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[Margo]

I think Pete has everything Ben ever wrote in paper books, except this one. He also has all his comedy DVD's . Ben Elton was of our era and he was "right on" ;-)

[Paul]

Trelawns dad has read most of the Ben Elton stuff

[Thomas, Moderator]

The Blood upon the Rose is free(kindle edition) today at Amazon US. It takes place in 1919 Ireland. It is described as a novel of love and freedom. I don't know how good it is, but for free, I can give it a try.

[Margo]

I bought 2 today:
Lila for bookclub
Far From True mams favoite author

And got this one free on kindle yesterday, and downloaded narration for £2.25
Queen of Someday

[Trelawn]

I bought Sense & Sensibility from Kenny's for €4.64. I enjoyed Northanger Abbey and Eligible from the Austen Project so I wanted to give this a go. Might hang on to it for my hols though as an easy read.

[Margo]

I'll have to try some of the Austin Project books. Listened to the audio of Eligiable and it seems good. Is it the exact same story (i.e. plot and charactors) put into modern setting, or are there changes that may annoy me??

[Margo]

May have to invest at a future date ;-p

[Sara]

So I've recently bought two books.

You one of our Quarterly Reads, which sadly isn't at my local library. I got a good price and free shipping on a new copy from the Book Depository site.

Black Betty was purchased on an impromptu road trip to Brattleboro, VT at Mysteries on Main.

[Sara]

I also had a few of my library holds come in.

Uprooted (Paul, I mean to finally chime in over on the Dragons and Jetpacks group)

The Nameless City

The Passage. This a behemoth of a book that I've had on audiobook for a while. The audiobook is almost 37 hours long, while the print hardback is 766 pages. By doing a dual read/listen, I'll be able to get through it quicker!

[Seraphina]

I quite enjoyed the passage Sara, though it looks like a big read I'd say you'll fly through it

[Paul]

I really hope you like Uprooted Sara :-)

[Margo]

Uprooted is out on audio here later this month so I'll be joining you guys :-)

[Trelawn]

We had a quick trip into Chapters yesterday for Paul's birthday and I picked up two books;
A Week I'm December by Sebastian Faulks and The Other Mrs Walker which is a debut novel by Mary Paulson-Ellis.

When I was out the other day I also picked up Hitman Anders and the Meaning of it all by Jonas Jonasson. I really enjoyed his first two books.

[Margo]

Couldn't resist todays DD on audible UK Salmon Fishing In The Yemen. Saw the film and it was ok, but the book sounds much better.

[Gavin]

Recently Bought The Hidden Oracle
Rebel of the Sands ( the blurb and cover pulled me in )
Desolation ( still need to read the first one of this tro )
The Dark Army ( been looking forward to this )

Finally picked up the Red Cover of this so I can finally reread it again, This edition is not the one I wanted but it will do ( €32 )
The Lord of the Rings

[Colleen]

The Fireman by Joe Hill came in the mail today.Pretty excited :)

[Seraphina]

Have you read hill before colleen? I've heard mixed reviews of his books, just wondering

[Paul]

I read NOS4A2 last year and it was excellent.
The reviews I've seen so far for Fireman are all saying its something special. I read the sampler earlier this year that and I reckon it will be huge. I ordered the special edition so will have to wait a while I think.

[Margo]

Paul wrote: "I read NOS4A2 last year and it was excellent.
The reviews I've seen so far for Fireman are all saying its something special. I read the sampler earlier this year that and I reckon it will be huge...."

I got NOS4R2 whan it came out but then I heard poor reveiws. I never got around to listening to it. I got Locke and Key as a giveaway soon after and that is also still on my TBR. Since I found out he is Steven Kings son I am even more loath to try him for sum reason.

