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Old 09-08-2013, 10:29
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Old 09-08-2013, 19:08
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Mark Edwards and Louise Voss- Killing Cupid
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Old 10-08-2013, 05:31
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i'm revisiting the classics on my kindle! pride and prejudice
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Old 10-08-2013, 16:16
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My new print book is All The Hopeful Lovers by William Nicholson.

The Mills & Boon style title is awful but, if the other two books in the series are anything to go by, it should be good. This is the middle book. I've read the first and last in the series and have been saving this one up because I don't want to get to the point where I've finished them all!
I read that recently and really enjoyed it.

I'm in the middle of 'The Associate' by John Grisham (on audiobook). I haven't read a Grisham for ages (I got a bit bored of them) but I'm quite enjoying this one so far.

My current print book is 'Capital' by John Lanchester, which is a really good read, but I'm getting through it slowly because I'm watching tennis on TV in the evenings instead of reading.
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Old 10-08-2013, 17:21
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I'm reading The Return by Victoria Hislop - it's starts off in modern Granada in Spain and goes back in time to the Spanish Civil War through the recollections of an elderly bar owner. It's a real page turner - it can be a bit like a story from a womens' magazine at first but gets better and better. It weaves fact and fiction - and it has made me cry. Well worth reading.

(ps landdrifter24 I can never finish anything by Dan Brown although I like the films.)
I've finished this now - one of the best books I've ever read - a real page turner - sad too.
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Old 10-08-2013, 19:30
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I read that recently and really enjoyed it.

I'm in the middle of 'The Associate' by John Grisham (on audiobook). I haven't read a Grisham for ages (I got a bit bored of them) but I'm quite enjoying this one so far.

My current print book is 'Capital' by John Lanchester, which is a really good read, but I'm getting through it slowly because I'm watching tennis on TV in the evenings instead of reading.
I've finished All the Hopeful Lovers now and really enjoyed it. I thought that Capital was very good too.

I'm now reading Time's Echo by Pamela Hartshorne.
Grace has recently been living in Indonesia and has returned to the UK after having been caught up in the Boxing Day tsunami. On a visit to York she finds herself caught up in the life of Hawise c. 1577. A similar sort of timeslip theme to Barbara Erskine's books and I have a feeling that it's likely to be a bit formulaic and too "romantic" for my taste. We already have a hunky historian involved in the story!
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Old 11-08-2013, 08:00
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Old 11-08-2013, 12:31
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I'm reading The Return by Victoria Hislop - it's starts off in modern Granada in Spain and goes back in time to the Spanish Civil War through the recollections of an elderly bar owner. It's a real page turner - it can be a bit like a story from a womens' magazine at first but gets better and better. It weaves fact and fiction - and it has made me cry. Well worth reading.

(ps landdrifter24 I can never finish anything by Dan Brown although I like the films.)
This sounds intriguing, although I'm a little hesitant as I've read one of her other books and I hated it (The Island).
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Old 11-08-2013, 13:29
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Going to start Bringing up the Bodies tonight looking forward to it!
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Old 11-08-2013, 13:31
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This sounds intriguing, although I'm a little hesitant as I've read one of her other books and I hated it (The Island).
Really - I was thinking of reading that one - but if you think it's not very good I may not bother - what's it about?
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Old 11-08-2013, 14:56
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Going to start Bringing up the Bodies tonight looking forward to it!
I started that last night! I can already tell it's going to be as good as Wolf Hall.
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Old 11-08-2013, 20:08
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I really enjoyed The Sleeper by Emily Barr. If you like her other books then you will like this one.

I'm now reading Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons.
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Old 11-08-2013, 23:13
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I have just finished reading all 3 of David Pelzer's child abuse books. Compelling and interesting reading.

Anyone else read it before?
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Old 12-08-2013, 07:57
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Team - Its Only Radio! by John Myers .. best insight into the Radio Industry in the UK you can lay your hands on. And its laugh-out-funny! The press equivalent is "Stick it Up Your Punter"
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Old 12-08-2013, 16:03
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Really - I was thinking of reading that one - but if you think it's not very good I may not bother - what's it about?
I loved the Island. A colleague loaned it to me after she and her hubby booked a holiday in Crete to visit the setting. My OH and I read it and did the same!

It's based around the inhabitants of a leper colony on a tiny island off Crete and the neighbouring village before during and after WW2. We found it fascinating and touching. It's fictional but based loosely on true life recollections of former inhabitants of the colony. sounds a bit grim I know but we loved it. OH like The Return at least as much, I wasn't as keen. I liked her most recent book The Thread though.
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Old 12-08-2013, 17:09
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Ken Follett - Fall of Giants - for the second time. I have A Game of Battleships by Toby Frost winging it's way from an Amazon warehouse at this moment.
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Old 12-08-2013, 18:11
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Bring Up The Bodies by Hillary Mantel. I've just finished Wolf Hall so I'm a bloody glutton for punishment!
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Old 12-08-2013, 18:45
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Barbara Vine- The House of Stairs
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Old 14-08-2013, 01:28
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Over the last few days I've read Think of A Number by John Verdon, which was OK, and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Nearly gave up on Gone Girl because quite frankly, I was finding it hard to give a toss about the two protagonists, both narcissistic and unlikeable; but I wanted to see what all the furore had been about! So I persevered and ended up rather admiring the twists and turns of the plot, but I'm still not sure why it caused such a fuss when it came out!
Am now reading A Cold Season by Alison Littlewood.
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Old 14-08-2013, 08:35
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The Valley of Horses - Jean M. Auel. 4/5
Not as good as The Clan of the Cave Bear, but still gripping
'Horses' had so many characters from different clans/tribes that my head was spinning with remembering them all, enjoyable, nonetheless.
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Old 14-08-2013, 20:51
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Just started A Half Forgotten Song by Katherine Webb. I really enjoyed her book The Unseen so have high hopes for this one.
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Old 15-08-2013, 10:55
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Bring Up The Bodies by Hillary Mantel. I've just finished Wolf Hall so I'm a bloody glutton for punishment!
I've just started wolf hall but finding it a bit hard going. Did you find this? I will continue with it as I love books based in this period
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Old 15-08-2013, 15:17
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The One Plus One (ARC) - Jojo Moyes
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Old 15-08-2013, 15:24
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The Valley of Horses - Jean M. Auel. 4/5
Not as good as The Clan of the Cave Bear, but still gripping
'Horses' had so many characters from different clans/tribes that my head was spinning with remembering them all, enjoyable, nonetheless.
Unfortunately it's all downhill from there. The Mammoth Hunters is bearable but the rest aren't worth reading. Such a shame as it started out a very promising series
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Old 15-08-2013, 16:11
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Where did you buy this as it's not available till Feb 2014?
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