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Oo you've got me there! I'd say The light fantastic as I remember laughing out loud a lot whilst reading and thus annoying people! :lol: My other fave would be Lords & Ladies, I love Pratchett's sort of reverse parallel universe and his spin on elves and unicorns being evil buggers and witches being decent no-nonsense folk quite a good twist. I find all his books are a refreshing break from reality with plenty of humour, some are critical of his lack of chapters but I've never really found this an issue.
 
wild whippies said:
Oo you've got me there! I'd say The light fantastic as I remember laughing out loud a lot whilst reading and thus annoying people! :lol: My other fave would be Lords & Ladies, I love Pratchett's sort of reverse parallel universe and his spin on elves and unicorns being evil buggers and witches being decent no-nonsense folk quite a good twist. I find all his books are a refreshing break from reality with plenty of humour, some are critical of his lack of chapters but I've never really found this an issue.
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I can't do Sci-fi...................Not sure why! If any-one can suggest one knicker gripper sci-fi book, I'll give it a go. I am willing to be converted. I have read and enjoyed Stephen King (not for years now), but I think the books like Misery, Carrie and It were my sort of read at the time. When you go off to another planet, I kinda get fed up :wacko:
 
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wild whippies said:
Oo you've got me there! I'd say The light fantastic as I remember laughing out loud a lot whilst reading and thus annoying people! :lol: My other fave would be Lords & Ladies, I love Pratchett's sort of reverse parallel universe and his spin on elves and unicorns being evil buggers and witches being decent no-nonsense folk quite a good twist. I find all his books are a refreshing break from reality with plenty of humour, some are critical of his lack of chapters but I've never really found this an issue.
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I can't do Sci-fi...................Not sure why! If any-one can suggest one knicker gripper sci-fi book, I'll give it a go. I am willing to be converted. I have read and enjoyed Stephen King (not for years now), but I think the books like Misery, Carrie and It were my sort of read at the time. When you go off to another planet, I kinda get fed up :wacko:

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its not sci fi in the slightest (well, how can a world on the back of a turtle, thats on the backs of elephants, that just floats through space BE scientific?)

its more outright silliness wrapped in intrigue, drama, philosophical debate, ribbon-tied with wickedly black humour. and then some.

one part of small gods that never ceases to crack me is when he talks about eagles dropping tortoises from high up (in order to make em go SPLAT and eat them) that, unknown to them, eagles are helping in a crude form of natural selection. for one day the tortoise will learn to fly.

seriously, if you want to laugh until youre on the verge of wetting yourself, give pratchett (i've often wondered if that was his real name....rather apt, considering what books he writes :lol: )a go :thumbsup:

loved soul music too (music with rocks in.... (w00t) )
 
I always end up re-reading about once a year :- " Lord Of The Rings, all of the Narnia books & Wind in the Willows.

Also love Virginia Woolfe particularly The Lighthouse

Vita Sackville-West There are no sign posts in the sea

The Celestine Prophecies (recommended by Mabelline)

All of Nicholas Evans books (Author of The Horse Whisperer)

Maggie O'Farrell particlularly After You'd Gone

Anita Shreve

The Dog In The Tapestry Garden (about an Italian Greyhound)

Tony, Tony, Tony

Yeats, Rupert Brooke & Dylan Thomas

The Weather in the Streets

Brighton Rock

To Kill a Mockingbird

Enjoyed The Da Vinci Code

Also love Stephen King novels

:oops: could go on forever with books I love ;)
 
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wild whippies said:
I didn't want to hamper the book crossing thread but I'm always looking for a good read so wondered if folk would recommend their favourite book /author.Here's a few of mine

Tess Gerritson ( the surgeon, the apprentice, vanish etc)

Mo Hayder (Birdman was my fave and scary too!)

Thomas Harris ( Red dragon, Silence of the lambs, Hannibal)

Anne Rice ( the vampire chronicles, Lestat, Interview with a vampire etc)

Terry Pratchett ( The discworld series good, dry humour)

Paul Brittons books on criminal psychology

Dante Alighieri The Divine comedy -  hard going but beautifully composed

Whippets racing and rearing by Pauline Wilson - Vicky recommended this to me and I thought this was a great little book.

The Billy goats gruff ? don't know who wrote it but I loved it as a kid and it still makes youngsters smile now.

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Mo Hayder is fantastic try TOKYO sometimes called The Devil of Nanking its about the Nanking Massacre in 1937 very black and disturbing in parts but brilliant i am off on holiday in the morning and hope Manc Airport has her new 1 Pig Island will let you know if its any good
 
If we set aside the classics and childhood faves, some of the more recent modern books I've read and enjoyed over the last few years are:

Deirdre Purcell - Love like Hate Adore

Paullina Simons - Tully (get past the first few chapters and it is gripping)

Arthur Golden - Memoirs of a Geisha (hinges on not knowing the plot..if you've seen the film the book won't be so interesting).

I loved these autobiographies:

Christine Marion Fraser -Green are my Mountains (light reading but uplifting about a woman who followed her dreams and bought a cottage in the Highlands...sigh)

Andrea Ashworth - Once in a House on Fire (escaping a repressed childhood, but one of the better ones..not maudlin, a gifted writer).

Lucy Irvin - Castaway

Jung Chang - Wild Swans (an real eye opener about life in communist China)

Adeline Yen Mah - Falling Leaves (another biography about growing up in China).

There's lots more, but these happen to be some of the paperbacks I have kept.
 
Absolutely love the David Eddings books.

