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jo61

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good books
« on: August 24, 2013, 05:26:39 AM »

I am looking for a good book to get engrossed in ,nothing gory or sad. Anyone read anything lately?
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Dyan

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Re: good books
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2013, 09:08:21 AM »

Hi jo61,

If you like a good romance, anything by Nicholas Sparkes.
Josephine Cox
Katie Flynn.
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Joyce

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« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2013, 10:19:58 AM »

I'm in the middle of The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosein. Nothing to gory so far. I read Kite Runner some years ago, which was good - somewhat more graphic than the film I have to say.
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honeybun

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« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2013, 10:23:34 AM »

I really like Lisa Gardener.

They are detectives novels and quite gritty but oh so good.

When I have one of those I can't do anything but read.


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Rowan

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« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2013, 10:32:15 AM »

Anything by Santa Montefiore

Barbara Erskine

The Memory of lost Senses by Judith Kingdom
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CLKD

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« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2013, 02:19:46 PM »

I am re-reading The Secret Garden; a book about Jean Lapataire and her experience with a burst brain artery; as well as a book about a girl who climbed Everest in the 1960s but there was a tragedgy .......
I read all of Maieve Binchy
I am wading through Daphne de Maurier in small doses
I love Derek Tangye
I read all of Jennifor Worth - the Midwife series - before the BBC got hold of it  ::)

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Joyce

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« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2013, 05:08:59 PM »

Summer Secrets by Barbara Freethy was a nice light read.
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Rowan

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« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2013, 05:43:05 PM »

Its free on amazon to download to your kindle too :)
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ariadne

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« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2013, 09:12:34 PM »

I am reading through all the Peter Robinson "Inspector Banks" series, which I really enjoy. Only a couple more to go and not sure what to read next. I do like good detective/crime fiction - might look at your Lisa Gardener novels HB - see if I might like them  :)

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meno lesley

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« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2013, 09:55:45 PM »

Just read The Tent, the Bucket and Me by Emma Kennedy - so funny x
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littleminnie

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« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2013, 08:07:16 AM »

I like Lisa Gardner too, I've reserved her latest novel at the library.
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Joyce

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« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2013, 08:42:22 AM »

What about Alexander McCall Smith - The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency series?
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CLKD

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« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2013, 08:11:59 PM »

CubaGirl - couldn't get into his stories.  They were well lauded when first published and I did try  ::)
Couldn't get into Emma Kennedy either  :(

DH reads Sci Fi  ::) - can't be bothered with those either  ;D
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Joyce

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« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2013, 07:36:49 AM »

I'm eagerly awaiting the new Bridget Jones book, due out in October I think. Hope it's not a disappointment.
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Limpy

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« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2013, 03:22:02 PM »

Really like Alexander McCall Smith, they are nice and gentle, both the No 1 Ladies Detective agency and the other series (the names of which I can't remember    ::) )

Just got into M.C. Beaton, the Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin series are both very readable. Oh, and Agatha Raisin is mid fifties, so quite a lot of things ring true.
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