Coryographies Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Hi everyone, My name's Cory and I'm a Canadian expat living in the UK with my lovely English husband. I have a degree in linguistics but came to the UK to study archaeology and now I'm here to stay! I've recently become self employed, and am also no longer a student (for the time being anyways) - these two things have combined to make me more likely to *gasp* read fiction! I thought it would be nice to join, mostly to find out about new books that I might like, but maybe to share ones I've enjoyed as well. I make and sell polymer clay book themed jewellery on Etsy, and I have a blog, but I'm assuming there's rules about links and self promotion so I'll wait a while until I find my feet here and learn the ropes before I break any rules on my first post The last book I read was Company of Liars by Karen Maitland, a historical novel set in the Middle Ages about a group of travellers trying to escape the spread of plague. I really liked it, although my mother in law is reading it now and isn't a big fan. My favourite books of all time are Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel (though I have no desire to read the latest in the series), and the His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman. As a child my favourite book was Bambi by Felix Saltan... I haven't read it in years, perhaps it's time to see if I still love it! I hope to have a nice time here with you all Quote
Roland Butter Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Welcome to BCF, Cory, I'm sure you'll enjoy it here. Quote
bree Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 (edited) Hello Cory, and welcome. Bambi was a childhood favourite for me as well Edited July 10, 2012 by bree Quote
pontalba Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Welcome Cory. I read the Maitland you mention a year or so ago, and enjoyed it. The ending disturbed me though. I don't remember the exact details now, but I remember thinking it would have been more interesting if she had not solved the ending with a magical sort of ending. Something more realistic would have been more satisfying to me (at least). Quote
Coryographies Posted July 10, 2012 Author Posted July 10, 2012 Thanks for the welcomes everyone! Pontalba I totally agree - I would have preferred it that way as well! I didn't like the ending scenes at all. Glad to see others like Bambi too - so different from the Disney adaptation, and much better I think Quote
pontalba Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Hmmm, I've actually not read Bambi, only seen the Disney film. I did love that. Something else to add to the pile. Quote
Coryographies Posted July 10, 2012 Author Posted July 10, 2012 I really recommend it! Different characters - Feline has a brother, no Flower the Skunk...! Quote
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