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Post by susanmay on Dec 21, 2005 11:52:44 GMT
Thats true I also remember the tough time Cecilia received from the media when her first book came out. Of the two books I've read her first was probably the best but yet they all eat their words and gave her second book great reviews when clearly it was the least exciting of the two. So whats going on? The good think about her books is its getting the younger generation back reading.
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Post by megan on Dec 21, 2005 13:16:51 GMT
Yeah I was wondering recently 'who is buying her books?' - no one I know admits to reading them, but then a friend of mine told me that her daughters love her books. They are 15 and 17 years old, so perhaps that age group is her main audience.
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Post by Oonagh on Dec 22, 2005 1:43:15 GMT
Im sorry but my aunt and my neighbour loves her and the y are in their 40s . i would have read ps i love you and i loved it but wre was rubbish. any one of my friends thought the same. I think also that she got way worse reviews for the second book than the first. that s just my opinion. I feel the teenage market goes for more Sophie Kinsella than her i feel she is too serious. i will read her book as i did enjoy the plot of ps i loved you. I personally think that Bertie was an impact on her sales as i bought it as who's daughter she was. I also liked westlife mad at the time and sure enough her sister got married that summer before the book came out and she and her sister was in every magazine
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Post by megan on Dec 22, 2005 11:17:17 GMT
Hey Oonagh,
that's interesting about your neighbours reading Cecilia Ahern, so it's not just the teenagers. It's also interesting that you enjoyed her first book but not her second one. I am looking forward to finding out what you think of the third one!
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Post by Oonagh on Dec 22, 2005 11:56:10 GMT
See i kinda regret asking for it for xmas but i figure i wont be wasting my money but some one else,s.
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Post by claire on Dec 22, 2005 13:16:47 GMT
Clever thinking oonagh! I feel the same as Susan. I too had it in my hand but it just didn't grab me. I won't be reading it but I will join in on the bookclub to see what you all thought of it. I read her first book and it was a lovely story/plot but I thought a little naive(sp). I never read the second one so no opinion on that
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Post by susanmay on Dec 22, 2005 13:58:47 GMT
Good idea Oons! Can you get it in the library, Claire?
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Post by charlene on Dec 22, 2005 14:06:19 GMT
what does her Dad do is it him who is famous for something and did one of her sisters marry one of the westlife boys?
I wonder if my libary have it I think I'll ask.
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Post by Shirley on Dec 22, 2005 14:10:17 GMT
Her dad is the Taoiseach here in Ireland, the equivalent of your Prime Minister, and her sister Georgina married Nicky Byrne from Westlife.
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Post by claire on Dec 22, 2005 14:25:16 GMT
There is no way that i could get it in my Library
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Post by megan on Dec 22, 2005 14:52:59 GMT
I have put in an order for this book out of the library and hopefully I should have it by February. If I by some chance I am given a copy for Christmas, I'll post it over to you Claire.
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Post by Oonagh on Dec 22, 2005 17:13:09 GMT
and susan if i get it you can have my copy girl!!
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Post by Oonagh on Dec 22, 2005 17:14:34 GMT
and susan if i get it you can have my copy girl!!
Im a student so i must have bright ways to save money!
Like stealing the toilet roll from college!! one of my housemates do it on a regular basis!!
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Post by susanmay on Dec 22, 2005 17:23:41 GMT
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Post by orlagh on Dec 22, 2005 19:53:39 GMT
I agree Megan. I think she has genuine talent and a lot of people were too quick to rubbish her.
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Post by tatty on Dec 23, 2005 19:28:40 GMT
i got it when it was on offer for £5.49 i think or somewhere around that price!! I will be happy to send it on once i have read it
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Post by charlene on Dec 23, 2005 20:58:59 GMT
if my libary hasnt got it I wouldnt mind tatty I'll let you know if my libary has it in the new year.
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Post by tatty on Dec 24, 2005 15:35:26 GMT
ok no problem.
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Post by charlene on Mar 18, 2006 15:06:49 GMT
Finished this book the other night and I loved it, when I first started I didn't think I was going to like it or if I was going to carry on reading it but I did one of the main reasons was to find out about Ivan and I'm so glad I did it was a refreshing change and just the kind of book I like.
I liked the way it was wrote I liked to follow Elizabeth and Ivan on their different feelings and thoughts. I liked Elizabeth and I felt for her and I thought Ivan was a fantastic idea.
written on the back of the book Glamour have wrote "Guaranteed to tug on your heartstrings" and it defiantly tugged on mine.
I would like to say more but for those who haven't read it I would spoil it.
some people might not like it because of Ivan's character but its only a book and not to be taken serious thats how I looked at it a light read and a good book to forget all your worries a real escapism.
I would recommend this but I know alot have different views on Cecelia's books I loved her first one second not as good but her third to me is her best.
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Post by tatty on Mar 18, 2006 16:28:49 GMT
Im really glad you enjoyed it Charlie
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Post by megan on Mar 18, 2006 16:57:53 GMT
Me too! I agree with you Charlie that this one is her best and that it is pure escapism - the best type in my opinion. THanks for letting us know how you got on! I wonder what Cecilia Ahern will write next. I hope it is something unsusual like this one and that she doesn't revert back to the style of her second one!
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Post by Oonagh on Mar 19, 2006 12:51:30 GMT
Interesting!!
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Post by megan on Mar 19, 2006 19:17:55 GMT
I know Oonagh! It's amazing how people can have so many different opinions on the same book! I find it encouraging for me as a writer - if one person thinks what I write is tripe, it doesn't mean that everyone will - thankfully!
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Post by Karen on Mar 20, 2006 10:17:47 GMT
Is it possible to get this thread merged with the other thread located here cause it's a bit weird having two? |
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Post by claire on Mar 20, 2006 12:19:54 GMT
did it
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Post by megan on Mar 20, 2006 15:13:38 GMT
Thanks Claire!
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Post by Karen on Mar 20, 2006 15:25:44 GMT
Yep, thanks Claire.
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Post by Oonagh on Mar 20, 2006 22:15:33 GMT
I read a review recently and I completly disagreed with the reviewer. Its not you Mary. I saw you reviewed patricia scanlon is that good?? Im tempted to buy it!
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Post by jofromoz on Mar 23, 2006 12:02:48 GMT
Just a little note to say I have read Cecelia Ahern's If You Could See Me Now, and loved it. It was different at the beginning, and I'm afraid I felt a little angry about Elizabeth rather than sad for her, as nobody has to be anybody's door mat, and she was door mat to both her father and sister.
I read in one of the newspaper reviews here in Australia, that a movie is planned for this book, and that Hugh Jackman is first consideration for the part of Ivan. If this is so, it will make it even sadder toward the end of the story, but will be worth the tears for sure. I just love Hugh.
Also read Marian Keye's Is there Anybody Out There. Brilliant book. Could not put it down and read it over 2 nights. Now of course I am wandering around lost, looking for something to read.
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Post by susanmay on Mar 23, 2006 15:39:40 GMT
Hi Jo
You have made me want to go back and finish this book. I put it down some weeks ago because the character Elizabeth annoyed me the way she was always there for her troubled sister. Of course people should be there for each other but this was just plain and simply taking the biscuit!
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