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i loved the girl with the dragon tattoo series. i agree that the first was the hardest to get into - different sort of writing style, lots of names to get your head around etc. whereas the 2nd & 3rd books had the same characters & you already knew the background. i definitely thought they were worth persisting with. i'm looking forward to watching the movie. i also have a copy of the swedish movie at home that i really must watch as well.

i'm desperate to get paid this week - i want to order the Game of Thrones books. can't wait! DP loved the series but i'm a reader so when i found out it was based on books i decided i MUST read the books. hopefully i'll be reading the first one by next week :)

I know LuluHB. It was a perfect ending to the book and there's no reason why it wasn't kept true in the movie.

The director of Tomorrow When The War Began is also directing (and screenwriting) the next one and is considering a massive change in there too with one of the characters. I don't understand why they want to change things when the book is a bestseller - it doesn't need to be altered or "improved". Just leave it true to what people know and love.

I am about to start reading Catherine Alliott - A Rural Affair. I have just finished Isabel Wolff - The Very Picture of You and really enjoyed it.

Hey OP, I was the same with the Twilight series, didn't think it was going to my kind of thing. I raced through them!

Has anyone read the Hunger Games?

I'm thinking of reading them before the movie comes out


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Has anyone read the Hunger Games?

I'm thinking of reading them before the movie comes out


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Just finished them!

One word...AWESOME

The Mighty Toddler, Robin Barker..... flicking through it trying to gain insight into the mind of an almost 2 year old!

.....What do I want to read? Game of Thrones series and escape into a world without an almost 2 year old!

sorry dudes!!

I have clarified my spoiler post ... I misread the movie synopsis, but have fixed it up now.

I haven't seen the movie, just read the book a while ago.

But my earlier post clarifies - you're not going nuts, don't worry!

Thanks Peanutter!

UGH! Think I'll avoid the movie. Why do they do that :wall:

Almost finished the dead of night. I read some last night before going to bed and had some weird arse dreams! I'm totally addicted tho.

Hi

I've finished Bloodlines by richelle mead and am about to start "This is a call:the life and times of David Grohl". By Paul Brannigan. I'm a big Foo Fighters fan, so am looking forward to it.

Cheers Jubear.

Ok ladies I am in need of some help :)

I got my ereader yesterday and I am dying to download a new book for it. But I cant seem to find anything that I want to read. My last book I read was 'The Help' and I loved it, and now I think I want something similar and easy to read. Any ideas??

Friendship Bread by Darien Gee is great beansbeans! also love The Proper Care and maintenance of friendship by Lisa Verge Higgins.
When God Was a Rabbit is brilliant by Sara Winman and also Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey.

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i loved the girl with the dragon tattoo series. i agree that the first was the hardest to get into - different sort of writing style, lots of names to get your head around etc. whereas the 2nd & 3rd books had the same characters & you already knew the background. i definitely thought they were worth persisting with.

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Yep, lapping up the Millenium Trilogy here, too. What a shame Stieg passed away - I feel he was laying the groundwork for some incredible sequels - such as, what about Lisbeth's sister?

It is really refreshing to read a book in which women are actually *people*, really people. Not side-kicks, assistants, decorations, love-interests-only-there-to enhance-the-macho-hero, whore/madonna stereotypes or tokenist. Or ridiculously Lara Croft. But real, well-rounded, complex people (you know ... like women actually are.) Larsson came under intense attack in Sweden from right-wingers who absolutely hated his egalitarian views.

so I'm supposed to be catching up on some of my anti-human trafficking and social justice reading next (I tend to alternate non fiction and fiction books, to give my brain some down time) but am wondering whether, now that my preggo hormones are catching up with me, and I'm still having quite vivid dreams, whether now might *not* be the time to be reading about such things ...

and then I feel guilty about wanting to pick up another novel, instead of reading something important.

so I'm at a bit of a stalemate ladies ... what to read??

Looks like im gonna have to give the girl with the dragon tattoo another shot then!

Hi ladies, thought I might join you in this thread as an avid book worm :)

I have jut finished the Bronze Horseman trilogy by Paulina Simmons. A Russian love story set in ww2. I absolutely loved it and couldn't put it it down.

Bbl for more, the babe is awake!

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... then I feel guilty about wanting to pick up another novel, instead of reading something important.

so I'm at a bit of a stalemate ladies ... what to read??

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who needs to read something important!!! Reading for relaxation is supposed to be.... relaxing... :lol:

I strongly recommend The Ancient Future trilogy by Traci Harding.... starts off romantic/historical/sci fi, and ultimately gives you lots of food for thought. I LOVE them.....
there's a few other trilogies that follow on from it too... they are easy reads, but to make you think about your own beliefs - plus they are lovely and romantic and full of adventure as well!!

The other author I like, is David Eddings - particularly The Belgarid series and related. Starts with Pawn of Prophecy and it's about a young man's journey into adulthood. It's fantasy... and it's great ;)

manhattan - oh my gooseberries, I *loved* that series ... I even ended up getting the fourth book (Tatiana's Table) even though it's mostly recipes, with a few little snippets of more of their story thrown in for the fans ...

myturn - thanks for the suggestions!!