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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
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The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 13,382 Send Message	Muffyxx	Report	10 Mar 2011 22:31
	I finished the Edwina Currie..it was ok...readable..ish. I've now started on a surprise market purchase. A Philippa Greggory I hadn't known about..The Other Queen. about Mary Queen of Scots. About 3 chapters in and am enjoying it immensely...but I love her books anyhow so there's no surprise there really lol x
	Researching: All comments made by me are all mine unless otherwise stated. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or real life events unless otherwise stated is purely coincidental.
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 4,301 Send Message	SheilaSomerset	Report	10 Mar 2011 22:33
	Am reading 'The Bones of Avalon' by Phil Rickman - set in Elizabeth I's early reign, set in Glastonbury, sort of murder and mysticism. Quite readable.
	Researching: Gloucestershire, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, London, Lithuania, Russia
Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 13,382 Send Message	Muffyxx	Report	10 Mar 2011 22:38
	Mike Ashley..thought I recognised his name..Knew i'd read one of his...just checked my bookshelf...he's done a great book about Boudicca. Sheila..that sounds fab...i'm going to add that to my wish list. Thank you x
	Researching: All comments made by me are all mine unless otherwise stated. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or real life events unless otherwise stated is purely coincidental.
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	PatriciaAnn	Report	19 Mar 2011 21:52
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	I've finished reading War and Peace! I'm going to read Catcher in The Rye. It's a book I've never read.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 8,423 Send Message	ChrisofWessex	Report	19 Mar 2011 21:55
	OH just collected from library today 'The Floating Brothel' which I had ordered. He had to take a lot of good humoured stick from the young librarian!
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 26,336 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	19 Mar 2011 22:17
	"Cowboy & Wills," written by, Monica Holloway, is a memoir about Monica's young son, Wills Price, who is diagnosed with a high functioning form of autism. This memoir can't be told without, Cowboy, a very unique dog. The special love that Wills had with his dog enabled him to reach out to people in a way that was not previously possible because of his autism. Gwyn
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 2,179 Send Message	Conan	Report	20 Mar 2011 02:11
	Given up on Mike Ashley .......... David Starkey seems far more promising !
	Researching: Attila, Genghis
Member Since: August 2010 Posts: 3,696 Send Message	Greenfingers	Report	20 Mar 2011 08:38
	Reading Second Nature by Alice Hoffman, not a long book but sort of compelling a strange love story sort of what you expect from Alice but good
	Researching: Picture is Queen of the Night Helleborus
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 239 Send Message	welshbird201	Report	20 Mar 2011 14:44
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 239 Send Message	Message for Muffy: I finished reading Jilly Cooper's 'Jump' a couple of days ago. I know slow reader. Itwas good she described National Hunt racing (which I love) very well. A bit sad in parts. I hope you get it for Mothers Day. Enjoy. I have just started 'The reading group' by Elizabeth Noble. I have read two of her books, Alphabet weekends and The Girl next door. Both are very good especialy The Girl next door.
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	PatriciaAnn	Report	21 Mar 2011 19:08
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	At the moment I'm reading a book called Corfu by Robert Dessaix. There are some nice descriptions of Corfu.
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	PatriciaAnn	Report	23 Mar 2011 22:38
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	I've finished reading "Corfu" About to start on a book called "To my Daughter In France" by Barbara and Stephie Keating. I liked the picture on the front and I was intrigued by the title.
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	PatriciaAnn	Report	27 Mar 2011 21:24
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	I'm now reading The Man who Disappared by Clare Morrall. It's about an Accountant who disappears and the story is set in Exeter.
Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 13,382 Send Message	Muffyxx	Report	27 Mar 2011 22:07
	Thanks Welshbird...I'll let you know if the hints have worked next week lol. I've just finished The other Queen by Philippa Gregory which was fab..as have all her books been imho. I've a few to chose from...but I'm thinking of re reading a book I first read as a teenager...Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Däniken...it explores the idea of an extra terristrial (sp) visit to earth during primitive human times...much criticised..but when i read it as a youngster ...i felt it was feasible....interested to see if the passage of time has changed my mind or not.x
	Researching: All comments made by me are all mine unless otherwise stated. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or real life events unless otherwise stated is purely coincidental.
Member Since: January 2009 Posts: 1,513 Send Message	MissFitz	Report	28 Mar 2011 08:35
	I am reading the Travelling matchmaker series by M.C Beaton The titles are in order 1. Emily goes to Exeter 2. Belinda goes to Bath 3. Penelope goes to Portsmouth 4. Beatrice goes to Brighton 5. Deborah goes to Dover 6. Yvonne goes to york The books are about Hannah pym a middle aged servant who inherits from her late boss and decides to travel
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	PatriciaAnn	Report	28 Mar 2011 08:41
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	Agatha, Those books sound good.
Member Since: August 2010 Posts: 3,696 Send Message	Greenfingers	Report	29 Mar 2011 16:35
	But Agatha have you read M.c.beatons Agatha Raisin series, about an amateur detective who is definitely not a Miss Marple,,,,,,,,they are very good can reccomend them but read from the beginning. I have just read Sheila Flanagans My Favourite Goodbye...its a typical Flanagan set in Dublin and about families and their complications. It centres around Ash a cook who does corporate meals and gets involved with a multi millionaire.She is a complex character.. its a good read
	Researching: Picture is Queen of the Night Helleborus
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	PatriciaAnn	Report	29 Mar 2011 20:32
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	I'm reading A Room Swept White by Sophie Hannah
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 25,620 Send Message	Jane	Report	29 Mar 2011 20:38
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 25,620 Send Message	The one I am reading now is Nicci French.....Complicit.I'm finding it slightly weird. The next 2 I have lined up are Harlan Coben 'Caught',and Debbie Macomber 'Mother's Gift'
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	PatriciaAnn	Report	4 Apr 2011 13:21
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	I'm reading The Fighting Spirit by Charles Gidley. It's a World War 2 story. When I went tothe library I got a book by Stephen Booth. I can't remember the title.
Member Since: January 2009 Posts: 1,513 Send Message	MissFitz	Report	4 Apr 2011 14:21
	yes I have read all the Agatha Raisin books, All the Hamish Macbeth books, all the Travelling Matchmakers and the Edwardian Mysteries all by M.C Beaton, I hope she soon writes some more, I may get withdrawal symptoms.