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Well, I know this topic's kinda old. But just wanted to give my thoughts to this as it seems that everyone likes War of the Worlds better.. I don't. I love this one better. I have loved the story since I was a kid, watching the 1960's film over and over with my dad. Then a few years back, I finally ended up reading this, and I loved it. Have also read WotW, but seriously.. the Time Machine is my first love. Or well, one of them. I don't mind H.G. Wells keeping on about the future of mankind, as I am sort of interested in that myself.. loving mostly (post)apocalyptic scenarios, which this would be, in some way. And though it just plays a minor role, I love the bit where the time traveler travels on to the end of the Earth, the far far future, where all human-like life has vanished. In my opinion, this book is good, as far as you can call it a book. So short.

Mom's got the radio on, Natasha Bedingfield with Unwritten is on there, I don't like pop-music generally but this one's quite ok.

Well, I haven't read it, and I voted, "don't intend to". Since that's what I think, but like I said somewhere else, I might some day, like with the DaVinci Code, just to see what the fuss was about. (Hated that one). But really, this sounds too much like kid books to me, and not in a good way. I agree with HH above, seriously. I like my vampires scary, human blood drinking and not really part of human society. (I know, I read Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blake series too, but even though the vamps there are legal citizens, they also drink human blood and can be quite scary and bloodthirsty at times). I also like gothic and horror fiction, so to have vampires turned into this whole popular-teeny hype is a little distasteful. Strangely, saying this doesn't mean immediately that I couldn't enjoy them when reading them. Just, it would get old fast that they're for teens, since I like my books to have more gore and sex than generally in these kind of books. Mind you, what I have said above is from the impression I have of what the books are like. If I am totally wrong, please feel free to correct me.

I generally not judge a book by it's nice cover, as I've found that, even though the nice covers gets you to pick up a book and flick through it, often they have very little to do with the book. I have many books that I still don't know why on earth they have that particular cover. I am attracted to book titles however.. a gripping title gets me looking at the book sooner.. but I judge my book by the back print mostly, if I already have my eyes on that particular book. What I do a lot, is read reviews. On the site of my online shop, on this forum now, on other book sites. I don't go for the opinion, I want to know the why, so I can tell if I'll like it. I stick to just a few genres mostly too. Authors I know, well some always get the benefit of the doubt. Laurell Hamilton (even though her books often are so not well-written), Anne Rice up till the Christian stuff. But even my favourite authors have books I don't care about, so I don't automatically buy it. Though honestly, if I had a bigger budget to buy books, I would definitely be less picky.

Watched the first two episodes again yesterday (of the 2005-ish series then), was great getting back to it. Though honestly, why they chose the first episode as the pilot, I don't know, I don't like the living plastic things.

Have only read HP.. they're fantastic. I have no intention of reading Twilight. Okay, maybe someday in the future when I have nothing left to read.. But from what I know of Twilight, it's vampires for kiddies, basically. All the negative comments here don't get me excited to read them either, but HP is just so good, I can't see how Twilight can be better.

You're a saint. Even if I don't like a book I can never get rid of it, at least, I wouldn't be able to give it away. We don't have a nice secondhand bookstore out here that does the exchange thing, not for books I like that is. But GIVE books away.. wow.

Oh I thought of another one. Though this is a book, that's not horror, sci-fi, fantasy.. it's sort of, well a romance novel I guess. Belinda, by Anne Rampling, the pen name (one of) of Anne Rice. It's about a grown man, I believe he's in his 40's, that falls in love with this young girl, I won't elaborate on the plot much more because the plot wasn't what disturbed me. The book, I did love in a way. What disturbed me was, that this man falls for Belinda, I think she's 16 when all this starts, which isn't that young. However when you're 44 (just looked it up).. and the disturbing part was, that he dresses her up as younger. She doesn't look that young, but he starts with dressing her up like a girl that's not even 10 years old yet, taking pics of her, getting aroused by her like that. The whole thing's described beautifully, however I just thought it quite disturbing, and felt like it was wrong. Felt it was quite creepy. Ofcourse it didn't help that when I read this book my ex (26 at the time) had just dumped me for this 14 year old girl.

For me, to read more. Last year has been a bad year for me, and I couldn't keep my attention on a book, so I read very little. And if I read anything it was from my book collection, a.k.a. books I had read a million times. So for me, read more, read more new books, and try to read books I have been wanting to read forever. It's not really my TBR pile cause I dont have these books myself, but more like, books I have been thinking about reading for a while, mostly classics. Also, not just to stick to the easy books, you know, the quick-read kind. Read books I have to work a little harder for. Oh and to get further in series I haven't completed yet. Anne McCaffrey, Robert Jordan, Stephen King's Dark Tower series. And to try to read The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in english finally. I have never cared much for non-fiction books, so not really read more of those, maybe one or two astronomy ones.

Oh I don't dislike that he likes average humans, it's just that I couldn't stand Dora.

Don't you mean the Netherlands? Amsterdam? Being from the Netherlands, this is something that always is spent a lot of time on in school etc. I did read it, and well, can't say it's an enjoyable read, more amazed I was at the time, which was.. well I think I was about Anne's age. haven't since though, don't need it to remind me of what happened then, like I said there's lots of attention going to it all the time, as it should really. There are war cemetaries all over the place, and I live in Nijmegen, one of the cities where operation Market Garden took place. But this diary makes you realize how surreal everything was then, we can't imagine something happening here with us nowadays.

