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Old 03-12-2012, 17:16
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Finished Stella Gibbons`s Cold Comfort Farm .. Really good humorous tale. Would have been a big waft of fresh air in the 30s .. same as Flora Poste`s impact on the Starkadder family.
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Old 03-12-2012, 18:06
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Finished Stella Gibbons`s Cold Comfort Farm .. Really good humorous tale. Would have been a big waft of fresh air in the 30s .. same as Flora Poste`s impact on the Starkadder family.
Great book. Lovely characterisation and very funny.
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Old 04-12-2012, 02:56
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Miss Read "Changes at Fairacre"..lovely books and this is no exception

i have just found 4 more of her books in the library, that should keep me quiet for a while!
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Old 04-12-2012, 12:29
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The Baby Group by Rowan Coleman.
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Old 04-12-2012, 16:24
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Chelsea Cain - Heartsick..... good read, actually i can't put it down... 22 chapters in and im hooked
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Old 04-12-2012, 17:16
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Just finished "Prayers for Rain" by Dennis Lehane, now started on "Moonlight Mile" the follow up to "Gone baby Gone" also by DL.

Prayers for Rain was excellent....i'm expecting good things from Moonlight Mile too !
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Old 04-12-2012, 18:53
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Jane Casey- The Last Girl
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Old 05-12-2012, 12:31
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Wilkie Collins, "No Name".

Since I got the Kindle I've been reading the freebies. I'm stunned by Collin's readability. Modern in style. Humourous. Joyous.
I've always enjoyed reading the classics but I think the rise of the Kindle freebies has been a great way to get more people interested in them. I've only read The Woman in White by Collins so far, but yes he does have an easy to read style.
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Old 05-12-2012, 14:27
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I've always enjoyed reading the classics but I think the rise of the Kindle freebies has been a great way to get more people interested in them. I've only read The Woman in White by Collins so far, but yes he does have an easy to read style.
The Woman in White is Brill. Loved it.
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Old 05-12-2012, 17:04
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The Woman in White is Brill. Loved it.
I've never thought to read "The Woman in White", so far. My opinion has always been coloured by an unenjoyable theatre experience some years ago when my daughter treated us to birthday tickets and a hotel because my wife was a fan of Michael Crawford who was playing Fosco. He decided to be ill and was understudied (quite well, but not the same), and I found myself behind the tallest man in London so only saw half the stage.

However, having now experienced Wilkie Collins, It'll be my next read.
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Old 05-12-2012, 17:51
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Picked up a couple of Agatha Christies today, have started 5 Little Pigs this afternoon.

Nothing like a good old fashioned murder/mystery on a winter's evening when it's chucking it down with snow outside!
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Old 05-12-2012, 18:14
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"Ban This Filth!: Letters From the Mary Whitehouse Archive" edited by Ben Thompson.

"The Twits" by Roald Dahl. I can read this in less than half an hour.
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Old 06-12-2012, 01:30
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Book of Blood by C.Barker
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Old 06-12-2012, 05:14
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"Ban This Filth!: Letters From the Mary Whitehouse Archive" edited by Ben Thompson.

"The Twits" by Roald Dahl. I can read this in less than half an hour.
Hi, whats the Mary Whitehouse one like? Im mildly curious.
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Old 06-12-2012, 05:19
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Old 06-12-2012, 08:31
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Hi, whats the Mary Whitehouse one like? Im mildly curious.
I found the book a mixture of sadness and amusement at things she found objectionable.
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Old 06-12-2012, 08:58
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I found the book a mixture of sadness and amusement at things she found objectionable.
Worth a read ?
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Old 06-12-2012, 11:18
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I'm reading The Baader Meinhof Complex by Stefan Aust- it's about the Red Army Faction, as the title would suggest. It's the book the movie that came out a few years ago was based on, and it's VERY well-researched and indepth. Fascinating to see how rational people can embrace extremism.
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Old 06-12-2012, 11:51
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100 pages into The Mystery Of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes and I'm not enjoying it at all. Neither the plot nor the characters are gripping me and though Keyes usually has me crying with laughter, I haven't laughed once so far. And my god it's sloooooow.

Can anyone tell me if it gets better? Or does the entire story revolve around this obnoxious "Laddz" band? I mean, why would I care about the disappearance of one of the band members? The reader has no connection with him whatsoever.

So disappointed. Had been eagerly awaiting her new book.
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Old 06-12-2012, 11:57
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Tripwire by Lee Child.. I'm reading his books in order, and once you have got used to Lee Child 's style of writing, and the character of Jack Reacher, his books are unputdownable.
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Old 06-12-2012, 15:53
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Chelsea Cain - Heartsick..... good read, actually i can't put it down... 22 chapters in and im hooked
Onto book 2 in the Archie Sheridan series... and it's as fab as the 1st one... am loving Chelsea Cains book... hooked!
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Old 06-12-2012, 16:10
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The Sleeping Doll, Jeffrey Deaver
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Old 06-12-2012, 16:42
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Currently half way through Cujo by Stephen King.

Out of all the SK books I've read so far, it's my least favourite, but it still has the second half to save itself.
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Old 06-12-2012, 18:16
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Yes, if you were aware of the programmes and the people discussed in the letters. It adds to the background.
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Old 06-12-2012, 18:28
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Death On The Nile - Agatha Christie.
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