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    Quote Originally Posted by JonathanB View Post
    ... and I still think Wind in the Willows in particular is a great book.
    I couldn't agree more - an adult book in a childlike guise. It is a hauntingly beautiful story, especially "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn".
    I changed my signature. The old one was too ridiculous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mookien View Post
    I couldn't agree more - an adult book in a childlike guise. It is a hauntingly beautiful story, especially "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn".
    My mother was very fond of The Wind in the Willows. During the last few months of her life I read it aloud to her in her care home. When it came to the chapter The Piper at the Gates of Dawn we were both in tears. It is one of the few descriptions of a mystic experience I know in a novel that carries conviction.

    I still find Toad a bore. The Rat and Mole chapters are much more compelling.

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    What a lovely memory for you and your mother. I believe you two will read it to each other again and share that memory.

    You're right about Toad, and Rat and Mole. Toad represents a type of unpleasant person we all encounter from time to time. Or, maybe there's just a bit of Toad in all of us.
    I changed my signature. The old one was too ridiculous.

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    Hey, Father Bill
    If you are a Christie fan I`d love to know what you think of the Hamish MacBeth mysteries by M.C. Beaton. I find the adventures of PC MacBeth to be highly entertaining, full of sly humor, and in some ways an interesting glimpse into life in a modern highland village. Also, nothing like `90`s BBC series of the same name.

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    'Saints of the Shadow Bible' - Ian Rankin.

    Another cracker. Rebus just gets better and better.

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    I have started started reading the All Souls trilogy. The first book is A Discovery of Witches.
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    If you cannot fix it, mess it up so bad that no one else can either.

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    I like "what are you reading?" threads.

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    I'm re-reading Armour by John Steakley, yet again. This and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card are my favorite Sci-Fi novels. That's saying a lot, since I really like Asimov's Foundation series and Herbert's Dune series.
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    "The Wars of The Bruces: Scotland, England and Ireland, 1306-1328" by Colm McNamee.

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    The Aubrey-Maturin series By Patrick O'Brien by Paper Book(for the tenth time) as well as A Song of Ice and Fire (currently on Game of Thrones) by George R. R. Martin on audio book, and Foundation and Empire by on E-reader (when I get time)
    Last edited by Blueline72; 25th August 14 at 04:56 PM.

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