Lady Bookworms Corner

[shivadance]

Yes, that would be them

Actually she has a whole book of "footnotes" for that series, to help you sift through that. It's called the Outlandish Companion.

Oh sure, my friend never told me about the companion! I just saw her yesterday and told her I was discussing the Outlander series and said I asked you all if it was the series with the realistic sex. She couldn't remember!

Oh, she remembered all the historial stuff great, but not the sex. Me, I remember the sex! Shows you where my mind was on that series!

 

[deliza]

LOL, I actually found both aspects rather memorable....... does that mean I am balanced? Please, say it isn't so

 

[nziese]

Gabaldon's series is awesome! I loved all the books and can't wait for the next one to come out.

Realistic sex, yes. And I often found my self wrinkling my nose wondering if I could do it after going so long w/o bathing.

 

[shivadance]

Heck, I haven't taken a shower yet today (day off, didn't go anywhere) and there is no way I could have sex without one. However if we lived back then we prolly wouldn't think anything of it cause everyone smelled.

 

[deliza]

Gabaldon's series is awesome! I loved all the books and can't wait for the next one to come out.

Realistic sex, yes. And I often found my self wrinkling my nose wondering if I could do it after going so long w/o bathing.

Sept. 22nd is the nest one. And yes, I agree, I'm way to modern for the unwashed sex, but heck, at that time, they were lucky if they saw a bath every few months, so I doubt they found if off putting.

 

[Mary Kay]

I just read Stephen Kings "Under The Dome". very long but mucho good!
What would happen if a dome came down over your small town in an intant? Miles deep a mile or so high, invisable and inpentrable. Even air can only trickle in. Now imagine that there are (of course..this is little Stevie King!) a mad politician, his even madder bully and killer of a son and one breakfast cook who is the town's only hope. Stir gently and simmer.

 

[Devilooman]

MK,

I swear we are twins separated at birth! My mom swears that this cannot be true but I think she is lieing! I read Under the Dome right after I got it for Christmas... what a great book (from a retired writer, LOL) Towards the end my son was going to Subway and I almost asked him if he could get there, lol. Started to feel like I could only go so far before running into the glass.

I also love Dean Koontz, Anne Rice, Terry Goodkind, Terry Brooks, Janet Evanovich... the list is endless. I just finished reading Watership Downs again what an awesome read! Also, my daughter gave me By A Lady by Amanda Elyot. I must admit that I didn't really get into Jane Austin books but this one was really good. For the historical romance readers out there I would recommend it.

I would love to have a book club (think someone way back in the thread suggested)

Edit to clarify: By a Lady is about a modern girl that gets shifted to Jane Austin's time. My original post makes it sound like it IS a Jane Austin book. Good grammar and punctuation FTW!

 

[CES]

OOOHHH! thank you for resurrecting this thread! I LOVE books. I read just about ANY fiction - but really like mysteries and science fiction. and I read instead of watch TV- I'm such a throwback, I don't even have cable.

I liked Under the Dome. One of the few in which King ended the story without copping out-very nice twist. I like his books, but not always the endings.

edited to add: Watership Down is one of my all time favorites. I've read it 3 or 4 times. I've read all of the LOTR series a few times (and other Tolkein too)

Has anyone read any Robert McCammon? My favorite of his was "A Boy's Life". Some wonderful descriptions in it. "Sings the Nightbird" was also good. I'm reading the "Queen of Bedlam", the second in the series of the three that started with Nightbird.

 

[beebopnjazz]

I've gotten into Pat Conroy recently- First I read, South of Broad - very good, then Prince of Tides - knowing it HAD to be good and now I'm reading Beach Music.

I've also liked Anne Rice - particularly the Mayfair Witch series.

I love Grisham, and Turow. Not much into murder and mayhem. My daughter likes Koontz.

 

[beebopnjazz]

The only King book I thoroughly enjoyed is "Bag of Bones" - it was supposed to be made into a movie - but it never happened.

 

[MacArthurBug]

Anxiously waiting to go get the next Dresdon files book by Jim Butcher. Just finished Roadkill by Rob Thurman (not as good as her first few) and the newer "Kitty" book by Carrie Vaughn. Also reading a random library "cheap romance" novel.

 

[Lioness]

Warning - this post will be rambling and incoherent...I didn't read the whole thread yet, I just had to start posting.

"The Indifferent Stars Above" (about the Donner party -- and the book is fascinating)

I must get this. Fascinated with the Donner Party. I loaned my books out so I can't even say which ones I have...."Ordeal by Hunger" is one, can't remember the other.

