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Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by ashjay001(m): 11:04pm On Apr 11, 2017
Ishilove:

Since you are so quick to quote, you should also be quick to notice where I clearly pointed I was very young when I read that novel so I mixed up the names. It is on this thread I discovered that it is Forsythe, not Grisham who wrote the novel. That I even got the name of the of novel wrong should tell you I missed it.


Young or not, for someone who has supposedly read a lot of books, and is being accused of having a high pinocchio rating, u cross check whatever stuff u're posting into public space!

There's actually a book called The Odyssey File!

U should know, I had to actually google d old skul Grisham I missed, I find his current works ......!

Inbtw, ur pinocchio ratings, no concern me, until u carry am enter my personal space!
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by Ishilove: 12:34am On Apr 12, 2017
ashjay001:



Young or not, for someone who has supposedly read a lot of books, and is being accused of having a high pinocchio rating, u cross check whatever stuff u're posting into public space!

There's actually a book called The Odyssey File!

U should know, I had to actually google d old skul Grisham I missed, I find his current works ......!

Inbtw, ur pinocchio ratings, no concern me, until u carry am enter my personal space!
Lol. Mr Correcter, it's Odessa Files, not Odyssey File.

Cross check fire. I took that from the deepest crevices of old memory. If I was concerned about factual correctness in a thread meant to educate I will cross check what I post, but no, this thread is all about nostalgia so I will lay it out as I remember it! I remembered it as 'Odyssey Files: Grisham', and that's what I posted.

Pinnochio ko, Pinheiro ni
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by ashjay001(m): 6:37am On Apr 12, 2017
Ishilove:

Lol. Mr Correcter, it's Odessa Files, not Odyssey File.

Cross check fire. I took that from the deepest crevices of old memory. If I was concerned about factual correctness in a thread meant to educate I will cross check what I post, but no, this thread is all about nostalgia so I will lay it out as I remember it! I remembered it as 'Odyssey Files: Grisham', and that's what I posted.

Pinnochio ko, Pinheiro ni


Reader of books na ni! So, arrogant! U've read a lot, but u're probably one of those who read without trying to improve their lives with wat dey read!

Someone told u, there is a book called 'd Odyssey file'! And instead of googling before reacting, u're trying to masturbatee all over my head! Enjoy!

Abeg no vex! Lets just continue ignoring each other! Afterall, inspite of all Trump's high pinocchio ratings, him still end up as leader of d last acknowledged world power!

If 30+yrs was deepest crevices of memory, wetin 50 yrs go be?
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by Nobody: 10:21am On Apr 12, 2017
Ishilove:

Lol. Mr Correcter, it's Odessa Files, not Odyssey File.

Cross check fire. I took that from the deepest crevices of old memory. If I was concerned about factual correctness in a thread meant to educate I will cross check what I post, but no, this thread is all about nostalgia so I will lay it out as I remember it! I remembered it as 'Odyssey Files: Grisham', and that's what I posted.

Pinnochio ko, Pinheiro ni

actually, its the Odessa File not files cheesy

i seem to remember we had that book at home as well. some idealistic young man/ journalist dipping his foot in nazi hunter things.

plus devils alternative [my first forsyth book] h.rider haggard [solomons mines, she allan quatermain] george orwell [animal farm, 1984, keep the aspidistra flying , a clergy mans daughter, burmese days , coming up for air].

its sad. i have not bought books the way my dad did . in fact, at one point i actually disposed of six cartons of novels and CDs. [if i have electronic versions, whats the point?]

but i havent really picked up reading o devices. my son turns ten this year, and he is nowhere near as well read as i was at his age sad
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by Ishilove: 1:14pm On Apr 12, 2017
oyb:


actually, its the Odessa File not files cheesy

i seem to remember we had that book at home as well. some idealistic young man/ journalist dipping his foot in nazi hunter things.

plus devils alternative [my first forsyth book] h.rider haggard [solomons mines, she allan quatermain] george orwell [animal farm, 1984, keep the aspidistra flying , a clergy mans daughter, burmese days , coming up for air].

its sad. i have not bought books the way my dad did . in fact, at one point i actually disposed of six cartons of novels and CDs. [if i have electronic versions, whats the point?]

but i havent really picked up reading o devices. my son turns ten this year, and he is nowhere near as well read as i was at his age sad
Na wa o, see as the title is causing confusion everywhere.

I vaguely remember the Devil's Alternative but I can't remember the plot because I read it in my pre-teen years.

