Posted by NikkiT2 on March 21, 2003, at 11:54:43
In reply to Re: Given up on my book!!!, posted by fayeroe on March 21, 2003, at 8:17:33
You're right.. I have given up on books, before, but have always managed them at a later date.. "One flew over the cookoo's nest" was one that took two attempts.. "Lord of the Rings" was one that must ahve taken 3 or 4 attempts.. but is now one of my favourite ever books!!
I just like my books to flow nicely!! I need some kind of time reference... and this book doesn't have that.
I hate not having a book I'm enjoying.. I'm always at my happiest when I have a nice big book (a series is always exciting!) that I'm enjoying... I love to be able to escape from real life into a book. I think thats why I've recently got into more fanstasy style books.. My brother lend me a series of books by Piers Anthony, set between a world in the future, and a magical world.. I loved them!! But my local book shop has a really poor Sci Fi section, so haven't known what books to go for. I guess I like my books slightly magical, thats it!! My favourite author is Isabele Allende ("Eva Luna" and "House of Spirits" being my favourites of hers), and alot fo her writing contains some level of magic. Have you read "Captain Correlis Mandolin"?? Well, the author of this wrote a great trilogy before that.. "Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord ", "The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts " and "The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman". They are simply fantastic.. they don't have to read in any order, but characters from each book travel through the others books.. I loved them!! I just wish he'd hurry up and write more.
"Love in the time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a book I found really beutiful. A love story, but not your usual!"Atonement" by Ian McEwen I liked alot... think that was a book here for me to read.. Then I read "Amsterdam" by him and didn't like it at all.
"K-PAX" and its two sequels gave me some enjoyment last year.. they're mad!! About a guy that turns up at a mental hospital in New York claiming to be an alien from the planet K-PAX.. He appears to be mentally ill, but you're never sure!!!
Crumbs.. I've really wibbled off on one here!! Hope someone can give me some reccomendations based on the ones I've enjoyed most over the past few years!!
Hope I didn;t bore anyone too much!
Nikki xxx
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