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What book wouldn't you read in a fit,even if you were locked in a cell with it (and nowt else) for weeks on end????

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moondog · 06/04/2006 16:01

'Bravemouth' (I need another set of inverted commas for that one) Pamela Stephenson.

I sooooooo don't care about the self indulgent musings on deprived infancy by a purple bearded Scottish shortarse as related by his even more tedious wife.

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Blu · 06/04/2006 19:29

Can anyone recommend one of these apparantly more readable autobiographies written by dead people ?

Wouldn't read Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Celestine Prophecy, Most science fiction.

Hopecat · 06/04/2006 19:21

I love Harry Potter. Studied Childrens Literature for a large part of my degree (ooh posh), and it pushes all the buttons. Horribly derivative obviously...

I got cross with Linda Smith for slamming people who read it on the tube, then felt guilty when she died. Irrational, I grant you.

A note of dissent though Mercy: I loved MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN. Read GOD OF SMALL THINGS afterwards and felt like a pale imitation.

Can STAND David Gemmell. DH hooked.

Hopecat · 06/04/2006 19:21

I love Harry Potter. Studied Childrens Literature for a large part of my degree (ooh posh), and it pushes all the buttons. Horribly derivative obviously...

I got cross with Linda Smith for slamming people who read it on the tube, then felt guilty when she died. Irrational, I grant you.

A note of dissent though Mercy: I loved MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN. Read GOD OF SMALL THINGS afterwards and felt like a pale imitation.

Can STAND David Gemmell. DH hooked.

edam · 06/04/2006 19:03

Bizarre. An MN thread where I can't find anything to argue about! There's not a single book on here that I would defend (or read). Grin

bran · 06/04/2006 18:57

Blush Oh Lord, I gave my grandmother the audio book of Bill Clinton's autobiography (read by Bill himself) for Christmas. Is she going to disinherit me?

DumbledoresGirl · 06/04/2006 18:55

Don't feel Blush PC, as my name would suggest, I regularly pick up a Harry Potter book and re-read it for the enth time. Some things are worth reading even if the intellectuals amongst us look down on them!

DumbledoresGirl · 06/04/2006 18:51

Hopecat, I actually read The Name of the Rose and felt quite proud of doing so. It isn't too bad if you have seen the film first and have some idea of what is going on, and if you miss out the interminable description of the church door!

But Foucault's Pendulum........

Mercy · 06/04/2006 18:50

Piccadilly, if it makes you feel any better I happent to like Maeve Binchy and Joanna Trollope (well 1 of her books)

Agree re Name of the Rose, Jeffery Archer, Harry Potter. I would add Midnight's Children, any of dh's environmental text books - am sure there's loads more

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moondog · 06/04/2006 18:48

What colour is your parachute?

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zippitippitoes · 06/04/2006 18:36

move the cheese or whatever it's called

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moondog · 06/04/2006 18:32

'elected' What a bizarre Freudian slip...

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moondog · 06/04/2006 18:32

I bet Hillary's is even more tedious though.
At least he was neglected.

I'm sorry to say but Maya Angelou 'I know why the caged bird sings'

No no no no

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Carmenere · 06/04/2006 18:30

BILL CLINTONS AUTOBIOGRAPHY!!! omg why did no one tell him that the greater public had no interest in the minutae of his extended family and his dull upbringing. No editor was brave enough to say 'y'know Bill I think chapter 1-20 could be condensed into maybe 1 chapter' >Dullsville

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moondog · 06/04/2006 18:29

Anything by Paul McKenna

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Greensleeves · 06/04/2006 18:29

James Clavell...

doobydoo · 06/04/2006 18:25

I feel rather grubby now thinking about them.I am going to make supper and have a glass of wine and try to cleanse myself!

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moondog · 06/04/2006 18:24
Grin
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doobydoo · 06/04/2006 18:23

Also anything by Rod Liddle!They are a certain type of man who make me feel ill!Smile

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moondog · 06/04/2006 18:23

God,for one brimming with negative and venemous thoughts I am really rather jolly.
How about.............

Sidney Sheldon (bit 80s I know.)

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doobydoo · 06/04/2006 18:22

Thats it exactly moondog!and he thinks women are going to think he is great because he brought a child up!
He really annoys me.

Greensleeves · 06/04/2006 18:21

Oh, yes, he makes my flesh creep. Even when in the company of Mark Lawson, who attracts a good 98% of all the hatred I am capable of at any given timeGrin

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moondog · 06/04/2006 18:19

God yes!!!
He's awful isn't he?
Convinced that he understands women to boot.

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doobydoo · 06/04/2006 18:18

Anything by Tony Parsons{whingey,whiney,smug,git}

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moondog · 06/04/2006 18:11

Must be GF then.
I read it.
Anyone who can do all that and recover from a birth deserves a medal imo.

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JoolsToo · 06/04/2006 18:08

anything that wins a book prize is usually tosh

imo