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Please add your suggestions for september. 2 ordinary and one classic. Vote to be Monday 4th

Hi Ann Are we allowed to re submit books we have put forward before?? ;-))

I am being very presumptuous here and included one that I have included before, if it isn’t acceptable please let me know (and I shall go and sulk in the corner) ;-)) _______________________________________ Till We Meet Again – Lesley Pearse Beth Powell and Susan Wright were best friends – both from troubled families, their only happy times were the summers they spent together as children. Until fate intervened and separated them It’s twenty nine years later when they meet again Reclusive Susan is a loner who has shot two people in cold blood. Beth is the lawyer allocated to defend her. Yet their friendship still endures, even as the evidence against Susan mounts up – a friendship that must be stronger than the traumas of their past. Because for one of them, there can be no happy ending ____________________________________________ The Greatest Knight – Elizabeth Chadwick A penniless young knight with few prospects, William Marshal is plucked from obscurity when he saves the life of Henry II’s formidable Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. In gratitude, she appoints him tutor to the heir to the throne. However, being a royal favourite brings its share of conflict and envy as well as fame and reward. William’s influence over the volatile, fickle Prince Henry and his young wife is resented by less favoured courtiers who set about engineering his downfall In a captivating blend of fact and fiction, Elizabeth Chadwick resurrects one of England’s greatest forgotten heroes, restoring him to his rightful place at the apex of the Middle Ages, reflecting through him the tumults, triumphs, scandals and power struggles that haven’t changed in eight hundred years ________________________________________________ Classic Cranford – Elizabeth Gaskell A classical and timeless portrait of life in a peaceful English village in the early years of the nineteenth century.

'How to spend the Kids' Inheritance' by Annie Hulley (2006) (a must for those parents over fifty!) 'The Falls' by Joyce Carol Oates If you've ever been to Niagra Falls, or planning to go, this book about a woman's two husbands, then her daughter, hypnotised by the Falls + an insight into how big companies get away with polluting the atmosphere, water, etc, is a must. Very well written. Classics? I'll pass, as I don't know which ones have been done, in the past.

Hi Ann, Classic suggestion Dickens - Hard Times Other Amy Tan - 'saving fish from drowning' - only cos I've just bought it from tescos!! 'Bibi Chen is dead and she wants to tell you a story....... (I've read other Amy Tan novels and I enjoy her style of writing) Douglas Coupland - 'eleanor rigby' 'One day in 1997, with the comet Hale Bopp burning bright in the blue black sky, Liz Dunn receives an urgent phone call asking her to visit a young man in hospital. Liz has red,curly hair. She has never been married. She is lonely. ........................His name is Jeremy. and he is her son.' Jen

Forgot to ask - can I join the Book Group? Just left a group at the Library as they were nice, but 'staid' - I am not as earnest about my reading...

hello Greaders Just popping in with a book some of you may like - I know some of you liked my last one even though I don't join in properly. :-))) This one may be of interest as it's to do with books/ documents/ history. Non-fiction but with a thriller-like narrative. The Poet and The Murderer - A True Story of Verse, Violence and the Art of Forgery by Simon Worrall xx Jen When a writer can make the formation of letters in handwriting an act of breath-holding suspense, you know you're in good hands. Journalist Worrall infuses the crime of forgery with the thrill of creation, spiced with the knowledge that one false micromove can mean discovery and ruin. In 1997, Sotheby's unveiled what experts believed was a newly discovered poem, 'That God Cannot Be Understood,' by Emily Dickinson. A few weeks later, the exciting discovery was revealed to be a forgery by a man who had already convincingly forged documents by more than 100 literary and historical figures, including Daniel Boone and Betsy Ross. This book examines the psychology of master forger and murderer (he killed two people who threatened his unmasking) Mark Hofmann. It also stands as a compelling forensic case study of forgery. From interviews with Emily Dickinson scholars, auctioneers, and forensic-document experts, Worrall pieces together the arduous artistry of forgery. A true-crime standout. Connie Fletcher Copyright © American Library Association.

