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[Dee-Ann]

Over the weekend I started and finished The Secret of the Lonely Isleswhich I enjoyed and now have started reading Last Sacrifice which will be good to finish the series.

[Just Deena]

i have read like nearly all of the YA books, and am currently readin !!!!!!!!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great review on The Neighbor Michael, I have it in my Winter challenge to read. Then I looked up and read the blurb of Life Expectancy, and it sounds really good! So I've added it to MT. TBR!!! LOL :)

[Laurel]

Deb wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Thanks Marianne..I haven't started it yet, but will be soon..."

Hey, I've just started reading Poisonwood Bible too - pretty good so far."

I loved this book. Haven't read any of ther other titles though.
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[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Laurel wrote: "Deb wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Thanks Marianne..I haven't started it yet, but will be soon..."

Hey, I've just started reading Poisonwood Bible too - pretty good so far."

I loved this book. Haven'..."

Good to know Laurel, thanks.:)

[Cathleen]

I'm fascinated with a book I'm reading at the moment called Destiny of Souls. It's written by Michael Newton who regresses people back to their past life and then he brings them forward to the time in between lives.I can't put it down. It explains what happens when you die. Great reading for an author interested in writing the paranormal.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Great review on The Neighbor Michael, I have it in my Winter challenge to read. Then I looked up and read the blurb of Life Expectancy, and it sounds real..."

We sure do read a lot the same!!

[Khenan]

Just finished Animal Liberation and The Runaway Jury today! Being a vegan i thought Animal Liberation would be a pretty good book, it was facinating for sure, i especially enjoyed the discussion about history and speciesism (religion and romans and stuff :D). Runaway Jury.. well i love the movie haha so i had to try. Must say i prefer the movie, the book was quite good but there were many parts where i cringed and compared it badly to the movie. Good read overall though!

Now onto my bi-yearly(woops, twice a year) harry potter series run-through :P Finally watched the latest harry potter movie last night so i got it in my mind to read em again :)(i can't read just 1 book of them and walk away somehow :( have to go through the series) Fun times.

[★ Jess]

CARMEL!!!!!!!!! I CANT BELIEVE YOU HAVENT READ HARRY POTTER!?!?!?!
And you call yourself a book lover! You should definitely read the whole series next, because it is quite literally the best thing ever :)

[Michael]

I haven't read Harry Potter either

[★ Jess]

:O
They're my favorite books ever...So yeah. YOu should definitely read them one day. The writing in the first to books is pretty childish, though books #3-7 everything is perfect.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sorry Jessica...I haven't read them either, or seen the movies.. LOL

[Michael]

I haven't seen the movies either, I'm not going to rush out and do either, maybe ill read them one day

[Dzintra aka Ingrid]

Michael wrote: "Add me to the havnt read Harry Potter books list. Then again i havnt seen the movies either."

I've seen them...got the books but haven't read them either!!!

[★ Jess]

haha Carmel :D

I am very disappointed in all of you.
I mean, not even the movies!? :(

[★ Jess]

The books are 10000000000 times better :D

[[deleted user]]

i can understand you guys not reading them i mean the first one is made for like 9 year olds...i tried to get my dad to read them he got the three and gave up

but i still love them and find them really fun i would still recommend them.
and books over movies every time since the fourth one the movies have been horrible! i dont know why i go to see book to move conversions im always disappointed. i think I want to much from the movies.

[Neko]

I haven't watched or read the books either...But I am currently playing the Harry Potter Lego game..lo XD

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Laura wrote: "I haven't watched or read the books either...But I am currently playing the Harry Potter Lego game..lo XD"

That counts Laura ;)

[[deleted user]]

o i played that on DS sooo funny lol

[Neko]

Haha..The game completely stumps me though..Doesn't really give you much of the storyline as such cause they blur it with their own lego style. It's enjoyable but not the best lego game..And they've dumbed down the bosses amazingly..lol

On topic...My Favourite Wife is actually turning out to be better than I thought. I'm pleasently suprized at how much I can read and not get distracted. So with that this book should be finished just before it turns to June.

[Dale]

Just getting back (briefly) to the HP thread - I've always felt vaguely guilty about not enjoying Harry Potter books - possilby because JKR is a fellow Scot (by origin) and her personal rags to riches story is wonderful. I began the first one and gave up after about fifty pages - it felt very YA, and sadly, I'm considerably closer to OAP. I'm also very averse to the "WereVamp" stories which sell by the bazillion nowadays. But so are my teenage kids. So - am I just a crusty old reader with overly conservative views on what makes fiction great?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Dale wrote: "Just getting back (briefly) to the HP thread - I've always felt vaguely guilty about not enjoying Harry Potter books - possilby because JKR is a fellow Scot (by origin) and her personal rags to ric..."

Haha!!! Think I can join you there Dale ;) LOL

[★ Jess]

Actually, the first two HP books have very baby-ish style. There is a noticeable difference between the first two and the last five.
And there are hardly any vampires. I think they're mentioned briefly in book #2, but its definitely not like those crappy paranormal romance books, like Twilight or Vampire Academy.
There are some werewolves, but again, its the furthest thing from Jacob Black you could imagine.

The books are actually amazing. I dont think they're just childrens stories about magic. There is so much more. The series is full of moral messages, two that come to mind are: "Love is the most important thing in the world" & "Killing rips the soul apart".
And Rowling develops, over the course of the series, into a sensational author. She writes a few beautiful quotes:

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

"It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities."

Oh well, thats your opinion. What ever floats your boat :)

[Joanne]

★ Jessica ★ wrote: "CARMEL!!!!!!!!! I CANT BELIEVE YOU HAVENT READ HARRY POTTER!?!?!?!
And you call yourself a book lover! You should definitely read the whole series next, because it is quite literally the best thin..."

