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Posted : 5/30/2007 11:48:39 PM

ORIGINAL: MhadDog

One of my favorite funny books is "The Complete Hitch hikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams...

Must agree....
Loved the entire series...
otherwise...I just hit the library and see what I like that day....

ashland

Posted : 5/31/2007 12:29:21 PM

ORIGINAL: random

ORIGINAL: ashland
I fell in love with this book so much that when I first read it I would say, "If I ever have a daughter, I'm naming her Ayla!" [] I have re-read all of the books at least 3 times each. I will be one of the first at the bookstore when the next one is released.

I love the name Ayla too! I didn't like the last book as much as the earlier ones. I didn't find that all that much happened. It was ok, but it felt more like a really, really long prologue than an actual book! I'm looking forward to the next one, though. Any idea when we can expect it?

I agree. The last book was very long and somewhat boring. I also was kind of getting tired of how Ayla can do no wrong. She's like the ultimate woman, thinking of everything, inventing everything, able to do anything. I like the implication, but it was getting old in that book for me. I still love the series though and will read the next one when it comes out. I have no idea when that will be. The last I read on her website was that she was still working on it and that was over a year ago that I checked.

marlania

Posted : 5/31/2007 12:49:17 PM

Running With Scissors

saw the movie and enjoyed it.. Now I really wanna read the book![

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I loved the book! Haven't seen the movie yet.

I thought the movie blew big time. The book was way better, but that's just me.

jjsmom06

Posted : 5/31/2007 12:54:37 PM

I thought the movie blew big time. The book was way better, but that's just me.

the books ALWAYS are (which is why I rarely see the movie if I have already read the book. I like the movie enough though to get me interested in reading the book which I am sure is WAY better...

ashland

Posted : 5/31/2007 1:06:15 PM

I read Running with Scissors and had mixed feelings about it. Some of it just seemed SO out there. I did enjoy it though and my mom really liked it. Neither of us have seen the movie though. I do remember that Annette Benning was nominated for something for her role in it though, wasn't she?

jjsmom06

Posted : 5/31/2007 1:08:50 PM

I do remember that Annette Benning was nominated for something for her role in it though, wasn't she?

I believe so and she played the crazy mom quite well... [

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Benedict

Posted : 5/31/2007 1:25:51 PM

I highly recomment "We Need To Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver. I read a LOT, but it's probably the best mainstream fiction I've read in a decade.

pofi_pasquale

Posted : 5/31/2007 1:35:55 PM

So excited so many others loved The Kite Runner, too; it is, without a doubt, one of the most compelling recently written novels I've read. Again, I recommend that one without hesitation - I did weep throughout, but it's not maudlin. Just moving.

Anne Rice (at least the first Vampire series and some of the Mayfair stuff) is my guilty pleasure. I first read Interview when I was 13 or so and have a first edition of the paperback and a signed first edition of the hard cover. I waited SOOOO long for the second book to come out - I was actually in college and was a little underwhelmed when I read the jacket and found Lestat would become a rock star in the 20th century. But it was better than it sounded! Still, the first is, for my money, the pinnacle. So fraught with conflict, ambiguity and emotion -very HUMAN!

Love Margaret Atwood - even loved the Opera based on The Handmaid's Tale. Very operatic material...

ashland

Posted : 5/31/2007 1:47:41 PM

ORIGINAL: pofi_pasquale

So excited so many others loved The Kite Runner, too; it is, without a doubt, one of the most compelling recently written novels I've read. Again, I recommend that one without hesitation - I did weep throughout, but it's not maudlin. Just moving.

Anne Rice (at least the first Vampire series and some of the Mayfair stuff) is my guilty pleasure. I first read Interview when I was 13 or so and have a first edition of the paperback and a signed first edition of the hard cover. I waited SOOOO long for the second book to come out - I was actually in college and was a little underwhelmed when I read the jacket and found Lestat would become a rock star in the 20th century. But it was better than it sounded! Still, the first is, for my money, the pinnacle. So fraught with conflict, ambiguity and emotion -very HUMAN!

Love Margaret Atwood - even loved the Opera based on The Handmaid's Tale. Very operatic material...

I almost picked up "The Vampire Chronicles" by Anne Rice the other day. It begins with Interview with the Vampire and then had like 3 other books with it. I've never read any Anne Rice novels, but I did see the movie Interview with the Vampire. I've been wanting to try her stuff out. I might just go pick up one of her books this weekend now. [

] I was confused though because there were SO many books by her and I didn't know if some of them were part of a series and I didn't want to read anything out of order.

Harleygirl

Posted : 5/31/2007 3:36:01 PM

I tried to read an Anne Rice book and couldn't finish it. She's soooo wordy. I was like, get on with it. But her stories are great. I enjoy her movies for the most part.

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