"Pillars of the Earth" is in my top ten favourite books of all time. It is so good I really don't think Ken Follett will ever write anything anywhere near as good. I have read "World without End" and it is not too bad. It really had too much to live up to. Have either of you read it, i would love to know what you thought of it.Mairin wrote:I just loved that book!! Have you read World Without End?klog13 wrote:The small boys came early to the hanging.
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
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I thought World Without End was decent, but having read Pillars of the Earth first, it did not match up to it. But it surely wasn't bad either. Those were the only two I've read of his, but I keep glancing at Fall of Giants. It'll have to wait until the TBR list gets a bit shorter, otherwise I would have broken my book resolutions for the new year already!!Gannon wrote:"Pillars of the Earth" is in my top ten favourite books of all time. It is so good I really don't think Ken Follett will ever write anything anywhere near as good. I have read "World without End" and it is not too bad. It really had too much to live up to. Have either of you read it, i would love to know what you thought of it.Mairin wrote:I just loved that book!! Have you read World Without End?klog13 wrote:The small boys came early to the hanging.
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
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I have "Fall of Giants" on my shelf at the moment. It is about fourth on my TBR list. Lets hope that it turns out to be another "Pillars of the Earth".Mairin wrote:I thought World Without End was decent, but having read Pillars of the Earth first, it did not match up to it. But it surely wasn't bad either. Those were the only two I've read of his, but I keep glancing at Fall of Giants. It'll have to wait until the TBR list gets a bit shorter, otherwise I would have broken my book resolutions for the new year already!!Gannon wrote:"Pillars of the Earth" is in my top ten favourite books of all time. It is so good I really don't think Ken Follett will ever write anything anywhere near as good. I have read "World without End" and it is not too bad. It really had too much to live up to. Have either of you read it, i would love to know what you thought of it.Mairin wrote: I just loved that book!! Have you read World Without End?
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Those Faraday Girls by Monica McInerney
''To begin somewhere near the beginning, the Maluka - better known at that time as the new boss for the Elsey - and I, his ''missus'', were at Darwin, in the Northern Territory, waiting for the train that was to take us just as far as it could - one hundred and fifty miles - on our way to the Never-Never.''
We of the Never Never by Aeneas Gunn (autobiography)
''When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he'd reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him.''
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The first I am enjoying, though not far into it, the second I read it spits and spurts when I'm in the mood for that kind of story (more narrative than dialogue) and the last I started probably a year ago and just haven't finished... is it just me that just couldn't get into The Road? Seems a pretty popular choice on these forums but it just doesn't keep pulling me back for more!
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One of, if not my favorite book. I have that sentence as my sig on another board.Nineteen Eighty-Three wrote:The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
Neuromancer - Gibson
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No Man's World: Black Hand Gang - Pat Kelleher
When you're grateful to them for giving you the things you should already have anyway, ask yourself why."
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