Books?

Jewel · 12-11-2007, 05:44 AM

True, the ghost writer (Andrew Neiderman I believe?) is really aiming for a younger audience, and that's disappointing. I'm actually re-reading the Heaven series, I really like that one too, the prequel is heartbreaking.

AusQtie · 12-11-2007, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jnjsarauer

There is an author by the name of Diane Mott Davidson who writes a mystery series that is really good. The main character is a caterer and amateur sleuth, and they even put her catering recipes into each book. There must be at least thirteen of them out now.

Interesting….they put their recipes in the book. So, with these books you get a great story and a recipe for dinner later. Sounds like a real time saver. I will have to check these books, thanks.

Jewel · 12-12-2007, 01:43 AM

I think I have heard of the books by Dina Mott Davidson. Her books sound similar to the ones by Janet Evanovich, who I also love. Is that the writer I am thinking of?

killian · 12-12-2007, 11:44 AM

I do not read a lot now but I used to do it a lot until some time ago, my favorite writer for books is still Jack Kerouac and I love some quotes from Francis Bacon

Dartz · 12-13-2007, 02:41 AM

Juliet McKenna wrote some really good fantasy novels, like The Thiefs Gamble, which is the first book in a series of 5, each with 400-500 pages in it. And let me tell you, she's a damn good writer.

alexfardreamer@aol.com · 12-14-2007, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by leighdu

Looks like you and I have the same taste in books, Jewel. I grew up reading V.C. Andrews, and "Flowers in the Attic", as weird as it may be, is still one of my favorite books. I've never seen anyone that writes quite like her. The ghostwriter is horrible compared to her, but there are a few of the books that can mimic her pretty good. Isn't "Ruby" the one set in New Orleans ?

Funny that you should mention Flowers in the Attic. I wrote an online review of that novel - gave it a "thumbs up" - in a customer review site and it's one of my most-read pieces ever.

alexfardreamer@aol.com · 12-14-2007, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by AusQtie

Anybody read any good new books? As of Monday I will have finished the fall semester at school and have a few weeks before spring starts so I would like to have something to fill my free time.

Hi AusQtie! (love the nickname, by the way!)

I suppose my tastes in books are more, shall we say, masculine or nerdy, depending on what books we're talking about. I prefer the term "Walter Mitty-like" to be honest.

In the non-fiction front I'm reading Rick Atkinson's The Day of Battle and re-reading Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day.

On the fiction front it's a bit more varied, yet still very guy-oriented. Tom Clancy's old novel about World War III, Red Storm Rising, Steve Perry and Michael Reaves' Death Star, and Stephen King's It.

Sometimes I'll read Anais Nin's The Delta of Venus, a collection of erotic stories.

fitnessk · 12-14-2007, 01:43 AM

I love to read but I don't think anything I have read lately is a new book. I trade books with my grandmother and others who also enjoy reading and many are older used books.

leighdu · 12-14-2007, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by alexfardreamer@aol.com

Funny that you should mention Flowers in the Attic. I wrote an online review of that novel - gave it a "thumbs up" - in a customer review site and it's one of my most-read pieces ever.

Yeah, "Flowers In the Attic" was written ages ago but it is still extremely popular. It has a lot of taboo topics mixed in with a brilliant writer, and that almost always make a brilliant book, or at least a book that is talked about for years and years and years.

Jewel · 12-14-2007, 04:12 PM

"Flowers in the Attic" was brilliant, I think. Did anybody happen to see the movie? Absolutely horrible in comparison with the book. Still, I ended up buying it. I heard that they are making movies to coincide with other books from VC Andrews, they already made one for Rain, and they are making one for the Landry series.

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12-11-2007, 05:44 AM	#11 (permalink)
Jewel Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 207	True, the ghost writer (Andrew Neiderman I believe?) is really aiming for a younger audience, and that's disappointing. I'm actually re-reading the Heaven series, I really like that one too, the prequel is heartbreaking.

12-12-2007, 01:43 AM	#13 (permalink)
Jewel Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 207	I think I have heard of the books by Dina Mott Davidson. Her books sound similar to the ones by Janet Evanovich, who I also love. Is that the writer I am thinking of?

12-12-2007, 11:44 AM	#14 (permalink)
killian Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 88	I do not read a lot now but I used to do it a lot until some time ago, my favorite writer for books is still Jack Kerouac and I love some quotes from Francis Bacon

12-13-2007, 02:41 AM	#15 (permalink)
Dartz Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 44	Juliet McKenna wrote some really good fantasy novels, like The Thiefs Gamble, which is the first book in a series of 5, each with 400-500 pages in it. And let me tell you, she's a damn good writer.

12-14-2007, 01:43 AM	#18 (permalink)
fitnessk Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 32	I love to read but I don't think anything I have read lately is a new book. I trade books with my grandmother and others who also enjoy reading and many are older used books.

12-14-2007, 04:12 PM	#20 (permalink)
Jewel Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 207	"Flowers in the Attic" was brilliant, I think. Did anybody happen to see the movie? Absolutely horrible in comparison with the book. Still, I ended up buying it. I heard that they are making movies to coincide with other books from VC Andrews, they already made one for Rain, and they are making one for the Landry series.