The Library Nook Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 I hope it picks up for you too, i have never read one of her books- which do you recommend? Quote
Nici Posted January 2, 2008 Author Posted January 2, 2008 Thanks a.book.in.the.life, it's really disappointing when you really look forward to a book and then it lets you down.... I started with The Know. Very gritty but impossible to put down! I also really enjoyed The Ladykiller, another great book! Quote
The Library Nook Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 I started with The Know. Very gritty but impossible to put down! I also really enjoyed The Ladykiller, another great book! I will look out for those then:) Quote
Nici Posted January 8, 2008 Author Posted January 8, 2008 I can't quite believe I am writing this but I am going to give up on Martina Cole - Faces. I am finding it a chore to read it and reading should be a joy. I got into bed last night and fancied a read but didn't want to read this book so that made my mind up. I will put it back on the bookshelf and try again in the future...... I think the problem with this book is that there is too much description writing and not enough 'doing' if that makes sense. I also think that she is churning out books too quickly (one a year) and not spending enough time on writing them. I am so disppointed. Quote
~Andrea~ Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Oh what a shame. I hope you enjoy your next book. Quote
supergran71 Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 I can't quite believe I am writing this but I am going to give up on Martina Cole - Faces. I am finding it a chore to read it and reading should be a joy. I got into bed last night and fancied a read but didn't want to read this book so that made my mind up. I will put it back on the bookshelf and try again in the future...... I think the problem with this book is that there is too much description writing and not enough 'doing' if that makes sense. I also think that she is churning out books too quickly (one a year) and not spending enough time on writing them. I am so disppointed. I have only ever tried one Martina Cole book and I thought it was awful. Anyone who uses an overwhelming amount of swearing and sordid sex is not a writer worth bothering with in my opinion. Quote
Nici Posted January 8, 2008 Author Posted January 8, 2008 After hearing many a good thing about this book on here, I have started to read John Connolly - The Book of Lost Things. Blurb from the back of the book High in his attic bedroom, twelve year old David mourns the loss of his mother. He is angry and he is alone, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness, and as he takes refuge in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother he finds that the real world and the fantasy world have started to meld. The Crooked Man has come, with his mocking smile and hisenigmatic words: 'Welcome, your majesty. All hail the new king.' And as war rages across Europe, David is violently propelled into a land that is both a construct of his imagination yet frighteningly real, a strange reflection of his own world composed of myths and stories, populated by wolves and worse-than-wolves, and ruled over by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious legendary book... Quote
Michelle Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 As i just posted in another thread, I really enjoyed this one. Hope you do too! Did you get The Vampire's Kiss, btw? Quote
Nici Posted January 15, 2008 Author Posted January 15, 2008 How good is this book!!! So far my favourite characters have to be the dwarfs, I laughed out loud when I was reading their part of the book! I am really enjoying reading different endings to fairy tales - brilliant! :D Quote
Michelle Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 Ahh.. that's the bit I was telling you about - the next chapter is a real contrast! Quote
Louiseog Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 I loved this book think it was my fave last year Quote
Nici Posted January 15, 2008 Author Posted January 15, 2008 Ooohhh I will have to make time to read some more tonight! P.S. The postman tried to deliver a parcel today so I reckon that's my Amazon order - woo hoo! Quote
NiceguyEddie Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 I also think that she is churning out books too quickly (one a year) and not spending enough time on writing them. Gawd, James Patterson churns out two a week. A nightmare for a bookseller, because by the time you get a title in, the next one's out. Quote
Nici Posted January 21, 2008 Author Posted January 21, 2008 I finished John Connolly - The Book of Lost Things last night. I really enjoyed it even though it was very different to what I normally read. It was very funny in some places! I have now started a book which I have been eagerly awaiting! Raven Hart - The Vampires Kiss Blurb from the back of the book: A dark and brooding creature of the night, William Cuylet Thorne has spent five centuries mourning the deaths of his beloved wife and son. In that time, he has also grown into Savannah's most powerful vampire, attracting rich, beautiful women and commanding fear in all who dare cross his path. Now he seeks revenge. For it appears that his wife and son are not dead, but rather undead having joined a malicious clan of European bloodsuckers Quote
Nici Posted January 23, 2008 Author Posted January 23, 2008 Just a quick update to say I am loving The Vampires Kiss. I haven't read as much as I would like recently due to my headaches but now i'm feeling better I don't intend to put it down! It's nice to be back in the company of William, Jack and the gang and once again Raven Hart is doing a fab job! Quote
Icecream Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 I have just checked Amazon and my Raven Hart books are supposed to arrive on Monday. I can't wait to be back with the characters either. I started the first one the day Katie was born last year and read it at night while feeding her. Quote
Nici Posted January 26, 2008 Author Posted January 26, 2008 I have just finished The Vampires Kiss - Oh my goodness, what a lot to happen in one book! I was sad that Eleanor died, really happy that Jack and Connie FINALLY got together but then was sad again when I realised what had happened to them..Oh yes and very happy that William got Renee back. I once again found it really funny and couldn't put it down! Now onto Raven Hart - The Vampires Betrayal. I can't give you the blurb as I am reading Michelle's manuscript. Quote
Michelle Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 Wow, I think you actually read them quicker than me! Betrayal was my absolute favourite so far.. I can't wait to see what you think! Quote
Nici Posted January 29, 2008 Author Posted January 29, 2008 Finished Raven Hart - The Vampires Betrayal this evening. Yet another excellent book by Raven but I can't believe the ending, i'm so sad. I am now starting Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman Blurb from the back of the book Under the streets of London there's a place most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet. This is the city of the people who have fallen between the cracks. Richard Mayhew, a young businessman, is going to find out more than enough about this other London. A single act of kindness catapults him out of his workday existence and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and utterly bizarre. And a strange destiny awaits him down here, beneath his native city: neverwhere. Quote
Michelle Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Wow, that was quick! As I said to you, I really like William's character, so I was gutted! Which has been your favourite in the series so far? Quote
Nici Posted January 29, 2008 Author Posted January 29, 2008 I know - 3 days, I think it must be a record for me! Hmmm my favourite, that's tricky.....it's a toss up between Secret and Betrayal. Both very good but also very different. How long do we have to wait for the next one? Quote
Nici Posted February 4, 2008 Author Posted February 4, 2008 Neverwhere is taking me a bit longer to read simply because it is such a strange book! I am enjoying it and certainly I will never look at London in the same light again! A very interesting and unusual story..... Quote
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