Michelle Posted March 15, 2006 Author Posted March 15, 2006 Shh... I have a headache, and it stops my brain working! Quote
Inanna Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Quilty Pleasures - you thinking of making a quilt then ROTFL If thats the book I think it is, then theres nothing soft and fluffy about it Quote
Michelle Posted March 16, 2006 Author Posted March 16, 2006 I'm not getting into Guilty Pleasures as I hoped - I feel like there's too much being thrown at me straight away, trying to work out her rules about vampires, zombies, ghouls etc. At the same time I started The Queen's Fool, because I simply couldn't stay away... good beginning! I think I'm going to be the same as Kell here, and work my way through alot of hers. (Someone kick me and remind me I have a huge pile of TBR upstairs! LOL) Quote
Kell Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 *kick* You have a HUGE pile of TBR's upstairs, Michelle! Not unlike myself - LOL! I'm just about finished TQF, so I'll be starting Blindsighted this evening. After that, I'm heading back to Philippa Gregory & reading The Virgin's Lover - I just can't wait any longer than that to get started on it. opefully by the time I'm done with that, I'll have managed to get hold of a couple more of hers. I quite fancy reading The Constant Princess. Quote
Inanna Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 I'm not getting into Guilty Pleasures as I hoped - I feel like there's too much being thrown at me straight away, trying to work out her rules about vampires, zombies, ghouls etc. Guilty Pleasures wasn't the best of her books, IMO they have got better with each one, I actaully started with number 7 in the series and was so blwon away with it I had to start from the beginning. Anita certainly does take some getting used to Quote
Michelle Posted March 19, 2006 Author Posted March 19, 2006 The trouble with Guilty Pleasures (for me, anyhow) is that it doesn't feel like the beginning of a series. I feel like I've jumped in in the middle.. it's not confusing as such but something is off. However, it's holding me enough to want to keep going. And as much as I'm enjoying The Queens Fool, I found myself drawn back to Host, as it's being talked about! Strangely enough, I'm quite happy having all 3 books going, and just pick up whichever one I feel in the mood for! Quote
Michelle Posted March 25, 2006 Author Posted March 25, 2006 Finished Host, gave up on Guilty Pleasures. Then picked up Cell at the library, so that's my current one. Quote
Michelle Posted April 8, 2006 Author Posted April 8, 2006 I finished Cell a while back, but didn't realise I hadn't written in this section! I did do a mini review.. it was an enjoyable book, but without Kings usual depth. Both good and disappointing at the same time! lol Host was quite good - some interesting ideas, and some scenes very well written! Nikki French's Killing Me Softly was a good story about love, lust and obsession! Then was The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn.. a very interesting read after reading The other Boleyn Girl. My interest in British history has truly been sparked now! Half way through After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell.. I'm not sure what made me pick this up, but I'm glad I did.. very intriguing! Quote
Michelle Posted April 16, 2006 Author Posted April 16, 2006 Just finished After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell, which I really enjoyed.. very well written, and an interesting story. I'm also a little way into The Virgin's Lover. They really were an interesting bunch, those Tudors! lol Quote
Maureen Posted April 16, 2006 Posted April 16, 2006 Host was quite good - some interesting ideas, and some scenes very well written! ! Got this from the library, after your recommendation. Quote
Michelle Posted April 24, 2006 Author Posted April 24, 2006 Dead Until dark was available at the library, so I've just finished that. Very enjoyable, and I've just requested the next one. Quote
Kell Posted April 24, 2006 Posted April 24, 2006 Our library doesn't seem to have any of the Sookie Stackhouse books at any of their branches - I'm most disappointed. i've asked time & time again, but they seem unable (or unwilling!) to help. Grrrrrr! Quote
Michelle Posted April 25, 2006 Author Posted April 25, 2006 GreenMetropolis has them, if you're desperate. Quote
Kell Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 It does? I've got the 1st 4 - it's the nextone I'm after - Dead as a Doornail - i've not seen it there. Maybe I missed it... I'll go check. Quote
Michelle Posted April 25, 2006 Author Posted April 25, 2006 Oh, I didn't realise you wanted the last one. Sorry Kell. Quote
Inanna Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 I'm just waiting for number 6 to be released, not long now Quote
Michelle Posted April 29, 2006 Author Posted April 29, 2006 I keep picking up The Virgin's Lover inbetween books.. I'll get there eventually! Just got 2 books from the library.. Dead in Dallas and 24/7 - the latter was recommended by Inanna in her journal, and so far it's great! Thanks! Quote
Michelle Posted May 5, 2006 Author Posted May 5, 2006 24/7 was an excellent page-turner, and Dead In Dallas was also really enjoyable.. I love the characters, and have ordered the third one in the library! Now reading Velocity by Koontz, and have just picked up Gravity (Tess Gerritsen) in the library.. I need to find out about the blue gooey stuff! lol Quote
Michelle Posted May 17, 2006 Author Posted May 17, 2006 Velocity was a good story, but I don't think it was one of his best. Gravity was also enjoyable - the space point of view made it interesting, and I got quite involved with the main characters. I've also read Club Dead - another good one, but it's time for a little break from Sookie! hehe Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted May 19, 2006 Posted May 19, 2006 Clive Barker - The Hellbound HeartNot too impressed with this. Gory, but not scarey, superficial. Perhaps because it was not meant to be scary but a contemporary telling of Faust. Barker's early literary work was writing for theatre and the setting of this novella, a house with few rooms, proves claustrophobic enough for a tale and also sparse enough for stage should it ever be adapted. Which, of course, it was...but for film. I think there's an expectation on a number of books found within the horror section of stores to be scary when they are solely placed there because of the author's reputation. I don't believe Barker's work is meant to be scary; granted, the earlier stuff uses horror archetypes but Barker is more about the worlds and philosophy than sending a shiver down your spine. Quote
Michelle Posted May 22, 2006 Author Posted May 22, 2006 Once again I'm all over the place! I started Tess Gerritsen's 'Body Double', but it wasn't grabbing me. I then moved to Cathy Kelly's 'Someone Like You'. Like the 1st one I read of hers, it started quite slowly, but is picking up nicely now. I'm also reading some Edgar Allan Poe short stories. However, 'Broken' arrived at the library for me, so I'm reading that.. and I also picked up Graham Masterton's 'Innocent Blood'. Once I pick them up from there, I like to get them read, so 'Someone Like You' may have to wait. Quote
Michelle Posted May 27, 2006 Author Posted May 27, 2006 Broken was an ejoyable read, but somehow it wasn't as good as the previous books. I'll wait for a few more people to get it, then we can share views in the Kelley Armstrong thread. Almost done with Innocent Blood - not quite what I expect from Masterton, I'm still waiting for that unusual twist he provides, but it may not come. Quote
Michelle Posted June 2, 2006 Author Posted June 2, 2006 Finally finished Someone Like You - despite being a little slow, it starts well, and ends well, but the middle does lag a little. With Innocent Blood I couldn't decide if I liked it or not.. it had some good factors, but also parts which made it unbelievable. Quote
Michelle Posted June 19, 2006 Author Posted June 19, 2006 Ooh, I keep forgetting this thread! I've also read Graham Masterton's 'The Hidden World', which was an interesting idea. However, I couldn't decide if it was a childrens book that was a bit too scarey for children, or an adult's fairy tale. I think it was meant to be the latter... I'm now in the middle of 'The Historian', which is taking me a while, and 'Dracula'. Quote
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