Favourite read

jaysay · 17-10-2006, 05:16

I dont know about anyone else but I'm now an avid book reader, the only thing is I had never read one book until I was 42 years old, some 18 years ago. Some times I can read as many as 3 books a week, horrer mystery been my my preferance. My favourites autjur is Dean Koontz, Steven King, James Herbert and James Patterson, In fact I have just finished my 47th Koontz offering and am just into Cat and Mouse by Paterson. Anyone else have the same tastes as me.

WillowTheWhisp · 17-10-2006, 07:52

I don't tend to read horror and the only time I really spend time reading is when I'm up in the caravan in the summer. I love mysteries and things that get your brain trying to work out who did what and why and who might do what next and when.

mrskitty · 17-10-2006, 08:17

Afraid not-i hate horror stuff,although i am an avid book reader.I like chick lit,autobiographies and shopping catalogues as my bedtime read

I love it when i find a really good book that i cant put down.The latest one i found that was like that was Sandra Gregory's 'doing time in the bangkok hilton',it was an amazing read and then a short documentary was on channel 5 two days after i finished it so i was well happy

i loved the book but i also was doing work experience at Cookham wood prison whilst she was there at the end of her sentence so i prob met her.

garinda · 17-10-2006, 09:14

Not into horror. I've got local politics to give me the willies instead.

However I am an avid reader, and like you if I find a good book read every single thing ever written by that author. Which is much easier if they are dead, and don't keep adding to their body of work.

Suprisingly most of my favourite authors are American, and include, James Baldwin, Truman Capote, Bret Easton Ellis, and Alice Walker.

jaysay · 17-10-2006, 09:19

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I don't tend to read horror and the only time I really spend time reading is when I'm up in the caravan in the summer. I love mysteries and things that get your brain trying to work out who did what and why and who might do what next and when.

If you like a good mystery just try Dean Koontz Willow, not so much horrer but a guy with a very weird imagination, in fact in front of every book it says the he lives in Orange County with his wife and a very vivid imagination, I think you have something like 50 to choose from and they are a good read

Neil · 17-10-2006, 09:27

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Originally Posted by garinda

Not into horror. I've got local politics to give me the willies instead.

So whose willy are you after this time?

garinda · 17-10-2006, 09:33

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So whose willy are you after this time?

Lorenna Bobbit's body of work is very inspirational...so watch out!

slinky · 17-10-2006, 11:33

I bloody love reading......

I am currently reading Martina Cole - Faceless...... I started reading this book because I borrowed A book from Tinks called Two women by the same author and couldn't put it down.

Other than that I like to read Virginia Andrews... my favourite being Flowers In The Attic of course.

Read All the Harry Potter books and am waiting patiently for the last book to be released

shillelagh · 17-10-2006, 12:53

I read allsorts! All different authors all different kinds of books. I normally have a couple of books on the go one upstairs and one downstairs. When i was a kid my mum used to take me to the library every week. I used to complain to the library assistants because a kid under the age 16 was only allowed to have 3 books and i wanted to take out 4. At the minute i've got Jilly Cooper's Wicked going downstairs and Tom Clancy's The teeth of the Tiger going upstairs. Dont like horror books that much. Liked Misery that was good but normally stay clear of them like i stay clear of horror movies. Like the Harry Potter books - i've got 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th - lent the 1st one to someone and never returned it. Cant wait for the 7th - whats going to happen - does Harry die? does Hermione & Ron finally get it together? Who knows until it does come out.

Jack Charlton's autobiography is a good one its funny especially when hes telling about his time with the irish team.

Virginia Andrews - read Flowers in the Attic in 5 hours - i couldnt put it down.

Lolly · 17-10-2006, 13:19

Love reading to, always have, was reading Agatha Christie when I was 10. Just finished The Time Travellers wife by Audrey Niffenegger, it was fantastic. You really have to concentrate on it thpugh, its very complicated and took me a while to get my head round it. So am having a bit of light relief now and reading a trashy Jackie Collins.

Once read a James Patterson, very good, cant remember the name but it was about a girl who had wings.

Tinkerbelle · 17-10-2006, 13:20

Basically I will have a go at reading anything, I prefer psychological thrillers, I've just read Blue Nowhere .... very scary

but an excellent read. Just started reading George Orwells 1984, it's ok it hasn't exactly gripped me. Virginia Andrews is also one of my favourite authors but I'm not so keen on the New Virginia Andrews books. Martina Cole, also an excellent read, as is, Patricia Cornwell. Another favourite is the criminal psychologist Paul Britton but he's only wrote 2 books Jigsaw Man and Picking Up The Pieces, if anyone has any interest in true life crimes these 2 are must read books

slinky · 17-10-2006, 13:21

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Virginia Andrews - read Flowers in the Attic in 5 hours - i couldnt put it down.

Did you read them all though??

shillelagh · 17-10-2006, 13:59

Yes i did slinks - didnt like them as much as the first one though. I dont like the new Virginia Andrews books either. To me once a writer is dead or has stopped writing for any other reason then why try to copy that writer? You will never be as good/bad as that writer. You will have different styles of writing and its not the same.

slinky · 17-10-2006, 14:01

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Yes i did slinks - didnt like them as much as the first one though.

I thought the 1st & 2nd book were great, but the 3rd one was boring and hard to get into. And yes I agree that the New Virginia Andrews were deffo not as good.

shillelagh · 17-10-2006, 14:08

Think Accyweb should set up a book club! lol