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miss marple not to worry Bassel :)

Authors of terrific series... Henning mankell barry maitland p.d. James elizabeth george steig larsson batya gur linda fairstein

Actress playing miss marple disappoints Someone misunderstood my post about miss marple ... She is of course a wonderful character but the new actress playing her is a disappointment to me. Gerbam

Books that changed my life Doris Lessing's CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE series changed me and my life forever. :flowers:

Dollars to the popular The discussion between 'low brow' and 'high brow' novels has been raging since novels became acceptable fare in the 19th century. Now like then no one could agree upon what was 'low' and what was 'high' and especially what they were worth. I remember a 60 MINUTES program...

Favorite book? Nellie lol thank you!! I have some favorites that will stay with me forever and some real losers too. Enjoy gerbam:)

Oh the books i have read since 1977 Nellie almost 3000 (had some off years and some extra long books) gerbam :)

I began to keep track of the books I read in January 1977 and continue to this day. Years ago I created a database for this purpose and find it wonderful to have my progress in alphabetical order by writer and the year listed next to the title. It's a wonderful feeling paging back to see how...

I have found some more 'cerebral' mystery writers in translation: Hakan Nesser Peter Hoeg Kirsten Ekman Well plotted suspense thrillers and good characterizations. Have not read too many books in the last months. What have you all been busy with? GERBAM

Heteronym thank you for the heads up on Crispin and Chesterton I have several Crispins in my TBR pillars and will certainly move them up and search out Chesterton

dude now i am more able to understand your comments and on many of the issues you raise i can see your point when i said it was thru pecola's eyes i wasn't clear i shoulld have said she is the reason for the book ... she stands as a symbol for the whole it's interesting that this was...

dude Too bad you were disappointed in THE BLUEST EYE which is a masterpiece, imho and that of millions of readers. Of course not every book that is written will appeal to every single person who reads it. But if you see this novel as the writer hoped you would through the eyes of Pecola who is...

salliotthomas lol lol lol my next 'discovery' is LUIZ ALFREDO GARCIA-ROZA a Brazillian writer who has a wonderful police procedural series. I will keep an eye out for Larry Brown ... thank you for the recommendation btw your website is awesome :))

salliotthomas, hi omg i'm not the 'specialist' lol i just like to read alot and talk about the really good stuff i find it's ironic that i never heard of larry brown he's one i am going to have to check out salliothomas what did you think of him? and have you read dirty work too? eager...

I agree about John BAnville in both of his names

If you are like me you enjoy annotated editions of classics. Well two brand new annotated tomes of WIND IN THE WILLOWS have just been released to fine reviews. :flowers:

Cosimah2o and beer good thank you both for the recommendation of 'GENTLEMEN' I just put it on my list of books to find and read. it's a new title and writer to me ... always an interesting quest. :))

Kubrick and lolita Thank you beer good i had no realized kubrick was old enough to have made the first LOLITA :confused:

OOOOOPS Keep in mind that Jeremony Irons made a statement in an interview wherein he said he never should have made the movie. He felt there was no chemistry on the set and was sorely disappointed in the film. I tend to agree w/him. He walked through the script and the others were in some...

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