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DaleJr Fan Comedian I♥Nascar! Posts: 1,646	What are you reading ? Jun 9, 2009 20:26:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by DaleJr Fan on Jun 9, 2009 20:26:01 GMT I just finished Confessions of a Shopaholic takes Manhattan. Thank goodness I am not that bad. We seen the movie a few months ago. Slightly different from the books.
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Mr Levity Comedian Well blow me down with an anchovy ![Mo0:16] Posts: 1,664	What are you reading ? Jul 1, 2009 12:42:58 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Mr Levity on Jul 1, 2009 12:42:58 GMT Dean Koontz' Darkfall for lunchtime reading, Jeffery Deaver's The Sleeping Doll at home , and am still slogging through the KW diaries which is becoming hard work. Still, only another 20 years to go.
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The Collector Concert Secretary Funky Gibbon Sad In'it[Mo0:3] Posts: 10,380	What are you reading ? Jul 13, 2009 11:19:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Collector on Jul 13, 2009 11:19:08 GMT Roger Moore My Word is Bond
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Reneekittycat Comedian "You don't have to be crazy to live in Minnesota, but it helps. LOL!" Posts: 2,410	What are you reading ? Jul 20, 2009 23:16:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Reneekittycat on Jul 20, 2009 23:16:22 GMT Atlantis by David Gibbins I only just started it, but I am fascinated by the topic. I'll let you know what I think when I finish, or get bored with it whichever comes first.
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Mr Levity Comedian Well blow me down with an anchovy ![Mo0:16] Posts: 1,664	What are you reading ? Jul 26, 2009 19:41:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Mr Levity on Jul 26, 2009 19:41:17 GMT Odd Hours by Dean Koontz. Fourth in the Odd Thomas series and as excellent as the other three so far. Picked it up as good as new for 50p at the boot sale last week. Bargain !
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DaleJr Fan Comedian I♥Nascar! Posts: 1,646	What are you reading ? Aug 6, 2009 5:58:20 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by DaleJr Fan on Aug 6, 2009 5:58:20 GMT Currently reading Mistress of Mellyn. So far it looks to be as good as the last Victoria Holt book I read.
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DaleJr Fan Comedian I♥Nascar! Posts: 1,646	What are you reading ? Aug 11, 2009 5:14:42 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by DaleJr Fan on Aug 11, 2009 5:14:42 GMT Just finished Lost by Michael Robotham. Very good book. The ending was a bit of a letdown considering how long the books was.
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What are you reading ? Aug 11, 2009 18:46:46 GMT

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Post by Master Shake on Aug 11, 2009 18:46:46 GMT

Not sure if this counts as 'reading' but I'm currently listening to the audiobook version of A Killing Frost by RD Wingfield.

I've read all the Frost books, and loved them all. Since they're harder to find here, I managed to get the audio version instead and it's fantastic. Easily as good as reading the printed novels, and a perfect end to the Frost series. Sadly Wingfield died recently and the last book was published posthumously, but Wingfield had lost nothing - it's brilliant.

Plus, to take nothing away from David Jason et al, the books are FAR better than the TV series.

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What are you reading ? Aug 11, 2009 21:21:46 GMT

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Post by Mr Levity on Aug 11, 2009 21:21:46 GMT

I recently read a Frost book from 1980something and it was really good. Apart from describing Mullet as having a beard, it was exactly as the TV series. Very David Jason !

Have got only a few months to read until Kenneth Williams tops himself and I'm sad to say I can't wait. I have been a (sort of) fan for years but I have found his diaries the most difficult read of my life.
:'(

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The Collector Concert Secretary Funky Gibbon Sad In'it[Mo0:3] Posts: 10,380	What are you reading ? Aug 12, 2009 11:40:00 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Collector on Aug 12, 2009 11:40:00 GMT I loved them myself...His letter's are harder to read tho'
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What are you reading ? Aug 12, 2009 12:25:22 GMT

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Post by Master Shake on Aug 12, 2009 12:25:22 GMT

Aug 11, 2009 21:21:46 GMT Mr Levity said:

I recently read a Frost book from 1980something and it was really good. Apart from describing Mullet as having a beard, it was exactly as the TV series. Very David Jason !

I don't recall Mullett having a beard; I recall Webster (one of Frost's sidekicks) having a beard in the second book, from 1987.

I agree (sort of) about the 'very David Jason' comment to a degree. If the TV series was more like the books (ie, funnier) it would have been PERFECT for David Jason. When I read the first one (after the TV show started) I could see David Jason being the Frost from the books, but, for me at least, the TV version is too watered down and the TV Frost is not the same character as the book version.

Plus, I'll never find them here, but I'd love to read the Kenneth Williams diaries.

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What are you reading ? Aug 12, 2009 12:25:53 GMT

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Post by Mr Levity on Aug 12, 2009 12:25:53 GMT

Finished it very late last night. I have Just Williams, which I've read (and enjoyed), and I also recently bought Kenneth Williams Unseen: The Private Notes, Scripts and Photographs by Russel Davies and Wes Butters (ex Radio 1 DJ and big L & H fan. I believe he had his own tent at one time).

Was going to read that next, but I think I need a break from Mr W for a while.

Started reading False Impression by Jeffery Archer.

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DaleJr Fan Comedian I♥Nascar! Posts: 1,646	What are you reading ? Aug 15, 2009 7:04:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by DaleJr Fan on Aug 15, 2009 7:04:31 GMT Currently reading Girl at Sea. I bought it a few months ago and finally giving it a read. So far so good.
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Mr Levity Comedian Well blow me down with an anchovy ![Mo0:16] Posts: 1,664	What are you reading ? Aug 17, 2009 20:29:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Mr Levity on Aug 17, 2009 20:29:22 GMT Just read Clarkson's " I know You've Got Soul", which was amusing and just like an episode of Top Gear. Half-way through Joan Sims' Auto biography.
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Zoot Comedian [Mo0:9] Posts: 4,049	What are you reading ? Aug 18, 2009 11:37:48 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Zoot on Aug 18, 2009 11:37:48 GMT Last night I finally finished the Richard Hammond book I started in January!!