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Jilly Cooper

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chocolateandcoffee · 03/05/2012 20:43

Should have name changed for this but I'm to lazy, oh the shame Grin

After seeing Mrscampbellblacks nick name on the s&b threads. It reminded me how much I enjoyed her books. Can anyone remember what sequence they follow before I pounce on the second hand book shops.

Was it polo, riders, jump.

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Doilooklikeatourist · 03/05/2012 20:48

The Rutshire Chroniclesi

  1. Riders (1986)
  2. Rivals (1988; also known as Players)
  3. Polo (1991)
  4. The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1993)
  5. Appassionata (1996)
  6. Score! (1999)
  7. Pandora (2002)
  8. Wicked! (2006)
  9. Jump! (2010)
According to Wikipedia.
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chocolateandcoffee · 03/05/2012 21:04

Thanks tourist I should have thought of wiki. I tried amazon but they were all over the place.

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DameHermione · 03/05/2012 21:11

I'm here! Someone said the magic words!!!!

May i also take this opportunity to introduce you to my new kitten Rupert Kitten-Black. (see profile pics)

My Jilly favourites. ......

Rivals
Polo
Score

And anything featuring dear Rupert.

letseatgrandma · 03/05/2012 21:22

Ooh-I miss lovely Rupert! Or...'that shit, Cambell-Black' as he was known in the early days!!

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chocolateandcoffee · 03/05/2012 21:30

oh hello dame hermione . what a blast from the past you are. I can't believe I have not noticed your name before.

are you still with the mad composer or are you a widow now? I can't remember Blush

I have just been up stairs having a look through old boxes of books. I can't believe it I must have given them away when I moved house.

your kitten is lovely btw. purrfect name for such a handsome cat.

sorry about typos. on phone

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chocolateandcoffee · 03/05/2012 21:34

I agree grandma. I love him for years but I feel I was a little below stairs for his taste

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DameHermione · 03/05/2012 21:38

Poor dear rannaldini was murdered most horribly.

I left darling Bob (who was very gay) am am happy at the moment with Sexton (and i think had a daughter with).

However my artistic temprement cannot be controlled and i am a martyr to my moods and whims.

DameHermione · 03/05/2012 21:38

I know far far too much.

Doilooklikeatourist · 03/05/2012 21:50

I want a kitten .
Might get 2 , Taggie and Tabbie
Cosmo and Rannaldini ?

I love Rupert ( but actually love Billy more )

Happily I found Jump in the charity shop in hard back for £1-99 to replace the paper back I lent to my sister

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chocolateandcoffee · 03/05/2012 22:01

l feel a long hunt around the charity shops coming on

I wonder if they are still in print

back to amazon. might have them for the weekend]

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chocolateandcoffee · 03/05/2012 22:03

oops didn't mean to make the last bit a linkBlush

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DameHermione · 03/05/2012 22:33

I want them all on my kindle. But will have to Save up.

Rupert the kitten almost ended up cosmo.

DameHermione · 03/05/2012 22:35

oh they are all Still in print,

PetiteRaleuse · 04/05/2012 14:22

I was going to start a thread about Jilly the other day !

I am looking forward to my upcoming maternity leave as they are perfect reading material when you want a good story but don't want to think too much.

I love all the Rutshire Chronicles but Rivals is my absolute favourite.

Am looking forward to adding them to my kindle actually I got Hmm looks from people when readnig them out in public in the past.

SuePurblybilt · 04/05/2012 14:24

I like Rivals best too. It has the best balance of soppy romance and splutteringly unlikely scenarios.

FayKnights · 04/05/2012 14:29

Love, love, love a bit of JC. Although picked up 'Wicked' in a charity shop the other day and wished I hadn't, it was absolutely dire and event the appearance of RCB and Taggie couldn't redeem it. Has anyone else read it? My favourite is Rivals, brooding Declan nearly usurped RCB in the gorgeous stakes!

PetiteRaleuse · 04/05/2012 14:51

Wicked was the first once I read actually - I must have enjoyed it enough to buy all the others. It was pretty outrageous, and compeltely unbelievable, but fun to read.

I admit though the others are far better. That said, I wasn't overly impressed with Jump but was recovering from surgery at the time and pretty bad tempered in general :)

theonewiththenoisychild · 04/05/2012 17:27

Got 10 books in a charity shop today 4 of them jilly cooper books so will be reading them soon. Havent read a jilly cooper book before

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chocolateandcoffee · 04/05/2012 19:34

Grin I got riders and rivals for a pound.

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KenDoddsDadsDog · 04/05/2012 19:35

There are loads of Jilly names on here from a thread when Jump came out. Sarah Stratton and Dame Hermione ....

letseatgrandma · 04/05/2012 19:48

I loved all of them except the last one-about the irritating Etta. It was so forgettable, I have forgotten the title! I only kept going to see if Rupert got any more mentions ;)

GiantPuffball · 04/05/2012 19:53

Wicked is awful. The others are good.

IShallWearMidnight · 04/05/2012 19:54

Tried ot read Jump the other week, but gave up as they style was far too irritating (the 14 yo explaining who everyone was to the new arrival - " thats' so and so, we call him Awful Pun because he's so whatever"). I was very disappointed Sad.

dearprudence · 04/05/2012 19:56

The later books have definitely gone off the boil a bit. Wicked was dire!

I still like the old romances - Harriet, Prudence, Bella and the rest, but Riders & Rivals best of all.

Get0rfMoiLand · 04/05/2012 19:56

I love them. The early ones anyway.

She has a great talent of starting off with ghastly characters (Rupert, Perdita, Abbie) and making you really root for them at the end.

My favourites are Riders, Rivals, Polo, Appassionata and Pandora.