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Alura

Alura

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My name is Tiffany...aka Alura. I am 38 and reading is a large part of my life. I will read just about anything if it can spark my interest. Ever since I read Edgar Allen Poe, I have been into reading and literature became my best subject in school. I love reading horror and I enjoy the vampire, shape-shifter and demon type books as well. I... more »
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  • Rain

    Rain says

    ~TACKLES~ ALURA!!!!!!!!!!!! ~squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze~ I've missed you!! Everything is.. uhhh.. yes good? Everything is a HUGE topic!! How are you??

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Mr Manimala

    Mr Manimala says

    Please read my feature and reply. I get very few replies. Except Russian and French Classics, my reading is pure, sparkling American. America is the coolest, most happening place. Also Americans and Indians are very frank bordering on blunt. Love J


    SPECTACULAR BOOKS



    1.Strangers – Dean Koonts: When I was immersed in Strangers on Nov.6 & 7, 1990, it gave me surround feeling. That is, the events of novel seemed to happening around me in the real time. 2.California Gold – John Jakes (Once, a young boy asked me “why don’t you read 25-page books to try world record; 27,500 books?” Though 1508-page Texas-James Michener & 1370-page Noble House-James Clavell are splendid, this 910-page Jewel has the edge.): Poor Mack Chance, 15, won big in California. His face-off with corrupt officials and landowners. Library; poor man’s university. 3. Heaven-VC Andrews: Elder daughter’s futile attempt to regain her siblings. Extreme hardships and poverty in America. So beautiful and touching. 4. Journeyer- Gary Jennings: Hind, Cathay, Persia, Arabia. Young Marko Polo see danger in beauty. Maiden, Sun Clock, marvels. 5. Oru desathinte katha- S.K. Pottekadu: Colourful, vital saga cover entire spectrum of British Raj, Golden Ilanjippoyil, Arabia, Malaya. Nostalgic tinge enliven us. Ganapathi Iyer, Madhavan, class toughs, Usthadh Vasu, Sreedharan’s mentor and nightmare. 6. Alessandro-Vincent Filippazzo- Vibrant, bravo tragically fizzles out in brutal Saudi coast. Italian boy made big it in America.7. The Inscrutable Americans-Anuragh Mathur. American college. Just landed conservative, rural Hindu boy, Gopal, stun campus Casanova Randy on Linda Lovelace.

    I like cute babies.Nostalgia is a boy's growing up in India and emigration to US. His melancholic memories of Grand Father, Ancestral home and greedy, selfish , uncaring cousins. Shanghai Dusk is on China and India.

