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Re: Books worth Giving.
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2005, 02:01:25 PM »
Okay, I've ordered:

The Alienist by Caleb Carr
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cromwell

Thanks for the suggestions

Any others for future purchases?
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Re: Books worth Giving.
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2005, 03:53:46 PM »
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Trivia: Anne Perry's seedy past is also the subject of a Peter Jackson movie where she is unfortunately played by Kate Winslet.


What movie is that?
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Re: Books worth Giving.
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2005, 04:01:50 PM »
Yeah.  Sorry I didn't jump on this thread until you'd already made your purchases.  

Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series is some of the best mystery stuff I've ever read.
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Re: Books worth Giving.
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2005, 12:29:59 AM »
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What movie is that?

Heavenly Creatures. http://imdb.com/title/tt0110005/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker-Hulme_murder

The lesbian stuff was added for the movie.
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Re: Books worth Giving.
« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2005, 01:20:30 AM »
I haven't read the Blind Assassin, but if it's like the other books of hers I've read, you may want to be aware that she tends to use some pretty strong language. If that's a consideration.
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Re: Books worth Giving.
« Reply #20 on: December 10, 2005, 04:35:31 AM »
The sample pages I read on Amazon didn't have any strong language that I could tell.

If my mom finds it to be offensive, it will just end up in the trash, where many Christmas gifts end up eventually.

Besides my parents have a lot of books, which makes me insane for wanting to get them more. But then again it is what they like.
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Re: Books worth Giving.
« Reply #21 on: December 10, 2005, 05:04:44 PM »
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Heavenly Creatures. http://imdb.com/title/tt0110005/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker-Hulme_murder
The lesbian stuff was added for the movie.

Hmm, well, I knew about Perry's shady past. (Trivia: from what I've heard, at the time she killed her friend's mom, she was on some medications that had her brain cells kinda scrambled. Also, I think she became LDS as an adult.)
Hadn't a clue about the movie, though. How . . . weird.
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Re: Books worth Giving.
« Reply #22 on: December 12, 2005, 01:51:31 AM »
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The sample pages I read on Amazon didn't have any strong language that I could tell.

If my mom finds it to be offensive, it will just end up in the trash, where many Christmas gifts end up eventually.

Besides my parents have a lot of books, which makes me insane for wanting to get them more. But then again it is what they like.

Karen says the Sharpe books also have swearing--more than she was comfortable with. She quit after 3 or 4 books because she got tired of the swearing. (Unlike with O'Brien who limits it to a couple of words per book.)
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Re: Books worth Giving.
« Reply #23 on: December 12, 2005, 10:06:39 AM »
It was too much for her after 3 or 4 BOOKS? Wouldn't one book be enough of a clue?

Guess not.

Anyways, I'm using the excuse that these books were approved by a research team of liberal arts majors/graduates. So if the books are bad, it will just re-confirm my parents' notion that English majors/professionals (linguistics, comparatic literature, foreign language, art, music, etc...) are all a bunch a hedonistic heathens and I should be re-couciled to stay away from them. ::)
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Re: Books worth Giving.
« Reply #24 on: December 12, 2005, 01:25:08 PM »
Well that's the kind of gift that just keeps on giving...  ;)
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Re: Books worth Giving.
« Reply #25 on: January 21, 2006, 06:06:38 AM »
My favourite books at the moment are Silverfin and blood fever from the young bonds collection. There great for teenagers or 9- 12 yr olds and they include a nice amount of violence
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