I hold in my hand a copy of JEAN AUEL's THE LAND OF ThE PAINTED CAVES

[Lonnie]

and YESSSSS Im so blinking excited I cant begin to describe it...

(anyone else??))

Is this No. 6?

What!? there's a new one!?! oooh!

I read the first couple of chapters online yesterday :D I'm really trying not to buy it yet. Hope its better than the last one?

YESSS number 6 out TODAY (got to love Amazon preorders)

Jean Auel was on the radio yesterday and seemed to be saying that this would be the last book (think it was originally supposed to be a 7 book series?)

No was a 6 series but as it went so long between 4 and 5 and again between 5 and 6 I think many of us was loosing hope. I really cant wait to get into this one (has tomorrow morning off and am going to a coffee place forgetting my phone laughs)

Mine's here too!!!!

On page 66 already so far VERY good

Amazon just delivered mine - and I've got to go out :(

has Ayla invented the printing press yet?

Rats! - got to wait til next year for the paperback. I hate hardback fiction books. Has she got any better at writing sex scenes?

The review on Amazon put me right off reading it -feel it might be better to stop at no.5....

Please let me know if it's a 'satisfactory' ending, if you know what I mean.

Oooooh, can't wait to read it but I'm hoping it's better than book 5.

I got mine yesterday - have read a couple of chapters but am trying to not read it too fast!

Ooh, thank you! Didn't even realise she had finished it! I have now ordered mine, can't wait till tomorrow

Did anyone notice it is more expensive on kindle BTW, is that usual? I was thinking of buying one but probably won't if that is the norm!

I got my Kindle version on Tuesday, yeah !

Only 21% read so far, enjoying it but not much has happened except loads of catching up with old story lines and characters.

LowRegNumber - no it's not the norm. Kindle books are usually cheaper even though you have to pay VAT on them (you don't pay VAT on paper books apparantly).

I've only just recently got a Kindle and I'm a bit of a convert. Altough it'll never replace real books for me - I love the feel and smell of books and I'm a bit of a collector - they definately have their place and I carry mine too and from work every day now.

Glad to see a thread on this! Has anyone tried the 'meet Ayla' download using the special edition cover? I did, this evening. I thought it was worth doing but a bit underwhelming.

Also saw a friend today whose daughter is called Ayla. Guess he & his wife are fans..!

who's finished this then?

me

come chat

Yeah, for you :)

Good grief it will take me days/weeks to finish this book. I remember the days I had loads of time to read.

tbh if you have read the others then you can skim read quite a bit

and if you haven'tead the others then you won't need to after reading this one

Oh dear, A lot of what I have read has been repetitive I was hoping it was only because it was the beginning IYSWIM.

Ooooh how exciting! I was beginning to wonder if it would ever come out, isn't Jean M Auel getting on a bit now?

Oooh, must check if it's on Kindle yet - I do have it my Kindle wish list in preparation (on basis that I've bought the hard copy the last few times and nearly killed myself lumping it around).

Babieseverywhere - they are always repetitive. It's the one series you never have to go back and reread in advance as she constantly reminds you who everyone is.

God, I remember reading the Plains of Passage as a young teen - sneaking it out of my sister's room to read the sex scenes...!

Yes, you are right ! Guess that is why I have reread books 1,3 and 5 but not 2 or 6 and not really missed anything, ;)