    FANTASTIC WORKS 
    1. Sundarikale vida Though this is far better than Khushwant Singh’s The Company of Women poor Kasimadom Unny never get deserved acclaim. 2. Total Control –David Baldcci: FBI agent and a young widow fight omnipotent villains. Stupendous technological feats, terrifying stakes. 3. Crusades (NF)-Harold Lamb. 4. Honey In the horn-Harold L Davis: Colorful love story won Pulitzer. Wonderful narration 5. The Magic of Believing (NF)-Claude M Bristol: All-time classic. Mind over matter. 6. The Second Sex (NF)- Simone de Beauvoir: Women’s plight. So cruel, it will haunt even the most powerful brains. 7. Dark Rivers of the Heart-Dean Koontz; Big Brother takes care of you. A couple fights back. 8. Kolymsky Heights-Lionel Davidson: American agent in ultra-secret Russian research station.9.Death current - Jacy Jr.: Malayali challenge to western thrillers. 10. Mortal Fear-Greg IIIes: Evil medical genius and his Indian wife, Kali, knock off women from an Internet sex site. Two computer wizards, FBI and police hunt them. Killers still come. 11. Executive Action-Richard Doyle: US President must oust a crazy impostor from White House and regain his wife. 12. Solstice- David Hewson: CIA hunt doomsday computer cult through artificial weather phenomena. 13. Storming Intrepid-Payne Harrison: KGB hijack US space shuttle. Space plane, spies, ironical end. 14. At All Costs-John Gilstrap: Framed up couple and son flee unstoppable bad guys. Fortunately, powerful uncle intervenes. 15. Bantam’s Soviet Union 1991 (NF): Vast wonderland’s natural, cultural, intellectual richness. Witty, inspiring.
    16. Fourth Procedure-Stanely Pottinger: Pro-Choice feminists’ bizarre revenge on males. Science runs amok. 17. 2010: Odyssey Two-Arthur C Clarke:Mystery beyond wildest dreams. 18. The Vulture Fund-Stephen Frey: Vice President fight corrupt CIA Director. Billion-dollar war. 19. Footfall-Niven & Pournell: America and Russia fight superior aliens. 20. The Avatar-Poul Anderson: Quest for Masters of Universe. 21.Ratnamala- Malayalam translation of wonderful Soviet fairy tales. Printed in Moscow! 22. Fire starter-Stephen King: 8-years old girl fight sinister agency. (When I narrated this story, my two young cousins laughed their heads off!)
    23. Zero Coupon-Paul Erdman: Financial wizard outwits government. 24. Ignition-Anderson & Beason: Sophisticated thieves capture US space center. Disabled Commander must beat them. 25. Complete Guide to Video (NF)-Martin Clifford. 26. Computers Today (NF) –Donald Sanders. 27. The Proteus Vector-Michael Clark: Terrible biological revenge. 28. May Day-Demille & Block: Taut aerospace thriller. Cover-up, lies, bravery. 29. Mount Dragon-Lincoln Preston: Young researcher and girl friend unveils sinister bio-lab. 30. Tin Tin: Destination Moon. 31. The Fourteenth Summer-Gary Paulsen: Teenage adventure. Sheep, bear & wolves. 32. The Amphibious Man-Alexander Belyaev Live underwater! 33. Enemies-Richard Harris: Covert Soviet invasion of America. A surprise gift! 34. Nilavilurayunna chorathullikal- Ramachandran: Kerala’s answer to Dracula. 35. Third Wave (NF)-Alvin Toffler. 36. Deep Time (NF)-David Darling. 37. Hot Zone (NF)-Richard Prestin: Watch Out, African virus in America. 38. The Hawkeland Cache-Eugene FitzMaurice: Jesuits, Americans, Chinese and the British outwit each other for world power. 39. By Stealth-Colin Forbes: Invisible Chinese invasion of the West. 40. Devil’s Alternative – Frederick Forsyth: Global showdown. Anyway, people will die. 41. The want Makers (NF)-Eric Clark: Advertising world. 42. Ablaze (NF) –Piers Paul Read: Chernobyl tragedy. Heroism. 43. Freedom At Midnight (NF)-Lappier & Collins: India, you are free. 44. The Fifth Horseman-Do: Good by, New York. Nuclear black mail. 45. Oregon Trail (NF)-Francis Parkmen: Wonderful travelog. 46. Angels (NF)-Billy Graham. 47. The Omen-David Seltzer: Child devil. 48. English Episode-Charles Paulson: Priests, laborers, revolt. Beautiful. 49. Thousand Nights and One Night: Arabian dreamlands. 50. Sahara (After Marathon reading, my friend finished it by five morning!)-Clive Cussler: Two daredevil pals save the world. 51. Prizes (My young cousin Deepa, praised it.)-Erich Segal: Geniuses race to Nobel Prize. Father adores brilliant daughter and rejects ordinary son. Ironical twist. 52. 1984-George Orwell: Most quoted book after Bible? 53. Labyrinth – John Land: An amateur, CIA and the KGB fight an enemy 1000 times powerful. Plots, counter plots.
    SPELLBINDERS 
    1. The Day Before Midnight-Stephen Hunter: Disgruntled general and his commandos capture American missile base. Unless an odd group have their way, world is only hours away from blowing up. Pendulum swings both ways. Last page sentence, regular guys, brought the fifth star. 2. Jeremiah-Michael Smith: He liberates America from Mammon & crime by murder! 3. Takeover-Forrest Evers: Caution, greedy US CEOs! Ends in greatest irony! 4. Try This One For Size-James Hadley Chase: Twists, double cross.!) 5. Women On Top (NF)-Nancy Friday: Female sexual fantasies. Critical facts and insights. 6. Watchers-Dean Koontz: Experiments escape from defense lab for inevitable showdown. 7. Memories of Another day-Harold Robbins: Classic by any standard. 8. Blood Line-Sidney Sheldon: Troubled inheritance. Who’s the killer? 9. Hollywood Wives-Jackie Collins: Deadly female trap! 10. Prime Time-Joan Collins: Glamour, money, sex. 11.30 Seconds-Sam & Bettina Giancana: Compare to CIA, Mafia is choirboys! 12. Shadows-John Saul: Child prodigies, beware of special schools. 13. Catacombs-John Farris: Superpower duel in Africa for ancient secret. 14. The Red Fox-Anthony Hyde: Search in US, Canada and USSR. 15. Dubai-Robin Moore: Harsh Dubai of yore. Hero loses everything except his honor. (From childhood, my late grandfather Joseph Manimala encouraged my pursuits.)
    16. Genesis-WA Harbinson: Unstoppable plan to subvert humanity. 17. The Second Lady-Irving Wallace: Soviet sex against US President! 18. Submarine U-137-Edward Topol: Sinister Soviet weapon. Funny, disturbing. 19. Siberian Light-Robin White: Russian Mayor must save his teenage daughter from her American mentors. 20. Veritas-William Lashner: A poor lawyer’s chase for high money. A cursed family, a cult, Mafia and evil genius. 21. The Enemy-Desmond Bagley: Early computer thriller. 22. The Nude Wore Black-Ted Mark: Funniest sex thriller. 23. Powerplay-Penny Jordan: Rape Victim strikes back. 24. Whisper in His Ear (NF)-Liane Gardner: How-to-exploit-men-guide for women! 25. The Power-James Mills: Two Soviet women equal 5 billion people? 26. The Nun Runners (NF)-Sonia Dougal: Pala, my city appears. Holy thieves! 27. The Sisters-Robert Littell: Complex KGB, CIA collusion. 28. Lust Market (NF)-Harold Cross: Global sex industry. 29. The Steal (NF): Brian Freemantle: Piracy, deadly effective weapon. 30. The Truth Machine-James L halperin: A vision of future to AD 2050.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • moti t

