And I know Corrie has just done 'what to take on holiday' but I'm off too for 10 days to a cottage in Mallorca with my girlfriend who, being in a relationship, has asked me very nicely to calm down and behave for the duration. So please people - three books. Engrosing and vaguely intelligent but not too heavy. Of which I won't lose the plot each time a tight, tanned bum passes on his way for a beer. (Woah - I'm ahead of you. No I didn't mean a pissed tramp.)
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And I know Corrie has just done 'what to take on holiday' but I'm off too for 10 days to a cottage in Mallorca with my girlfriend who, being in a relationship, has asked me very nicely to calm down and behave for the duration. So please people - three books. Engrosing and vaguely intelligent but not too heavy. Of which I won't lose the plot each time a tight, tanned bum passes on his way for a beer. (Woah - I'm ahead of you. No I didn't mean a pissed tramp.)
OOOOH have a great time and great meeting you xxxx Well I always go for best sellers without any real meaning on hols so can put down at any time and the best sellers in WHS etc are always my starting point. Love John Grisham books though for a bit of a plot all been okay or Maeve Binchy for a little bit more of a real read. Great stories about life in Ireland. Autheress I met not long ago was Isla Dewar a scottish authoress who is just fab and her books are very funny but often sharp and very very funny.
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Corrie I don't bring a book on holiday, let alone 3 but I am trying to get into reading.
John Grisham sounds good, so I will make a start on him. MrFC has one lying around.
John Grisham sounds good, so I will make a start on him. MrFC has one lying around.
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John Grisham sounds good, so I will make a start on him. MrFC has one lying around.
Another author who I find compelling reading is Colin Forbes.... I also rate Clive Cussler, Patricia Cornwell and Sue Grafton, but it all comes down to your taste in reading really....
For something different Dean Koontz is also superb....
Happy reading guys
Shireen
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John Grisham sounds good, so I will make a start on him. MrFC has one lying around.
Another author who I find compelling reading is Colin Forbes.... I also rate Clive Cussler, Patricia Cornwell and Sue Grafton, but it all comes down to your taste in reading really....
For something different Dean Koontz is also superb....
Happy reading guys
Shireen
xxx
Dean Koontz I agree Shireen xx
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I'll offer 2 no 3:
Paul Theroux - Hotel Honolulu - Brilliant
Ian Mckewan - Atonement - destined to be a classic
Ian Fowles - The Magus - if you understand it let me know :!:
I'm serious about these :!:
Paul Theroux - Hotel Honolulu - Brilliant
Ian Mckewan - Atonement - destined to be a classic
Ian Fowles - The Magus - if you understand it let me know :!:
I'm serious about these :!:
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I'm very new at this girls 
ops: not being a great reader.
The only books I have read recently are the Dave Peltzer ones, very hard to put down.
I haven't had that feeling since reading Great Expectations, my favorite book. :oops:
ops: not being a great reader.The only books I have read recently are the Dave Peltzer ones, very hard to put down.
I haven't had that feeling since reading Great Expectations, my favorite book. :oops:
HI WELL ILL HAVE TO PUT IN A COUPLE OF CATHERINE COOKSON. I KNOW ITS A GIRLIE TOPIC BUT WHEN WERE CAMPING I CANT PUT IT DOWN AS MY MIND WANDERS OFF INTO ANOTHER TANGENT..........MAIDS SQUIRES, STABLES BARNS GET MY DRIFT? BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE RED DRAGON IS GOOD CANT FOR THE LIFE OF ME THINK OF THE AUTHOR AM HAVEING A BLONDE MOMENT WILL GO AND LOOK ON MY BOOKSHELF AND GET BACK TO YOU....IF I MISS YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME AND LET SOMONE HELP YOU WITH THAT SUNCREAM! LOL ........ LOVE PEPPSXXXXXX Sex God
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I'm very new at this girls
The only books I have read recently are the Dave Peltzer ones, very hard to put down.
I haven't had that feeling since reading Great Expectations, my favorite book. :oops:
Oooh Great Expectations a classic :!: Have you read any Jane Austin - Pride and Prejudice is just exquisite - she is a master of observation of the human spirit.
What sort of thing does Dave Peltzer write - pardon my ignorance
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tune it isn't a romance, but a true life account of a young boy that was mentally and physicall abused by his mother. I know I know........but I just couldn't put it down. I read a review in a well known paper, and thought I would like to read all of it.........
So, I did. What a brilliant read!!!!!! It will stay with me along with Great Expectations. I don't read usually but I must start. I just don't know exactly what I like. I'm sure the more I read the more I will know what I will like.
So, I did. What a brilliant read!!!!!! It will stay with me along with Great Expectations. I don't read usually but I must start. I just don't know exactly what I like.
I'm sure the more I read the more I will know what I will like. Sex God
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tune it isn't a romance, but a true life account of a young boy that was mentally and physicall abused by his mother. I know I know........but I just couldn't put it down.
So, I did. What a brilliant read!!!!!! It will stay with me along with Great Expectations.
