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Post by hoosier on Nov 17, 2005 17:39:41 GMT -5
My mom introduced them to me as well! We have managed to get the set and believe me they are well-worn. I think my favorites are Dawn's Early Light and Yankee Stranger but I have a soft spot for the last book too with Jeff and Mab being the reincarnations of Julian and Tibby. I often used to think they would make great movies or miniseries but the way they just absolutely ruin things nowadays I know I would be sooo disappointed.
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Post by anna on Feb 17, 2006 14:25:42 GMT -5
Over at Readers Paradise, they've been discussing series of novels. It reminded me of this thread because many of the books mentioned here are series, and several are brought up in the RP thread, including - yes - Elswyth Thane. Now I really do have to give those a try.
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Post by Dreamfire on May 21, 2006 4:15:53 GMT -5
Diana Gabaldon, anyone? Time travel to 18th century Scotland. Although I did admittedly become a tad bored by the last one, the first three or four are not to be resisted! Just spotted this somehow, I also got into that series. |
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Post by Kasman on Oct 26, 2006 6:20:35 GMT -5
Anything by Barbara Erskine, Mary Stewart (especially the Merlin series) or Tad Williams (especially anything from The Dragonbone Chair series).
The Bone Collector by Jeffrey Deaver
Reach for the Sky (the Douglas Bader story) by Paul Brickhill
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Harpo Speaks! by Harpo Marx
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Post by Dreamfire on Oct 26, 2006 6:54:36 GMT -5
Liam Hearn: Across The Nightingale Floor, Grass for his Pillow, Brilliance of the Moon and the new one The Harsh Cry of the Heron which I just bought today !!!
The writing is as beautiful as the titles. ahhhh....
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Post by bluedelft on Oct 26, 2006 18:23:49 GMT -5
Elwyth Thanes saga of the Day and Sprague families You mean someone other than my mother and myself has read the "Dawn's Early Light" series by Elswyth Thane? Whoa! That blows my mind. Jumping in a bit late to this conversation but I've read and also own the books, need to check I might be missing one or two of them. It was thanks to one of the employees down in Colonial Williamsburg mentioning the first book that started me reading the season. Everytime we'd visit it would be my treat to myself to pick up the next book in the series. |
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Post by maggiethecat on Oct 26, 2006 19:19:04 GMT -5
Reach for the Sky (the Douglas Bader story) by Paul Brickhill I did not know of this book, although I was raised by an aviation-obsessed father on stories of Douglas Bader -- what an amazing man! |
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Post by Kasman on Oct 28, 2006 6:16:21 GMT -5
Reach for the Sky (the Douglas Bader story) by Paul Brickhill I did not know of this book, although I was raised by an aviation-obsessed father on stories of Douglas Bader -- what an amazing man! Word. A well-written, enjoyable biography by the same writer as The Dambusters. |
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Post by maggiethecat on Oct 28, 2006 7:55:51 GMT -5
A well-written, enjoyable biography by the same writer as The Dambusters. ? You also know The Dambusters? I was raised on the movie -- it was on the short list of those my parents always let me stay up late and watch with them. (They were huge fans of British movies from the late 40s and 50s.) I'll bet you can hum Erik Coates's famous theme from The Dambusters. I know I can.  |
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Post by Chocky on Oct 31, 2006 18:23:48 GMT -5
Liam Hearn: Across The Nightingale Floor, Grass for his Pillow, Brilliance of the Moon and the new one The Harsh Cry of the Heron which I just bought today !!! The writing is as beautiful as the titles. ahhhh.... We've just started to read Across the Nightingale Floor in our bookclub so I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it Natasha. I haven't started it yet but am now looking forward to it. |
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