've got a feeling I'm going to love this book and it's humour.
Ooooh I've fancied Wicked for ages! Think I'll bump it up the to buy list.
Well I've had quite a bit going on at home recently so haven't had much time for reading unfortunately. I'm still about a chapter into American Psycho so I plan to pick it back up and continue tonight.
Hope everyone's grand
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I may have just created the world's littlest Pratchett fan! After his bath, I decided to read "Where's My Cow?" to Xan. He loved it so much he immediately shouted "Again! Again!"
Awww that's so canny Kell
Finished Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. Absolutely loved it!This is probably my favourite book of all time Whitegold. I'm glad you enjoyed it
I'm not sure what my favourite short story is though....probably Mr Whittakers. It had the surprise factor!I recommended it to a friend recently and he recommended American Psycho to me (which is his favourite book) so that's what I'm reading now. He's enjoying Haunted
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I have to say Matt's looks only half come into it - it's his portrayal of the doctor I find so endearing, I love how quirky he is.
I love how quirky he is too.
I used to watch Doctor Who as a kid in the 80's but can't really remember much about it. I started watching it again when it came back with Christopher Eccleston and enjoyed his portrayal of the Doctor. However, I really couldn't get away with David Tennant. I'm not sure why
so I stopped watching. I love Matt Smith though and have been hooked to this past series. Can't wait for the next
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I've finished The Laughing Corpse by Laurell. K. Hamilton and I've started to read Club Dead by Charlaine Harris to refresh my memory for Season 3 of True Blood
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Oh god, don't say that!! I'm not sure about storylines, I guess I hope
Sookie and Eric stay together
, and also that there's a bit more action in the next one.
Me too.....I hope they do. I suppose now that
Bill's got his 'Sister', he won't be needing Sookie. Sam has that crazy werewolf and I don't think Alcide isn't in the picture anymore
so here's hoping eh
I'd also love a bit more action!
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Well......as some of you might know, I'm taking in a lodger when my BF moves away to help with the bills and unfortunately the only bookcase in the house was in the spare room and too big to put anywhere else. I bought a slim set of shelves from Ikea to put in my bedroom but they're not really big so I was set to pack up most of my books and send them off to my Mam's house. Needless to say, I wasn't a happy camper!
Anyway, I came home from work one day to find that my BF had dismantled the dining table and bought three new sets of shelves from ikea that make a nice corner mini-library area. How lovely is that! So now.....
The first set of shelves in the living room holds my YA fiction, vampire fiction, sleezy fiction (like chuck palahniuk, Irvine Welsh, etc), big books like Encyclopedias and uni related text books.
The second set holds my classics, historical fiction, crime and some non-fiction (mainly about the Tudors)
The third set holds a mixture of fiction, non-fiction, dvds and photos.
In the bedroom I've got a random mix of books that don't have any order and the set in the spare room are empty but are soon to be filled by Phil (new lodger) who loves to read too
I've only ever had one set of shelves and a sort of display cabinet shelf thingymebob so I keep changing it around and reorganising. It's like Christmas!
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I've read it too, I didn't enjoy it as much as some of the others, but it was great to read something new.
Me too. I hope they start to introduce new characters too Chesilbeach.
I really liked
Sookie getting to know Hunter a little better
and would like to read more of that but I wasn't to keen on the ending.
The fairytale kiss to remove Dermot's spell and three-fairies-in-a-bed made me cringe!
I'm looking forward to finding out what will happen with
Victor
and think that this book was maybe a filler in between all the action of the last book and (hopefully) all the
action that could happen with Victor
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Does anyone have any theories about possible storylines?
Here's to another year of waiting!
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My Grandad never used to read a lot himself, but he made sure that me and my Sister were quick to learn basic skills like learning how to tell the time, learning the alphabet, learning to write our names, drawing and things like that, so he was the one who would sit with us while we read. I think it used to make him proud
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I've started The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K Hamilton. It's not a page turner just yet but it has potential
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Has anyone read Dead in the Family yet?
If so, any thoughts about the latest installment? Where do you see the overall story heading?
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Sharky Carlyle. Probably wouldn't be so bad if I were a bloke.I chose my goldfishes name because it was better than the dogs - Mutley
:lol: This has totally tickled me! You sound dangerous!My name would be Buttons Mayfair. It's sooooo much better than Nicola Johnson that I'm thinking of changing it legally
How much fun would you have with a name like that!Sounds like a 1950s stripper.....I'm imagining feathered fans for some reason
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The books are very different to the show. There's not as much action and they're not as entertaining as the show, although, in my opinion, the latter books are a lot better than the earlier ones.
I agree. Books 1-4 weren't too great but I needed to know what happened so I bought books 5-6 and they were great. If you're a fan of Damon you need to read these books!
I pre-ordered book 7 but they changed the release date from 1st July 2010 to 3rd March 2011.
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Could this World Cup get any more boring? I think the only game I've enjoyed so far was watching the French get beaten by Mexico.
Thus far, I have managed to avoid the world cup completely which is probably really unpatriotic of me. However, I have heard that it's been pretty boring too. My BF isn't a happy bunny!
Your Top 10 films!
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This is too difficult (and I'll probably change my mind again as soon as I hit post!)
The Virgin Suicides - Sofia Copolla
Lost in Translation - Sofia Copolla
The Darjeeling Limited - Wes Anderson
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson
Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle
Fight Club - David Fincher
Harry Potter (Series)
Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)
Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell
The Color Purple - Steven Spielberg