Recent content by Deerskin

No such thing! I'm firmly of the opinion that some of the best books are 'children's books', and some the best writers are those that write for children! The 'Anne books' are old favourites of mine, too. I have to add another recommendation here too, for 'King of Shadows' by Susan Cooper - a...

Loved it! I just finished this book a few hours ago and then this thread caught my eye. I would also recommend this book - I loved it, though it was very disturbing and more horrifying than the type of books I normally read (I'm a big scaredy-cat and usually stay away from horror-type...

letterhead - lol - if I ever read a Piers Anthony book again I'll be looking out for the word 'oriented'! IMO, Ogre, Ogre is one of the better Xanth books (along with Castle Roogna, my favourite:))

I'm looking for some ideas on the importance of character to children's literature. Is good character the most important plot of a children's novel? And I love to hear some favourite characters - the most memorable from your own youth and the best there are today. I'd love the hear some opinions...

Morry: "Wrong...: There is another audioversion of Harry Grotter: An American one, dreadful... 'Hey, man, wanna make a bit of magic potion?'" I didn't know about this version untill I came accross it online recently! i tried to download a section but couldn't. Is it really that bad...

Hi Vicky! I'm new here too but it seems like such a great, friendly place :D Glad you're enjoying the Hobbit, one of my favourites!

Is it classed as fantasy? I have not quite finished the first book but I have so far come across nothing which I would normally classify as 'fantasy'. Despite this I was undecided whether to post this thread here or in the Fantasy section.

Has anyone got a favourite poem they'd like to share? I'd love to read them. I've seen similar threads on other messageboards, where members post poems they love, and I always like to have a read through, as I would not usually read any poetry. I'll start with a favourite from William...

I am fascinated by Children's literature and have found some of the comments posted on this board, especially by parents, very interesting. However, all the threads about this topic appear to be 'general' ones, and I'd love to enlarge on some of the discussions in them if anyone would be...

I have started reading Titus Groan after years of meaning to and am finding it.. unusual. Reading the introduction to the text (written by Anthony Burgess) I was interested in it's apparant status as a classic of literature, though often overlooked. I'd love to get other opinions on this - it's...

I find this one a difficult question to answer because I have often found that the most effective villain is one who is not neccessarily all bad - as with any good character there are many sides. For example, Sauron's actions were for personal power, he was not always evil but had been...

I'm glad you said that Prolixic because I have a few books and authors in mind which I'd like to introduce threads for but it seems a waste when there are very few replies (I guess I'm used to a huge messageboard where, if a thread is ignored for long it will quickly fall out of sight and sit...

!!! Underlining books! I would never write in a book I owned but, like lies, I like to read other peoples comments sometimes. The only time I have written in books is during my university course and I often found the notes of others quite useful too! I have recently joined bookcrossing.com and...

Any Auel fans here? I first picked up The Clan of the Cave Bear aged about fourteen and read it every summer for years before I read the next three. I think that as a 'stand alone' book it's one of my all-time favourites - I can't remember any book which ever made me cry so much (with the...

Prolixic - I don't think I could read eight Xanth novels in a row! You're right, they can get a little tedious, although I enjoyed them when I was younger and still occasionaly do (in small doses!). I've seen them perfectly described as 'popcorn for the brain', light and funny and not to be...