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A copy of one of my favourite books is in every charity shop in town, unread :(

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Mammie81 · 05/05/2011 23:59

In about 8 shops theres a copy of at least one part of His Dark Materials. Unread. I feel like its a judgement on me and my tastes! [cries]

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confuseddotcodotuk · 06/05/2011 00:01

I wish they were in my town charity shops! I love that series and don't own my own set, I stole my Mum's!

It has to be one of the best series I've ever read, am rereading it after I finish this book I'm reaing atm :)

MavisEnderby · 06/05/2011 00:02

Pullman.If it helps loved them.I thought you were gonna say Dan browne,in which case totally justified lol!!

thenightsky · 06/05/2011 00:02

DS loves that too. I've never read it. I might take it on holiday with me.

MotherMucca · 06/05/2011 00:02

Hush, now, Marmie. I suspect the book is so well-read that the copies you see have been donated because they are duplicates. The donors are just spreading the love.

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Mammie81 · 06/05/2011 00:04

My DP says the 'inbreds in our area just dont get it'. That saddens me even more [howls]

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shockers · 06/05/2011 00:07

Ha! I thought you were going to say Dan Browne too! I love Philip Pullman, but can appreciate that his style is not to everyone's taste.

Going to trawl our plenitude of charity shops (we have 5 down our 200 yd high street!) tomorrow, for good reads!

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Mammie81 · 06/05/2011 00:12

Theres a Dan Browne book in every shop too. And at least his have been read!

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cheeseandmayo · 06/05/2011 00:13

I managed to get the Trilogy for my DS in one of my (many) local charity shops.

Have heard they are such a good read I might have to nick them off him.

limitedperiodonly · 06/05/2011 00:18

I thought this was going to be about something really bad, but it's not.

I love His Dark Materials - Subtle Knife the best and Northern Lights next.

Disappointed by The Amber Spyglass because those wheely things annoyed me but it's worth reading.

Amber Spyglass was in the charity shop bin the other day. Never seen the others.

Goodynuff · 06/05/2011 04:38

We have that trilogy Smile My DH had to get them for one of his lit classes in university, and we have read them to the kids, and lent them to friends and family too. Great books, crummy movie.

Cadpat · 06/05/2011 05:35

Can I make you jealous and say that I have a copy autographed by Pullman with a personal message to my LO in it :)

Love love love that series... waiting to read it to LO.

Punkatheart · 06/05/2011 06:47

He is a brilliant brilliant writer and deserves even more recognition than he gets. Let them have Dan Brown (shit shit shit as it is known in the trade) and we'll have the real literature....

Oooh a signed copy. How lovely. Saw him in Oxford a few years ago. Fascinating man...

Bucharest · 06/05/2011 06:48

One of those sets will be mine.

Read about 50 pages of the first one. Chucked the rest.

Attempted the film, but managed less than half an hour.

Life's too short.

Bucharest · 06/05/2011 06:50

PS I have used a passage from the first one as a descriptive text for my lit students though (just to show that although it's not my thing, I can appreciate it's well written!)

neepsntatties · 06/05/2011 06:50

Loved them! Can't wait to read them to DS and DD once they are old enough. Hated the film version.

HubbaHubbaBubba · 06/05/2011 06:56

Ooh yes limited I'm with you on the wheely things. Really enjoyed the first two but thought Amber Spyglass was just a bit silly, and too easy if you know what I mean.

echt · 06/05/2011 08:22

I thought the Amber Spyglass took two reads to get in to it.

Film was shoite.

I DO want a daemon.

And Iorek Byrnison for my best mate. :o

bruffin · 06/05/2011 08:33

I read the first one , it was okay. I lost the will to live by the end of the second one and didn't read it. DH read it and said it really wasn't worth the time and the energy.

bruffin · 06/05/2011 08:35

I have read his Sally Lockheart book, quite good stories but totally unbelievable.

TandB · 06/05/2011 08:38

I love these books - I think Pullman's timing was unfortunate as they came out in the middle of the Harry Potter hysteria. If he had written them after the last Harry Potter book I reckon they would have been even more popular than they are now.

AliciaFlorrick · 06/05/2011 08:44

I got my set from a charity shop, someone else's loss was my gain.

HeadfirstForHalos · 06/05/2011 08:48

I love these books! I've never seen them in our charity shops, I had to order them at our library. I would like my own cet though!

It's a good job I read them after having my girls as one would probably be named Lyra now Grin

confuseddotcodotuk · 06/05/2011 10:25

I agree that the third was lacking, but it was still interesting, I liked to see everybody come together from the different worlds :) The movie was shocking though. I saw that before I read the books and liked it, but read the books after my best mate went on about the movie being so terrible and why and agreed Grin I hate how Lyra in the movies speaks very poshly, yet they try to replicate her fro the books by throwing in a few "int it!" and things

GetOrfMoiCase · 06/05/2011 10:34

Oh I love these books. Really, really love them. I bought them years ago for dd, she hated it, so I read them. Absolutelu beautifully written and haunting story. DP found me reading the end of the Amber Spyglass with tears streaming down my face, he was a bit Hmm at me.

I think the fact they came out during Harry Potter madness is a shame. Mind you they are no comparison to Harry Potter, the writing is so beautiful and the themes very adult and sophisticated.

GetOrfMoiCase · 06/05/2011 10:35

Iwish the movie was better. I thought Nicole Kidman however was an inspired choice as Mrs Coulter. But the kid playing Lyra was excrutiating.