That's good news Amber!  It has been a while.

 

Some books are worth a second read and sometimes I enjoy them even more.

I mainly read Pop science, sci/fi and fantasy...Kevin J Anderson's *Saga of Seven Suns* is brilliant.

 

But a book I reccommend to everyone is *Still Alice* by Lisa Genova. It has to be up there in my top ten all time reads.

Absolutely heartbreaking and beautifully written...

Carrot I was not overly keen on reading the Harry potter books at first as it takes me months to read a book , but with this series jk Rawlings just sucked me in the books a written in such a way that they appeal to both adults and kids she is a remarkable story teller who engages you very quickly, to the point that you gave to keep reading in the end I read all 7 books in 3 months something I have never done before or since

Can we have 1 thread not defiled by politics please

fishing for stars and the perssimon tree. They kind of go hand in hand but are seperate books. I did have a bit of a what the moment because I was reading one of them at the same time i was reading the devils own and both are about the same ship in a round about kinda way. Not was I expected.

btw, the devils own although is aimed at tweens/teens is a brilliant read!!

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I don't read as much as I used to but I have read a couple recently that I really liked.  These two are not quite fiction. The last one was A Captains Duty which was made into a movie known as Captain Phillips.  I enjoyed it so much more than I thought I would.

 

Before that was a kind of autobiography by Jennifer Saunders (she of Ab Fab).  It was called Bonkers and it really was.  I had to stop reading it sometimes in public because it really was making me laugh out loud.

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A book that makes you laugh or cry is, mostly, cleverly written to have that effect.

 

I think I'll have to search Bonkers out, Joono. (I love laughing)

 

DEB

What's "Still Alice" about, DSK?

Kilroy, did you read JK Rowling's Casual Vacancy? I thought that was AWFUL.

Chuk, I think a lot of kids' fiction is interesting for adults. I enjoyed all the John Marsden books I've read, including the Tomorrow and Ellie series.

However, I was not impressed by the Twilight stories (or the film that I saw).

chuk,you might like diane duane's young wizard series,very well written,works for kids and adults as an intriguing read.

Just recently introduced my niece and nephew to Enid Blyton........