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morrighan m

morrighan m

I absolutely love books!

Always buying books. Can't go into a bookstore without purchasing at least one. Used books, etc.

My favorite books, are based on the paranormal, thrillers, medical thrillers, psychological thrillers, holy grail type books, and the armageddon type. I also enjoy book thrillers based on science, (dna,... more »
  • IL, USA
  • member since March 24 2008

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  • jacktheartist

    jacktheartist says

    S'okay. Sure. I've got plenty to read. 2012 I'm probably going to skip. Yet another disaster movie where they destroy national monument. Paranormal Activity I really enjoyed with the exception of the very end. That felt a little too hollywood for me but overall I was very engaged in it and thought it was really scary.
    I am so far. How are you faring? Finished you're shopping yet?

    posted 5 days ago. ( send a note )
  • jacktheartist

    jacktheartist says

    Hope you've had a great holiday and everything's good with you. Just finished book 1 and 2 of Hunger Games. Muy excellente. Just waiting on you to start the Historian.

    posted 12 days ago. ( send a note )
  • jacktheartist

    jacktheartist says

    Have you seen Where The Wild Things Are yet? Or anything else of interest? I'm a movie machine lately. Just have two more Austen books left and then I'll probably be moving on to another author's complete novels who could feasibly be read in a year or less. Sorry I haven't replied back, I thought I had but evidently not. "Law Abiding Citizen" I've seen some ads for but I don't really know anything about. Good though, eh?

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • David Talbot

    David Talbot says

    I know. And I am being realistic in a way that I am not expecting her returning to her Vampire Coven and Mayfair Witches in the near future as she keeps saying that she will never go back there again. She then declared her 5th Vampire novel, which is my all-time fave, MEMNOCH the DEVIL the last of the Chronicles and yet she went on to do more. So I am trying to keep an open mind to her new work and see what creative inspiration I can mine from it and propel me to finish my own novel. :)

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Mel E

    Mel E says

    I wanted to drop in and tell you I like your avatar. I saw it on Book Chick's page. =)

    Melody
    xx

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • David Talbot

    David Talbot says

    Hahaha. So you've noticed too eh? I've got the series, LEGEND of the SEEKER to thank for that and for previous colleagues at work who brought me up to speed about this 11 book series. I'm loving the books after finishing the series. Can't wait for Season 2 this November.

    Must admit that didn't like it too much that Anne went uber-Catholic with her works and although she's my favorite writer, I have yet to read her two books on the Christ the Lord series. But had to read her Catholic memoir in order to get into the mode of her "return to the faith". The new book is also on the theme of redemption with the assassin for hire of a character wanted to become a priest then but because of his line of work gets visited by an angel for a shot of turning his life around. She hopes and envisions more books involving Tobey O'Dare. I also miss the Mayfair Witches. :(

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • James K

    James K says

    There are many good King books. I think I like the Stand best of all. You should read the uncut version. I also like the Shinning, the Dark Half, Misery, and Bag of Bones. You can't go wrong with any of his short story collections. My favs there are Night Shift, Skelton Crew, and Everything's Eventual. I almost forgot if you have never read the Dark Tower Series you should read that also.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • David Talbot

    David Talbot says

    I swear Morrigan my reading list gets longer every day! LOL! Some of them I post in the meantime right after purchase but they are still in the bag and awaiting immediate and appropriate action. hehe. Just got Anne Rice's new novel, ANGEL TIME, yesterday. And currently fixed on Terry Goodkind. :)

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Sayjburnrr

    Sayjburnrr says

    you are welcome. :) reading The Search For Omm Sety now. very good book. Have seen it recommended for me on amazon many many times..... finally grabbed it at the library's book frenzy. Like it very much. :) take care Morrighan !!!!!!!

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Deborah

    Deborah says

    Hi, Morrighan. I absolutely love Anne Bishop's Black Jewels series. I also have her Tir Alainn trilogy sitting on my TBR pile to read, but haven't gotten to them yet. The Black Jewels series doesn't read anything like Star Wars or any other Sci-Fi I've ever read. I don't particularly care for straight Sci-fi that much. It's considered fantasy, not urban fantasy, since it is set in it's own world and not in ours. Most of the people in the Vampire, Witches, Weres group, Kick A#$ Chick group, and Anything Goes group have read them, which is where I learned about them, and everyone who has read them, that I've talked to, have loved them. You should really try them. They are one of my very favorite reads. Anne Bishop is an excellent world builder and writer and pulls you right in. I highly recommend them. I know I should write reviews about the books I've read, but I don't have enough time in my days to do everything I'd like to do. LOL! So I mostly just rate them and then if someone asks me about them, I'll tell them why I liked or disliked them. If you decide to read them, let me know how you liked them.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • LdyDisney

    LdyDisney says

    Hi Morrighan!!

