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[layne67]

Sleep, Pale Sister by Joanne Harris is a lovely read. Four not-so-nice characters and yet I enjoyed the story so much. There's Effie, weak, vapid, Effie. She became what she was through no fault of her own. Henry, the borderline pedophile with his mother-issues, Mose the rogue, and not a likeable rogue either. And Fanny with her obsession with her dead daughter. And of course, the elusive Marta - a ghost? A figment of Effie's imagination? Oh boy, a modern-day psychiatrist would have a field day with all four of them, especially Effie. I could totally see her being diagnosed as a schizophrenic with multiple personality disorder.

A haunting story with Joanna Harris's trademark style of atmospheric writing.

As for Restraint latest update, the bells that rung tore my heart into a zillion pieces. I thought I couldn't read it at first, but I did of course and I cried and I cried ...

Next book : The First Casualty by Ben Elton. His books have always been about comedic satires, books that literally made me laugh till I cried, but I can't imagine this book, set during WWI being one of those. It looks pretty serious, a first from Elton for me!

Next Big-Bang : Hmmm, I can't decide between this, this or this.

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[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

I wonder how I missed the first bigbang you mentioned. Looks cute. :) Please share your opinion, okay? :D

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Oh sure!! :)

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the book recs! I love having new ideas of things to read! :)

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Oh Claudia, you must try Ben Elton! He never failed to make me laugh - from page one right to the end!! His books have all been hilarious - black comedy kind of thing - so this one looks a bit different from the rest. I've started on it last night and yes, it's serious stuff - what differentiate between legally sanctioned murders in wars and "illegal" murders. But even with that topic, Elton managed to make me laugh. it's the way he wrote them.

His books : http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/e/ben-elton/

My favourites are Inconceivable and Chart Throb.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

So many things to read!! Thank you, sweetie!

[dev-earl.livejournal.com]

I've read Reanimated. It was awesome! :D

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I gave that one a miss initially, I guess I wasn't in the mood for something like that at that time, then I saw it rec'd by someone so it's back on my TRL!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I'm at chapter 2 now and eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, to think that I nearly missed it!

[ala-tariel.livejournal.com]

I guess the Emma's adaptation is my next reading. :D

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Read 'Reanimated'. I think you're going to love it. It's funny, well-written, and PLENTY of Jared in it!!!

[ala-tariel.livejournal.com]

Okay. I have to catch a lot of things. Bigbang is one of them. :D:D:D