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This makes sense and I agree. I think members would be more likely to rate a post higher if it's 1. about a book they enjoyed 2. agrees with their personal opinion. On the surface this seems fine but members posting on lesser known authors or less popular genres would get shafted, while the...

I read and enjoyed Shalimar the Clown and have Satanic Verses sitting here waiting to be read. :D

If I'm not looking for a certain book based on a trusted recommendation, say I'm just browsing; I read the back cover, the foldovers (whatever they're called) and a few snippets inside. I also pay attention to the cover art. Lately I've been buying solely on recommendations. Ditto on the...

Welcome. This is a great place for book lovers like yourself.

Thanks guys like I need another damn book on my TBR pile;) Off to the bookstore.....:D

Without a test forum how will computer idiots like me ever work out the kinks without smudging an established thread? Could it not be made that the test forum exists but never moves to the new posts section when someone uses it? That way you'll only see it when your looking for it.

Happy, happy Bday!

Wasn't a memeber back in May when this was BOTM. Just picked this one up and started it yesterday. Definitely a different sort of read for me but I'm hoping to enjoy it and broaden my horizons a bit. I'm worried about the slow pacing described here in this thread. I'm quite impatient...

Yeah I did pick up on that, it's actually written on the dust jacket under the title. Again I enjoyed the present tense sections just fine but thought the diary was poorly written and too modern for something written 2000 years ago. Your point about it being fiction is accepted but, at least...

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What an amazing bargin. I'm jealous. Just bought The Outlandish Knight - Richard Adams and it cost almost as much as all of yours put together. Geeez.........

OOhhh OOhh OOOhh It's "Notthistime.jpg" oh wait a minute........

Yup, scary :D

Aqua your new avatar is scary...... and it's red not blue

Finished up. Ending was abrupt and "not quite believable". All in all I'd say this is a mediocre book. Started strong but peetered out by the end. Probably would recommend only for diehard TDVC fans. I don't think I would read McGowan again. But you can never say never.

Well you've got me intrigued and I'll be picking this one up. I wanted to mention a similar read with a mix of true and fictinal historical women. I read and loved it. Leodardo's Swans - Karen Essex From Publishers Weekly Sexual and political intrigue drive Essex's intricate novel...

Well this book has lost something for me. I'm still enjoying it but not as much. I'm 3/4+ through. While the modern (present day) events and characters are fine the author is losing my enthusiasm in the reading of Mary Magdalene's diary. (Don't worry I'm not spoiling anything here.) Having just...

dead rats around her

I also have that in my pile ehre on my desk. And I, like you, also don't read him back to back. Actually I don't like to read many authors back to back. Anyway I'm glad you liked The Double:)