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  1. miss_messy

    miss_messy Registered User

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    Books!

    what type of books do people read.....if any?

    and has any1 read the dark materials trilogy?

    i want some new books to read....but im at a loss.......

    ...harry potter was pooh! :(
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    Im into reading Danielle Steals books at the min:D
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    miss_messy Registered User

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    is she like all luvee duveeee?
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    Don't have time to read many books anymore, which is a shame. Reading John Simpson's autobiography at the mo. Books by Michael Moore are gud too.

    Roald Dahl will always be :king: tho.
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    innit!

    cant beat georges marvelous medicine! and the twits!
    miss_messy, Sep 10, 2003
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    BFG was just so imaginative too. :D
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    miss_messy Registered User

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    aye.....

    didnt they make a film of it?

    films are never as good as books :(
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    I think so. Only a cartoon film tho. Ur right, they're never as gud. Altho, I don't think u cud ever put what was going on in Dahl's head into pictures.

    Still like watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tho. :D
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    Anything by Ben Elton, or Nick Hornby.

    'Inconceivable', 'Dead Famous' and 'High Society' being Elton favourites, 'How To Be Good' being a favourite of Hornby's :)
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    Nope, have you read any of her books or seen any of the films baised on the books?

    They aint all lovey dovey, some of them are quite touching, about stuff like families getting split up, close family members nd friends dying nd getting killed nd stuff.

    The one am reading at the min is called Sunset in St Tropez. Tis about 3 couples, ages 50-60, they are friends and have dinner parties nd go on hol nd stuff like that. T hey decide to go to St Tropez for a month. They book it nd stuff then one of the wifies dies, and it all goes a bit pare shaped from there.
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    aaaaaaaah........they sound quite sad......i like books that are about wierd shit.......kinda fantasy....but not like lord of the rings....i just read one that was all about parallel (sp?) universes n stuff...was dead good!
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    well some of them have happy endings, not all them like.
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    I tend to only really read Autobigraphie's really !

    Jaap Staam
    Kevin Keegan
    Peter Beardsley
    Alan Shearer
    David Batty
    Robert Lee (which is Ian E's, Miller can get it off me some time)

    They have all been quality books, fair enough there only footballers but they have made good reads on holidays, trips away !

    I am getting Roy Keanes soon which should be canny interesting :lol: :lol:
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    Have you read all the Flowers in the Attic series?? They are class. The first one is the best though, and its a true story aswell
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    No i aint read that one yet, have you read the journey-i have that one to read next!
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    Nope. It was Flowers in the Attic that got me hooked on her books. They made a film of it aswell. I wanna see the film. Its one of the best books Ive ever read
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    I find it really hard to read fiction ... although when i do its always stuff that my girlfriend has just read - "Memoirs of a geisha" or "wild swans" etc.. which i generally find really good.

    "Stupid white men" and anything along those lines is also fun now and again....


    ... generally though - the books i usually read are about the thickness of a phonebook with covers like "Visual Basic.NET for developers" on the front :chill:
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    I'm reading Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy at the minute, its the first book I have read for about 5 years!
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    i like to read...recently (since harry pothead book came out) ive read:

    the 5 potter series (theyre fun!)
    BILLY - Pamela whatsit...his wife (excellnt read, if u like the guy, read the book..explains a lot)
    Frank Skinner by Frank Skinner (very funi book with a lot of talk of west brom)
    Friend of the Family - Lisa Jewell (was alright...not as good as ralphs party)
    Ralphs party - Lisa Jewell (lovely book...great read...can open it anywhere and read...all fascinating, best fiction ive read in ages)
    Thirty-Something - Lisa Jewell (not as good as RP but still a good read...nice for bubble baths with candels and wine)
    Angels Ashes - Frank McCourt (brilliant...if uve not read this i shall beat you)


    gonna read One Hit Wonder - Lisa Jewell again next...tis a good book but not Thirty something or Ralphs Party...everyone go out and buy Ralphs party!
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    yeah, and they're shite with a capital S!

    made the mistake of reading one once to see what the fuss was...... was complete gash



    David Gemmel is what you want Jayne, I'll bring one round next week, you'll love it

    Mick, Hitchhikers is quality, so is Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

    best books....

    Wilbur Smith - River God
    Leon Uris - Exodus
    Lord od the Rings

    loads more, can't remember right now. love books :love: :love:
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