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I haven't, no. I tend not to read excerpts from books posted on author websites because it either a) makes me desperate to buy and read them, even though they're not published yet (a la George RR Martin's 4th book in A Song of Ice and Fire) or b) makes me so disappointed in the new material that...

I thought it was poor - bad acting (particularly from Jude Law, who I am not a fan of); clunky storyline. Nothing of real interest. And before I get pounded about how I must be one of *those* people who "need a straight storyline and every scene spelt out for them", I certainly am not. I just...

I really enjoyed Kerr's Deverry series, which is topnotch fantasy IMO. If I had more time, I would maybe ask for Katharine Kerr's books to be added to the library so that I could submit reviews, but I just struggle to find the time for that.

I've read tons of great writing by women, and I have to concur with the person who said that anyone who hasn't read a great deal of books penned by women hasn't read much at all! Not intended as an insult either, but I just haven't been able to help encountering good fiction by women. Here's a...

Best Novel - The Pursuit of Happiness by Douglas Kennedy Worst novel - That Certain Age by Elizabeth Buchan Best non-fiction - A Short History of Almost Everything by Bill Bryson (think that's the title, anyway). Worst non-fiction - The Olive Season by Carol Drinkwater Most original -...

Raymond E Feist can be hit and miss. To start, try Magician - his original and best. Another you might enjoy from the fantasy side is Katharine Kerr's Deverry series.

Dan Brown is a little like him in terms of thrilling action and treasure hunt style adventure - however, you may have been put off by the huge hype surrounding the Da Vinci Code. I personally think that there are some fantasy authors who write as good an adventure as Wilbur Smith - try David...

Wilbur Smith's ship stories include Birds of Prey, Monsoon and Blue Horizon (written and published in that order). Why not try Patrick O'Brien? He is supposedly the king of ship stories (I haven't tried them though, so can't guarantee this) and, as an added bonus, if you like the first one...

I have read all of Gemmell's work to date. Personally I love all of the Jon Shannow novels. They are different and exciting compared to his normal blood and thunder, quasi-historical style. I like the intricacy of the story that he lays out, and the way that you discover the events leading...

The Da Vinci Code has been in the top ten of paperback books sold in the UK for the last 40 weeks, so almost a year then... Unless the Christmas rush starts in March, I'm guessing it isn't a Christmas aberration. The rise and rise of his other three books can be attributed purely to the...

Sadly, I catalogue all my books also. This was partly for practical reasons, because I have over 850 books now and needed to know all of them to avoid duplications, and partly just to see how many I had actually accumulated. Even I was shocked by the amount! I am behind the times, and still...

Nothing to apologise for, Cajun. It's forgotten. In fact, this thread is forgotten. I'm going back to talk about books. But possibly somewhere else.

Hay, I've seen debate and feel like I can recognise it. When I'm called a bloody student and told to grow up, I feel like that is not debate. That is a closed statement that serves no purpose other than to make me feel uncomfortable.

Abu may or may not like the song. I personally hate it. I brought it though, and am dreaming up imaginative ways to get rid of it now.... Those four pictures served to advertise the Band Aid cause though, obviously deliberately. You regulars do nothing to dispel the clique-y feeling of...

Hmmm, thanks for your contribution cajun. Strikes me that you're the only one shouting. The rest of us are discussing. I have no need to calm down. I've stated my point rationally; I've reported the post. All your post achieved is to make me feel attacked further, when all I did originally was...

There are worlds of difference between being an accountant and being a student. Since I have been both, I feel fully qualified to remark on them as occupations. Can you say that same? Not dead Africans. Two starving children, alongside Bob Geldof, Bono and the Band Aid single. Relevant and...

Abu, I took your African children picture in the context it was posted - with Band Aid. Since I have brought the new single (however much I hate it) and regularly give money to charities that distribute food in Africa, I feel as though I am at least doing something about that. And raising the...

Please don't assume. It makes you sound bigoted and silly. For your information, I am a management accountant in a blue chip company, rather than a student. I am not naive about the world we live in. I do not think you should put out children's eyes with knitting needles - that was your...

No, no, to join the board you have to *say * that you are over 13 years old! What's to stop those who are younger pretending to be over 13 - one of the problems of the anonymity on the Net. Yes, it's just a picture, but it's a picture that didn't have to be posted. I might have expected...

It's not even bad taste. It's just sick. And only a sick person would consider being proud of having posted it. Ever considered the young-uns who frequent this site? Since it is a book forum, there will be a few young people reading and posting regularly. I would hate for any of them to see...