I'm with you, Jessica!

[★ Jess]

:)

Anyway, I just started The Dark and Hollow Places, the sequel to The Dead-Tossed Waves & The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Very excited to strt after the extremley open ending of the last book.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Hope you enjoy it Jessica, and it will take you closer to being able to start the Winter Challenge ;)

[Monya]

★ Jessica ★ wrote: "Actually, the first two HP books have very baby-ish style. There is a noticeable difference between the first two and the last five.
And there are hardly any vampires. I think they're mentioned br..."

*Jessica* and Joanne - I HEREWITH RAISE MY HAND TO TELL ALL AND SUNDRY THAT I TOO HAVE NEVER READ HARRY POTTER.

Oh well, the first two - the "babyish" ones.

AND I NEVER INTEND TO READ THE REST!

... short pause while Jessica & Joanne pick themselves up off their respective floors...

Chuckle. A matter of taste indeed. I just don't like paranormals. Historicals float my personal boat.

Darlings, have you ever read the history of planet Earth? There's so much bizarre, wild, and wonderful stuff in there I don't feel the need for vampires and their ilk.

That said, I also love good old-fashioned "hard" science fiction. Yep, we humans are interesting mixtures indeed.

Monya (aka Mary)

[★ Jess]

I feel like crying at the lack of respect for Jo Rowling and her magnificent characters :(

[Neko]

Harry never floated my boat..And I'll never get out of my head him naked with a horse..*shudders* lol

[★ Jess]

Laura wrote: "Harry never floated my boat..And I'll never get out of my head him naked with a horse..*shudders* lol"
????

Michael wrote: "There was Joanne so you had one supporter. Im abit to old for Harry lol thats my excuse. :p"

NO ONES TO OLD FOR HARRY POTTER! :)

[Neko]

I've never liked magic in books..super natural type of stuff...It just doesn't float my boat...I love it in games and in sometimes in movies (usually cartoons though) but in books I don't enjoy it :/

[★ Jess]

Not even then :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Monya wrote: "★ Jessica ★ wrote: "Actually, the first two HP books have very baby-ish style. There is a noticeable difference between the first two and the last five.
And there are hardly any vampires. I think ..."

Hahaha!!! You're funny Monya!! :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Oh poor Jessica...you really started a discussion here didn't you LOL;)

[★ Jess]

I could debate this all day. Im just trying to keep it friendly :)
But seriously...its the best thing ever.

[Monya]

★ Jessica ★ wrote: "I feel like crying at the lack of respect for Jo Rowling and her magnificent characters :("

Dear girl - as a writer myself I have nothing but respect for J.K.R. Even Stephen King says she's a superb writer. Just not into the subject matter.

Stop crying, dear. It takes all kinds to make even a booklovers' world, and we can actually be nice people too!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

And Monya's one of the nicest ones!!! :D

[★ Jess]

haha okay :)
I totally understand. If you dont like fantasys, thats fine. Whatever floats your boat :)

[Neko]

Monya wrote: "It takes all kinds to make even a booklovers' world, and we can actually be nice people too!"
Very, very true! And that's one of the wonderful things about books..there is so many different books out there to tickle everyones likes :D Personally I love it!

[★ Jess]

Me too :)

[[deleted user]]

I just finished Jekel Loves Hyde and have just started Merlin: The Nightmare Begins. =)

[Joanne]

★ Jessica ★ wrote: "Laura wrote: "Harry never floated my boat..And I'll never get out of my head him naked with a horse..*shudders* lol"
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Michael wrote: "There was Joanne so you had one supporter. Im abit to old ..."

True - I'm probably old enough to be Jessica's mother's much older sister, and I really love the HP series, for a range of reasons but primarily because it's just a great, imaginative story. Fortunately books don't require locking ourselves into one genre to appreciate them - the wider you read the better, but if all someone likes is vampire romance then go for it(someone has to).

If people don't love HP, Jessica, we just have to let them go on their poor, misguided, deluded ways and try and understand them. Poor things.... ;D

[[deleted user]]

dw jess im right with you in the harry potter train!

and Laura Daniel Radclif doesn't float your boat :O
i plan on marrying him lol!
anyhoo i just finished
i didnt really like the first one but i read this one on the promises that series gets and i quote "amazingly awesome" it doesn't its twilight but with fairies! ...so pretty much twilight lol

[Maggie]

Michael wrote: "Add me to the havnt read Harry Potter books list. Then again i havnt seen the movies either."

Ditto (altho I read the first one aloud to my daughters, and I slept straight thru one of the earlier films - came straight off a night shift).

Interest factor???? Pretty low.

[Maggie]

Dale - "So - am I just a crusty old reader with overly conservative views on what makes fiction great?"

I agree with you and I'm not a crusty old reader, therefore you cant be one either. I too struggle when, trying to find any book, I am confronted with a truckload of Teen-Vampire books. Some of them are probably good, but I'm not going to find out.

Besides I have so many books I adore, and so many new ones to explore, don't feel I am missing out on anything.

[Maggie]

Michael wrote: "maybe when im 50. :D"

I'm 50 and I'm not reading them.

[Iris]

Joanne wrote: "★ Jessica ★ wrote: "CARMEL!!!!!!!!! I CANT BELIEVE YOU HAVENT READ HARRY POTTER!?!?!?!
And you call yourself a book lover! You should definitely read the whole series next, because it is quite lit..."


*quietly leaves the room* :-)

[★ Jess]

Im just goign with your comment, Joanne :)
They have no idea on everything they're missing out on...

"If people don't love HP, Jessica, we just have to let them go on their poor, misguided, deluded ways and try and understand them. Poor things.... ;D "

[Michael]

I'd read War and Peace before Harry Potter :-P

*insighting more HP verbal violence*