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Minx
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 4088 Location: France/Spain/Peterborough/Tenerife
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: Books good enough to read twice |
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Normally I pass my books on, either to friends, neighbours or charity shops. But there are certain books I would never pass on, have read more than once, and which I would be really sorry to lose. One such is The Lovely Bones by Alice Seebold.
I'm also reluctant to pass on any of my Jodie Piquoult books, in particular My Sister's Keeper. |
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scorpio
Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 148
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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I loved "Lovely Bones" too!
I couldn't part with "Rebecca" by D Du Maurier..!
I read the Winter King Trilogy by Bernard Cornwell from the library and then had to go and buy them..brilliant...about King Arthur...! |
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quickssandra
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 158 Location: Scotland
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Dancing on Thorns by Rebecca Horsfall is my current, keep re-reading book (of which I have many!)
I can't say how much I enjoyed this book, I'm not one to go on about books normally, but I've told a few about it, and they've all loved it!
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MajorLondonboy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 9
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:29 pm Post subject: Have I read a book twice? |
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Yes! I've read "Boys from the Wood" twice! Someone on "Richard and Judy's Book Club" website has read it FOUR times. Maybe I eventually will as I will keep it forever as a history book of the 1940's seen from a childs point of view! |
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admin
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 487
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Collection - Nuff said. |
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scorpio
Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 148
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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That is my husbands fave book...! that and T Pratchett...! |
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Toggy tea slurper Guest
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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Terry Pratchett is one of my favourites too, such a good writer. |
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scorpio
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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I love the witches Nanny Ogg and Granny weatherwax...!
I see them as sort of role models......! |
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Behind Geddon's Wall
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1553 Location: Kingston Upon Hull/ The Cloud Factory
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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I too enjoy most of terry Pratchett's books, I've just bought Hogfather inpart to see how well sky did its adaptation. _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil |
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Toggy tea slurper Guest
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:39 am Post subject: |
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I like DEATH he always makes me laugh |
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scorpio
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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My husband's fave is DEATH... he is quite cool...! |
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Behind Geddon's Wall
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1553 Location: Kingston Upon Hull/ The Cloud Factory
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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DEATH
Susan
Sam Vimes
It's difficult to choose between the three. _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil |
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Heloise
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 237
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:31 am Post subject: |
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Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
I've read it twice struggled through the Waterloo battle section both times but loved the rest. _________________ Put some records on while I pour |
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marietta honeybun
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 915 Location: Holland
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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The House on the Strand - Daphne du Maurier (read it at least 4 times - )
Chocolat (Joanne Harris)
Wind in the Willows (many times - yes, I know I'm sad ..... )
The Shipping News (Annie Proulx) _________________ Friends may come and friends may go, but enemies tend to accumulate. |
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Natasha Little Miss Lovely Smile
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner
Old Soldiers Never Die by Frank Richards
The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B by J. P. Donleavy
The Awakening & Other Stories by Kate Chopin
Washington Square by Henry James _________________ Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it. |
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schleppel Guest
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Behind Geddon's Wall wrote: | DEATH
Susan
Sam Vimes
It's difficult to choose between the three. |
Death and Sam Certainly, but that Susans a mean one! |
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AndyAndy2 RAJARed Member
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 548 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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One to read again, Rocket Boys by Homer H.Hickham.
It has the feel of the 'stand by me' film - find it and you'll love it.
I'd love to read Stephen King's 'The Stand' again, but I don't have a spare 18 months!!! _________________ Some say he once threw a microwave oven at a tramp and that all his potted plants are called 'Steve'.....all we know is, he's called 'The Stig!'. |
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Toggy tea slurper Guest
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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I know what you mean about The stand great book but so flipping long! |
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iwarburton
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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I've read A J Cronin's the Stars Look Down about 20 times since I first devoured it in 1963. AJC is a bit out of fashion these days and his characterisations are a bit black and white but for me no one can tell a story quite liike he can and his prose, which veers from sentimental to ironic, is also a treat.
Ian. |
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dottie-may
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 56
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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Heloise - a girl after me own heart! Les Miserables! I've actually read it cover to cover several times but quite often dip into it and read odd chapters.
I'm a fan of Anne Perry's books and re-read those, also Ian Rankin's Rebus novels. Oh and good old Agatha Christie of course! _________________ "I'm a firm believer in not having to play the hand you're dealt." |
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Heloise
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:38 am Post subject: |
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dottie-may wrote: | Heloise - a girl after me own heart! Les Miserables! I've actually read it cover to cover several times but quite often dip into it and read odd chapters.
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I know what you mean I picked it up again myself at the weekend and read a chapter or two.
Have you read the sequels I read "Cossette" wasn't that impressed with it myself. _________________ Put some records on while I pour |
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iwarburton
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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I've read A J Cronin's the Stars Look Down about 20 times since I first devoured it in 1963. AJC is a bit out of fashion these days and his characterisations are a bit black and white but for me no one can tell a story quite liike he can and his prose, which veers from sentimental to ironic, is also a treat.
Ian.
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Great news! The 1939 film of the Stars Look Down, which I've never seen before, will be on BBC2 at 11:55am next Sunday, 12 August.
It's got a very good write-up on the Radio Times film page, too.
Ian. |
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marietta honeybun
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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I've mentioned it before but Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand is definitely worth more than one read. The more you read it the better it gets. Brilliant book about time travel - or is it?
Moving to more modern themes Stephen King's The Green Mile. One of his very best. Loved the book and the film. _________________ Friends may come and friends may go, but enemies tend to accumulate. |
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iwarburton
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:39 am Post subject: |
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Great news! The 1939 film of the Stars Look Down, which I've never seen before, will be on BBC2 at 11:55am next Sunday, 12 August.
It's got a very good write-up on the Radio Times film page, too.
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I recorded this on Sunday and watched it yesterday evening.
It seemed to be of very good technical quality for 1939.
It was inevitable that there would have to be some compression of the story to fit into 95 minutes. In the event, very little was included from the last two-thirds of the book and several major characters never appeared at all. Also, some of the cast's attempts at Geordie accents were hilariously bad!
But it was still a fairly enjoyable film and it was fascinating to see Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood so early in their careers. There was also a brief appearance by Kynaston Reeves, later to play Mr Quelch in some of the Billy Bunter stories, who, appropriately enough, played a headmaster.
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marietta honeybun
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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Another very nice book worth a second read is Flora Thompson's autobiographical novel Lark Rise To Candleford, set in the 19th century in Oxfordshire, it tells of a young girl who moves to the local market town to begin an apprenticeship as a postmistress. A really lovely story. _________________ Friends may come and friends may go, but enemies tend to accumulate. |
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essexlady
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 348 Location: Essex
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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I have re-read all of Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond and Dolly books many times. Haven't quite got into her Niccolo series though. |
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