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smallholder
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cornflake girl
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| smallholder wrote: | | The Memory Keeper's Daughter |
Is it good? |
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babyboomer
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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I enjoyed The Memory Keepers's Daughter a while ago. Have just started reading her latest novel - The Lake of Dreams.
I've just finished reading 'Bed' by David Whitehouse (was 99p on Kindle). Strange book. |
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tui
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I've been reading non fiction lately. The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery (Australian scientist) was really easy to read but disturbing as it is a few years since he wrote it and his predictions about global warming are coming true. Time is running out for there to be change in time. I find it a really good summary and explanation of the different factors involved.
I also read the Starch solution by Dr John MCDougall. Aimed at the American public to convince them to eat more whole grains and cut out the animal products. For health as well as to save the planet from over exploitation by the multinational food producers.
Good recipe section at the end as well. |
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cornflake girl
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Just finished Ten Years On by Alice Peterson - 99p kindle version. Worth a read. |
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cornflake girl
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Have just started on The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes. Read about 70 pages but haven't really got into it yet. Going to read a bit more of it tonight to see if it gets any better. |
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magpie nic
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:05 am Post subject: |
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It does CG, stick with it! Not her best but worth finishing.
I am reading Cromwell's Blessings, second in a trilogy by Peter Ransley, not fantastic but sticking with it because I read the first one and need to know what happens! |
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smallholder
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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| cornflake girl wrote: | | smallholder wrote: | | The Memory Keeper's Daughter |
Is it good? |
Well I have to say, I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I was going to from the reviews and folks on here. For some reason I felt very detached from the characters and so didn't really care about what happened to them. Maybe it was 'David' and his aloofness and isolation from his family which was catching... 
I have just started ' A Week in September' Sebastian Faulks. This has mixed reviews from people loving it, to those who hated it. So it will be interesting to see which camp I fall in to. I have always had an up and down response to his books. Wasn't over enamoured with Engelby for example but enjoyed Charlotte Gray. |
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fmath
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| cornflake girl wrote: | | Have just started on The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes. Read about 70 pages but haven't really got into it yet. Going to read a bit more of it tonight to see if it gets any better. |
I didn't like it at first, but it does get a lot better. Keep going! |
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smallholder
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Ha Ha! I am actually reading 'A Week in December'! |
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babyboomer
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:28 am Post subject: |
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| I didn't enjoy The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards. Stuck with it but glad to finish it and off to Charity shop now! |
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cornflake girl
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| magpie nic wrote: | It does CG, stick with it! Not her best but worth finishing.
I am reading Cromwell's Blessings, second in a trilogy by Peter Ransley, not fantastic but sticking with it because I read the first one and need to know what happens! |
Getting in to it a bit more now. Just over half way through. |
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Irishcailin
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I'm reading the Simon Cowell autobiography it's ok very slow in parts still no Danni xx
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floella
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I was reading a Beautiful Disaster. It's a romance book focusing on two teenagers in American College. It was okay.
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| I know it is a bit 'chick lit' but am really enjoying Sophie Kinsella's latest 'Rosie Hopkins' sweetshop of dreams' (partly because I am a huge sweet lover!!). |
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cornflake girl
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Just started Monday to Friday Man. Can't remember who it's by! |
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cornflake girl
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| kesunder wrote: | | I know it is a bit 'chick lit' but am really enjoying Sophie Kinsella's latest 'Rosie Hopkins' sweetshop of dreams' (partly because I am a huge sweet lover!!). |
I think this is by Jenny Colgan. Have never read any of hers before but sounds like my kind of book. |
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wotsitagain
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:15 am Post subject: |
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| smallholder wrote: | | Ha Ha! I am actually reading 'A Week in December'! |
Hee hee, I was wondering if this was earlier or later in a series!
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smallholder
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:19 am Post subject: |
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| wotsitagain wrote: | | smallholder wrote: | | Ha Ha! I am actually reading 'A Week in December'! |
Hee hee, I was wondering if this was earlier or later in a series! |
I have finished it today and all in all I enjoyed it. I enjoyed hearing about the different 'spheres of life' of people living in London and thought the gradual connections the author constructed between them all was skilfully done. It took a while to get into it, but by the end I was hooked and was glad it was not a predictable ending. Some of it was not an easy read as one of the characters is a finance whizz and that is not my forte -particularly all the hedge fund stuff, but I 'shallow read' this and let the character describing it hoodwink me in the same way as he was hoodwinking his punters! |
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babyboomer
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Have just finished Blessings by Anna Quindlen.
Found it very touching.
Going for something completely different and have bought Lynda la Plante's latest called 'Backlash'. Haven't read any of her books before so looking forward to seeing what I think. |
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