Wow, again a reading challenge hee hee, you know you make me feel so unstructurized (is that a word?) by just reading whatever I want next, no structure, no ideas. Just checked this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_years_in_literature And I realized, I would honestly have an easier time reading a book from every decade of the 19th century, than of the 20th.. actually I have read some mentioned there, guess I like 19th century books better.

Wow, good luck with this, must be hard to find books to read from some countries, I know my country doesn't have many books I'd like to read. Unless it's children's books, like Crusade in Jeans, used to love that one when I was a kid. Amazed you haven't read anything from the UK yet! Not for your list anyway...

How old are you? My mom never dictated what I could or couldn't read, my dad didn't care. Mom even got me adult books from the library on her librarycard cause I had a children's one and couldn't get them. I have been reading Stephen King since before I was 10 years old. And after I was like, 12, I had no one checking what books I read.. and I ended up fine hee hee. But the Vampire Chronicles bad books? Has your mom read them herself or does she hate the idea of them...

^Oh I have no trouble with that. I see the film of INterview with the Vampire totally different than the Vampire Chronicles, to name just one example. I just thought I didn't care too much for this sorta crime thriller, I have never, but since I love the tv show so much, maybe I'll enjoy the books. Can never hurts to try.

I haven't read any of the books, am thinking about it though. Have to say I love the show, really love it.

^Well I'll wait for the price to drop and then I'll buy it I think. If I have to rely on my library I have to wait forever. I love bookshops too, but my town only has one decent one, and since I live in a country that's not english-speaking, the amount of english books they have is limited, plus they're more expensive than online.

Delain - April Rain

Well honestly I couldn't stand Dora much either, why Lestat was so infatuated with her.. pff. And I know Amazon is cheaper. But. My country doesn't have it, I don't have a creditcard, and the shipping is ridiculously expensive compared to the online shop I order at now. I checked out the German Amazon, but same thing pretty much, plus lots of books there are in German, and while I can understand it, it's not a language I like reading in. Then I'd rather read my own.

^That novel Angel Time is out already, at least I can get it at my online shop. But the book's still around 22 euros, which for me, is too expensive for a book I don't know I'll like (funny too, paperback is 22, and hardcover 23 euros, which would you buy:tong:).. I would say you should still try to read the Witching Hour books and see what you think of them, I just didn't really care much for them, but they're not bad books. This whole idea of Taltos too, was just bizarre in my opinion and I couldn't quite catch on. Won't elaborate because that's something you have to descover slowly in these books if I remember correctly. Anyway, there are people who enjoy these books as much, or more, as the Vampire Chronicles, I'm just not one of them. But you could be. Just try and see.

Hahaha. I have that as my wallpaper since the day it was posted too.

Well I managed to read about 100 pages of my new book yesterday, love it every bit as much in English as in Dutch I have to say, took me a bit longer to get into, but it's fantastic.

I have read Anne Rice's works over and over, most of them anyway. The Vampire Chronicles, most I adore. I didn't like Memnoch the Devil, for several reasons. One, I really do not believe in god, of any sorts. In my opinion, if there's ever been anyone like Christ, he was a mere mortal. I don't believe in heaven or hell, nor in any afterlife. However, I could pass over these things, if it was brought in such a way I would like it. I read fiction after all, so it doesn't always have to be about things I believe in, or that are true. What I really didn't like about this book, was that it converted the proud and strong Lestat to some blabbering, weeping idiot. Also, I didn't like Vittorio very much. I loved Pandora, so thought I'd buy Vittorio. Pff. Can't really remember why, just thought it was boring. And, I still have some bookmark stuck halfway in Blood Canticle. Oh how I can't stand Mona Mayfair. Really can not stand her. The rest, I simply adore. I have heard some people say they have trouble with Interview with the Vampire, can't see why. I read it just after I had seen the film, which I loved, I watched it on my birthdayparty for my 13th birthday. I like the Vampire Lestat better though, mainly because I love Lestat. He's bold, rash, and just charismatic. He's also not as gloomy as Louis, pff seriously, you're immortal and then you sit around in gloomy, dusty corners, what a waste. I loved the Mummy, has been years since I read it though, must pick that one up again soon. Servant of the Bones.. couldn't get through that one, I read it before I read Memnoch, but it has some of the elements I didn't like about that one. Again, years since I tried reading it, but that one I won't be picking up again. And then, there's her Mayfair Witches books. I don't really care about witches to be honest, vampires are my true love. I have read the Witching Hour, and even Lasher I think, but these were just bizarre and I don't care about them. Was quite sad she started with those religious books, for reasons above. However, I read she's working on a new novel, or that it's out already, called Angel Time. Oh yeah, just looked it up, it's released in October. Anyway, the series is called Songs of the Seraphim, and labled as metaphysical thriller. If I can, I'll try reading it. Angels and such can be cool, look at the Prophecy. Love those films. Without mentioning any particular book then, what I love about Anne Rice is the way she can create worlds. She can make you smell the streets of New Orleans, see the world through the inhuman eyes of her vampires. Her books are sensual without being overly sexual (not that that is something I particularly mind, on the contrary actually), her characters beautiful and intriguing. She'll always be one of my favourite authors, despite the books she writes now.