I shall seek it out and read it. If it stands alongide Great Expectations with such a glowing review it's worth reading. Thanks - don't be sheepish about what you read - there's a lot of snobbism, which is just crap - people enjoy what they enjoy and that's what counts. if you don't like it - OK move on to the next one.
now this is my area 3 great books are Roddy Doyle's "Paddy Clarke ha ha ha" it'll take you back to the way we thought when we were kids,you're assured lots of laddish laughs with that you want an erudite thriller/who dunnit then you have to read Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" but there's a chance that it may ruin your holiday cos you won't want to put it there's the good 'ol classic of Ernest Hemmingway's "For Whom The Bell Tolls" a war/spy book with a soul.
While i'm on the subject,i'd like to leave a note for all the girls out HAVE to read Anita Diamant's "The Red Tent", it's all about women's bond with each other and the power in being a best book i've ever read!!
While i'm on the subject,i'd like to leave a note for all the girls out HAVE to read Anita Diamant's "The Red Tent", it's all about women's bond with each other and the power in being a best book i've ever read!!
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I have to agree with daffodilbbw "The Da Vinci Code" will have you glued to the book, the same goes for "Angels and Demons" by the same author.
For non-fiction try "Freedom in Exile: Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet" or any other book by the Dalai Lama. His books are moving, thought provoking and insightful, yet at the same time warm, compassionate and witty.
For non-fiction try "Freedom in Exile: Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet" or any other book by the Dalai Lama. His books are moving, thought provoking and insightful, yet at the same time warm, compassionate and witty.
Hmm, enjoyable holiday reading? Romance, a little excitement, comedy, not too heavy?
It has to be Erica James. She's written seven books: my favourite is the appropriately titled The Holiday; there is also Airs and Graces, Time for a Change and Act of Faith that I can remember off the top of my head. Hidden Talents is brilliant. James' books could be described as chick lit or recreational reading but she writes with humour, intelligence and insight, good storylines and defined characters.
For something with less romance, but more mystery and excitement, try Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. Unputdownable. Well written with definitive shades of Umberto Eco, though more accessible.
I agree with Tune Essence; you cannot beat Jane Austen, an author I read religiously every year. Also Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone, The Woman in White, No Name and The Evil Genius among many. (I'm working on getting Will hooked on Collins and i think it's working!)
Have a great holiday Jezzay!
Sappho xxx
It has to be Erica James. She's written seven books: my favourite is the appropriately titled The Holiday; there is also Airs and Graces, Time for a Change and Act of Faith that I can remember off the top of my head. Hidden Talents is brilliant. James' books could be described as chick lit or recreational reading but she writes with humour, intelligence and insight, good storylines and defined characters.
For something with less romance, but more mystery and excitement, try Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. Unputdownable. Well written with definitive shades of Umberto Eco, though more accessible.
I agree with Tune Essence; you cannot beat Jane Austen, an author I read religiously every year. Also Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone, The Woman in White, No Name and The Evil Genius among many. (I'm working on getting Will hooked on Collins and i think it's working!)
Have a great holiday Jezzay!
Sappho xxx
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Jim Dodge: anything, really (he hasn't written nearly enough). There is no book more perfect than Fup, but Not Fade Away is longer.
Haruki Murakami: A Wild Sheep Chase. It made me even more confused about identity and free will than I was before.
You'll never find a copy, but David Foster: The Glade Within The Grove. "...tempts us to feel that here the work of the novel is done so well that there can be no achievement beyond it."
I'll put in a vote for Atonement as well. McEwan is a master of manipulation.
Haruki Murakami: A Wild Sheep Chase. It made me even more confused about identity and free will than I was before.
You'll never find a copy, but David Foster: The Glade Within The Grove. "...tempts us to feel that here the work of the novel is done so well that there can be no achievement beyond it."
I'll put in a vote for Atonement as well. McEwan is a master of manipulation.
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Engrosing and vaguely intelligent but not too heavy
Hmmm, tricky. Some suggestions from me are ;
Trainspotting / Glue - Irvine Welsh
The Watchers - Dean R Koontz
The wasp factory - Ian Banks
Mutant message down under - Marlo Morgan
Memoirs of a geisha - Arthur Golden
Vintage stuff - Tom Sharpe (or most of his really!)
Adventures of Goodnight and Loving - Leslie Thomas
Talking it over - Julian Barnes
Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto
American Psycho - Bret Easton-Ellis
Snow falling on cedars - David Guterson
It's not about the bike - Lance Armstrong
And in the potentially too involving and plot-losing category....
Miss Smilla's feeling for snow - Peter Hoag
I could easily add to this list all day, but should give you a few to get going!
