Books, Books, and more Books !

I can't wait for the H.P. movie, too. me and a big group of my friends are all going to go see it together. I really can't wait for the next book either. and if they keep getting bigger like they have been, I'm gonna need a crane to lift #7!
~oh, and I just remembered the book I recently read I wanted to tell yall about. for my independant novel in English class, I read The Color Purple, by Alice Walker. It was pretty heavy, but it was good. have you read it?

I've got to read The Color Purple for my book-discussion group at the library. Hurry up and read it, then let me know what you think! (I'm just glad it has nothing to do with The Artist Formerly Known As Oily and that awful film The Color Purple.)



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Wasn't that awful film called Purple Rain?
I vaguely remember it...had to love the 80's!

Cle

Cleo, thank you very much! Yeah, I believe you're correct. Oh, well; I knew it had something to do with "purple." Sorry, Michelle, for that bogus information! When one gets old, one's mind is the second thing to go.

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The Color Purple is a wonderful book and the movie was excellent as well. It IS really heavy and will tear your heart to shreds, but it is well worth the read!

If you liked the Harry Potter books, you absolutely must read the Golden Compass series. Animal lovers will especially love the book, because the people all have animals that are a part of them (like a cat or dog that must always be with them) and if the animal is taken away , the person will slowly die. These books are written for young folks, but I liked them even better than the Harry Potter books (and I'm a grown-up).

P.S. Just to brag....those of you who like Marion Zimmer Bradly....my husband had one of his short stories published in Marion Zimmer Bradley's collection of her favorite short stories!

Please give us a citation for that book, so we can find it via our libraries and read your husband's story!



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I just love reading all these posts!!! And even though I have a small library near me...I doubt they have all the books I want...it is easier to go to Des Moines and buy them at the bookstores!!
And guys....I actually liked the movie Purple Rain... :laughing:

lotsocats- yes, please tell us which one!

I don't understand how I forgot to mention Untinen-Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear and stuff... I love those books and have read them over and over. Actually, I think the second one is the best.

Heather- I know what you mean about Heinlein and sex. Never bothered me, as in being too graphic or anything, just got tired of the obsession (but have to give it to him, considering his date of birth and everything, he really tried to be open-minded). Well, actually he had a few obsessions, and it seemed like the main characters were always alike in all his books. But I still liked them.

I haven't read many new scifi books, as I mostly read what my dad has in his "library" or gets me for xmas (I get at least 10 books each xmas), and he mainly gets the oldies. For last xmas I got David Brin's Uplift novels, and I *loved* those! Definitely worth it if you haven't read them (they were written in the 80s I think).

Btw, everyone, my friend is doing her Bachelor's paper on Harry Potter books.

Joe:

If you didn't like the movie The Color Purple, good luck with the book. I found it tough to get through because it was written in the dialect, as I remember.

Deb25,
Who said there weren't enough Harry Potter fans here???
And while I'm still at it: any Paul Auster fans here???

So many books, so little time. . . I am in my 30's and I loved Harry Potter, too. I also recommend C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia to all HP fans.
Any mystery fans out there? I just finished the newest Anne Perry, which kind of bums me out, cause now I have to wait for the next one. She is an incredible writer, who delves into Victorian England as much as the murders.
I wonder if any of the sci-fi fans have read Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. I am finished with book 4, I really can't wait to get started with the next book, the books are very compelling.
Fans of The Mists of Avalon--don't forget to watch the miniseries next weekend. I know movies are usually inferior to the books they are based on, but I am always hopeful.:rainbow:

I just finished Dreamcatcher, by Stephen King. If you like weird stories, this one is for you.

Robin

My mom brought me home the first of the Golden Compass books a couple nights ago, and I ended up in tears over it. It was so good! I can't wait to get into town to get the next one! Is the second and third as good as the first?
And I also have every one of the Narnia books; I got them in a set back in grade school and I love tham all! I haven't read them in awhile, I think I'll pull them out again. (though, for me, awhile is about 3 months!)

Michelle, the second Golden Compass book was even better than the first. I've heard that #3 is out...I have to go looking for it.

I just gave up on A Man in Full by Thomas Wolfe (I think that's the correct name). It didn't grab me and I'd rather spend my time reading something that clicks rather than forcing myself through a novel. I'll grab the next book off my "to read" shelf when I get home tonight.

Regarding the Mists of Avalon. I watched the movie last weekend and thought it was really good. I didn't realize it was a book! Does anyone know the author?

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sue

Mists of Avalon is by Marion Zimmer Bradley. I have the book around here somewhere, I keep meaning to read it.

The Mists of Avalon was one of my favorite books, I really enjoyed the movie as well. Marion Z Bradley also wrote several other books about Avalon and the priestesses. One is called The Forest House, the other is Lady of Avalon. All of them are great reads.

I loved Mists because it gave a new perspective of the Arthur legend. I also understood more about King Arthur after I read it.

has anybody read 'The blue nowhere' by Jeffrey Deaver? I just ordered it & will be getting it shortly.

NO ONE has read this? (see above post)

I know we have some Jeffrey Deaver fans out there.


where are you guys.... *looks under a bush*