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Post by judypatooty on Jul 15, 2011 14:39:06 GMT
After this I will read one of my fav' vampire books again .... either "J.R. Ward" or "Lara Adrian" .... Ahhhh. The Black Dagger Brotherhood. The over-the-top dialogue sometimes makes me roll my eyes, but you gotta love those big hunky alpha males.  I think I prefer Lara Adrian's big, hunky, alpha males. Yummmmmy! They could bite my neck anytime.  |
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Post by judypatooty on Jul 15, 2011 14:41:58 GMT
and the latest instalment in (Welshman  ) Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series, "One of our Thursdays is missing". That series is rather weird and certainly not everybody's cup of tea, but I love it. Thursday Next is a literary detective in charge of keeping order in the Book World, as characters tend to stray from their home books and cause chaos elsewhere. The books are full of crazy people and events and loads of literary allusions. I read the first one in this series and found it very entertaining and well-written, but remarkably difficult to keep straight in my head! I think the problem I had was that if I let more than 24 hours pass without reading some of the story, I would have to go back and re-read a bit to get things straightened out in my mind! I must have a very straightforward brain or something. |
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Post by rumantic on Jul 15, 2011 16:12:06 GMT
Is that what we're calling it these days? Hahaha....
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Post by kissmekate on Jul 15, 2011 16:41:46 GMT
I know what you mean, Judy. That's why I read the last one during our holiday so that I could keep reading. Those books are impossible to read in small bits, there are so many references and puns and weird ideas.
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Post by judypatooty on Jul 15, 2011 17:00:32 GMT
Is that what we're calling it these days? Hahaha.... LOL!!!  |
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Post by joyceinva on Jul 15, 2011 17:02:01 GMT
Recently read Jasper Fford's latest - One of Our Thursday is Missing. A pretty good book, full of word play but you really have to have read his Thursday Next series to make any sense of it. But then again - -he's an excellent writer and I highly recommend the first book in the series - The Eyre Affair. The books are a sort of fastasy/alternate history.
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Post by kissmekate on Jul 15, 2011 17:06:28 GMT
;D Did you read my post on the previous page? I love that whole series, it appeals to my somewhat strange sense of humour very much - kind of educated and witty but at the same time totally bonkers ;D My personal favourite is the footnoterphone  |
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Post by kygal on Jul 15, 2011 22:52:52 GMT
KMK...I am not sure when Roarke is introduced. I have only read the last couple of books. Not sure if Eve and Roarke are in all of them or not but their relationship is what I have enjoyed the most. The ones I have read have been good though.
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Post by kissmekate on Jul 16, 2011 9:33:17 GMT
If I didn't misunderstand Wikipedia, he's on board from the beginning. Anyway, it can't hurt to start with volume 1 to get all the details - I like reading series in chronological order.
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Post by kygal on Jul 16, 2011 13:16:23 GMT
Thats good to know! I may have to go back to the beginning. I read the Zen books out of order then went back.
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Post by joyceinva on Jul 16, 2011 14:24:42 GMT
KMK -agree with you about the Fforde books. I love the wordplayand the strange world he created. I think my favorite is Thursday's father - who has a face that can stop a clock - literally!
Kygal - are the Robb books kind of gory? I've been avoiding them because I had the impression they are.
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Post by judypatooty on Jul 16, 2011 20:37:25 GMT
Kygal - are the Robb books kind of gory? I've been avoiding them because I had the impression they are. I'm not Kygal, but I'll put in my $0.02 worth! They're really just murder mysteries ... police procedurals, really. Eve Dallas is a homicide detective, so she does get to deal with at least one (usually more) icky murder per book. But I wouldn't classify them as "gory" any more than any other modern murder mystery. What I like about the series is all the great characters and how they and their relationships develop book after book. |
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Post by joyceinva on Jul 17, 2011 18:43:59 GMT
Excellent - they sound just like my cup of tea, I'll have to look them up. I don't know why or how, but I had gotten the impression that the books had a lot of graphic violence. While I do love mysteries I don't the like over the top violent and/or serial killer type of books.
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Post by kygal on Jul 17, 2011 22:33:59 GMT
Thanks Judy! I have only read a couple of the more recent books in the series. My assessment would be the same. Tuff lady detective, wealthy high tech man...reminds me of another couple of characters. Interesting relationships.
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Post by kissmekate on Jul 18, 2011 8:34:08 GMT
I think my favorite is Thursday's father - who has a face that can stop a clock - literally! Yup, he's very cool. But the uncle whose name I can't remember isn't bad either. And Landen and the dodo ;D By the way, I ordered the first "In Death" volume yesterday. This forum doesn't only make my DVD rack explode but also my mountain of unread books  |
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) Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series, "One of our Thursdays is missing". That series is rather weird and certainly not everybody's cup of tea, but I love it. Thursday Next is a literary detective in charge of keeping order in the Book World, as characters tend to stray from their home books and cause chaos elsewhere. The books are full of crazy people and events and loads of literary allusions.
