Good book
Sep 6th 2009, 7:09 am
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Re: Good book
It's great when you get to revisit books from your childhood and share them with your own children. My daughter loves "Where The Wild Things Are" as much as I did - reading the story now, I'm not sure what the appeal is as there isn't much to it - it must be the pictures that sparked my imagination!
Sep 7th 2009, 2:08 pm
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Re: Good book
Update: Lucifers Hammer 5/10 - bit dated and first half of book waaayyy too long. Lilith's Brood on the other hand is fab if you like sci-fi - having a hard time putting it down. Was up until 12.30 last night - way past my bedtime!
Dec 21st 2009, 11:04 am
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Re: Good book
Reading Stephen King right now - Just After Sunset (short stories) 
ALready have my next book lined up - Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. Can't wait.
ALready have my next book lined up - Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. Can't wait.
Dec 21st 2009, 11:10 am
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Re: Good book
Just finished 'The Brightest Star in the Sky', Marian Keyes. Really liked it but not as much as the others (but could be that her others were so good, it's not that this one is bad if that makes sense!).
Dec 21st 2009, 12:18 pm
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Dec 21st 2009, 7:21 pm
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Re: Good book
Just finished reading Under The Dome by Stephen King - was a lovely surprise to see it cos I didn't know he had one out... and I didn't want it to end!
Dec 21st 2009, 7:52 pm
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Re: Good book
Also, over the years I've read most of the Wilbur Smith collections. The most recent series from this author being the one starting with "The Burning Shore". I bought it at Heathrow departures a few years back and enjoyed it so much that I couldn't stop until I'd finished the whole series. I remember searching around Singapore for the each installment 
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Dec 21st 2009, 8:23 pm
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I used to love reading 'The Borrowers' as a kid. My sister used to hide it and sneak upstairs to read it herself. 
Feb 12th 2010, 1:22 pm
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Half way through James Herbert's The Secret of Crickley Hall, and it's brilliant
Feb 12th 2010, 1:25 pm
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Round Irelajnd with a Fridge by Tony Hawks - if the rest of the book is as good as the first couple of chapters I shall laugh the whole way through it. I mean, wy on earth would anyone want to hitch-hike round Ireland - with a fridge 
Feb 12th 2010, 1:27 pm
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Obviously for the beer
Feb 12th 2010, 1:31 pm
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Feb 12th 2010, 1:38 pm
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Re: Good book
I am reading Stephen Kings Just Before Sunset... short stories.. they are quite excellent.. 
Em x
PS I am not a huge short stories fan... however, these ones are really well written and draw you in after a couple of sentences!
Em x
PS I am not a huge short stories fan... however, these ones are really well written and draw you in after a couple of sentences!
Feb 12th 2010, 1:43 pm
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Feb 12th 2010, 2:00 pm
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I love it.. haven't read it all yet... I quite like just dipping into the stories and then reading something else..
On a different level, I have just bought Back to Eden by Jethro Kloss... its a very old book (re-published) and for those who would like to look at alternative ways of addressing health issues and healthy living etc...
I have also just bought Don't sweat the small stuff (for women)... when life becomes a bit too much I read a chapter..
Em x
On a different level, I have just bought Back to Eden by Jethro Kloss... its a very old book (re-published) and for those who would like to look at alternative ways of addressing health issues and healthy living etc...
I have also just bought Don't sweat the small stuff (for women)... when life becomes a bit too much I read a chapter..
Em x