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How are you getting on with Artemis Fowl?
I have done the one-click thing. Now if you can all do a sun dance I will be ready to go!Thanks Jud!
Downloaded and ready to go. Put on hold 'cause I have to go to a model railway show with OH. Hmm will take Kindle with me.
I have downloaded this, and will give it a go, I may surprise myself and like it! I will start reading it tonight.
I've been hesitating over reading this for a while, so it's nice to have something to give me a gentle push! All downloaded and ready to go. Thanks Jud!
The only thing I have read before by him was his follow up to the Dounglas Adams' books and to me, it didn't cut the mustard. I've heard a lot about Artemis Fowl though and I'm prepared to give it a go.
Oooh, I loved the Artemis Fowl book...I'll have to re-read it to refresh my memory.
You're getting awfully cheeky simon.Hope you all enjoy it :o) and sorry if you don't!
Did you choose it Jud...well done if you did, it's a great book!
I got the sample of this a long time ago, but didn't particularly like it and deleted it. I'll get the sample again and give it another go.
I one-clicked then went to the charity shop for a browse. Imagine my surprise when Artemis Fowl was there in paperback.I explained that I had bought the eBook and thought it was reasonable they should GIVE me the paperback as it was just an older format of the same thing. The lady in Cancer research didn't seem to be able to grasp the idea.
Isnt there a DVD as well? You should have that, too!Meant to say, Ive clicked it and plan on spending tomorrow afternoon sprawled on the couch reading it. If anyone would like to bring me chocolates and cups of tea while I read, you'd be most appreciated.
Patti (P E) wrote: "Isnt there a DVD as well? You should have that, too!
Meant to say, Ive clicked it and plan on spending tomorrow afternoon sprawled on the couch reading it. If anyone would like to bring me chocola..."
I think that the only way that Simon can fairly judge our recipe competition is to actually cook all the recipes! Then of course there will be quite a lot for one man and one cat to eat - so he can bring some out to you, Patti!! :0)
Meant to say, Ive clicked it and plan on spending tomorrow afternoon sprawled on the couch reading it. If anyone would like to bring me chocola..."
I think that the only way that Simon can fairly judge our recipe competition is to actually cook all the recipes! Then of course there will be quite a lot for one man and one cat to eat - so he can bring some out to you, Patti!! :0)
Not a book I would have gone for, but will happily give it a try, hoping to get surprised :)
I read it a couple of years ago and I thought it was ok but not brilliant.
Not normally the type of book I would choose so I downloaded the sample to try it first.
I'll try anything once - except incest and folk dancing. I wish I could remember who said that!
Got it and will have a stab at it, but its not my usual genre.
Downloaded, but I'm still only 63% through Chrysalids. These group reads are coming thick and fast!
kids got this on kindle a wee while back so will gladly give it a go.
Just downloaded the book.Like others not one I would normally read but hey,thats what this group is all about.Congratulations Jud.
13% can't say much really but it is easy reading and entertaining so far.
Ingnite wrote: "I'll try anything once - except incest and folk dancing. I wish I could remember who said that!"
It was Sir Thomas Beecham ;o)
I had 2 books in mind and i went for this one because i thought it was one that people wouldnt normally go for hope you enjoy it!
Ah, Sir Thomas Beecham - a hero of mine. He also told off a lady cellist. He said "Madam, you have God's greatest gift to man between your legs and all you can do is scratch it!"20% into the book and I'm finding it a bit twee and fey and dare I say, derivative. However, onward and upward. I'm not disliking it shall we say.
I'm giving this read a miss. I have it on my Kindle but don't have the time for it this month.Hope you all enjoy it.
I'm going to be missing this one too - but will read the discussions with interest. Enjoy.
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I'm still wondering why he has s girl's name? Artemis is the Hunting goddess - like Diana.
I'm having to re-read it as I've got a lousy memory, but I do remember enjoying it because I bought some of the later ones.I must admit I didn't get on with White Fang...I just wasn't in the mood for it.
This looks good, so I have just 1-clicked. I have gone through a lean spell - 3 freebies I had started to read & then trashed! I wasn't sure what to start next but this looks interesting
I read the sample and found it light and enjoyable so I've one-clicked it. Just goes to show you can't always judge a book by its genre!
Had a tricky day so I think I might take a pint of beer, a packet of pickled onion monster munches and my kindle into a soft chair and carry on with Artmeis....Any minute now :)
20% in and so far so good.So different from anything else I have read.I never read much fantasy when young I was more into classics.I keep stopping trying to think what I would have made of this book when I was 12.Difficult,as it was so long ago!
34% in and I can't get into it. Maybe it's just that fairy/elf/trolls stories are just not for me... Or maybe my head's just not in it at the moment... will persist though !
Just read the introduction and now popping up to get a cup of tea. I think I'm really going to enjoy this!
Had a look at the sample and it didn't really grab me so I think I will give this a miss.
I'm warming to it (praise from Ignite?) I can cope with triolls and such - I would donate my back teeth to Sir Terry Pratchett - but this isn't in that league.
It is very childish but thats what i like about it.
It's not doing it for me. I am surprised as I like this sort of thing. Struggling.
I downloaded the sample and read that yesterday, but it's really not for me. I'm glad I tried the sample, but don't want to read the rest of the book. Another reason why kindle is so great, sample downloads. Thanks for recommending it anyway.
Downloaded and read the sample and it does look interesting. However, I am still struggling to finish The Quiche of Death, right now. Not sure whether the story just isn't grabbing my attention or the fact that it's my first DTB I've read since getting my Kindle and I am finding it quite awkward going back to a paperback. Maybe a bit of both.
well I've decided I'll give up for now. Will read it as bedtime story when I have finished the Golden Acorn...
I've started its i'm about halfway through. Mummy kindly posted me over my DTB version so i didnt have to pay for it again on kindle. I love it! I'm really enjoying reading it again.Can anyone with the kindle version tell me if there are random symbols along the bottom of the page or anywhere? Its on my paper copy and i can remember decoding it all when i first read it... And the eternity code one as well. Oh what a wild child i was.
I loved the Golden Acorn Lorraine! I read it in one sitting and then went and downloaded the 2nd one Glasruhen Gate and read it in one go as well. 3rd one is out soon.
At the start of each chapter there's a square with some symbols in it. For example the first chapter one shows an open book, two triangles with circles at the points, a sort of cross made out of circles, a mushroom, a square and a thing with six sides with lines across it.I must admit I never knew it was a code...I'll have to study them again now!
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yea i think its the fairy book written out so you can decode it and read it all. Although think the symbols at the start of a chapter are something else though like the chapter title or number or something.
I agree Judd, it's a really pretty story so far. Little one seems to enjoy it, the annoying bit is that we have to look through all the trees we pass by on the way to preschool to see if we find a golden acorn now lol !
I've got quite a few euro € symbols in mine in the dialogue, can anybody enlighten me on what they are meant to be ?
Me too...At one point I was thinking they were meant to be exclamation marks?
No Spoilers here please
(A spoiler is something about the plot that might spoil the story for someone who hasn't got quite as far as you)