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Old 04-03-2011, 16:36
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Shopaholic Abroad - Sophie Kinsella. Enjoyable way to pass a few hours, and I did enjoy the first book so thought I may as well give it a go.
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Old 06-03-2011, 01:45
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My current bedtime reading is Utopia by Thomas More. Not the type of book I usually go for, but felt like something a bit different.
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Old 06-03-2011, 04:14
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miss read "summer at fairacre"

quite simply, lovely, and a delight to read
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Old 06-03-2011, 06:53
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miss read "summer at fairacre"

quite simply, lovely, and a delight to read
Ooh, I haven't read any Miss Read for years. I'd forgotten all about them, but have a sudden urge to read them again.
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Old 06-03-2011, 09:18
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A Local Habitation - Seanan McGuire
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Old 06-03-2011, 11:21
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Just finished Marian Keyes The brightest star in the sky, I loved this book certainly not as laugh out loud funny as the earlier books but a great read.
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Old 06-03-2011, 14:16
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Along Came A Spider - James Patterson. Love the Women's Murder Club and his short chapters so giving Alex Cross a go.
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Old 06-03-2011, 14:56
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hello. I have not been in the book forum much, even though I have been on the DS site for a few years. I love reading.

Currently reading a fun adventure book Corsair by Clive Cussler. I have just finished, The Reader by Bernard Schlink. A very moving and powerful story.
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Old 06-03-2011, 14:57
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Along Came A Spider - James Patterson. Love the Women's Murder Club and his short chapters so giving Alex Cross a go.
I have read a few James patterson books and really enjoyed them, especially the Women's Murder Club
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Old 06-03-2011, 15:04
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I'm reading South Riding when I'm not reading books for my uni course.
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Old 06-03-2011, 16:02
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I'm reading South Riding when I'm not reading books for my uni course.
I have watched the tv programme, but not read the book. It is hard to keep up with reading when at Uni. I had to do so much reading for my course, I often did not have the energy to read for pleasure as well
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Old 06-03-2011, 16:14
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Finished Speaker Of The Dead by Orson Scott Card, and just started The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo (and thoroughly enjoying it so far).
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Old 06-03-2011, 17:20
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I have watched the tv programme, but not read the book. It is hard to keep up with reading when at Uni. I had to do so much reading for my course, I often did not have the energy to read for pleasure as well
I'm using the excuse that it's on my reading list so it's not really reading for pleasure but reading about the experiences of people in the 1930s because my module is called cultural representations of unemployment in the 1930s... even though I chose not to study that book and read Love on the Dole instead, lol
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Old 06-03-2011, 18:44
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Hothouse Flower by Lucinda Riley.
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Old 07-03-2011, 00:12
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I'm reading Jasper Fforde's "The Big Over Easy" which is the first in his Nursery Crime novels. I am enjoying it but thus far not as much as I loved the Thursday Next series. However, I'll reserve judgement until I finish it
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Old 07-03-2011, 02:33
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Ngaio Marsh - A Man Lay Dead
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Old 07-03-2011, 07:36
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may i suggest if you are a romantic that you don't read the epilogue - I think EM Forster was going through a hate phase when he wrote it
Well, I've just finished the book (been a bit busy and am reading other things alongside this), finding it a great read. However, my copy (a Kindle one) had no epilogue. So, off I went to search on Google, and find that the epilogue you speak of was written fifty years after the publication. So, on that basis, I think I'll just discount it. If you don't mind, can you summarise what it said in spoiler tags, because the details I get are hazy (although I sort of can guess ). Thanks.
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Old 07-03-2011, 08:28
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Well, I've just finished the book (been a bit busy and am reading other things alongside this), finding it a great read. However, my copy (a Kindle one) had no epilogue. So, off I went to search on Google, and find that the epilogue you speak of was written fifty years after the publication. So, on that basis, I think I'll just discount it. If you don't mind, can you summarise what it said in spoiler tags, because the details I get are hazy (although I sort of can guess ). Thanks.
I haven't read it for years so apologies if it's a bit hazy as far as I recall:

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Old 07-03-2011, 12:18
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Currently reading "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman. Enjoying it too.

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Old 07-03-2011, 13:47
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Just received a beautiful hardbound copy of Homer's Odyssey for my birthday so getting stuck into that.
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Old 07-03-2011, 17:02
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I haven't read it for years so apologies if it's a bit hazy as far as I recall:

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Many thanks for that summary of the epilogue to E M Forster's A Room with a View. Considering that the epilogue was written fifty years after publication, I think it's up to us to decide whether to accept it or not. I suppose for the romantic it's a reality that goes against the hope set out in the book, but then again, living happily ever after can get a bit boring, too.

Still, you're probably right: he must have had a bad day or something to have written that. Maybe he was woken from sleep by some Italian cabby singing outside his window, and decided to exact his revenge.

Again, thanks for the reply.

PS - Talking about E M Forster, I'm now starting Howards End. I've seen the film and thought it was quite good.
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Old 07-03-2011, 17:16
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Many thanks for that summary of the epilogue to E M Forster's A Room with a View. Considering that the epilogue was written fifty years after publication, I think it's up to us to decide whether to accept it or not. I suppose for the romantic it's a reality that goes against the hope set out in the book, but then again, living happily ever after can get a bit boring, too.

Still, you're probably right: he must have had a bad day or something to have written that. Maybe he was woken from sleep by some Italian cabby singing outside his window, and decided to exact his revenge.

Again, thanks for the reply.

PS - Talking about E M Forster, I'm now starting Howards End. I've seen the film and thought it was quite good.
I'll try to dig it out this week and reread the epilogue
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Old 07-03-2011, 20:04
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Rereading Pride and Prejudice - one of my most favourite books - nearly know what is coming next.
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Old 07-03-2011, 20:39
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The Hare With Amber Eyes Edward de Waal.
Just started it and it's beautiful.
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Old 07-03-2011, 21:17
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I've just finished reading 'and i dont want to live this life' by Deborah Spungen.
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