Well, you can't blame your boy because quite frankly, we are in an era where books are becoming fossils. Your time ('early 50s and 60s tongue ) is radically different from what obtains now.
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by Nobody: 2:01pm On Apr 12, 2017
Ishilove:

Na wa o, see as the title is causing confusion everywhere.

I vaguely remember the Devil's Alternative but I can't remember the plot because I read it in my pre-teen years.

Well, you can't blame your boy because quite frankly, we are in an era where books are becoming fossils. .

nooo . . . i blame myself sad

all this 9 to 5ing and hustling cuts into time for the things that matter most sad

Your time ('early 50s and 60s tongue ) is radically different from what obtains now

i know i know - i miss those halycon days when women knew their place and did not talk back. not today with all these 'liberated women' arguing and flirting with their ogas on this internet thingy angry angry angry cheesy

Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by Ishilove: 2:27pm On Apr 12, 2017
oyb:


i know i know - i miss those halycon days when women knew their place and did not talk back. not today with all these 'liberated women' arguing and flirting with their ogas on this internet thingy angry angry angry cheesy

LMAO!!!! cheesy cheesy

Mscheeeew angry
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by Despirado121(m): 8:03pm On Apr 12, 2017
EMEKA1MILLION:
How my e library looks like.. Enough to last a lifetime grin

Dis ur e library is really tantalizin! Abeg if i fit get fantasy nd supernatural stories from u, i'll b grateful o. Books by nigerian wil also b appreciated. I just sent u a mail! grin
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by Nobody: 5:48pm On Apr 15, 2017
Abeg who have any of the pacesetters collection, Nancy Drew and hardly boys collection should please share with me.
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by Nobody: 6:03pm On Apr 15, 2017
goldwaters:
started reading novels (Mills and boon and pacesetters) before I was 7.
I used to read it in the toilet so my older siblings won't see me.
I have bought sooo many books but I recently stopped lending out, people don't return them and I have read so many too. I've lost count of the number of books I've bought and read too

Please do u still have pacesetters collection? Kindly share with me.
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by lonikit: 8:39pm On Apr 15, 2017
skillful01:
I've bought over a thousand novels and read over 2-thousand.



bibliophile.


#for the love of books#
are related to lie Mohammed??. uncle pls tell us another story jor.
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by Nobody: 8:47pm On Apr 15, 2017
lonikit:
are related to lie Mohammed??. uncle pls tell us another story jor.
.

Its a free world,I love books.
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by Ashley86400: 2:58pm On Apr 17, 2017
nmreports:


I have forgotten the characters in Jack Daws but those ladies were awesome. I wonder why you dont like the novel though. Are you male?. I am guessing you are chauvinistic and thats why. Like you dont like female heroines... Thats just a joke though. Jack Daws is actually my favorite from Ken Follet.
I'm a female and I'm definitely not chauvinistic. .Ken Follet's The Third Twin is one of his best works and I so loved the main character who was a female cause she was totally badass. . .
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by uzoexcel(m): 7:05pm On Apr 17, 2017
iamloyalty:
Abeg who have any of the pacesetters collection, Nancy Drew and hardly boys collection should please share with me.

Ah..pacesetters!!!!!

Can remember 'bloodbath @ lobster close' and 'in the potpourri '

Then the Nancy drew/hardy boys crossover was pretty good.

Now though ted dekker and Robert Ludlum novels is what I feed on
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by uzoexcel(m): 7:06pm On Apr 17, 2017
lonikit:

are related to lie Mohammed??. uncle pls tell us another story jor.
It's plausible
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by uzoexcel(m): 7:08pm On Apr 17, 2017
Hmmmm...the feminists will soon come at u

oyb:


nooo . . . i blame myself



i know i know - i miss those halycon days when women knew their place and did not talk back. not today with all these 'liberated women' arguing and flirting with their ogas on this internet thingy angry angry angry cheesy


Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by lovethchioma(f): 7:31pm On Apr 17, 2017
lonikit:

are related to lie Mohammed??. uncle pls tell us another story jor.
Lol ...the guy might be telling the truth
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by uzoexcel(m): 7:54pm On Apr 17, 2017
BeenieB:
I got 2 damaged deep freezers filled with books especially crime,detective, law and drama.

Need more embarassed

If u r in abuja I can track u anywhere to collect some...


