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| 7 APR 2003 at 7:43pm |
| Deleted User | Not lately, but John Grisham's pelican affair (I don't know if that is the english title, anyway the movie with Julia Roberts, which I never saw) was boring to death.
Tried to read Tom Bombadil recently and instantly fell asleep each time after two pages .
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| 7 APR 2003 at 8:18pm |
JoGuild Master
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Status : Offline | I've never understood why people rave about John Grishams's books, they never seem to "work" for me and I don't care for his style of writing but can't seem to put my finger on why I don't like it. Anyway don't even bother to read them at all now.
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| 7 APR 2003 at 8:27pm |
Z-GirlPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Yes. THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUER: MY LIFE AT ROSE RED. That book totally sucked.
Z-Girl
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| 7 APR 2003 at 8:30pm |
Z-GirlPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Randdom (7 APR 2003 7:42pm)
Not lately, but John Grisham's pelican affair (I don't know if that is the english title, anyway the movie with Julia Roberts, which I never saw) was boring to death.
It was called "The Pelican Brief" and the movie version was about a bunch of ocean birds fighting for the right to don BVD underwear. Julia Roberts played the seamstress who patterened the numerous pairs of tidy-whities for our feathered friends.
No, I'm just kidding, Randdom. It was called The Pelican Brief though, and even though I didn't read the book, I enjoyed the movie a lot.
Z-girl
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| 8 APR 2003 at 7:55pm |
JoGuild Master
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Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | Actually John Grishams books made into movies always seem quite good. It's odd really I usually find books of most authors are better than their movies.
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| 8 APR 2003 at 9:55pm |
Randy-JAJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Z-girl,
Did you know that Stephen King wrote Rose Red under a psuedonym and you're right, it is horrible.
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| 9 APR 2003 at 12:10am |
FongoIntergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 18 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I was given a series of fantasy books called the Axis Trilogy by Sara Douglass for Christmas. I giggled through the first 100 or so pages and then threw in the towel. The word "cloying" comes to mind.
As Robert Jordan has taught us over and over and over and over again, poorly written sci fi/fantasy can be a truly horrible thing.
Speaking of Jordan, the average reader review at Amazon for his newest books sits at a healthy 1.5 out of 5 stars. That's quite an average with over 1250 ratings submitted.
I'm Moo-Moo the cow, I eat lots of hay....
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| 9 APR 2003 at 2:27pm |
WimliGuild Master
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Joined: 14 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | I had to read a couple of books for two courses I'm following and most of them sucked big time!
Detective novels: 'The Big Sleep' by R. Chandler, 'The Maltese Falcon' by D. Hammett, 'L.A. Confidential' by James Ellroy (the film version of this is much better!).
Irish literature: 'The Butcher Boy' by Patrick McCabe
Luckily we also had to read some good books (Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', 'Dubliners' by Joyce, ...)
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| 9 APR 2003 at 9:21pm |
DragonRoseSpace Cadet
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Status : Online | I recently attempted to read The Dastard by Piers Anthony. I'd read all the Xanth books before it, but UGH! I just couldn't stand it long enough to read two whole chapters. The man used to have some talent. Where did it go?
If music be the food of love, play on!- William Shakespeare&&&&[url=http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?board=8;action=display;threadid=4127]Candace Grace: Bard's Blood[/url]
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| 9 APR 2003 at 9:26pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Location: AR, Buenos Aires
Status : Offline | Not lately but the last one I read that was really bad was Bag Of Bones from Mr. Stephen "Hype" King It was probably the only book that I actually wanted to eat after finishing. After that one, I sworn I'd never buy another book from that fiasco.
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| 10 APR 2003 at 7:29am |
VorpaxSpace Cadet
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Status : Online | Hunting party by Elizabeth moon I seriously can’t get in to that book.
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| 11 APR 2003 at 6:37pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Rael (9 APR 2003 9:26pm)
After that one, I sworn I'd never buy another book from that fiasco.
I hate him now for all the hours spent reading is (recent)trash!
-So happy that the Dreamcatcher is a total flop .
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| 12 APR 2003 at 9:49am |
sennebecGuild Master
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Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | ya know, stephen king was pretty darn good in the old days...
"the shining"
"the dead zone"
"the stand"
he's just all written-out... :-/
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