Favorite Author?

Pocahontas · 10-30-2007, 04:01 PM

On the quirky fictional side I've enjoyed reading Alice Hoffman and Ellen Gilchrist.
John Grisham has some good suspenseful court/law related dramas. Of course to me the books were better than the movies.
I enjoy reading a classic every now and then such as Anna Karenina and Wuthering Hights.
For downright fun Jill Browne the author of the Sweet Potato Queens (about Southern women we all know) is hilarious!
How's that for a variety of chick lit???

rhertz · 11-06-2007, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Pocahontas

John Grisham has some good suspenseful court/law related dramas. Of course to me the books were better than the movies.

My feelings too. I don't read much but I like Grisham's southern flare. The only other books I read are reference manuals and trade publications.... (big yawn)

Isaac-Saxxon · 11-06-2007, 06:45 PM

Just for a change up

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Morpheus · 11-12-2007, 10:27 PM

This weekend I read James Lee Burke's A Stained White Radiance. Burke combines Southern themes and real life Louisiana locations in his stories. There are a series of books about Detective Dave Robicheaux, who reminds me of a cajun Alex Cross.

Pocahontas · 11-13-2007, 08:46 AM

If you guys need a few pointers to help with your ladies read Nicholas Sparks.
He wrote The Notebook (made into a hit movie) and The Wedding. Of course I almost felt like I was reading fantasy instead of fiction because I didn't know a man could write with such a romantic flair and grasp for female emotions. Okay now I'm sure I just scared you all off! Oh well...

guitarman · 11-13-2007, 10:17 AM

Letter To My Girlfriend

I wants to know what your doin tonight
Wish I could see if everything was alright
Hold you long in my arms until its light
Your smilin face would make a wonderful sight
I wants to be with ya, love with ya, eat with ya, sleep with ya, stay with me all of my life

I loved ya darlin when you was only sixteen
Was the sweetest thing to enter my dream
When were together then my life is fulfilled
I love you darlin I know I always will
I wants to be with ya, love with ya, eat with ya, sleep with ya, stay with me all of my life

I close my letter but never my love
Take it there to ya heaven above
Get me back to you safe and sound
The day that I leave the prisoners ground
I wants to be with ya, love with ya, stay with ya, sleep with ya all of my life

Stevie Ray Vaughan lyrics

Morpheus · 11-13-2007, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Pocahontas

If you guys need a few pointers to help with your ladies read Nicholas Sparks.
He wrote The Notebook (made into a hit movie) and The Wedding. Of course I almost felt like I was reading fantasy instead of fiction because I didn't know a man could write with such a romantic flair and grasp for female emotions. Okay now I'm sure I just scared you all off! Oh well...

They were showing the notebook on the flight back from my honeymoon. The stewardess walked up and down the aisle passing out kleenex.

joepole · 11-13-2007, 04:11 PM

>I didn't know a man could write with such a romantic flair and grasp for female emotions.

He just thinks like a man. Then removes all reason and accountability.

Also, "The Notebook" lost its opening weekend to "White Chicks" so I'm not sure if it counts as a "hit movie."

10-30-2007, 04:01 PM	#1
Pocahontas SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,691 Rep Power: 294	On the quirky fictional side I've enjoyed reading Alice Hoffman and Ellen Gilchrist. John Grisham has some good suspenseful court/law related dramas. Of course to me the books were better than the movies. I enjoy reading a classic every now and then such as Anna Karenina and Wuthering Hights. For downright fun Jill Browne the author of the Sweet Potato Queens (about Southern women we all know) is hilarious! How's that for a variety of chick lit??? __________________ "The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain." Jennifer Aniston

11-06-2007, 06:45 PM	#3
Isaac-Saxxon SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,421 Rep Power: 340	Just for a change up __________________ Maranatha Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

11-13-2007, 08:46 AM	#5
Pocahontas SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,691 Rep Power: 294	If you guys need a few pointers to help with your ladies read Nicholas Sparks. He wrote The Notebook (made into a hit movie) and The Wedding. Of course I almost felt like I was reading fantasy instead of fiction because I didn't know a man could write with such a romantic flair and grasp for female emotions. Okay now I'm sure I just scared you all off! Oh well... __________________ "The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain." Jennifer Aniston

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11-12-2007, 10:27 PM	#4
Morpheus Advanced Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 499 Rep Power: 246	This weekend I read James Lee Burke's A Stained White Radiance. Burke combines Southern themes and real life Louisiana locations in his stories. There are a series of books about Detective Dave Robicheaux, who reminds me of a cajun Alex Cross.

11-13-2007, 10:17 AM	#6
guitarman Advanced Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Shreveport Age: 56 Posts: 140 Rep Power: 236	Letter To My Girlfriend I wants to know what your doin tonight Wish I could see if everything was alright Hold you long in my arms until its light Your smilin face would make a wonderful sight I wants to be with ya, love with ya, eat with ya, sleep with ya, stay with me all of my life I loved ya darlin when you was only sixteen Was the sweetest thing to enter my dream When were together then my life is fulfilled I love you darlin I know I always will I wants to be with ya, love with ya, eat with ya, sleep with ya, stay with me all of my life I close my letter but never my love Take it there to ya heaven above Get me back to you safe and sound The day that I leave the prisoners ground I wants to be with ya, love with ya, stay with ya, sleep with ya all of my life Stevie Ray Vaughan lyrics

11-13-2007, 04:11 PM	#8
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	>I didn't know a man could write with such a romantic flair and grasp for female emotions. He just thinks like a man. Then removes all reason and accountability. Also, "The Notebook" lost its opening weekend to "White Chicks" so I'm not sure if it counts as a "hit movie."

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