[Colleen]

Seraphina wrote: "Have you read hill before colleen? I've heard mixed reviews of his books, just wondering"

I have read Heart-Shaped Box,Horns and NOS4A2 and I have loved each more than the last.I think the more he writes he just gets better. The only one of his I haven't read yet is 20th Century Ghosts I have it but I not a big fan of short stories so I keep pushing it aside.Looking at the list of his books I realized he has a graphic novel,haven't read that either lol.So far my favorite is NOS4A2 but I have a feeling that will change.Now I just need to find the time to read it :)

[Paul]

He's a bit different to his dad , and a lot of his work has been in graphic novels .
I never heard any poor reviews of N0S4A2 to be honest, its got over a 4 star average and its hard to find anything less than a 3 star on Goodreads.
Amongst my goodreads friends its very popular and it was a halloween BOTM last year for my other book group and went down very well.

[Colleen]

I agree with Paul, It's an amazing novel .Try him out what do you have to lose ,you already have the book :) I don't usually read reviews and only read what sound interesting .It usually works out well except the time I read Room but that's another story . That had excellent reviews (I checked after I finished)
and I think I'm the only person that loath it to the degree I did .Oh well

[Donna]

I'm another HUGE fan of Joe Hill. Can't wait to see what you think of The Fireman, Colleen.

[H]

Have also put off Hill because of who is father is, didn't want to be disappointed and King can be hit or miss as is...

[SherryRose]

Heather, I haven't read Hill either. As far as King goes, I agree. It's hit and miss. I have a brother who thinks King is the best but I barely like his work. As you said, hit and miss. Some of his work is ok. I saw a talk show one day where they stacked all of Stephen Kings books. It was quite a high stack! I am out of the loop a lot when it comes to going with the crowd lol

[Margo]

Colleen wrote: "I agree with Paul, It's an amazing novel .Try him out what do you have to lose ,you already have the book :) I don't usually read reviews and only read what sound interesting .It usually works out ..."

The poor reviews I'm talking about were from my mum and 2 of my friends who usually enjoy a bit of vamp action ;-p

[H]

Sherry I think King has published over 50 full length novels and upwards of 200 short stories so quiet the stack in a relatively young lifetime. His die hard fans seem to think he can do no wrong but some of his stuff is just bloody awful. Don't even get me started on Cujo (which apparently he can't even remember writing because he was so out of his mind with drugs..)!

[Margo]

Sherry wrote: "Heather, I haven't read Hill either. As far as King goes, I agree. It's hit and miss. I have a brother who thinks King is the best but I barely like his work. As you said, hit and miss. Some of his..."

I'm a big fan of Kings early work and I read everything he wrote up to and including Needful Things, which was only so-so. But so-so King is a lot better than some stuff that gets published!

The most recent thing I read was 11/22/63 which was pretty good. My favorite was The Talisman and i'm looking forward to Black House when I get arround to it.

[Paul]

Its not your typical vampire book really at all as in theres not actually a vampire in it . The N0S4A2 bit is more an old joke .
So not one for fans of twinkly vampires ;-)

[SherryRose]

Heather wrote: "Sherry I think King has published over 50 full length novels and upwards of 200 short stories so quiet the stack in a relatively young lifetime. His die hard fans seem to think he can do no wrong b..."

Drugs? I never knew he was on drugs. I hated Christine, Firestarter, and especially Carrie. Yup! I'm out of the King loop. I like him though. It's fun to see him do an interview. I like the fact that he stays in his home town and sticks with his old friends and as far as I know he's faithful to his first and only wife. I have liked some of his work.

[SherryRose]

Margo wrote: "Sherry wrote: "Heather, I haven't read Hill either. As far as King goes, I agree. It's hit and miss. I have a brother who thinks King is the best but I barely like his work. As you said, hit and mi..."

My daughter loves King and she's been trying to get me to watch the miniseries of 11/22/63.

[H]

Yes Sherry, over a decade of many drugs and severe problems with alcohol. There was an intervention by friends and family which saved his life or he likely wouldn't be here today.

