Kilgore Trout
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Hello AllHi Everyone,
My name is Chris, and I'm from Notts. I'm sure like many of you here, I am an absolute book junky!! I buy on average about 4 books a week, much to the annoyance of my better half.
I like to read a variety of books and purposely try to mix up style and genre etc as much as possible. Up until a couple of years ago, all my reading consisted of Dean Koontz / Stephen King style novels, and although I still enjoy the odd one I tried to broaden my horizons, and I'm very pleased I did.
It would be hard to put my finger on a favourite author because I enjoy so many, but if pressed I would have to say P. G. Wodehouse. I would urge anyone not to have read a Jeeves and Wooster book to do so at once!! I also like graphic novels. I'm reasonably new to them, but am enjoying them very much. I also enjoy the odd autobiography or non-fiction book too.
Anyway, I look forward to some interesting discussions with you all.
Here are the books I have read so far this year (in order).....
Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis de Bernieres
An Utterly Impartial History of Britain - John O'Farrell
Right Ho Jeeves - P G Wodehouse
Catch Me If You Can - Frank Abagnale
Something Fresh - P G Wodehouse
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Agent Zigzag - Ben MacIntyre
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
Currently reading The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
Chris.
P.S. To pre-empt any questions about the slighty creepy avatar - I have a blog, all is explained on there!!! 
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Tigerlily
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Welcome to BB, Chris 
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annecater
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Welcome Chris - just half an hour up the road from me!
Apart from The Kite Runner, I've not read any of your books so far this year, but am always open to good, lively book debate.
Enjoy BB!
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Carelia
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welcome to the forum!
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lisa2062
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Welcome to BB Chris! I was like you and stuck pretty much to that genre, but since joining the forum have read a wide range of books. Lisa x
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Daniela-26
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Welcome to BB Chris! 
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lovely treez
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Welcome to BB, Chris. Out of the ones I've read off your 2008 list so far...my favourite would be The Kite Runner. I read American Psycho many, many years ago when it was first published and whilst I liked it at the time, I don't think I could stomach it now!! I enjoyed CC Mandolin but was a bit disappointed in the Historian - as I have mentioned countless times on various forums, it could have done with some judicious pruning...
Looking forward to hearing what else you read this year.
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Kilgore Trout
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| lovely treez wrote: | Welcome to BB, Chris. Out of the ones I've read off your 2008 list so far...my favourite would be The Kite Runner. I read American Psycho many, many years ago when it was first published and whilst I liked it at the time, I don't think I could stomach it now!! I enjoyed CC Mandolin but was a bit disappointed in the Historian - as I have mentioned countless times on various forums, it could have done with some judicious pruning...
Looking forward to hearing what else you read this year. |
I couldn't agree more about The Historian! As I have said in the "Currently Reading" forum, I am finding it a bit of a chore, but I'm going to persevere!
Chris
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eightlegs
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Hello and welcome. What a great introduction! Was going to comment on the user name but looks like I'll just have to check out your blog sometime.
Hope you enjoy it here!
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Tigerlily
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| eightlegs wrote: | Hello and welcome. What a great introduction!
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That's what I'm thinking Sarah
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blueflower
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Hi and welcome to BB.
ps I really liked The Historian but seem to be in the minority. 
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Kilgore Trout
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| eightlegs wrote: | Hello and welcome. What a great introduction! Was going to comment on the user name but looks like I'll just have to check out your blog sometime.
Hope you enjoy it here! |
Well thank you very much (same to you Glynis) - shucks! 
The username doesn't actually have anything to do with the blog! A quick look on Wikipedia will solve the mystery of the username, and give a clue to one of my fave authors.
Check the blog anyway though! lol
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miranda
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Hi and Welcome to the site!
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jobar
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Hi and welcome 
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Kilgore Trout
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Due to popular demand (ahem!), and for one day only (in order to maintain my air of general mysterious anonymity here I am sans mask!
<--------- (me)
As I say, I'll only leave it up for today, so no need to inundate me with requests to immediately put the mask back on 
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annecater
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| Kilgore Trout wrote: | Due to popular demand (ahem!), and for one day only (in order to maintain my air of general mysterious anonymity here I am sans mask!
<--------- (me)
As I say, I'll only leave it up for today, so no need to inundate me with requests to immediately put them mask back on |
Good to see you! You are not a bit as I imagined!
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Kilgore Trout
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| annecater wrote: | | Kilgore Trout wrote: | Due to popular demand (ahem!), and for one day only (in order to maintain my air of general mysterious anonymity here I am sans mask!
<--------- (me)
As I say, I'll only leave it up for today, so no need to inundate me with requests to immediately put them mask back on |
Good to see you! You are not a bit as I imagined! |
lol - I'm not sure if that is a good or a bad thing? Depends what you had imagined I suppose!
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eightlegs
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Thanks for the quick peek.
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blueflower
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Nice to see you the flesh!
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Mazzystar
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Another welcome from me, sorry it's so belated! x
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