h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

ADRIAN!!!!

just to drag this thread out of the gutter
i have finished the intelligencer and although i enjoyed it i am afraid it didnt grab me - as a bit of a romp it was as the da vinci code fine and i confess i didnt suss it but then i never do - i thought the characters lacked depth and kate, she was just too perfect and the friend ? superfluous
just my opinion you understand - i am taking the following away with me case you are interested
Oz Blackstone - jack reacher ( he may put my sun oil on ) and the second weather warden book and for the plane the alienist

see ya

Oh I've just caught up with all those debbie in dallas messages on the h22g board..now it all makes sense. Still ploughing on with The Historian, it just gets better, v well crafted. She has really captured the Gothic Genre well..I did Gothic Lit at college years ago during my degree and read loads!

I think gothic literature is catching, Adrian said he's off to find Bram Stoker's Dracula after that one. I always think thats great when you find a genre you like enough to go and find other lit that is similar!!

What am I reading today - well having got through Birdsong at a ridiculously stupid rate I'm re-reading Elizabeth - which is a history book by David Starkey - it was on TV. I actually think for anyone who avoids history because they think its hard-going should read it because his narrative is very easy to follow and interesting - he's good at evoking the period she lived through and the stresses and pressures she suffered.

Whether I actually re-read the whole thing is down to my mood but I am certainly about 10 pages in.

LJx

just for light relief you understand i am reading the second in the weather warden series heat stroke - i do really enjoy these books her descriptions of people and places are brilliant

I've not read them but my husband is reading a Jack Reacher ! Hurrah ! and enjoying it ..your recommendation was a good one lbp..thankyou!

Just started Everville by Clive Barker...looks interesting so far...

hi jk wossit about ?

Is Clive Barker horror or what?
Hello JohnnyK how are you today?

Yeh - Clive Barker is an author of the more intelligent horror - not just blood 'n' guts ...

(I'm Fine...)

You need to read the Historian..whilst not horror in the true sense it is scary and gripping , a kind of hiding behind the soaf book ala Dr Who. Talking of Dr Who I watched the episode with tyhe cybermen recently and they still spooked me..my kids couldmn't see what was so scary!

Ok - that's on my ever-increasing list...

....we now have so many books here & at the ranch that the 6 bookcases recently bought are not going to be enough

Are you a library man or a buyer or both? I love the library..one of my fav places to be.I'm passionate about keeping them open

Both - I like librarys (gotta renew my card when I get back to bristol) - and I buying - especially as there is a glut of charity shops & an Amnesty book shop nearby in bristol

Off to the Oxfam one now..should have gone ages ago but got chatting on here!
Ditzx

finished the weatherwarden and have now picked the alienist back up - it didnt read well on the beach but now am back into it - am not quite tuned in to the style of writing yet but its intriguing

I've finished the Historain..hurrah! Didin't wnat it to end really..but after 700 pages I think I will pick up something easy..I got an Ann Widdecombe from the library..no no don't disown me please. She actually does relationship/family saga stuff quite well!

you wouldnt think it would you since she has neither lol

I agree..so I'm not quite sure where she gets her inspiration. An Act of Treachery was a good one about France during ww2 if I remeber rightly.
She isn't a touchy feely person is she ?

not at first sight no but. . . . . i dont appear to be - i am very assertive and no nonsense specially at work where sometimes i have to manage 90 people and make decisions operationally however. . . . . i am actually deep down a soft touch - kids, animals, 3rd world you name it i can weep for hours
i think often us roughy toughies just hide it well lol