Also Dick Francis, Johnny Francombe and lately Jenny Pitman

Robert R McCammon does books in the vain of Stephen King but his best was Mystery walker
 
I've had countless people recommend the Celestine Prophecies, it's supposed to be really enlightening but I was also told your not to buy a copy but wait till it's loaned /given to you? So I'm patiently waiting! :lol:

Your right about Mo Hayder Masta, I can't wait to get Tokyo, I remember the barbed wire incident in birdman had me on tenderhooks and I couldn't read the pages fast enough!

I've read Memoirs of a Geisha too, beautifully composed and a fascinating insight into the customs and traditions of Japan.

Which reminds me, James Clavells' Shogun was another book I've enjoyed, anyone else read?

I've also got Harlan Coben - Backspin but I've found it hard to get into, should I stick with it or bookcross it? :unsure:
 
For Sci-fi I like William Gibson, Neil Gaiman. Also fantasy stuff apart from Tolkein then Stephen Donaldson and loads others that I can't remember. (it's my age you know. :b )

Kids books well I'm a H Potter fan, also Artemis Fowl. Authors Phillip Pullman and Garth Nix.

General reading I'd recommend The Fourth Queen by Debbie Taylor, anything by Susan Howatch, Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris. I also like Joanna Trollope (liked her ancester too). Manda Scott's Boudica books. The Stranger House by Reginald Hill. Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. Oh and Philippa Gregory's are good too.

Crime stories CJ Sansom's series set in Tudor England is good. But then I'm a Tudor England fan. Ian Rankin, Reginald Hill, Val Mcdermid, Stella Rimmington and Lynda La Plant. Plus lots of US authors.

Oh and I don't like Stephen King books. :x

>Which reminds me, James Clavells' Shogun was another book I've enjoyed, anyone else read?

Yep and liked it too.

For autobio's then Alan Clarke is the man for me. I also like Kenneth Williams which I think was an autobio but what the hell. Oh and nearly forgot him (age again) Alan Bennett. Superb!
 
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Jasper Fforde - The Big Over Easy was clever and funny
I loved Malcolm Pryce's Aberystwyth series

Mainly I read urban fantasy trash but I like it

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Ah I've wondered about Malcolm Pryce's books. Might buy one.

One that I've succumbed to today........ just gone and looked and got it out of the bag 'cause I can't remember what it is and it's The Big Over Easy. :) Had a quick look at it in WH Smiths and thought that looks fun.

Looking more forwards to reading it now. :thumbsup:
 
A bit of old fashioned fun....Richmal Crompton's 'William' books, wonderful when you want a break from the heavy reads. My Dad gave me my first one years ago now, it was his present from his sunday school when he was a little boy, and set off my passion for all things 'William' :) Trying to collect the whole set from original publisher Newnes, 30-odd in total, I've got about half so far.
 
i love absolutely anything by Haruki Murakami, he has an almost poetic style of writing. Norwegian Wood was the first one i read - and am just about to start Kafka on the shore

for pure escapism i love Clive Barker's The Imagica...one of the few books that i re-read from time to time

and i avidly read anything new by anne rice. the vampire chronicals had me gripped, but i understand since she Got God, she's only going to write about JC so i guess she's an author i used to be into

Disc world has me in stitches - any or all of them

and Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta series fulfills my need for gore and police procedures!

But i hated the Celestine Prophecy with a passion - couldn't understand why people i know rave about it so much - if i hadn't shunted my copy on as soon as i possibly could, you'd've been welcome to it Wild Whippies!

Ditto The Lovely Bones! - is registered with Bookcrossing and waiting release - PM me if anyone want it and i'll be happy to post it out!

One book which will be staying is Jan Fennels' The Dog Listener! lol! yes, i know it's not even mine, but if my friend thinks she's ever getting it back she's sadly deluded!
 
i love lord of the rings, harry potter and garth nix

i enjoyed the da vinci code, angels and demons aswell and am about to read digital foretress
 
urchin said:
i avidly read anything new by anne rice. the vampire chronicals had me gripped, but i understand since she Got God, she's only going to write about JC so i guess she's an author i used to be into

Please tell me this isn't true no more Lestat and crew :eek:

Although there are some quite good vampire series out there

I love the Disc world, Nanny Ogg and Death are my favourites
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One of my favourate books is `Papillon` by Henri Charriere.Alot more in this than the film,filled with tension,adventure and one of the most vivid true stories of human endurance ever written.

Also every few years i read `The Hobbit`,totally different than the above and possibly the best childrens book ever written.
 
i too quite like trollop, strike,the elder not the younger though,i havent read anything of hers i think,though i could be wrong cos i do read a great deal and sometimes dont bother to see who the author is.! :thumbsup: ive read shogun too and enjoyed that.id also recommend anything by quentin crisp.his critiques of films and filmstars is absolutely hilarious,with an obviously gay slant on life.

he is truly one of the last great witty gays in the order of oscar wilde and co. i think the last one i read was called 'how NOT to go to the cinema' and it was a really great read. :thumbsup:
 
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urchin said:
i avidly read anything new by anne rice. the vampire chronicals had me gripped, but i understand since she Got God, she's only going to write about JC so i guess she's an author i used to be into

Please tell me this isn't true no more Lestat and crew :eek:

Although there are some quite good vampire series out there

I love the Disc world, Nanny Ogg and Death are my favourites

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fraid so! she's renounced her former writings (though presumably not the royalty cheques :- " ) and will only write about godly stuff from now on!
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Anyone read John Connolly. I read The Black Angel and got hooked.

I am also a graphic novel fan. Mainly Alan Moore.
 
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