Suzanna Addison
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I am reading Shadow in the Wind I think it's called. It has me gripped but I do find it very atmospheric and can only take small doses every now and then. I love it though!
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I have read Oliver Twist; A Tale of Two Cities; The Pickwick Papers; Bleak House; and Little Dorrit and reading Martin Chuzzlewit.
Favourite so far is A Tale of Two Cities.
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My favourite films that I can think of now:
Robin Hood: Prince of Theives - Any villain that wants to call of christmas is a hero to me!
Schindlers List: Nobody under the age of fifteen should watch this - this film is all the more poignant for being true.
Pirates of the Carribbean trilogy - Yes, the more recent that will appear on my list, I adore these films with great passion and its six hours of Johnny Depp ... and the last one was brilliant and the best - I can't wait to see if they continue the story. And how they would without The Turners!
Casablanca - A classic that any decent filmwatcher should have in their collection. But have a box of tissues handy!
Arsenic and Old Lace - Cary Grant's finest. A horror spoof starring Peter Lorre. Watch it and you won't regret it!
Almost anything by Walt Disney. I can't think of more though I probably will later.
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Well, as you can see I have my sig and my own avvie... the best Mr. Darcy with the best Lizzie - I am one of the few that preferred Kiera's portrayal than Jennifer ... for one Kiera was the age of Lizzie when she was acting the role. Jen was a good five years older. Also Kiera has the figure of a Georgian Empire woman - Jen was far too big and busty!
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Well yes. Though I have to tidy up the kitchen and my bedroom soon. I would read them.
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My top Three:
The Secret Garden - Love how Mary blossoms like the garden when she realises that there are more things in the world than her to think about.
Bram Stokers Dracula - Read this the once a few years ago and it haunts me still. I will have to read it again.
Bleak House Charles Dickens - I loved this story and read it in a matter of months. One of the rare books I wished I could start all over again the minute I finished!
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Thanks for the welcome. I am enjoying it so far.
Wilde Lily: I haven't started reading it yet as I have so many other things to read. It's really to gain insight into how a normal, sweet nice woman like she was (and she was not a proper member of the party!) Can love someone like him? That has always interested me, what makes people like each other!
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Christopher Lee AND Alan Rickman? I better not go to the cinema ... I wouldn't be able to control myself because their voices make me dippy at the best of times but to hear them in ONE movie?
Johnny Depp is absolutely fantastic though my favourite role of his was an early one: What's Eating Gilbert Grape. He played the older brother of an Autistic child played excellently by Leonardo Di Caprio. I am a younger sister of an Autistic woman and I understand that story line completely.
Helena Bonham Carter has always been one of my ultimate favourite actresses!!! Can't wait for this!
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For epic fantasy with language any body can understand I suggest David Eddings Belgariad. No book is longer than five hundred and thirty pages I think, and it is full of humour, grand scope, evil dark lords beautiful sorceress' and princesses ... Dryads show up as do wise and noble Gods.
And one very, very sulky teen!
If you like Star Wars or Harry Potter you should try these as they are better than Harry Potter and more thought provoking.
If the thought of five books puts you off - he has also written a stand-alone epic called The Redemption of Althalus. It would be good actually to start with that as you get a good idea of his style and characterization.
Personally I rate David Eddings as he doesn't over complicate issues, he is funny, witty and yet can be serious and atmospheric. He has to be my favourite adult fantasy writer ever!
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I am reading a set of books titled The Medieval Murderers.
The first one is called: The Tainted Relic
A so called piece of Christs cross is stained with his blood. This item becomes cursed by a fanatic called Barzac saying that once you touch this item you have to keep hold of it for the minute you relinquish it you shall die a painful horrible death - thus starts a gory dark story written by several authors names: Bernard Knight, Philip Gooden, Susanna Gregory, and Michael Jecks.
Sword of Shame:
Forged by a Viking blacksmith this sword is absolutely beautiful. Sharp, well crafted and once seen by someone they hanker after the sword and use it too acheive dark and deadly deeds. The first act is brother killing brother - the very sons of the blacksmith that forged the sword. It gets passed down through the ages and even commits a bloodthirsty act in modern times. Anybody that is not normally covetous becomes jealous of the owner of the sword.
House of Shadows:
Review coming once I read this one.
These stories have me hooked. There is a fourth one called The Lost Prophecies and a fifth one coming out next month.
Several authors contribute to these stories using one plot story and weaving that cleverly through the time of it's creation or finding and the effects of that can still be felt now.
Also it has given me two new authors to collect ... can't be bad!
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That one was on ITV3 the other morning and it was sweet. Especially as he seems such a batchelor. Proves that even HE can fall for the charms of a beautiful and intelligent woman.
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I definitely wouldn't read them in a library where you're supposed to be silent. I almost collapsed with David and Leigh Eddings, and PG Wodehouse's humour is MUCH more lethal!
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I am Suzanna Addison.
I love a lot of books. I sleep with a book shelf by my bed with everything from Dean Koontz, Charles Dickens, Cecilia Dart Thornton, Victor Klemperer, and a biography of Eva Braun.
I would love to try Medieval murder mysteries as I like crime solved by cleverer means than forensic scientists.
My favourite author is Charles Dickens but my favourite book is Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows.
I am also an avid writer (sometimes I write like billy-o!) I doubt what I write would be allowed on a public forum so I will keep it to myself for the time being unless there are adult sections here.
I would also like to RPG in the crime/thriller genre, especially as I that is the genre as I write in that genre.
My moto is ... If you can't read, write and vice versa!
My other interests are films, music (symphonic fantasy metal! Nightwish, Xandria and Sonata Arctica that sort of thing) my favourite film score is Schindlers List.
I also like to cook and knit occassionally.
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If you're anything like me, you can not help but LOVE his stories. The almost flawless Jeeves and his seeming unintelligent boss Bertram Wooster.
His tales of young love constantly going awry and Jeeves having to clear up Wooster's various male friends muck ups in life - all of his friends seem to live in a club called the Drones.
Jeeves helping Wooster escape the clutches of the awful Honoria Glossop and the fey Madeleine Basset.
A platoon of dreadful dowager aunts and dopey Uncles act as supporting cast - and bratty cousins.
These are silly funny stories that will have you giggling with glee!
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I love Hercule Poirot and this book more than any others had me enthralled!!! Watch out for the brief mention of St. Mary Mead ... the village where her other eponymous creation lived. Miss Marple!
Btw, new here and this is my very first post!
Hello I am Suzanna Addison
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Yep, I thought so. I love the group. Got all their albums on my ipod.