In Lagos there was this old guy under the ojuelegba bridge I used to buy from..I dunno if he's still there
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by lovethchioma(f): 8:31pm On Apr 17, 2017
EMEKA1MILLION:
How my e library looks like.. Enough to last a lifetime grin
Can you send to me please... thriller, crime, science fiction.. anyone as long as it isn't Romance
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by lonikit: 8:43pm On Apr 17, 2017
lovethchioma:
Lol ...the guy might be telling the truth
over two thousand? hope u knw the different between novel, novelette, short stories and plays. novels are not less than 40,000 words o, even some scholars say it must be 60,000 and above. so any one less than this is not a novel. even some profs. of literature whose part of their work is reading hav not read up two thousand novels. I dont beliv him ooo.
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by lovethchioma(f): 8:50pm On Apr 17, 2017
lonikit:

over two thousand? hope u knw the different between novel, novelette, short stories and plays. even some profs. of literature whose part of their work is reading hav not read up two thousand novels. I dont beliv him ooo.
lol.. I don't really believe that too, I think he just exaggerated it........ but if truly he has.. then it's quite commendable
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by lonikit: 9:00pm On Apr 17, 2017
lovethchioma:
lol.. I don't really believe that too, I think he just exaggerated it........ but if truly he has.. then it's quite commendable

I know he wasn't lieing. he was only gud at usin hyperbole. over two thousand novel does dat mean he has used all his life reading novel?? abegi, na lie jor.
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by lonikit: 9:07pm On Apr 17, 2017
uzoexcel:
It's plausible
in this case, it is not sir.
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by BeenieB: 9:42pm On Apr 17, 2017
uzoexcel:


If u r in abuja I can track u anywhere to collect some...


In Lagos there was this old guy under the ojuelegba bridge I used to buy from..I dunno if he's still there

Lol! I believe he is, does he also sell magazines?
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by uzoexcel(m): 9:48pm On Apr 17, 2017
BeenieB:


Lol! I believe he is, does he also sell magazines?
Lol..yeah he does

There was also a guy in computer village..I guess he's still there
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by BeenieB: 9:53pm On Apr 17, 2017
uzoexcel:

Lol..yeah he does

There was also a guy in computer village..I guess he's still there

Then he's probably the same one I know smiley
What's your spec exactly?
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by uzoexcel(m): 10:17pm On Apr 17, 2017
BeenieB:


Then he's probably the same one I know smiley
What's your spec exactly?
Um,my poison is Jeffrey archer, Ted dekker, Sidney Sheldon, Robert Ludlum (except the Bourne series,holcroft covenant, Gemini contenders, icarus agenda, Tristan betrayal :I v read all this).
Oh, and pace setters series if you please cheesy

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Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by uzoexcel(m): 10:32pm On Apr 17, 2017
I believe people who read will be quite good in spelling hence my question


'Does anyone remember the word DILEMMA as Been spelt as DILEMNA before or is it just me?'


What do u guys intuitively remember as the spelling of that word?don't work with auto correct on this please
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by goldwaters(f): 11:17pm On Apr 17, 2017
iamloyalty:


Please do u still have pacesetters collection? Kindly share with me.
unfortunately I don't but I've been told one can get them to buy in Lagos. I intend to look for them when I can.
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by BeenieB: 6:29am On Apr 18, 2017
uzoexcel:

Um,my poison is Jeffrey archer, Ted dekker, Sidney Sheldon, Robert Ludlum (except the Bourne series,holcroft covenant, Gemini contenders, icarus agenda, Tristan betrayal :I v read all this).
Oh, and pace setters series if you please cheesy

Someone really knows his poison smiley
I recognise some of those authors but I don't take note of authors, so long as it isn't about romance or sci-fi, I'm good

But my best all time fav are:
Sherlock Holmes( His use of deductive reasoning)
Agatha Christie(Her use of human behavior)
Both of em' in crime solving kiss
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by uzoexcel(m): 7:14am On Apr 18, 2017
BeenieB:


Someone really knows his poison smiley
I recognise some of those authors but I don't take note of authors, so long as it isn't about romance or sci-fi, I'm good

But my best all time fav are:
Sherlock Holmes( His use of deductive reasoning)
Agatha Christie(Her use of human behavior)
Both of em' in crime solving kiss

Lol...nice
For some strange reason,agatha christie's 'hercule poirot' character bored me a lot...dunno y..maybe I was usually impatient and came across her books @ a young age

About collecting them novels from u... smiley
Re: Number Of Novels I Read, And The Number Bought With My Money by BeenieB: 8:28am On Apr 18, 2017
uzoexcel:


Lol...nice
For some strange reason,agatha christie's 'hercule poirot' character bored me a lot...dunno y..maybe I was usually impatient and came across her books @ a young age

About collecting them novels from u... smiley

More like collect from u smiley

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