OT: new thread about books/authors

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- ellice
  
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15 years ago

Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:11 PM

LOL - I think we're in the same boat. I had planned to read the book prior to the show, then after the show, and am just stalled. But, if you get a chance to see the show, it's worth it - if it fits the budget. On that topic - DH was telling me how lucky we WRT seeing "Frost/Nixon" on stage a few months ago (before the movie came-out), as Stacey Keach (who was great) just had a small stroke while on tour with it.

Next - we're seeing Ragtime. But this summer we see "The Color Purple" with Fantasia (of American Idol fame) in the lead. Should be fun.

ellice

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- Gillian Murray
  
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15 years ago

Thu, Mar 19, 2009 6:14 PM

I got tired of the Cornwell books about four years ago. I will give a try with her new one. Kathy Reich turned me off when she started the TV show. Brennan wasn't as I had visualised her and I prefer to read a book than see the film or TV.

Evanovich was fine for the first four or five books...then BORING...just more of the same.

I still like Jance, and look forward to the new Brady book. There is a new "Anna Pigeon" coming out shortly..and I will be on the list at the library when that happens.

Gill

Catching up on posts.

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- Trish Brown
  
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15 years ago

Thu, Mar 19, 2009 10:28 PM

I'm not up to 'Double Cross' yet (half-way through 'Four Blind Mice') but *I* think he's got a hide asking a woman in her eighties to care almost exclusively for a baby!!! Nappies, feeding, doctor appointments... Poor old Nana Mama's got a lot on her plate!

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- NDJoan
  
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15 years ago

Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:14 PM

I just finished it and was very disappointed in it. I thought it was boring, actually, and I love fantasy stuff. I don't think I'll even attempt "Son of a Witch". I've also read a couple of his books for about the 5th-grader level. Couldn't get into those, either (and I really like reading kids' books!), so I guess Gregory Maguire just doesn't do it for me.

I'm going to the public library shortly to get the next of Naomi Novik's Temeraire series (a dragon), which adds a fantasy aspect to the Napoleonic War (the dragons are used for battle).

If you like fantasy, have you read Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series? There are 13 or 14 in the series with a couple of smaller related books. I thought they were really good and didn't get tired of them.

Joan