Sorry Dee, went out shopping. Yes I think we can resubmit books as if we don't we may well miss some good ones seing that they can't all win. Ann Glos

Jen R & P thanks for the suggestion Lily, Of course you can join, it is open to all. Ann Glos

My suggestions are : Jodi Piccoult The Pact The Harts and the Golds have lived next door to each other for 18 years. They have shared everything from family picnics to chicken pox so it is no surprise that in high school Chris and Emily's friendship blossoms into something more. When the midnight call comes from the hospital no one is prepared. Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head inflicted by Chris as part of an apparent suicide pact. He tells police the next bullet was meant for himself. A local detective has her doubts. And the Hartes and Golds must face every parent's worst nightmare and question, do we really know our children at all? Little Girl Lost by Barbie Probert-Wright (with Jean Ritchie) A true story: In 1945, seven year old Barbie and her sister Eva were trapped terrified, in war torn Germany. With their father missing and hundreds of miles from their Mother, news of the approaching army left them confronted with an impossible choice: to face invasion or to flee on foot. Eva aged 19 was determined to find her mother. For Barbie, twelve years younger, the journey was to be more perilous but spurred on by her sister's courage and her desperate desire to be reunited with her mother, she joined Eva on a journey no child should ever have to endure. Over 300 miles across a country ravaged by a terrible war, they encountered unimaginable hardship, extraordinary courage and overwhelming generosity. against all the odds, they survived, but neither sister came out of the journey unscathed. Classic The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald Scott Fitzgerald chief chronicler of the jazz age. The story of the elusive Jay Gatsby, his fabulous parties, his mysterious past, and his destructive passion for the breathless, careless Daisy Buchanan. Ann Glos

Ann further to your pm, my classic suggestion is...... Treasure Island - RLStevenson or if that's already been 'done' then Silas Marner - George Elliot Cheers Jen

Ooooo Dee you've put me in a bit of a quandry now as to how to vote! lol. You see, I'm half way through reading the Greatest Knight as I quite liked the sound of it last month. Of course, if I vote for it, I will have a head start if it gets chosen! LOL And I would thoroughly recommend it! ;-)))

not got time to think properly at the moment, so nudging this up for myself later! Maz. XX

Hi Jeanette I am looking for a reason to bring it to the top of my pile of books to be read ;-))))

My suggestions for September Plotting for Beginners - Sue Hepworth Women reach fifty and think they're on the verge of liberation and excitement, and their broken-down men just want to stay home and fart. Or in my case, go and live in a cabin in the Rockies and fart.' Sally Howe plans to spend her husband-free year trying her hand at becoming a wildly successful author. But she's beset by distractions - the first being a queue of local lotharios, led by young Billy Bathgate, village postmaster with a tartan trouser habit and an obsession with drain rods. Warm, wise and funny, 'Plotting for Beginners' offers a wry evaluation of long-haul marriages, plus a lesson on how to hit the menopause running and seize your freedom when the family has gone. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory Everyone knows the fate of Anne Boleyn, but not many know the story of her rise to majesty and the part played by her rival and sister, Mary, who was Henry's mistress and mother to two of his bastard children before the dazzling older Boleyn girl even caught his eye. Philippa Gregory, whose own role as the Queen of historical romance grows more secure with each new novel, has surpassed her self with this epic tale of lust, jealousy and betrayal. The Other Boleyn Girl charts the lives of both Boleyns--each in their turn 'the other Boleyn Girl'--and their fiercely ambitious, conniving family who used the girls as pawns to advance their own positions at the court of Henry VIII. At 13, Mary is little more than a child when she is presented to Henry, ordered by her scheming family to serve her King and country by opening her legs whenever commanded, or doing anything else the great monarch desires. And while his loins are satisfied, life at court is sweet for the unofficial Queen and her pushy coterie. Inevitably though, the King's eyes soon begin to wander and Mary is overlooked, helpless to do anything but aid her family's plot to advance their fortunes, replace her with Anne and give Henry the greatest gift of all: a son and heir. Classic Colonel Jack - Daniel Defoe Full title: The History and Remarkable Life Of the truly Honourable Col. Jacque, commonly call'd Col. Jack, who was Born a Gentleman, put 'Prentice to a Pick-Pocket, was Six and Twenty Years a Thief, and then Kidnapp'd to Virginia, Came back a Merchant; was Five times married to Four Whores; went into the Wars, behav'd bravely, got Preferment, was made Colonel of a Regiment, came over, and fled with the Chevalier, is still abroad compleating a Life of Wonders, and resolves to dye a General.

Nudge for anyone else. Kaz, are you back from holiday yet? Hope you had a good time. Nolls are you joining us again yet?

The Boleyn Inheritance - Philppa Gregory Katherine Howard - A Tudor Conspiracy - Joanna Denny Innocent Traitor - Alison Weir The other Boleyn Girl - Philppa Gregory Lu

I wonder what Maz is going to come up with, she is taking her time choosing. Thats the trouble working in a library, so many to choose from. ;-)))))))

Thank you Lu, are you joining in with the book club? If so we need two ordinary titles and one classic. you are very welcome to join in with us, the vote for Septembers books will be on Monday, they will need to be read by 30th and reviewed on that date. Ann Glos

Nudge to the top again Ann