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Forum: Games and Tabs 07-19-15
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Posted By christine
I guess you still need to concentrate on work, so...

I guess you still need to concentrate on work, so maybe some thrillers rather than anything too heavyweight? Not sure what your tastes are but a lot of audiobooks that are read from whole books last...
Forum: Games and Tabs 07-17-15
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Posted By christine
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That's good to hear Aus, keep me up to date when you finish. I'd rather hear it from you than a radio or newspaper as they're often out to showboat.
Forum: Games and Tabs 07-16-15
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Posted By christine
funny story, I saw a lady reading it on the bus...

funny story, I saw a lady reading it on the bus and asked her if she was enjoying it. She said she wasn't reading any of the footnotes cos they were too annoying :D



I'm trying to only half...
Forum: Games and Tabs 07-16-15
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Posted By christine
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Just read Philip K Dick's Time Out of Joint. I won't say anything about the plot as it'd be too easy to give away but it's very thought provoking as a lot of his work is.

and The Truth about the...
Forum: Games and Tabs 07-16-15
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Posted By christine
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aha Austruck you're reading Strange and Norrell! How are you getting on with the multitude of footnotes? I loved that book, in fact as I read it so long ago now I could do with a re-read. Did you...
Forum: Games and Tabs 05-28-15
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Posted By christine
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I've not been able to get into Heart of Darkness. Tried a couple of times.
Forum: Games and Tabs 05-26-15
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Posted By christine
I want to read that !

I want to read that !
Forum: Games and Tabs 05-07-15
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Posted By christine
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MM , I haven't read many comic books , but I like Alan Moore And have read Watchmen, V For Vendetta , The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and what I think is his masterpiece - From Hell.
Forum: Games and Tabs 05-02-15
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Posted By christine
Read since I last posted: Still Here - Linda...

Read since I last posted:

Still Here - Linda Grant - this writer is around my age and had a Liverpool childhood like me so often writes about shared times and places, fashions and people, so her...
Forum: Games and Tabs 03-12-15
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Posted By christine
Don't read them then! I'd argue with your...

Don't read them then! I'd argue with your classification of Orwell's work as boring , but each to their own. Life is far too short and there's far too many books out there for you to be reading ones...
Forum: Games and Tabs 01-22-15
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Posted By christine
Picked up this book for 50p in a charity shop - ...

Picked up this book for 50p in a charity shop - Wine and War by Don and Petie Kladstrup , it turned out to be a good read.

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I'm...
Forum: Games and Tabs 01-10-15
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Posted By christine
Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor A...

Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor

A cracking tale set in 1847 during the Irish potato famine. The action alternates between Ireland, London and the events onboard the Star of the Sea, a ship on...
Forum: Games and Tabs 12-31-14
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Posted By christine
didn't know there was a film but remember liking...

didn't know there was a film but remember liking the book Disgrace a lot. He is a fine writer. Not read either of your runners up, but am interested :)
Forum: Games and Tabs 12-05-14
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Posted By christine
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That's a cracker Lines :)
Forum: Games and Tabs 10-28-14
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Being interested in the phenomenon that is JK Rowling, and not fancying reading Harry Potter, I've just finished The Casual Vacancy. This is her novel about characters in a village and the plotting...
Forum: Games and Tabs 10-24-14
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Posted By christine
Re: The Corrections , I liked it too. Agree about...

Re: The Corrections , I liked it too. Agree about your summing up. The characters are very believable . I love the way the family, like most families, find each other exasperating but have a deep...
Forum: Games and Tabs 09-27-14
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Posted By christine
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Agreed Camo. It had all the makings of a decent film, but it just wasn't in the end.

I recently read a book called A Little History of the World by E.H.Gombrich. A history book with a little...
Forum: Games and Tabs 09-27-14
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Posted By christine
Hi Beth Anne One Hundred Years of Solitude is...

Hi Beth Anne
One Hundred Years of Solitude is as awesome book :)
I'm glad your daughter is taking after you too, it's so good for a child's development to read for pleasure :)
I read all of Ian...
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-22-14
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Posted By christine
I quite liked Lisey's Story. Like you say Aus,...

I quite liked Lisey's Story. Like you say Aus, the internal thought processes are the thing that makes most of King's books so engrossing ...and such poor films. I read Mr Mercedes on holiday last...
Forum: Games and Tabs 04-02-14
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Posted By christine
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Dominion by C.J. Sansom A spy thriller set in the dour England of the 1950s , with a twist. It's a country that's given in to Nazi Germany who have won the war in Europe without much opposition, but...
Forum: Games and Tabs 03-28-14
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Posted By christine
Absolutely agree. Loved Meany, Garp, Cider House,...

Absolutely agree. Loved Meany, Garp, Cider House, and the Twisted River books. Liked A Widow for One Year but struggled through Hotel New Hampshire and The Fourth Hand. Prob read some others too but...
Forum: Games and Tabs 02-26-14
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Posted By christine
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Just finished Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving , I've liked the books I've read of his, some more than others. A Prayer for Owen Meany is one of my favourite books.

Last Night in Twisted...
Forum: Games and Tabs 03-02-12
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Posted By christine
Thanks for that. I've got some Amazon vouchers...

Thanks for that. I've got some Amazon vouchers too :)
Forum: Games and Tabs 03-01-12
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Posted By christine
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Hi L, nice to be back :)
I do still like Wuthering Heights, it is still one of my favourite books. I think half my problem is that I saw the 1939 William Wyler film at a very young age and still...
Forum: Games and Tabs 02-29-12
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Posted By christine
.. Lines, co-incidentally I reread Wuthering...

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Lines, co-incidentally I reread Wuthering Heights last month, just as a comfort read after years on not reading it. Quite took me aback at how overwrought it was! My memory wasn't so.

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