    moti t says

    i want to make you my friend and share

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  • Nighthawk

    Nighthawk says

    It takes a lot to offend me sweetheart-you nekkid is certainly not going to do it! It sounds like you are relaxing and that is good-so often it is rush rush rush and serenity can be difficult to achieve. A few Zen moments by yourself (clothed or unclothed) will do you a world of good. Sorry those rednecks ruined your good time-it has been raining a lot here (something you have probably have had quite enough of) so it is not to hot out. Now that it has stopped and things have cleared off it is a perfect evening to go check out the stars. So go do that! And I'll catch you tomorrow.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nighthawk

    Nighthawk says

    I know they'll enjoy a visit to their grandparents-my son just got back a day or so ago from a similar visit to his Grandmother's. Time alone is a precious commodity when you're a parent-I hope you get to relax and unwind. BTW I am delighted to hear from you, and I'm glad you're doing well. Things are great here-I'm in a bit of a reading slump and the temp is in the high nineties but those are minor quibbles. Write back!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nighthawk

    Nighthawk says

    Strep sucks; I'm sorry he has it and hope he gets better. We are well; just bought a new washing machine and stove two things we have really needed for a while. Whirlpool. Of course now the drain for the stove is plugged up, proving the adage when it rains it pours. Trying to unclog it with chemicals first-definitely do not want to pay a plumber. Cross your fingers!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Rain

    Rain says

    :giggles: Yup.. JoJo is amazing at finding some real hotties!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Rain

    Rain says

    :HUG: We miss you too!! It's ok I understand that RL can sometimes intrude on playtime :kisses:
    I'm glad you're doing well though.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nighthawk

    Nighthawk says

    Compliment? I was stating a fact! Have a great weekend Tiff!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Rain

    Rain says

    :TACKLES.... kiss kiss kiss kiss: Hi!!! I've missed you!! Hope you're doing well. Up? Not much sugar.. just.. things and stuff and yeah... been good.. been a little busy but otherwise good. How about you??

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nighthawk

    Nighthawk says

    You forget I've seen your picture and I know you are pretty.

    How did you know about the dogs howling?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nighthawk

    Nighthawk says

    Paparazzi? I can sing you that Lady Gaga song! (Actually you do not want me to sing. Ever.) What's new?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nighthawk

    Nighthawk says

    Good to see you!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nighthawk

    Nighthawk says

    I assume this means power has been restored to your house? I have been thinking about you a lot today. We will probably go see Iron Man 2 Sunday morning. Mother's Day gifts are already bought though we may slip out of the house tomorrow for one more. Be safe dear heart.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nighthawk

    Nighthawk says

    One of the members sent invites to the VWF group to their entire 2000+ person friend list, many of whom were underage. It was a disaster as our admin friends have had to sort through and ditch some members who are not adults.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nighthawk

    Nighthawk says

    Ok-a minor bit of strangeness at The Vampires, The Weres and The Fae! but nothing big. So whatcha doing? Lost is not on tonight so we are all just hanging out.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nighthawk

    Nighthawk says

    Do my blurry eyes deceive? What vision of loveliness is this? Tiffany!!! Hey Tiff-it's grand to see you on Shelfari again. We are great & just spending a quiet weekend at home. How are you doing?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Face of Lust

    Face of Lust says

    Are you still there? Sorry I was out on vaccation

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nighthawk

    Nighthawk says

    I have no idea! I'll run check in a minute-looking forward to reading your missive. I hope you're well also-as usual I am up too late!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

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