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American Pie - Don McLean

Welcome! I joined quite recently too, and am enjoying the varied posts to be found here... As well as more recommendations than my bank balance can cope with!

Excellent! I have already downloaded The Wise Man's Fear to my Kindle (despite it being far too expensive!)... but wasn't aware that the next book was imminent (albeit delayed).

Welcome to the forum, Pete

Hi Clive... welcome to the forum! LOTR and Harry Potter are some of my favourite reads too. If you like Sci-Fi/Fantasy then I can heartily recommend the current book I'm reading called The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - extremely well-written and compelling read. In places it reminds me of a cross between Harry Potter and LOTR

Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly

Thanks for the link... Sounds interesting - I've always like Angela Carter's modern fairy tales and magic realism in general, so these maybe right up my street! (More books to add to my list!) As for books being labelled "teen" I think it's as much a marketing exercise as anything else, and often there is little difference between them and the so-called adult market (but not that sort of adult market, of course!!! Lol)

Amazon are very clever with their "One-Click" buying option - it makes it way too easy to purchase things on a whim.... I've had my Kindle for about 3/4 months now and I've got about 70 books on it already! I have to admit around half are the free classics that you can download, though. But my most recent purchase was £10.99 which seems ridiculously expensive for an electronic book (but we just had to have it... the sequel to the book I'm currently reading). I wouldn't be without it though

Woah! Are you serious? Are there games pre-loaded on the Kindle?? Have I been missing this all along??

Not heard of Holly Black (will have to do a bit of research!)... but the tribes most definitely have a dark side (without giving too much away). The story isn't twee, and touches on some adult themes here and there.

Oooh Hunstanton! That brings back many happy childhood memories!! It used to be the day trip of choice from our home in landlocked Northmapton

Glad you're enjoying it, Nollaig - I thought they were very enjoyable too, and I really warmed to the character of Midge (and her uncle). I agree, there is a likeness to the Faraway Tree and Famous Five books of Enid Blyton - but more 21st Century! The different tribes in the stories (the "Various" tribes) are not what you expect - it is definitely not a stereotypical fairy tale - but for me that makes them all the more believable!

Hello Dawn, welcome to the forum... how jealous am I that you live by the sea!!

I have this too - stunning voice and lovely evening music to sit and read to... I think the last album I bought was The Wind that Shakes the Barley by Loreena McKennitt - wonderful stuff if you're into Folk/World music

We watched Good Will Hunting on BBC3 or 4 the other night, and I'd forgotten how much I love that film. There are some moments of genius dialogue - and I love it when Robin Williams plays a non-comedic role.

About half way through The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and I'm absolutely loving it!!

Perfect Day - Lou Reed

This is a toughy... Great Expectations ~ Charles Dickens The Picture of Dorian Gray ~ Oscar Wilde Wuthering Heights ~ Emily Bronte

Dead Ringer for Love - Meatloaf

Hi Pickle - not sure what sort of books you usually like, but I have just finished reading The Girl on the Swing by Ali Cooper and thoroughly enjoyed it... unusual story, cleverly written (and a real bargain at less than £1! So what have you got to lose! - link below) My link

Unfortunately my only experience of his writing has been his Frankenstein novels, and they were terrifically poor - so poor I didn't bother buying the latest installment. It's put me off reading anything else by him - despite the fact that my husband has read quite a few of his earlier novels and rates him quite highly. It all depends where you start!

Welcome to the forum... soon you'll have a small pile of recommendations to go out and buy (or download if that's your thing!)

One of my favourite poets has to be TS Eliot... The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock is incredible... But also, Robert Burns... A Red, Red Rose (second stanza) As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will love thee still, my Dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. How can you argue with a sentiment like that!

Great review, Michelle... I read this a couple of months ago and I can still recall how it made me feel. I totally agree about the quality of the writing, it is beautiful prose, with a poetic bent, but which doesn't become sentimental or complex. The interplay between the sombre landscape and the surrealism of Ida's world make for a thoroughly original and sensitive love story. I wouldn't hesitate in reading something else by this author.

I've read several of his books (My Idea of Fun, Cock & Bull, The Quantity Theory of Insanity & Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys) and agree he can be a self-conscious writer and pretentious wordsmith at times. Some of his stories are a little "near the knuckle" and probably an acquired taste (you definitely have to be in the right mood), but he is very funny. One description that remains with me is that of a cat "smarming" itself around his legs. I accuse my cats of doing this constantly now! It's a perfect word to use for a cat's behaviour