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RE: For The Love Of Books.... Ehm... Authors
Yessss! So glad you made it in with a post this month. You and Fiona were the ones I was really hoping would bring something to the communal library this month. ;) We've talked about King enough to know we're kindred spirits in our adoration of his work, but I also loved the Auel series! I actually don't think I ever got back to the last book, but now I want to start back over from The Clan of the Cave Bear and read them all through again. I think I was in high school when I read most of those, but I remember being totally caught up in the characters and the scenes that she set. Tolkien I need to go back to, as well, as I don't think I ever gave him my full attention. So many books...I better get to reading!
Best things is, @plantstoplanks, that the last book in the Earth Children series is written in such a way that you don't even need to re-read all the previous books.
I mean, I read the first 5 books in 2000 or 20001. The last one was published in 2011. I decided to give it a try without re-reading part 1 to 5, and I was sucked right in again. It was like I had never left.
My girlfriend only read all books in 2011. She read all 6, one after another, and she told me that the last one has a lot of references, and reminders/info that is repeated (I can't think of the right word), which is actually a bit annoying if you have only just read the first 5, but it explains why I never had the feeling that I missed parts of the story because I forgot them over the years.
When I've finished the SK books I still need to read, I think I'm going back once again to the lives of Ayla and Jondalar.
Although.... I just found out that the book I read that convinced me to start reading Clan Of The Cave Bear - another prehistoric novel that I liked so much - is part of a series too. I only read the first part, so maybe it is worth to read the other parts too.
The question is, will I still like it after reading the Earth Children-series? Lol, only one way to find out.
It was Circles Of Stone, by Joan Lambert.
Just now, I see that it's part one in the 'The Mother People'-series.
There are two more books in the series:
Might be worth giving them a try.
I'm so glad that at one point, I ignored all my prejudice about The Clan Of The Cavebear being a prehistoric novel. I'm now trying to convince others, but they all have the same prejudice, hahaha.
Oooh, good to know about the last book. I may just pick that one up and jump right in then. I do have so many ones on the list to read now that I probably don't need to spend too much time re-reading ones I've already tackled, haha. Might have to check out the other series at some point, as well. I have a box of old books I need to bring to sell back to the second hand bookstore, at least I'll have a list of new ones to replace them with!