Favourite Authors

[Torreya]

Brilliant thread!! Has anyone noticed just how many Pterry fans are gardeners?? (In joke for Pratchett readers!) PLEASE SarzWix, just try TP. My OH bought me one a few years back, I read the first 2 or 3 pages, thought, 'what a load of ....' and put it at the back of the bookcase. A couple of years ago I was DESPERATE for something to read, you can only read Raymond Bush's fruit books so often, so I dragged the TP out. I've now got every one and most of them are getting v. worn!!

[ammi]

Chick lit -
Christina Jones
Fions Walker
Kate Thompson
Sarah Mason
Jenny Colgan
And loads more.

Gardening books-
David Stevens and Alan Titchmarsh. But I also have a much used old Percy Thrower book that I love

[bobleponge]

Margaret Atwood
Lyn McDonald (will read anything she does, brilliant)
Niall Ferguson
Owen Beattie
John Geiger
Simon Wiesenthal
Simone de Beauvoir
J.F. Steiner

Many more but I cant see my bookcase at the moment.

[Pumpkin Becki]

My OH bought me one a few years back, I read the first 2 or 3 pages, thought, 'what a load of ....' and put it at the back of the bookcase.

I think it depends which TP you start with, would you agree Torreya?
The first couple of 'Discworld' books - The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantasic, were probably the hardest going (IMHO ), but I just adore all the ones featuring the City Watch and now also Moist Von Lipwig (I could really 'fall' for him ). My copy of Guards Guards is starting to fall apart at the seams!!

[OverWyreGrower]

GreenMetropolis.com

Just a thought....

I came across a website called Green Metropolis the other day...

It's a book recycling site with the added bonus of earning a little bit of money.

Basically, you list all your books that you might want to get rid of (space issues, anyone??) and you can buy books on there as well for around £3-4.

Handy, if like me, you really don't get out much to actually browse second-hand places or you prefer to buy on the internet!

I'll be listing my suplus books at the weekend!!

[pipscariad]

Just a thought....

I came across a website called Green Metropolis the other day...

It's a book recycling site with the added bonus of earning a little bit of money.

Basically, you list all your books that you might want to get rid of (space issues, anyone??) and you can buy books on there as well for around £3-4.

I've used this site to buy books for a few years and can recommend it, and I have been meaning to sell some on there for ages - but my problem is that I can't bear parting with books! I know that Green Metropolis suggests that for every book you buy you sell one, but I'm better at buying... I might want to re-read it in a few years time....

Maybe you'll spur me into action OWG!

[Hilary B]

I've used this site to buy books for a few years and can recommend it, and I have been meaning to sell some on there for ages - but my problem is that I can't bear parting with books! I know that Green Metropolis suggests that for every book you buy you sell one, but I'm better at buying... I might want to re-read it in a few years time....

Maybe you'll spur me into action OWG!

Only time I part with a book is if I discover I've got 2 copies (usually 'bought a replacement then found the original) or the rare occasion when I didn't like it (Arthur C Clarke - Childhood's End, Carrie, and I can't remember what the other one was).
Books are for reading again, sometime, if they were worth reading in the first place! Us '3 hours for a paperback' readers NEED to keep a lot in stock and re-read them!

[Florence Fennel]

The only Pratchett series I enjoyed was the Digger series. Other than that, I devour most Fantasy/Scifi books

I'm a big fan of David Eddings, absolute fantasy! Also:

Dickens
Roald Dahl
Dan Brown
Tolkein
J K Rowling
Martina Cole

To name but a few. My tastes are eclectic, but I do like to "escape" in a book.

[HeyWayne]

SOOO nearly got to meet him today - he was signing at Waterstones in Milton Keynes but we got there too late. Bought a signed copy too.

Weird thing is, this morning in the post I received the 2 chapter sneak preview that I obtained (for free) via the website.

So close!

Fetched a copy yesterday from Waterstones in Nottingham. Managed to get one that had been signed by the author. I'll be saving it to take on holiday at Easter. We are having a week in Northumberland and a week in S.W. Scotland. Weather, at that time of year, should provide plenty of opportunities for sitting by the fire in the evening reading a good book.

[happybunny]

Sebastian Faulks
Jennifer Donnelly
J.K Rowling
Terry Pratchett
J.R. Tolkeinn
Stephanie Meyer
Stephen Fry
Stephen King
Frank L. Baum
Eva Ibbotson
Ray Bradbury
Frank McCourt
Phillipa Gregory

I don't think I should add more. I might be here for hours.

[northepaul]

Margaret Atwood
Lyn McDonald (will read anything she does, brilliant)
Niall Ferguson
Owen Beattie
John Geiger
Simon Wiesenthal
Simone de BeauvoirJ.F. Steiner

Many more but I cant see my bookcase at the moment.

Blimey Bob, dont you find her a bit heavy going for light reading?

[its hilly]

Read Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - that'll slow you down.
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Is that a description or a title HeyWayne
I'll read anything once she says making a note so she can look it up in Waterstones.

I loved Elizabeth Goudge too, and Lindsay Davis and David Eddings and EE Doc Smith
Forgot Janny Wurts and Terry Brooks' Knight of the Word series

[HeyWayne]

Cloud Atlas is the title of the book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(novel)

Made it ino the top 10 most unfinishable books: The top 10 most unfinishable novels - Supanet Entertainment

I also really enjoyed Black Swan Green by David Mitchell, and am currently ambling my way through Number 9 Dream - again by DM.

Read Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - that'll slow you down.
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Is that a description or a title HeyWayne
I'll read anything once she says making a note so she can look it up in Waterstones.

I loved Elizabeth Goudge too, and Lindsay Davis and David Eddings and EE Doc Smith
Forgot Janny Wurts and Terry Brooks' Knight of the Word series

[Rhona]

I also really enjoyed Black Swan Green by David Mitchell, .

Gosh - I'd forgotten about Black Swan Green - loved it. Might give that a re-read.

Currently reading The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters...very good and just spooky enough!

[northepaul]

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Currently reading The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters...very good and just spooky enough!

Thats on my 'to read list' but I have heard very mixed reviews about it....is it suitably chilling, Rhona?
I have been reading a few ghost stories on and off, partially after seeing the adaptation of Turn of The Screw at Christmas, and I wanted to try my hand at writing one, someday.