angerball Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Well done, Nici! :yahoo:My favourite part of the book is always the first section - when the flu takes hold, and the effect it has on the different characters . Bet you're glad to read something else now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 I'm still not finished with The Stand.. I keep getting distracted by other books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 congrats nici on finishing the stand Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share Posted November 4, 2007 Thanks everyone! You are making me feel as if i have completed a great achievement LOL! It was a very long book though! But well worth it, I am glad I can say that I have read it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Library Nook Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 I love The Stand, it is one of my all time favourite books. I haven't read it again for a couple of years though so I think I need to find a new copy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergran71 Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Is there a review of The Stand anywhere? I would like to know who wrote it and what its about please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 I've not written my review of The Stand yet, Supergran, but it's by Stephen King and you can find the thread from the reading circle HERE, which gives a synopsis and some thoughts on the novel. It's one of my personal all-time favourite books and really bucks the trend of thinking that King is purely a horror writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Nic! It is an accomplishment Nic, so well done you, I felt the same after reading 'The Stand' too. x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share Posted November 4, 2007 Aw thanks Paula! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 I finished Louise Bagshawe - Sparkles last night. It wasn't as good as her previous books I have read but nevertheless it was a nice easy read and I enjoyed it. Not sure what I am going to read next, I will look when I get home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 Tonight I am going to start reading Jane Elliott - Sadie Blurb from back of the book Sadie Burrows' life is torn apart by the death of her father and the brutal man who replaces him. In the chill of a winter morning in her flat on the rough Summer Estate, sweet thirteen-year old Sadie's childhood comes to an abrupt end. Sadie survives her hideous ordeal and becomes a millionaire businesswoman with a high class sex and lingerie shop and a chain of gentlemen's clubs. Then, out of the blue, there is a knock at her door and Sadie's shameful secret comes back to haunt her. ***** This sounds very similar to Martina Cole's style of writing so I am looking forward to reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KW Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 After reading this thread, Nici, I'm going to have to check out THE STAND. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Aw, DEFINITELY read The Stand, KW - it's a long, hefty read, but it's well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 Brilliant KW! I hope you enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angerball Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Aw, DEFINITELY read The Stand, KW - it's a long, hefty read, but it's well worth it. I'll second that. It's a favourite of many people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 Well i'm 70 pages into Jane Elliott - Sadie and I love it! It's brilliant and very similar style of writing to Martina Cole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 Finished Jane Elliott - Sadie today. A good but gritty easy read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 What a fab year you have had book wise Nic x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 Thanks Paula! It hasn't been bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 Tonight I am going to start Peter James - Not Dead Enough Blurb from the back of the book On the night Brian Bishop murdered his wife he was sixty miles away, asleep in bed at the time. At least that's the way it looks to Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, who is called in to investigate the kinky slaying of beautiful young Brighton socialite, Katie Bishop. Grace soon starts coming to the conclusion that Bishop has performed the apparently impossible feat of being in two places at once. Has someone stolen his identity or is he simply a very clever liar? As Grace digs deeper behind the facade of the Bishops' outwardly respective lives, it becomes clear that everything is not at all as it first seemed. Then he digs just a little too far, and suddenly the fragile stability of his own troubled, private world is facing destruction...... **** I have read a few of Peter James's books in the past and enjoyed them so hopefully I will enjoy this one just as much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted December 18, 2007 Author Share Posted December 18, 2007 Still reading Peter James. Another cracking book! It is keeping me gripped and I just can't guess how it's going to end! I am up to page 365 out of 625. I have to finish it by Christmas day so I am ready for my Martina Cole! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted December 25, 2007 Author Share Posted December 25, 2007 Finished Peter James - Not dead enough on Sunday. What a fab book! I really really enjoyed it! I will be starting Martina Cole - Faces tomorrow. Blurb from the back of the book Just before Danny Cadogan's fourteenth birthday, his father leaves. Having drunkenly run up a gambling debt he cannot pay. Big Dan Cadogan takes the easy way out. Leaving behind his family to face the wrath of the men sent to collect the debt. Determined to protect his mother, brother and sister, something changes in Danny and, overnight, he turns into a young man set on making his way in a violent and dangerous world. And so, with his childhood friend, Michael Miles, providing the brains behind the operation, Danny Cadogan becomes a Face. Not just a Face, but the most feared Face in the Smoke. Out for all he can get. At any cost. But Danny's ruthlessness on the streets of London doesn't stop at his front door. He rules his wife, Mary, and his children, with an iron will - and his fists. But if Mary reaks her silence, it could shake Danny's criminal empire; right to the very core. And for a Face at the top of his game, there's only one wat yo go Down. Because, after all, debts can be paid even without money. I can't wait! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Nic, you are rockin your book list! I am very proud of you hen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 Thanks Paula! About to start my Martina Cole....I am VERY excited about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 Well it's been 7 days since I started my Martina Cole and I have to say i'm a little disapointed with it. Normally I would have finished her books by now and i'm still only on page 83......It just hasn't been holding my attention. I am so hoping that it picks up soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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