tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9862855.post7304575151022765027..comments2024-03-09T10:14:49.991+00:00Comments on BarrenAlbion: BookishMsPrufrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06533722219016814501noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9862855.post-62367870719410895012009-08-29T21:21:12.948+01:002009-08-29T21:21:12.948+01:00I adore the Outlander series, although it's ca...I adore the Outlander series, although it's called something different over here in the UK!! I should warn you, although you probably already know by now, that Lord John and the Private Matter is quite a different kind of book!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773481719981401980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9862855.post-26105251718620564842009-08-22T19:35:40.286+01:002009-08-22T19:35:40.286+01:00They redid the covers of the reissues of Diane Gab...They redid the covers of the reissues of Diane Gabaldon's books recently to unify all of them. (And I think to get away from the bodice ripper theme!) I just reread all of them this summer and have preordered her next one). I have also started reading Terry Goodkind's 11 book series, The Sword of Truth, that starts with The Wizard's First Rule. Each book is about 1000 pages so it should take me a while, and is not my usual reading, but so far has been quite good. I can't wait to try everyone else's suggestions.<br />I have so far resisted a kindle for the exact reasons that you given, I can read a book a day and I am afraid that I will spend way too much money if I can just download everything instantly if I don't have to leave my house to get it, especially late at night when I can't sleep.Melissiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04400720995551600134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9862855.post-2083452627304987222009-08-22T01:12:44.918+01:002009-08-22T01:12:44.918+01:00Some of the outlander series sex scenes make me ju...Some of the outlander series sex scenes make me just shiver with embarrassment - and I like sex! Still love the series.<br /><br />A friend recently recommended The Physick Book of something Dane - I forget the whole thing, but it looks fabulous.<br /><br />Have to echo Hairy - Lindsey Davis is hilarious and how could you not like Ellis Peters? For that matter, Peter Doherty (and all his aliases(??)) are great quick reads.<br />Oh oh and L. Suzanne Frank and Sharon Kay Penman.Thttp://goodtimesgoodtimes.typepad.com/goodtimesgoodtimes/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9862855.post-43428074809438013602009-08-21T08:26:57.373+01:002009-08-21T08:26:57.373+01:00I have just finished Outlander, courtesy of Shanno...I have just finished Outlander, courtesy of Shannon who was keen to start me off on the series - it had a considerably better cover than that one! I thoroughly enjoyed it and I keep dipping into it again for 5 minutes here and there, as I never seem to absorb everything first time round.<br /><br />I am always keen to start people off on Manda Scott's Boudicca series. Seriously, seriously good read, can recommend. You might enjoy Lindsey Davis and Ellis Peters if you like the historical fiction genre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9862855.post-60165543265806246302009-08-20T10:17:58.854+01:002009-08-20T10:17:58.854+01:00Glad to see you back.
Those Outlander books sound...Glad to see you back.<br /><br />Those Outlander books sound dreadful to me - sorry - but I wouldn't read Twilight either. I am a snob.<br /><br />Currently I am ploughing through 900 pages of Dombey & Son for book club. Usually I tear through Dickens but this is slooow.Betty Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106396238018550134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9862855.post-81259569884862805892009-08-17T13:53:28.809+01:002009-08-17T13:53:28.809+01:00I LOVED The Shipping News. I hope you enjoy it as...I LOVED The Shipping News. I hope you enjoy it as much as Outlander.Brigindohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05499279435958916161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9862855.post-62622328418181928032009-08-16T19:27:56.789+01:002009-08-16T19:27:56.789+01:00I, too, want to make sweet, sweet love to my Kindl...I, too, want to make sweet, sweet love to my Kindle on a daily basis. My only gripe is that I'm spending far, far too much money on books because of the instant gratification.<br /><br />I've never read the Outlander series, but now I think I may give them a try. <br /><br />Melody - the Anita Blake series is my all-time favorite. The later books in the series are vastly different from the first four or five, fyi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9862855.post-91305852228680393802009-08-15T13:38:32.842+01:002009-08-15T13:38:32.842+01:00I recently read The Book Thief and loved it. I'...I recently read The Book Thief and loved it. I'm telling everyone I know to read it. It's fantastic. It's classified as YA, but there's nothing juvenile about it at all. <br /><br />I also just finished The Weight of Silence - it was also excellent. <br /><br />My guilty pleasure is the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris. Such a fun series. Vampires, weres and lots of sex.Major Bedheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669161302510096751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9862855.post-60709506747423464902009-08-15T04:40:40.650+01:002009-08-15T04:40:40.650+01:00I've got the full Diana Gabaldon set on my she...I've got the full Diana Gabaldon set on my shelf, too. I like the first three quite a bit (Dragonfly in Amber is very good) but I think the series went downhill after that. I've got the one coming out this fall preordered, though. Gabaldon has a PhD in ecology- she's a smart woman and a good writer, though you're right about the cheesy sex scenes. They get less frequent after the first book. <br /><br />Jane Austen- I've read them all again and again. LOVE Austen. Especially Persuasion. Recently read books I've enjoyed: The Time Traveller's Wife (by Niffenberger), Tender at the Bone (by Reichl). And anything by Bill Bryson has me snorting coffee out my nose.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13877459820678525532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9862855.post-82313286100895920502009-08-15T02:47:41.260+01:002009-08-15T02:47:41.260+01:00Ok, you've pulled me out of lurkdom. I'm ...Ok, you've pulled me out of lurkdom. I'm a huge Outlander fan, loved all the books, own them all in hard back and I usually reread the series prior to the next one being released. I've pre-ordered the next book in the series which comes out in September (Echo in the Bone). Lately I've read a few books in Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. Cheesy sex, vampires and other various supernatural creatures, what's not to like?Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163526193361637722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9862855.post-80925363319981108602009-08-15T02:16:40.655+01:002009-08-15T02:16:40.655+01:00For the love of all that's garlic, how could y...For the love of all that's garlic, how could you?! I just could not get interested in Outlander...and my copy was free! (yay for damaged books when you work in a bookstore). As for what I'm reading, I just made a recommended reads post on B&M.Orodemniadeshttp://birchandmaple.blogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9862855.post-4306221826159109632009-08-15T01:28:55.743+01:002009-08-15T01:28:55.743+01:00GIVE IN TO THE PRESSURE! Buy Dragonfly in Amber! T...GIVE IN TO THE PRESSURE! Buy <i>Dragonfly in Amber!</i> They may make you feel cheap and ridiculously, but here's the thing: they are damned enjoyable. I'm on book 6 of the series (<i>A Breath of Snow and Ashes</i>) and just. can't. stop.<br /><br />I'm also reading Mel from Stirrup Queen's <i>Navigating the Land of If</i> -- she does us proud, ladies. Really, really, she does.<br /><br />I've got various others waiting -- Dooce's memoir, Kate Harding's <i>Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere</i>, and gobs of novels that I just never got around to reading . . .Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12515687893431870192noreply@blogger.com