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Post by steve on Jul 9, 2020 18:45:35 GMT
I have a rule of.
If I've read a book and it is made into a film.
I never watch the film.
Although it has to be said, I did read Peter Benchleys jaws.
And the film was much better than the book.
But that is a rare exception
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Post by judithl on Jul 10, 2020 10:33:30 GMT
As I think I mentioned, I have been reading my way through Lorna Hill's Sadlers Wells series. And possibly because I've been reading so many of them - I'm on number 7 now - I notice things I didn't notice before. Hill uses the word "queer" frequently, where now we'd use "strange" or "odd". Because of the modern use of "queer" it really stands out. Then there's her habit of calling young men "boys". Even someone who is a qualified vet is referred to as a boy. And oh dear, Hill is such a cultural snob. Nevertheless, I'm still enjoying the stories. When I finish the series, I may turn to adult literature, or on the other hand I may read Wind in the Willows or the Jungle Books.
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Post by steve on Jul 10, 2020 15:28:25 GMT
It's like the audio books I'm listening to at work where although the main characters are fictional they are taking part in historical events set in the Napoleonic wars.
Some of the wording is strange because the meaning in those times and the meaning now.
One example is let us go out and be gay I know I shouldn't but it did make me chuckle.
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Post by judithl on Jul 10, 2020 16:18:27 GMT
Yes, that's another word that's completely changed its meaning.
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indigo
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Post by indigo on Jul 29, 2020 14:48:07 GMT
How are you all getting on with your reading?
I recently read The Moments by Natalie Winter which is about finding love in later life as well as love between families, friends and our pets. I read it in one sitting (blame insomnia caused by very hot nights here at the moment) and found it an easy and heartwarming read.
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Post by judithl on Jul 30, 2020 9:38:53 GMT
I finished all the Sadler's Wells series, and am now back on another Matt Bartholomew - The Mark of a Murderer.
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Post by welshteddy on Jul 30, 2020 13:26:21 GMT
How are you all getting on with your reading? I recently read The Moments by Natalie Winter which is about finding love in later life as well as love between families, friends and our pets. I read it in one sitting (blame insomnia caused by very hot nights here at the moment) and found it an easy and heartwarming read. I like the sound of that. I've downloaded it onto my Kindle and I'll read it next. |
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Post by Anna Key on Aug 3, 2020 17:07:24 GMT
I picked up My Bonkers Life by Jennifer Saunders in a Charity Shop recently. It’s a bit Curates Egg, starting with her growing up with a dad in RAF and her meeting husband Ade Edmundson having children and then her totally mad celebrity lifestyle. Her fame from Absolutely Fabulous went around the world (never realised as I didn’t watch it, not my kind of humour) but she appears to have become the living Edina for a while.
Basically I think she is down to earth again now. Also got The Truth by Terry Pratchett, a wry look at publishing on Discworld
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Post by judithl on Aug 3, 2020 18:43:36 GMT
I enjoyed reading The Truth, but it's by no means my favourite Pratchett. The witches and the Ankh Morpork city guard will always be my first loves.
Having now finished The Mark of a Murderer, I'm now back on ballet books, but this time with a difference. "A Bullet in the Ballet" by Caryl Brahms and SJ Simon, written in the 1930s, one of four comic novels involving the Stroganoff ballet company/ A detective story investigating the death of Petroushka, Inspector Quill hampered at every turn by Stroganoff and co. Hilarious.
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Post by indigo on Aug 9, 2020 17:06:23 GMT
I recently read The last of the Moon girls which was on my Amazon first read list so only 0.99 cents to read. It was pretty good, a story of magic and romance, oh and feminism, of a sort!
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Post by welshteddy on Aug 10, 2020 15:49:34 GMT
I finished The Moments last night and absolutely loved it. I reminded me of Diary of Provincial Lady, EM Delafield, which I also really enjoyed.
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Post by judithl on Aug 10, 2020 18:29:20 GMT
I've now finished Killer of Pilgrims, another Bartholomew story, and am back to Stroganoff with Casino for Sale, set in the south of France on the Riviera.
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Post by indigo on Aug 11, 2020 17:24:35 GMT
I finished The Moments last night and absolutely loved it. I reminded me of Diary of Provincial Lady, EM Delafield, which I also really enjoyed. I´m glad you liked it, Teddy. I´ve not read Diary of a Provincial Lady but will add that to my list now, thanks  |
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Post by Demdike on Aug 15, 2020 17:22:47 GMT
I’m reading we know, you know by Erin Kelly. I couldn’t put down ‘he said, she said’ by the same author but I am wondering if she has reached the limit of her thing now with this one. It isn’t doing for me whatnit promised on the cover although it is compelling and very interesting. I am about three quarters through it and there isn’t long left for some of the loose ends that should be being revealed are revealed.
I really liked her poison tree, and sharp things, but as I said, could this now be a bit of a Turkey? Some people get to the point where they are that best selling they can write any old tosh and I wonder if this will be like that?
She has some great observations and character drawing skills, but it’s the plotting that worries me.
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Post by indigo on Aug 15, 2020 17:46:28 GMT
I´ve not come across this writer before, Demdike, although "He said, she said" sounds familiar. I will look her up |
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