[Gavin]

Only Hill novel I have read is Horns, only king novels are the first two in the gunslinger.

[Gavin]

Here is King writing to his 16 year old self http://tinyurl.com/h57o473

[SherryRose]

Heather wrote: "Yes Sherry, over a decade of many drugs and severe problems with alcohol. There was an intervention by friends and family which saved his life or he likely wouldn't be here today."

Oh yes duh! I heard him talking about it on NPR one day. It was following his accident. My memory scares me sometimes.

[SherryRose]

I was working in a classroom one day and the class was listening to a Stephen King book. (Forgot which one) anyway he was gross. The scene they were listening to and reading along with was a girl losing her virginity and bleeding and he used the "c" word....gross...

[Margo]

Was he narrating it himself? I heard him narrate a book in which a female character had an rather vocal "good time". I think I may have been scarred for life!!

[H]

Sherry. Absolutely detest that word. Some things are easier read than heard I guess.

I've only read a 3 King novels that I can recall - Gerald's Game, The Green Mile and Dolores Claiborne. The first two I very much enjoyed and the third absolutely thrilled me as I read it as a child and felt very naughty.

[SherryRose]

LOL Margo! No, he wasn't the narrator of this one. I'm glad I didn't hear the one you heard!

I have to think about it but I know I've liked some Stephen King.

[Colleen]

My favorite Stephen King novels I think are IT, The Stand and 11/22/63

[Seraphina]

Misery and it are my favourite. His older books are just genius. Cujo is another one.

[Bill]

Up until "The Green Mile," I read every single one of his non-Dark Tower books. And nothing since then. I can't explain it, but I do want to try some more "recent" stuff. "The Stand" is probably my favorite so far. Exception: I listened to the audio book of "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon," which I think I would have hated as a standard book, but narrated by Anne Heche, somehow it worked.

[H]

Ah nice reminder Bill, I've also read The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon. It was a weird one to read and wasn't sure what I felt about it after.

[Bill]

Heather wrote: "Ah nice reminder Bill, I've also read The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon. It was a weird one to read and wasn't sure what I felt about it after."

It almost seemed like a personal experiment for him: "Can I write a book entirely in the head of a young girl?"

[Sara]

So today four books came into my home.

I had to order Innocent Erendira and Other Stories from Amazon, when the library hold I had on it didn't come in. While on Amazon I was reminded that I had saved The Root in my shopping cart "to be order later" on a previous visit...so I went ahead and got it.

Then I took a bit of a road trip. A friend of mine is spending the Memorial Day weekend holiday, hiking a 18 mile section of the Appalachian trail and needed to be dropped off...Naturally since there was a independent bookstore, The Bookloft near where I dropped her, I had to stop in. I spent about 90 minutes browsing and came away with two books.

The Mirror Empire is one I've been wanting for awhile. México20: New Voices, Old Traditions was one that randomly intrigued me while browsing. It's an anthology of 20 promising Mexican writers under 40 . I'm ashamed to say I've heard of none of them

[Trelawn]

Managed a quick trip to Chapters today and picked up Every Man for Himself and Master Georgie; both by Beryl Bainbridge. I picked them up because I enjoyed The Birthday Boys so much.

The little fella got a few books too;
There's a diplodocus at the door
Aliens love underpants
Aliens in Underpants saw the world
He also got three ladybird books about trucks, mechanics and postmen

[Seraphina]

Aliens in underpants lol, got to love kids titles

[Trelawn]

Ah it's a great series. we bought it for my godson a few years back and he loved it.

[Thomas, Moderator]

Trelawn wrote: "Managed a quick trip to Chapters today and picked up Every Man for Himself and Master Georgie; both by Beryl Bainbridge. I picked them up because I enjoyed The Birthday Boys so much.

The little fe..."
fun titles!

[H]

I just bought City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin on my kindle...been a while since I've gotten anything new and can't wait to see how the trilogy ends!