Re: BOOK LIST
#16140 - 08/03/03 10:12 AM
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Fia
Reged: 07/21/03
Posts: 56
Loc: Sweden
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I've got som good books if you like the Kay Scarpetta and Stephany Plum series.
Sue Grafton - Female private detective Kinsey Millhone (about 15 books and more to come)Really good!
Sparkle Hayter - executive producer/reporter Robin Hudson (really funny - everyone must read them!)
Kathy Reichs - Tempe Brennan forensic antropologist (?) much better than Patricia Cornwell!!
Diane Mott Davidson - Goldy Bear is a crime solving caterer,
the recipies are really yummy bot not for IBS patients - but
if you can't eat it read it! Also really good!
Carol O'Conell - about Criminal Investigator Kathy Mallory. Very good but different and scary. I especially liked "Killing Critics".
Elizabeth George - Adam Lynley and Barbra Harvers at Scotland Yard solves crimes. The earlier books are the best, the latest one was boring.
Liza Cody - there is two series Anna Lee and Eva Wylie and I like them both.
Minette Walters - a bit uneven some books are good but not brilliant.
And then there is two Norwegian crime authors Anne Holt and Karin Fossum but in not sure if they are translated to english. But its really worth a try to find out!
And you who have children read about "the family Moomintroll" by Tove Jansson, they are just magic! Just $5.95 at Amazon.com. And then you should read something by Astrid Lindgren.
And Mags; have you read Angels by Maryan Keyes? Really good!
Have anyone heard about www.bookcrossing.com its a reallt nice idea.
Fia
By the way I must say that I really liked my new slogan "if you can't eat it, read it"! It makes it feel a little better to see all the cookbooks with BAD food that I have in my kitchen. It's like beeing married - you can look but you can't touch (or taste). I'm going to be faithful to my diet!
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Yes, I've read Angels. I've also read Watermelon. I still have to read Rachel's Holiday. (Each book is about a different sister, in case you didn't already know.) So far, I've liked the two I've read. 
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Re: BOOK LIST
#16152 - 08/03/03 12:49 PM
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Fia
Reged: 07/21/03
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Loc: Sweden
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I've read all books, Rachels holiday was good but Sushi for beginners was even better!
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Ooh! I have that one on my list too! (I have a big list of to reads!  ) That and Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married. Have you read that one?
Once I read a book I liked by an author, I usually go add the rest I can find by them on my list. 
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Re: BOOK LIST
#16178 - 08/04/03 03:07 AM
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Fia
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Yes, I've read it and i liked it!
I must add two good books to the list:
Kate Atkinson - Human Croquet and Behind the Scenes at the Museum ( a bit strange but good)
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My favorites are:
All time favorite: To Kill a Mockingbird
Of Mice and Men
The Poisonwood Bible (couldn't put it down last summer)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I just finished In the PResence Of My Enemies by Gracia Bernham. A MUST read!
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Re: BOOK LIST
#16658 - 08/07/03 08:18 PM
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Tim G
Reged: 08/07/03
Posts: 95
Loc: NSW, Australia
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I am a real fantasy fiction fan, so much so that in Feb this year I took the plunge and started to write my own book.
I guess the greatest inspirations for me (and they're not to everyone's taste I know) are Raymond E Feist and Tolkien, though I also have a bit of a dark side and occasionally venture into Stephen King and Simon Clark territory.
Favourite books are probably:
1. Magician, Raymond E Feist
2. Lord of the Rings, Tolkien
3. The Talisman, Stephen King & Peter Straub
4. The Stand, Stephen King
5. Dark Rivers of the Heart, Dean Koontz
6. Gideon, Steven Laws
The following are my most recent reads, and all good reads for a bit of mindless escapism:
Shadow of a Dark Queen
Rise of a Merchant Prince
Rage of a Demon King
Shards of a Broken Crown
The aforementioned are all by Raymond E Feist (I am working my way through his entire collection!!).
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Tim
-A poor man's Jamie Oliver...without the attitude!
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Re: BOOK LIST
#16659 - 08/07/03 08:22 PM
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Tim G
Reged: 08/07/03
Posts: 95
Loc: NSW, Australia
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I was taking a look at a local site a few minutes ago and found the most outrageously titled book...
'The day my bum went psycho' http://www.leadingedgebooks.com.au/featuredbook1.asp?storeurl=leadingedge&bookid=0330362925
It's a kids book, and I haven't read it but the title tickled me as somewhat ironic considering this is something I seem to encounter on a daily basis!!
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Tim
-A poor man's Jamie Oliver...without the attitude!
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Re: BOOK LIST
#16778 - 08/09/03 06:50 AM
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suzyq
Reged: 05/22/03
Posts: 630
Loc: Northern Ont. Canada
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I love to read, it's my favorite past time. Recent books read: All of "Sandra Brown"
All "Stephen KIng"
All "V.C.Andrews"
All "Danielle Steele"
John Saul-Second Child, Suffer the Children,Punish the Sinners... plus others
Nora Roberts- to name a few- HOt Ice, Hidden Richs, The Reef, Three Fates, Three Sisters Island Trilogy, The Gallaghers of Ardmored Trilogy, The Born in Trilogy, The Cheseapeake Bay Trilogy, The Dream Trilogy, and more
Just came across this writer;Luanne Rice-Safe Harbor,Follow the Star HOme, just reading;True Blue and then Dream Country.
I read what ever the Public LIbrary has to offer plus a few I buy.
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Re: BOOK LIST
#16853 - 08/09/03 08:47 PM
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jrs
Reged: 03/31/03
Posts: 317
Loc: Aberystwyth, Wales
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I'm just going to offer up a few that I've read/reread lately:
The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Winner of the Booker prize this year. I'm halfway through it, so I can't give you an overall opinion.
White Noise - Don DeLillo
Read in this in college under the category of 'postmodern literature.' Don't let that scare you off though -- it's probably one of the more quotable books that I've read.
Eunoia - Christian Bok
This is more poetry than prose -- five chapters, one for each vowel, and in each only that vowel is used without ever using the letter 'y'. Very interesting, and reads quite well despite the imposed limitations.
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