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Great Books to recommend
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started by bluesofty (25 September 2008)
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1 April 2010
Jorden; a whole new world Katie Price.............
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21 August 2010
Red Queen
Philippa Gregory...............
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23 August 2010
Not so keen on Jorden, but Philipa Gregory is an addictive read for me!
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24 August 2010
Chesil Beach Ian McEwan
Shows us how the entire course of a life can be changed - by a gesture not made or a word not spoken
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7 January 2011
I love true stories....I would highly reccomend " Wild Swan, three daughters of China" by Jung Chang and "Nothing to Envy" by Barbara Demick, but I also like narrative as "One Hundred years of solitude" or "The Novels" of Giovanni Verga....I just love reading :))
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29 April 2011
is that barbara demick one about gardening ?
all the Harry potter books..............
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25 September 2011
One hundred yers of solitude is a fabulous read. Any one tried The History of Love? Its a sream of consciousness, but so beautiful and from two totally different voices *
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26 September 2011
Things my Mother Never Told Me,. This is a touching account of Blake Morrison’s mother, as she is dying, and his search through her letters with his Dad when they were courting. Tender, unsparing, and poignant. I thoroughly recommend it
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20 January 2012
- If you want to have fun: Wilt by Tom Sharpe.
- If you want thrill: any of the Wallander series by Henning Mankell
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23 April 2012
I loved loved loved “We need to talk about Kevin”, I’ve not seen the film, but the book is great!
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23 May 2012
Fifty Shades of Grey E L James
I was working recently on the new John Lewis store in Exeter
just across the road from the site I noticed a waterstones formerly waterstone’s
a couple of days earlier I’d heared an intreview with Ms James on radio 5
and later that week saw her on Breakfast TV
the hype must of got to me
so I went in W S ‘s and not knowing if was in paperback thought i’d ask an assistant if they had it
As it happens I did’int need to ask, it was the first book I seen as soon as i walked in
I took the book over to the counter to pay my £5.50
AS he was putting the book into a bag I asked the assistant
“are you selling loads of these”
" I don’t know, I usually work upstairs" he said
Anyway I never read the book myself I bought it for someone else who told me it was pretty much a copy of nine half weeks …………………..barry james edited this post 23 May 2012
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24 May 2012
Thanks Barry – I’ve heard good things about this book! I’m working my way through a few at the moment, the Kite Runner is what I’m reading at the mo!
Are you a Kindle user or do you prefer actual books?
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31 May 2012
I am just re-reading The Knife Man by Wendy Moore. It is a biography of John Hunter a c18 famous surgeon, naturalist and teacher. Today he is considered as the father of modern surgery.
The descriptions that Wendy Moore uses are very detailed and can be a bit gory at times, even with descriptions like that I highly recommend it if you don’t mind reading descriptions with gory details.
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1 June 2012
Hi robertscott2,
Gore doesn’t both me really, it sounds really interesting! Any others you’ve enjoyed?
Thanks
Bexb-d
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4 June 2012
Any one read ‘Mrs Dalloway’ – apost world war 1 story taking place in one day. It’s the beauty of the writing and the poignancy of the tale…