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Oooooh, you lot are just too literary for me . I like MrFC's idea of the men's health mags, they have such good training tips! If I'm away at a conference or something and want some light reading, I generally go for something like Men's Health or FHM :shock: . However, in the past I have packed myself a book or two. I read The Picture of Dorien Gray at a conference in Derby for instance. When I was in London I took Gallilee by Clive Barker - that kept me company for a while. Imajica is a weird book if you're into that sort of things. Anyway, that's about the sum total of my knowledge on books, sorry ops:
. I like MrFC's idea of the men's health mags, they have such good training tips! If I'm away at a conference or something and want some light reading, I generally go for something like Men's Health or FHM :shock: . However, in the past I have packed myself a book or two. I read The Picture of Dorien Gray at a conference in Derby for instance. When I was in London I took Gallilee by Clive Barker - that kept me company for a while. Imajica is a weird book if you're into that sort of things. Anyway, that's about the sum total of my knowledge on books, sorry ops: I've just got into Martina Cole books - they're easy reads, don't have to keep flicking back to remember whos who and you get into them from sentence 1, paragraph 1, page 1. The ones I've read are set in a pretty seedy side of life but are also as gritty as hell. The kind of books that I enjoy reading from start to finish and not just read to see how it ends
Tough Q, what were the last books you really enjoyed...?
You gotta read The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh though, its kinda like the movies 8mm but is so atmospheric.
Also theres a new book out called The Honey Trap about a single mum who works for an agency trapping men for cheating on their wives, its really sweet and genuinly funny.
Also the book Secret History by Donna Tartt is really engrossing about a group of kids at an American University seeking to experiance true Greek hedonism.
You gotta read The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh though, its kinda like the movies 8mm but is so atmospheric.
Also theres a new book out called The Honey Trap about a single mum who works for an agency trapping men for cheating on their wives, its really sweet and genuinly funny.
Also the book Secret History by Donna Tartt is really engrossing about a group of kids at an American University seeking to experiance true Greek hedonism.
Wow, what did I start? Excellent. Thank you everybody. I have a shortlist to hit Waterstones with. Well actually it's quite a long list.
I just recently read the Da Vinci Code and thought it was great but I hadn't thought about looking for another by Dan Brown. Thanks, Corrie - you have a great holiday too - yeh John Grisham. 'The KIng of Torts' was superb (have you started it yet, Mal?) and also 'A Painted House' which is a complete change of style for him. Something I always admire.
Now I was going to simply ignore Mr FC in a dignified manner until Blue went and backed him up. So I guess that's my airport reading sorted out. I've never even heard of NUTS.
Two I can strongly recommend in return are Barbara Kingsolver. 'The Prodigal Summer' is a beautiful book with great characterisation, environmental awareness and subtle sensuality. (Good subject for a seperate thread maybe - erotica without graphic detail.) 'The Poisonwood Bible' is quite different but also excellent.
And for great fun William Sutcliffe. Well observed and hilarious insight into the boy/girl thing in lots of contexts. 'Are you experienced' is a must for anybody who has travelled and 'The Love Hexagon' is just a must. Here's a taster - thanks again.
Keri is talking about after sex " I'd be lying there, and you're beginning to get your orientation back, and before I'd even remembered who I was, this voice would rise up from the next pillow and start thanking me. Can you believe that?"
Lisa laughs, and allows a short silence to open up before saying, "You'd forget who you were?"
"What?" says Keri, frowning.
Lisa lowers her voice. "You'd forget who you were? During sex?"
"What are you on about?... You always forget who you are. That's the whole point."
"Is it?"
"Yeah."
"Really?"
"Course it is."
"Oh."
Why" says Keri. "Don't you?"
"Er... I don't think so."
"You sure?"
"If you walked in in the middle, and asked me what my name was, I'd definitely remember," says Lisa.
I just recently read the Da Vinci Code and thought it was great but I hadn't thought about looking for another by Dan Brown. Thanks, Corrie - you have a great holiday too - yeh John Grisham. 'The KIng of Torts' was superb (have you started it yet, Mal?) and also 'A Painted House' which is a complete change of style for him. Something I always admire.
Now I was going to simply ignore Mr FC in a dignified manner until Blue went and backed him up. So I guess that's my airport reading sorted out. I've never even heard of NUTS.
Two I can strongly recommend in return are Barbara Kingsolver. 'The Prodigal Summer' is a beautiful book with great characterisation, environmental awareness and subtle sensuality. (Good subject for a seperate thread maybe - erotica without graphic detail.) 'The Poisonwood Bible' is quite different but also excellent.
And for great fun William Sutcliffe. Well observed and hilarious insight into the boy/girl thing in lots of contexts. 'Are you experienced' is a must for anybody who has travelled and 'The Love Hexagon' is just a must. Here's a taster - thanks again.
Keri is talking about after sex " I'd be lying there, and you're beginning to get your orientation back, and before I'd even remembered who I was, this voice would rise up from the next pillow and start thanking me. Can you believe that?"
Lisa laughs, and allows a short silence to open up before saying, "You'd forget who you were?"
"What?" says Keri, frowning.
Lisa lowers her voice. "You'd forget who you were? During sex?"
"What are you on about?... You always forget who you are. That's the whole point."
"Is it?"
"Yeah."
"Really?"
"Course it is."
"Oh."
Why" says Keri. "Don't you?"
"Er... I don't think so."
"You sure?"
"If you walked in in the middle, and asked me what my name was, I'd definitely remember," says Lisa.
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Stranger In A Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
The Starmaker - Olaf Stapledon
The Bible - Various artists
The Starmaker - Olaf Stapledon
The Bible - Various artists
