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(ouups sorry) just read a paperback I found in a lodge while vacationing, I couldn't finish it but it seemed quite readable, it's the story of a British woman who, walking near a circle of ancient stones, is catapulted in 1950 two centuries back in the Highlands in Georgian Scotland, I lost the book unfortunately, the main character in the story is an evil Captain Randall of the Redcoats, and the heroin is dubbed Sassenach by the Scottish tribesmen ,does someone has a clue as to the author and title of this novel? (just forgot it...)
I love Sci-fi & read a ton in High School, but man, it was like pulling teeth to get thru that.
I don't read a lot of sci fi, but I picked up my husband's copy of "The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide" which has all 5 books in the series.
It's a large hardback, 624 pages. My marker is still on page 466. It just got slower and slower for me till I finally quit. (Just figured out I quit very near the end of the third book)
I must say though, I thought the first two books were excellent, intelligently written, and hilarious! I think I'll try again from page 1.
If I really want to read a book, or see a movie, I do. No matter what anyone says, including some of my own friends. I love the book "The Catcher in the Rye." Many people I know don't, or are on the fence. I don't understand why people wouldn't like this book. Unless they are very religious, because there is a lot of language, sexual situations, etc. Also, if you aren't from this country, or don't know much about post-WWIII America, you probably won't appreciate it, or "get it." I happen to think it is the best book ever. Sad parts, funny parts. I laugh out loud reading certain parts. The only book I never finished was that stupid one by "The Annoying Randy." The Mask of Nostradamus. Anyone else read this? Or any others by him? Thoughts? Also, I can only think of one movie I really disliked. Moulin Rouge. And I've sat through some cheesy, bad movies. Think Night of the Lepus. I liked Waterworld. Many did not. I saw it, even after reading countless bad reviews. My friend and I went back and saw it a second time. I do not listen to critics, and I think they did a big disservice to Waterworld. Don't know what their agenda was? Did others think this movie was as bad as they made it out to be? I thought the whole premise was cool. Neat effects. And, Hopper as "king of the smokers." Like ol' Abe said, "You can please some of the people some of the time, but..."
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Honeylamb- I loved "The Catcher In The Rye" and also "Franny and Zooey" , Salinger was -is?- a great writer, I read it when I was a teenager and it made a lasting impression.
And I like Dennis Hopper as an actor too.
Methinks we share some tastes.
Right now I'm watching "Californication" on streaming , what do you think of these series? It depicts quite realistically a certain SouthCal/Holywood atmosphere I believe...
Location: I will be escaping Suck City and landing in Tampa in December
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Though I answered this thread a couple months ago with (The Lovely Bones), let me toss on the stink pile--James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist--zzzzZZZZzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzzz.
There've been a good number of really bad books that I've read. Although I read (or struggled through) this one over twenty years ago, it still sticks out as among the worst:
Valide: A Novel of the Harem by Barbara Chase-Riboud.
Talk about confusing plot line and ridiculous dramatic arch!
Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini: stole his plot from Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Earthsea, and Dragonriders of Pern, villain does nothing evil, Mary Sue and Gary Stu characters, elves reflect Paolini's ideal race while the other races get the shaft, Eragon and Angela are author-inserts, and Eragon's morals and logic are just stupid. Not to mention the nonsensical plot and abundance of plot holes.
Twilight, etc. by Stephanie Meyer: no plot in the first book, ruined vampires forever, bad romance novel in general, whole thing is Meyer's wish fulfillment.
Perri O'Shaunessy. Can't remember the title of the book but one of the suspects is a woman mountain climber and anxious to leave Seattle (I think) because an opening has come up on a team climbing Mt. Everest and she's going to join the team and summit in just a couple of days. Can't be done. Such gross errors tell me that she was too lazy to research something that she did not know anything about and those kinds of sloppy mistakes make me crazy. Shows a lack of respect for the reader.
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