smallholder
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My book bargains!At a local second hand book sale today - all books were £1!
So I got...17!!!!! All in Brilliant Condition. Yay! 
Biographies -
Bad Blood, Lorna Sage
White Cargo, Felicity Kendall
George Elliot and Her world, Marghantita Laski ( Illustrated Hard Back)
Dear fatty, Dawn French ( Hard Back)
Fiction-
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, Eva Rice
Crossing the Lines, Melvyn Bragg
Digging to America, Anne Tyler
Regeneration, Pat Barker
Daughter of Fortune, Isabel Allende
The Unfortunates, Laurie graham
Eve Green, Susan Fletcher
The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield
Plays-
Me, I'm afraid of Virginia Woolf ( A collection of TV Plays) Alan Bennett
Non Fiction-
Birds of North America - an illustrated field guide
The Survival factor ( Illustrated Hardback on Wildlife)
Minsmere, portrait of a Bird reserve ( IllustratedHardback)
The Private Life of the Otter ( Illustrated hardback)
...now where do I put them? 
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Louiw
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That sounds like bliss to me SH!!! What are you starting with???
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smallholder
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Not sure yet. Haven't been able to read for a while and had already got one on the go before I got ill so am looking forward to finishing that first.
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Louiw
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Great to hear that you feel better!! I've read a couple on your list = Bad blood Lorna Sage and The Thirteenth Tale and both are great!!!
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magpie nic
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I'm jealous!!!
The only one I have read is Dear Fatty!
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Sniggle
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Wow! - What a great haul!!
Happy reading xx
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tui
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great list. the only one I have read is digging to america.
i have been staying away from secondhand book shops and stalls as I have so many unread books.
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queenlit
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Me too. I am determined to read a few off my shelf before I buy even more.
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queenlit
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I live near the Booksellers Retreat - its a retirement home for booksellers. They have a book sale tomorrow. Can't wait.
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brummie
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SH - Start with the lost art of keeping secrets - it's FAB!
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smallholder
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Ok Brummie - I will. I have A Tenderness of wolves to finish yet but when I have I will begin with the one you suggest!
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queenlit
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Is it neccessary to read the ladies detctive agency books in sequence? Thanks
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smallholder
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I don't know queen lit - start a thread about them and I'm sure someone who is into them will tell you.
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brummie
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not absolutely necessary but I'm a bit particular about things like that myself!
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queenlit
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Thanks. Have the first and a few others but not complete set. Good advice sh. Will do.
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smallholder
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Hmm. Have finished The lost art of keeping secrets Brummie, but it didn't really grab me - a bit too fluffy! I'm not a fluffy sort of girl. I did like the fifties references though -although I couldn't really remember Johnnie Ray, so I looked him up on Youtube and watched some his performances of the songs mentioned- enjoyed that! 
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brummie
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awww, now I like something a llittle bit fluffy. I loved the descriptions of the house that they lived in - I didn't think it was TOO fluffy.
Hope you like whatever you read next a bit more sh x
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smallholder
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Am now enjoying Imperium - definitely not fluffy!
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tui
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I read White Cargo a few years ago. felicity Kendal had a really interesting life.
last weekend I bought
Migraine by Oliver Sacks. quite heavy going but i am hoping for some help or greater understanding about migraines.
Endless Feasts- Sixty years of writing from Gourmet magazine.
Loud and Clear by Anna Quindlan. A collection of her columns written for newsweek and NYTimes.
I like non fiction and they are all books to dip into, in between novels.
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