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Post by DaleJr Fan on Oct 29, 2009 7:07:06 GMT
I have been collecting YA books that I enjoyed reading when I was much younger. Its been my goal to have all of the books in the series. Mostly the Nancy Drew,Donna Parker, Trixie Belden and Sweet Valley series. Sometimes I wonder if I am too old to be buying them. But to get back on topic I found a new Donna Parker book and that is what I am reading at the moment.
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Post by Master Shake on Oct 30, 2009 1:36:32 GMT
I have been collecting YA books that I enjoyed reading when I was much younger. Sometimes I wonder if I am too old to be buying them. 'Course not. Question: do you enjoy them, and get something out of them? I'm into my thirties, and I've recently started reading American comic books, which you could argue are for kids (although the ones from the mid 90s I'm currently reading have covered domestic abuse and AIDS). I can read something as heavy and intense as "Dracula" or as thought provoking as "The Road to Wigan Pier" or something as silly as "The Death of Superman" and it doesn't matter, because I get some form of entertainment out of all of them. |
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Post by DaleJr Fan on Nov 8, 2009 23:26:00 GMT
Thank you Paul..  I do enjoy them a lot. There is a store we frequent that sells comics and I browse through them but haven't bought one yet. I am not sure which one's I would like. If he sold the Archie comics I would get them. |
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Post by Mr Levity on Nov 17, 2009 20:43:46 GMT
Reading a Hancock biog at the moment, which is a bit hard going. Also got Clive Cussler's "Treasure of Khan" on the go for at work and Robert A Heinlein's "Grumbles from the Grave" for in the car. This is something else and if I were not such a big fan I would be tearing my hair out as it seems to just be letters between RAH and his agent.
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Post by The Collector on Dec 22, 2009 13:33:37 GMT
Tom O'Connor's I Remember
The below clip isn't for the book...but worth seeing
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Post by Zoot on Dec 22, 2009 13:51:27 GMT
I read that as a clip from the book! ;D That's a clever book if it was.....  |
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Post by Mr Levity on Jan 8, 2010 20:40:58 GMT
I'm reading "Life in the Aquarium" by Philip Barker. Possibly not the most inspiring book I've ever read, but as it was written by my Grandad and I've been looking for a copy for 25 years, I'm giving it a go. Thank you Mr World-wide Web Net.  |
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Post by Master Shake on Jan 9, 2010 15:18:26 GMT
I've been trying to get into Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, which the excellent Showtime TV series is based on. I've seen three out of four seasons of the TV show and loved it, and even though the book follows essentially the same plot and characters, I just can't get into it.
I don't like the way Dexter 'writes' himself in the book, versus the way Michael Hall 'voices' him in the show.
(For those that don't know, the books are first person, and in the show, we hear Dexter's inner monologue as the show progresses)
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Canned Laughter
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Post by smeg1990 on Jan 9, 2010 23:13:43 GMT
I was reading 'Factory: The Story of Factory Records' butu now I'm reading 'Shutter Island' as I said I'd like to read a book before it becomes a film instead of the other way round. So far it's pretty damn good!
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Post by DaleJr Fan on Jan 11, 2010 6:18:46 GMT
Homework..lots and lots of it.
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Post by Mr Levity on Feb 1, 2010 21:07:32 GMT
Just finished reading The Rough Guide to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. An excellent read for any fan.
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Post by Master Shake on Feb 12, 2010 15:21:29 GMT
Listening to an auidobook rather than reading an actual book, but I'm currently into Stephen King's Rose Madder.
As for actual 'reading' - old Superman comics. Yes, I am that sad.
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Post by Mr Levity on Feb 19, 2010 13:36:46 GMT
Renee's book.Very good so far.  |
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Post by Master Shake on Feb 19, 2010 14:51:51 GMT
?!?!?!?!
Are YOU the mystery buyer?
We know we've sold a copy - it tells us that much - but it doesn't tell us who bought it.
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Post by Master Shake on Feb 19, 2010 14:56:54 GMT
What Mr. Levity is talking about, folks, is THIS (click), our manuscript, which we've worked so hard to try to get published. Eventually, we went the cheap way. Go on, click the link, you know you want to, earn us a little dosh - and you never know, you might actually like it! |
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