General Chat

Our numbers are declining, people have left genes who were members, others have reasons why they are not reading at the moment. It is better if we can recruit more people therefore I am putting up this thread to see if any 'old' members can re-join or any new members are interested. Theresa still is off line I think, she will rejoin when she gets back on, Maisie is on several holidays and will re-join later, Jill has suggested but wont be available to vote.

Hi Ann, are you talking about your readers or GR in general?

I offered to join your readers ages ago but haven't been able to contribute so far - until now! Although I couldn't take part before I have always enjoyed reading the reviews.

helen I am talking about Greaders readers (if you see what I mean), we don't have many at the moment. if you are able to join, great, please add you suggestions to the other thread.

Ann
Glos

Hi Ann, I am back reading again although still not in the greatest health.

Angela

I would like to join your club, Ann. I read a lot.

can i join

Berona and Keith you are welcome to join. Just put two book suggestions on the suggestion thread and we will be voting later today. Or, if you don't have any suggestions just vote for the ones we have. We have 6 weeks to read up to 2 books before we review them, I will put the review date on the vote result thread.

Angela, glad you are reading again, i hope your health soon improves.

Ann
Glos

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Just finished Flowers in the attic....I fancy reading petals in the wind but think that V Andrews maybe has dragged the story on about, however I am about to start golden shadows which is about the Grandmother Olivia...

Hayley is that one of a strange series that I read many years ago abut children living in the attic and incest etc? It rings a bell.

Ann
Glos

Thats the one Ann

Tires hardest to word this best I can :

I did find the story a bit creepy, however I thought the plot was excellent. The mother runs away marries her half Uncle, they didn’t meet till he was 17 and she 15. That was plausible. Given the age of the 2 oldest children and they were living like a family them playing the roles of Mother and Father also that fact they were going through puberty. That again I find plausible. However there are 4 books in that series and all bring incest with familiar characters you begin to think is V Andrews obsessed with the subject?

I seem to remember I read them all but it would have bee 20 or so years ago, at the time I must have enjoyed them in a strange sort of way. wasn't the last one in the series written by somebody else after she died? or am I thinking of somebody else?

Wasn't Flowers in The Attic made into a film some years ago, or am I thinking of something else. It just seems familiar.
Julia in Derbyshire

Not sure about that Julia, but then I rarely go to the cinema.


Jeniwren, please do join. you can start now by reading one or both the current books then review them 16 July, or you can wait until next time, entirely up to you but glad to have you join us.

Ann
Glos

Ann, I could well be wrong, but i thought I had seen it on TV or a Video. I also rarely go to the cinema.
Julia in Derbyshire

There was a Flowers In The Attic movie in the 80s not sure if it was just a tv movie or not

There is your answer then Julia, bet it was a creepy film

I can only vaguely remember it Ann, but yes, I think it was creepy. I will have to look for it on DVD, to satisfy my curiosity
Julia in Derbyshire

Well done.

Yes it was made into a film, Yes Ann it was the last VA started to write and died and her ghost writer alledgedly finished it..