I love my Kindle, too!

I read historical fiction, classics, some fantasy - well, pretty much any fiction that's well-written and not sappy.

I just started a Bernard Cornwell series set in 9th century (I think) England.

I tend to read older books and not so much current authors, although I do like Koontz and Crichton. Someone said they like Watership Down...me, too! That and The Plague Dogs. Loved them both.

I like E.M. Forster, Kazuo Ishiguro, Dostoevsky, Ayn Rand.

A hysterical book that I read recently is called "Three Men in a Boat - Not to Mention the Dog" by Jerome K. Jerome. Made me giggle the whole way through. With the occasional guffaw.

 

[CES]

A hysterical book that I read recently is called "Three Men in a Boat - Not to Mention the Dog" by Jerome K. Jerome. Made me giggle the whole way through. With the occasional guffaw.

That sounds fun. I'll look for it (that is, I'll ask the local library to get it for me. They're good about stuff like that)

If you like off-the-wall stories with famous literary characters interacting with each other, Jasper Fforde is a fun read. He's got a Thursday Next Series, and the Nursery Crime series. Impossible to explain coherently. Thursday Next is a book detective...heck with it. I won't do it justice, so won't even try.

 

[StormFinch]

Alright, who PMed you the lot of you 80% of my reading list???

My bookshelf is currently packed with;

-Laurel K. Hamilton's Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series (Someone mentioned that she went off on a sex tangent in the Anita series. Looks like that is starting to abate, as the last few books have been 'almost' sex scene free, and REALLY good.)
-Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series
-The Harry Potter series
-Paolini's Eragon series
-Christina Dodd's Dark Chosen series
-Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld series, specifically Elena's story
-Karen Marie Moning's Fever series
-Karen Chance's Cassie Palmer series.
-Kathy Reichs' Bones series (TV show is based loosely on the books)
-James Patterson's Maximum Ride and Womens Murder Club series

I grew up cutting my teeth on everything from Tolkien, Anthony and Eddings to Koontz, Feist and King. I also adore Catherine Coulter's Sherbrooke Bride series and all the intertwined books she's written to go with them for historical romance. For the last 10 years or so though the story has to have a strong female lead character, (for the most part) and preternatural/supernatural is always a plus.

 

[mbolack]

Oh, did you read The Green Mile? He originally published it as a serial novel, but after the movie, they published the whole thing as one book. Very good!

I just read Stephen Kings "Under The Dome". very long but mucho good!
What would happen if a dome came down over your small town in an intant? Miles deep a mile or so high, invisable and inpentrable. Even air can only trickle in. Now imagine that there are (of course..this is little Stevie King!) a mad politician, his even madder bully and killer of a son and one breakfast cook who is the town's only hope. Stir gently and simmer.

 

[Devilooman]

Oh I loved The Green Mile! I bought it as the little serial books. Very few people that I know have them, lol. I thought it was really great that he did that as they were CHEAP! I now own the book with all of them in one book but it loses some of the original flavor if you know what I mean.

 

[Mary Kay]

Dean Koontz is my favorite because of his strong women. His ladies may start out a bit girly but soon are just as involved as the guys. He also writes about dogs who are more noble then some of his people. and people who have challenges..the challenges don't get the best of them.

I love bag of bones..but my cd downloaded only 1/2 of it! My book died. Now I have to try to download the other half and buy a new book!

Robert McCammon was really good. Swan Song was great! But he dropped out of sight for a long time. I hear he is back.

I also liked the Anne Rice Witches of Mayfair. But she gets on my nerves after a while.

Pat Conroy doesn't write..he paints with words, he is the Thomas Kinkade of writers. Prince of Tides was beautiful!

 

[notsoogood]

Absolute favs are Stephen King, almost anything but The Stand is my favorite.

Dean Koontz, almost anything but Watchers is THE BEST BOOK.

The whole Harry Potter series. I could read it and the other books a million times.

Of course, with my memory, I usually need to just to remember what happened!!!!!

 

[StormFinch]

And Mk is in for the quad post! lol Now you have to come up with three more book reviews Lady! ;-)


Stormfinch (who is just finished Flirt by Laurel K. Hamilton and thinks it is much, much too short!)

 

[jj2]

It took me 8 days to get through the Twilight series (4 books) and the two movies that have been made. I can’t wait for the next in the saga and the movies.

I go on binges and then a draught.