    The Long Walk is very very dark and haunting along the line of "The Lottery". I think it did take place in the future, but there was no scifi to it. It will make you think and it's only a novella so it's not a long time commitment either...

    Let me know how you like it! :)

    Lisa

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Sayjburnrr

    Sayjburnrr says

    welcome. :) When God Was A Woman was very good. Pissed off that I didn't read it as a young teen. another similar to this is Chalici and the Blade by Rianne Eisler. Goddess worship on Minoan Crete. very good, and historic. another EVERY WOMAN should read. :) Have a great day. !

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • jacktheartist

    jacktheartist says

    I can believe it. It was a summer sleeper if I remember correctly (except usually sleepers eventually recoup their losses; I don't know how that film did in the box office) and mostly stuck to art house theaters. You're certainly welcome. I hope you...are edified by it, I was going to say enjoy it but it's not a happy type film. Just really impressive.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • jacktheartist

    jacktheartist says

    I think you mean previews and yes I have and yes it does! I'm really excited for it. Just a few weeks before it comes out. Wooooo! Oh, and if you want to see a really amazing, exhausting, sometimes soul-crushing epic film, watch "Synecdoche, New York."

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Deborah

    Deborah says

    The "Left Behind" Series was actually very good...not watered down at all, as a matter of fact. They show the world starting with the "Rapture" where everyone, who is already "saved" ,disappears at one time. The first book starts with a pilot who is flying a plane, and many of the people on the plane just disappear, leaving there clothes, jewelry, and all personal items that were on their persons in their seats, even the items inside, like pace makers, braces, etc. They are completely mystified as to what has happened. When he lands, he finds out that it has happened all over the world. Accidents involving disappearing drivers, pilots, etc. have happened worldwide. People begin to realize what has actually taken place. The pilot's wife and son are gone, also, from their beds. He and his grown daughter remain. His wife and son were Christians and had tried to convince them to be saved as well, but they never listened or believed. The books follow these two and other characters who realize they are living in the last days before the return of Jesus, and during the time of the Antichrist. The books go all the way to the day that Christ returns, and the Anti-Christ and his followers are punished.. The books are very good reading, not at all preachy, but, instead, written like a fictional thriller. You don't have to be a believer to enjoy them. The Anti Christ rises to power over the entire world, creates one religion for everyone, and begins to hunt and "cleanse" the network of Christians that have went into hiding. When any are caught, they are given chances to switch allegiances, and if they do not, they are executed publicly on television and internet, to discourage others. These books are thrilling, exciting, and. at times, very painful to read. They follow different groups all over the world that are all connected to the network of the new followers of Christ, lead by the pilot and his daughter. I highly recommend them, Morrighan. Give one a try and see what you think.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Deborah

    Deborah says

    Hi Morrighan! Thanks for the add. You are absolutely right. There is no way in the world I could give up books! I could give up any other form of entertainment if I had to, but I can't imagine a world without books. I know you understand. I enjoyed looking through your shelf. You have a lot of books I've never read or heard of. I am going to check some of them out. :-) Are you a member of PBS (Paperbackswap)? It's a great way to get books without spending a lot of money. If you are a member or ever become one, look me up and we can be buddies. I have over a hundred books listed there. Might be some that you haven't read. I know I have lots of thrillers of all types listed. My profile addy is: http://dindzhov.paperbackswap.com/profile/index.php

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Mary B

    Mary B says

    I know nothing about it. I have heard good things about the biography by Leonie Frieda, which I hope to get to one of these days.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Mary B

    Mary B says

    Yeah, I tend to dislike the incest. In the book, she basically made all of the sons interested in the daughter, their sister. Icky icky icky. The only thing worse than incest is incest amongst young people. Shudder.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Mary B

    Mary B says

    I didn't like the style. It wasn't bad, but it didn't appeal to me. I have no idea why she took a story that already had tons of drama and sensationalized it with witchcraft and incest. It also completely ignored the distinctions (and occasionally lack thereof) between relgion (specifically catholicism) and magic of the time period. Mostly, it's that she wrote a correct endnote that said that many people believe Catherine de Medici to be one of the smartest rulers France ever had. However there was none of that in the book. She was just a weak women, ruled by her fears, sorcerer (seriously), sons, etc. Oh and there was entirely too much incest. Did I mention the incest?

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • jacktheartist

    jacktheartist says

    I'll put it on my want to read list--The Historian that is, and yeah, please keep me informed as to when you'll be able to read it.
    Lost Christianities is about the books that were left out of the Christian Bible--probably mostly the New Testament--so I'm sure it'll include the Apocrypha or at least mention it, and some Gnostic texts, but I think it's mostly just what was left out and the reasoning behind it. There was a book or books by Philip K. Dick that were based on some bizarre hallucination or vision/dream he had about a man who goes back in time and finds all this information out about early Christianity and it has a lot of Gnostic themes in it. That might be it.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )


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