I love those BOOKS! Bubba is to die for!!!!!!
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I love those BOOKS! Bubba is to die for!!!!!!
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
I like to go back to the classic every now and then.
I like to go back to the classic every now and then.
If you liked that one you may like Cooper Moon: The Calling by Cheryl Shireman . . .it's a fun read and a lot like the Bubba Books. Right now it's a free download.
Had to pause Dracula and start reading Romeo and Juliet for school. The lines "draw thy tool" and "pass me my sword, ho" amuse me.
Thanks! I'll have to check that out!
Good to hear. I bought "Smoke and Mirrors" at the same time I bought "Anansi Boys", so will plan to get through both it and Ocean. I finished "Anansi Boys", and was not disappointed. Fat Charlie was a wonderful character, and the story was fun and uplifting. Before I start on the others, though, I've begun "The Casual Vacancy", which has been sitting on my shelf for some time now. Curious to see if I like it as much as the H.P. stories.
It's obviously a very different story--lol. She has a nice 'storytelling' author voice, though, and that's no different here than in HP. I liked it. I'm interested to read her 'Robert Galbraith' books, as well. Too bad someone felt they had to 'out' her as that writer, but I heard that they were very good.
I've only read the first 'Galbraith' book and I loved it. Won't bother with The Casual Vacancy as I've heard more negatives than positives about it.
Romeo & Juliet is full of filthy double entendres--lol. Mercutio's speeches are almost all just rank. If you read something and think, "Did he mean...", he did.
Remember, we're the ones who elevate Shakespeare and make him untouchable--he wrote for the common man in the penny seats I'm going to see if our library has them. CV probably wasn't for everyone, and I didn't LOVE it, but I do like her voice.
Ditto this.
I also enjoy her voice, and since I read Cuckoo after knowing she had written it, I picked up a phrase here and there and I felt could have come right out of the HP series. Enjoy!
Not to be rude, or brag, but Jance will be here tomorrow in Port Angeles, WA. She is doing a reading and book signing. This will be my second time seeing her. Just wish I had "Hour of the Hunter" out of storage, because that is the book she suggested I read first. I did, and now I read all her other books. Beaumont is great, I enjoy the first person view and the anti-hero kind of way he is written. Doesn't always go by the book. I like Brady stories as well. Been reading a lot lately, helps I have to wait for bus or interview so I keep something on hand to make waiting better.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Book Store. A little twee with it's quirkiness, but decent so far
Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Book Store. A little twee with it's quirkiness, but decent so far
I removed this on my 'to-read' list because I didn't think I had time for it...maybe I should reconsider? Haha.
I hadn't heard of it until the library book club chose it. I like it so far--light, funny, and adventurous. A break from the weirdies and dystopias I'v e been reading lately--lol
Thank you!
I haven't heard of it either since EW wrote a little blurb about it. It is nice to read something light for a change!
After my reread of The Dead Zone, I think I'm going to reread 1984-haven't read it since high school (got a paperback copy at a thrift store for 50 cents). I started reading quite a few "classics" about ten years ago. Tried books I never thought I would get through. Ended up LOVING Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. I also became a huge fan of Kurt Vonnegut. Sorry MadamMack , still not a Faulkner fan!!
After my reread of The Dead Zone, I think I'm going to reread 1984-haven't read it since high school (got a paperback copy at a thrift store for 50 cents). I started reading quite a few "classics" about ten years ago. Tried books I never thought I would get through. Ended up LOVING Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. I also became a huge fan of Kurt Vonnegut. Sorry MadamMack , still not a Faulkner fan!!
Neither am I. Faulkner bores me to death; he's in love with his own voice. Can't stand Hemingway either, aside from A Clean, Well-Lighted Place (short story).
DD#1 had AP Lit this year, and Crime & Punishment was one of her books. I hadn't read it since I was in AP in high school (lol), so I read it with her. I thought she'd hate it, but she ended up liking it better than anything else they read all year. Beneath all the Russian fatalism and brooding, I'd forgotten how simple a story it really is.
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