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I loved Wideacre, it kept me enthralled all the way through, imagining what new lengths Beatrice will go through to get what she wants. Although admitedly i did think after all the detail that went into the story itself it was wrapped up a bit too quickly.
Am not sure how i feel about the series though it seems a bit too 'Virginia Andrews' for my liking. (not that there is anything wrong with Virginia Andrews i just could never take to them)
Although if anyone has read the series and feels that they can sway me i would be more than happy to acquiesce.
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1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible -
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 1984 - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D
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luckily i'm quite nuerotic and keep a list of the books i've read anyway, so can recall all the way back to the beggining of the year
Frank Skinner - Frank Skinner
IT - Stephen King
1984 - George Orwell
Dancing in the Darkness - Frankie Poullain
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
The Hippopotamus - Stephen Fry
Mister B Gone - Clive Barker
Schindlers Ark - Thomas Keneally
Wideacre - Phillipa Gregory
Making Money - Terry Pratchett
Dead Witch walking - Kim Harrison
Middlemarch - George Elliot
The Liar - Stephen Fry
Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy
Venus in Furs - Leopold Sacher von Masoch
Selected letters and poems of Keats - Robert Gittings
Hangover Square - Patrick Hamilton
The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson
The Slaves of Solitude - Patrick Hamilton
The new uncanny - anthology edited by ra Page
Elizabeth - David Starkey
Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
Eats shoots and leaves - Lynn Truss
Persuasion - Jane Austen
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I have ooodles of bookmarks, in fact i think i may even be collecting them now.
However sometimes my nuerosis takes over and i use a plain strip of paper, write on it the name of the book and author, what date i started it then what date i finished it. Then do the same for the next book till the strip is filled.
I also have another method of writing down the number of pages, then how many i read that day, and how many i've got left. Sounds strange i know, but i have a drawer full of strips of paper dating back years that always amuse me to look back at.
I blame my mother!
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I'm the same. I bought Duma Key over a year ago, read the first few chapters but really could not get into it. Put it on my shelf and its been there since, which is a shame as i'm quite a big Stephen King fan and have never had to be in the 'right frame of mind' to read any of his works before
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I can't quite remember my first fantasy I think it was 'Lord of the Rings' although it was my dad's book and i think i may have been too young to really appreciate a lot of it. First one that impacted me was 'Pawn of Prophecy' by David Eddings.
First Horror was 'Slugs' by Shaun Hutson. Oh dear god never again! that book seriously gave me the heebie jeebies. Also I remember after reading one particularly graphic scene, being immensley grateful that i wasn't a man. eurgh!!
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Did anyone see it, i missed it. I loved what they did with 'Dangerous Lady' i just hope they managed to do this justice too.
It's been getting quite a lot of hype round here, the Metro did a mock up front page article about the characters, i thought it was some momento front page from the 80s like they sometimes do. wasn't until i read the article i realised it was 'The Take'
When i grow up i want Martina Coles publicist
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my book club (Books Direct) are having a sale. I just bought 11 books for
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my music tastes are all over the place, but one that has stayed with me is Bryan Adams (i've been n love with his music since i was six)
Although according to LastFm my current top 5 are
1. The Brute Chorus
2. Butterfly Bangs
3. Bryan Adams
4. AC/DC
5. Medi
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I feel i should hang my head in shame.
I got 9/10 today, the one i got wrong was a Tim McGraw song . . . . i have all his albums.
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A friend of mine (completely manic Torchwood fan) went to a screening of the new series and Q&A, apparantly they not saying yet when it's airing, but my friend has a theory.
They said at the Q&A that they're still not saying when the 3rd series airs and that they won't confirm or deny that it'll be on at the same time as BBC America.The intention was that it would air after the radio shows, which we now know are on radio 4 1-3 July.
The dvd release of Children of Earth is 27 July.
So they should be airing it between those dates! That's my theory anyway!
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I buy mostly from my online book club, and charity shops. In fact i have a monthly ritual every pay day. Of going out with
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thank you all
What books does he do... as in can you name some titles i might have a gander
I was started off on the Belgariad series, i got so involved that by the time i finished them i put the last book down and i realised i missed all the characters as though i actually knew them. That was the first time a book had made me feel like that, which is probably why i ventured down the fantasy path
I do write too, am unfortunately not brave enough to have published anything though. Although i am a member of a few communities where we post our stories and get feedback and ideas. Which is a lovely environment to be part of and is helping to build up my confidence.and hi daydream welcome hope you enjoy it here... on the writers part , it is well slow on weekends xd. do you like to write ?I also apologise in advance as have come to realise lately that because i live a lot through my phone and on the internet, i have become quite lazy with my spelling and punctuation. Am trying to remedy that though
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Hello all, i'm 29, live in London and am a major bibliophile.
I'm a free spirit at heart and do move around a lot but one thing that always remains with me is my extensive book collection.
I've been an avid reader since a very young age (can remember many a school playtime taken up by me sitting on a step with my dads rather dog eared copy of 'lord of the rings') and would read anything and everything, but what really stirred my passion is when my dad introduced me to David Eddings. Since then i mostly lean towards Fantasy and Sci-fi, however i am always open to new experiences.
i look forward to having many good discussions, and learning many new things.
DayDreams reading list '09
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I quite liked it, not at all what i expected. I liked the fact that none of the characters were 'over the top'
I love it, i try to read it at least once a year. It's got everything in it. It also helps that i'm a completely hopeless romantic and the relationship between Sir Percy and Marguerite leaves me sighing like a simp on several occassions.