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Moondog's naff books that we've all read thread

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ggglimpopo · 25/04/2005 09:52

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Marina · 25/04/2005 12:49

And very BIG HAIR a la Julie Christie in just about everything "period"...

Blackduck · 25/04/2005 12:48

Mills and Boons (she whispers.....) well I was 14.....

ks · 25/04/2005 12:24

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WideWebWitch · 25/04/2005 12:19

The thornbirds, oh my, that takes me back! We were fifth formers sniggering over it I think, ditto Flowers in the Attic, what a terrible book that was. Snafu, me too re Jilly Cooper, I like her and admit to having read everything she's written!

Marina · 25/04/2005 12:06

Sorry Miss Gggl miss, sorry!
Do I get an amnesty on the grounds I remembered who wrote the Angelique series? That's all I do remember other than the dust jackets sported a magnificently bosomed Angelique...

GhostofNatt · 25/04/2005 12:04

oops back to books, enough reminiscing about the starnge old days when nappy rash creams were novel...

GhostofNatt · 25/04/2005 12:03

Me too! that just leaves me and you who weren't... at least i know i'm not...

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ggglimpopo · 25/04/2005 12:02

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Marina · 25/04/2005 11:59

I am 99% certain that at least four of them were Justine!

GhostofNatt · 25/04/2005 11:54

And there were about six poeple posting and probably three of them were tech!

Marina · 25/04/2005 11:49

I know! Threads would run for weeks with one post a day! My times have changed
Colleen is down the thread somewhere. That mini-series was such a gem

GhostofNatt · 25/04/2005 11:48

Scary it's so long! I remember posting about pregnancy palpitations and waiting hours for anyone to respond...Has anyone mentioned the Thornbirds? (Thorn Birds?)

Marina · 25/04/2005 11:43

Well, do you know, I checked out my first ever post and someone with a name very like yours replied to it . The penny dropped! That was back in 2000, by the way.

Marina · 25/04/2005 11:42

They were just so lurid...all that swapping partners between siblings/cousins etc. I am sure I read a brief biography that suggested a combination of upbringing and reclusive adulthood made de la Roche write such barkingly torrid stuff about sexual relationships.
I love a lot of Canadian writers but she will always have a special place in my heart. I don't think my parents had a clue how very unsuitable some of the novels were for a teenager.

GhostofNatt · 25/04/2005 11:42

Marina, how did you guess? Posted v early on then not much for years but fallen by wayside recently, oops. Think you are "oldtimer" too?

suzywong · 25/04/2005 11:40

Rockstar by Jackie Collins immediately after ds1 was born, don'tknow why, it was the biggest pile of crap imaginable

Also some ghoulish La Plante which was really awful too

much more highbrow these days though, thank the lord

FLUM · 25/04/2005 11:39

Lace??

only read it for the rumpy pumpy scenes

dinosaur · 25/04/2005 11:39

I've read a lot of them, Marina - my aunt had loads.

Marina · 25/04/2005 11:37

GhostofNatt, I've been meaning to ask you...have you been on Mumsnet for five years...under another name?

And as for Angelique...I think "Sergeanne Golon" beat "Nicci French" and "Zisou Corder" to writing a book together under one name by about 40 years...ah, I remember it well.
OK, Chronicles of Jalna anyone? Mazo de la Roche wrote the most overcooked fiction imaginable!

ks · 25/04/2005 11:34

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ggglimpopo · 25/04/2005 11:29

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ks · 25/04/2005 11:26

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snafu · 25/04/2005 11:19

Jilly Cooper is fabulous. She is my guilty, guilty pleasure...well, her books are.

GhostofNatt · 25/04/2005 11:17

clan of the cavebear anyone?

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ggglimpopo · 25/04/2005 11:00

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