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- Rinda
- Just your basic, curious girl with a penchant for wondering about weird stuff.
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The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper. No kidding, there's just something about it! Also The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley.
Also any Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams...sigh...I read a lot.
I've really enjoyed the older Sidney Sheldon books. Master of the Game, The Other Side of Midnight, etc. Good reads.
Agreed to Terry Pratchett. I'm reading Feet of Clay right now. My only concern is that I read faster than he writes.
Also anything by Wendell Berry. He's a very well known Kentucky writer and his prose is more poetic than most poetry I've read. (There was a young man from Nantucket...) He's brilliant yet very accessible.
Hey bill, have you tried Neil Gaiman? Went in with Pratchett to write Good Omens. He has several novels and a whole series of graphic novels that are completely worthwhile. I prefer to read the novels, but I hear the graphic novels are very good, too.
And you aren't the only person who bemoans reading faster than authors can write :D
My theory is that fanfic is an invention of such people. Usually a terrible invention.
Funny you mention that, V. I just printed off my 20% discount Borders coupon to go buy Good Omens after work.
Ooh - that's right, it expires soon, doesn't it? I have to go print out my own :D
Yes. I've been sucked into the Borders coupon maelstrom. Now my weekend revolves around getting to Borders to save what generally amounts to about two bucks.
It's all well and good, but the fact is that when I go shopping for books, I really shop. None of that window shopping nonsense. So that $2 is a pittance.
It's for books, though. Which are completely worth the expense.
I hesitate to mention this, but has anyone read any Elmore Leonard? He spent the first half of his career writing westerns before switching to crime novels. He wrote the books that the movies Jackie Brown, Be Cool and Get Shorty were based on. I think a few more are in the works. Tarantino's a big fan.
Rinda, you found a great discussion topic :)
No I haven't, but I am about to go on a major bookstore run this weekend. I'll keep it in mind.
Iris Johansen, Robert B. Parker, Janet Evanovich, and Dennis Lehane are all fun detective/funny books that I enjoy re-reading.
Bill, just in case you didn't know, Terry P. has a new book out: Making Money. Thought you'd like to know.
I saw that. The continuing adventures of Moist von Lipwig. (Hello, I'm Moist... )
(How sad is it that the blog's author doesn't even answer until the next day!) I'm a Peter David fan. He writes a series of Star Trek books that I love (don't say a WORD, Bill!) and he writes a satirical fantasy series called "Sir Apropros of Nothing." Brilliant!
Amy, I also enjoyed Sheldon, but I haven't read any of his stuff in a long time. My favorite Douglas Adams is "Restaurant..." That book cracks me up!
And yes, this sounds trite/predictable, but there are some (old) Stephen King books that I can re-read and they never get old--Firestarter, Pet Semetery, It, Misery, etc...
And there are probably a hundred more that I can't think of now. (Remember, I'm an ex-literature teacher...)
Twilight Series. I'll admit it. I'm a little embarassed, but I'll say it anyways.
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