November 28, 2008 - Danielle needs a nudge!

Hi Everyone!

This is my first time posting here. I tried to contribute to previous threads but unfortunately I wasn't able to find any books I was familiar with to nudge. Hopefully, you guys have better luck with my selections. Thanks in advance here is my book pile (I hope I can get the picture to work). Oh and please ignore Music of the Night by Lydia Joyce I've read that already I meant to grab Whispers of Night.



The books are
The Crimson Crown - Edith Layton
The Serpent Bride - Sara Douglass
Season of Storms - Susanna Kearsley
The Crimson Petal and the White - Michael Faber
Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough
The Cosmic Clues - Manjiri Prabhu
The Golden Leopard - Lynn Kerstan
Seize the Fire - Laura Kinsale
She Walks These Hills - Sharyn McCrumb
and Wild Swan - Celeste De Blasis

Hi Danielle!
I have only read The Crimson Petal and the White, which really did not impress me, and Caesar's Women, not as good as the previous books in the series. In fact, if you have not read the others, I suggest you start with The First Man in Rome, and follow the order, and wait before you read Caesar's Women.
Sorry I could not be more helpful.

I would have to give half a nudge to The Crimson Petal and the White. I read it and wasn't happy with the ending but then there have been a few books that didn't wrap up satisfactorily for me. ( Water for Elephants is one )

I'll nudge the Sara Douglass as my daughter has enjoyed most of her books. Not sure she's read this one though, because I think it's a newer title.

I would give a negative half nudge for The Crimson Petal and the White. As a disclaimer, I only got through about 2/3 of this book. But even after investing all that time in it I didn't care enough about the characters to finish it. I thought it was a terribly slow read, but I know quite a few other people who loved it.

Definately a big nudge for The Crimson Petal and the White, in my opinion this book is a masterpiece.

I'll nudge The Crimson Petal and the White - I enjoyed it a lot.

The only two authors I recognize are Michael Faber and Colleen McCollough.

I have read neither of these books. The size of the Faber is so daunting I would need a big shove to open its covers.

As for McCullough, The Thorn Birds has been read by most Australasians but I read it so long ago I cannot remember if I liked it (There was also a movie made about The Thorn Birds.) I think from memory it is a light and entertaining read, but I may need correcting.

So I will nudgoid these two, but they are very weak nudgoids, more nudgettes, being based on not much at all.

A nudge for She Walks These Hills. All of Sharyn McCrumb's books are entertaining.

I'm totally out of my comfort zone here. Sorry, Danielle, all I can do is try to think up a term for no nudges! A zilch, I suppose, would fit comfortably. A nadge? Half-nada, half-nudge.

Perhaps a no-dge?

I'll second aluvalibri's suggestion that you start at the beginning of McCullough's series - Caesar's Women would be jumping in in the middle - so confusing.

I'm not familiar with most of these books but I did love Colleen McCullough's series and agree with the other posters to start with the first book in the series rather than Caesar's Women.

Ignore the Philistines! ;-) The Crimson Petal and the White may well be one of the most perfect books ever written. When I got to the last page I turned back and started all over again. The only thing I look forward to about senility is the prospect of re-reading this book as if for the first time, once I've forgotten all about it!