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There will be a massive protest if it doesn't, Mersey. I may even burn my bra! :-D

BC if you burn yours then I will burn mine ;-)

Mersey, as with Greaders, if there is. New board for hobbies and interests or reading etc I think it will be better for these threads as they won't get pushed so far down so quickly. :-)

When I vote on the Greaders thread I have to check the availability of the book at our various libraries and then get my one to order it in. I suggested a book a while back that got voted in and it took me several months to finally get it.

So this time whilst I wanted to vote for "The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson ... but didn't because it would mean playing the waiting game.

Ha ha... himself had already ordered it unbeknown to me ... I have now read it and it is a) easy to read b) not laugh out loud hilarious but has you smiling to yourself quite a lot.

It goes from the here and now to the 100 year old's past and what a past he has. I now know who is responsible for a lot of the events that changed history.

All the little quirky bits that this author has thought up and put into the story made for great reading.

Persie :-)

Shall look forward to your review Perse.nwhat a thoughtful OH you have.

If you like Maeve Binchy you will probably
enjoy Finding Home by Roisin McAuley.

Louise & Rebecca are looking for a suitable location for a film, they find Wooldene Hall, the ancestral home of Diana and her brother Henry.

Diana a widow feels her life is crumbling along with the house, she runs a garden centre and longs for romance.

Henry, retired from the army is drawn to Louise whose home is Belfast, but the past has its grip on the present.

Lucy, Diana and Henry's aunt is in a home slowly succumbing to dementia

Set in Oxfordshire, London and Donegal mainly it is a good story with romance, pathos and some menace.

<3 :-D <3

Well since getting my touchpad thingie l have downloaded the amazon kindle from my puter. The latest book is "Name and Number", based on a true prison story.

Wow l certainly don't want to be in prison. Young lad gets 2yr sentance for drug related crime.....and its what happens to him basically. Some of it is amazing and good some bloody awful...but l'm hooked.
Some of it is written badly, can't explain, you'll have to read it to see what l mean.
But a very good read.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Name-Number-Based-Prison-ebook/dp/B009KFLLGI

and its still free on amazon kindle:)
jude x

Don't ask.

Emma :-)

Just finished Life of Pi. Well written and informative but not really my type of book.

I read Life of Pi when it first came out, and found it really fascinating, and now looking forward to watching the DVD. It was like nothing else I've ever read.
Still reading The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. I do wish he'd buy himself some hiking boots - I can really feel those blisters!

This book I have just finished isn't my usual type of read. Biography's and anything by Dilly Court suits me best. Anyway my D.I.L. bought this one for me but I didn't think I would enjoy it.

A true story called My Secret Sister by Helen Edwards & Jenny Lee Smith. Twins separated at birth. One sister abused, one loved.
It made compelling reading. Very moving and inspirational.

I have read the narcisstic mothers thread on here and never really understood until now. On searching for her family history one of the women came onto Genes and posted a message and got a response back from an unknown family member.
Only published this year. A very good read.

Good book isn't it Barb? Very enlightening

Yes Ann so sad in places and shows the connection twins have to one another.

Hope you enjoyed your holiday :-)

At long last have finished Nicholas and Alexandra.
If you want a history lesson on Russia and their
murders this is a book I would recommend. I have
learnt a lot from this book even though it took me ages
to read and happy I managed to get through it. :-D

Emma :-)

Just finished the sisterhood by Helen Bryan ....very good read :-D

Hi Hayley I have just taken a look at that and think it maybe one for me thanks :-) <3

Started The Kingmakers Daughter by P Gregory last night. :-D

Emma :-)

Just bought for my kindle Now and Forever by Bernie Nolan.
Took a sample last night to read and OH got me to buy it.
Must admit I will put aside P Gregory's book for the moment
to read this one.

Emma :-)

I've finished The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, and I must say, it was one of the best books I've ever read! It's not just about a man walking to see a former friend dying of cancer, though that's really fascinating, it's also about his examining what has gone wrong in his life, with his wife and son ,and how the people he meets along the way bring about his soul searching. Plus, it has a very satisfying ending.
Not yet decided what to read next - either Toby's Room by Pat Barker, or The Red House by Mark Haddon.