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nudge for those who want to check synopsis

Ann
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the thread is up, already down on page 2, I will retrieve it.

ann
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Ok Ann.

What time are we voting.....just so I don't miss it

thanks Jeanette. Jill has PMd me and explained that she wont take part (4 down) this month as she will be away fro a few weeks. She will rejoin in Feb all being well.

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Thank you Carol

Still no Jill, hope she is OK.

Ann
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Jill, are you about, are you better? Hope so.

Ann
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thank you carol for the suggestion, looks interesting.
Still keeping this up the top for Jill.
Ann
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Bones To Ashes - Kathy Reichs

"The skeleton is that of a young girl, no more than 14 years old - and forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is struggling to keep her emotions in check.
Coroner Yves Bradette is being evasive, insisting the bones are ancient and of no interest. But it doesn't quite add up, and a frustrated Tempe is convinced Bradett is hiding something.
It's not Tempe's case; she's overwhwlmed with more urgent work in the lab. But a nagging in her subconscious won't let up. A memory triggered, deep in her hindbrain - the disappearance of a childhood friend; no warning, no explanation.
Working on instinct, Tempe takes matters into her own hands. But she couldn't have predicted where the case would lead, or the horrors it would eventually uncover. Can Tempe maintain a professional distance as the past catches up with in this, her most deeply personal case yet?"

Brilliant

Carol

Hi Ann

I don't mind reading classics but am less keen on social or family history books. Guess it depends on what's chosen! AL

thanks Dawn, that's 3 down, good start to the New Year! Look forward to you re-joining.

Ann
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Hi all,
I am starting a new job this week with a lot more hours initially so I will not nominate/read this month as I don't think I'll have time! I will just check the results and hopefully join back in next month.
Thanks
Dawn

We have certainly got a lot of different authors here - interesting. AL you did note it is classic or social or family history books (eg books on Victorian england etc.

Ann
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My nominations are:

The Eleventh Commandment - Jeffrey Archer

Connor Fitzgerald is the professional's professional. Holder of the Medal of Honour. Devoted family man. The CIA's most deadly weapon. But for twenty-eight years he has been leading a double life. And only days from retirement he comes across an enemy even he cannot handle. The enemy is his own boss. And she has only one purpose: to destroy him...


Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - Paul Torday

Why does Dr Alfred Jones feel as though something is missing in his life? He has many reasons to be content. His job as fisheries scientist is satisfactory, and he has just celebrated his twentieth wedding anniversary.

When he is asked to help create a salmon river in the highlands of the Yemen, Fred rejects the idea as absurd. But the proposal catches the eye of several senior British politicians. And so Fred finds himself forced to figure out how to fly ten thousand salmon to a desert country - and then persuade them to swim there ...



Can't think of any specific classic to recommend, but would be happy to continue with reading them.

AL

I have noticed that people are not suggesting any social history or classic books. Does this mean that it is only Dee, Alfie and I who are interested in this category?

Ann
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Happy New Year to everyone!

The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett

The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely (J. R. Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy Compton Burnett, and the classics) and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people such as the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers. She comes to question the prescribed order of the world, and loses patience with much that she has to do. In short, her reading is subversive. The consequence is, of course, surprising, mildly shocking and very funny.

The Hungry Tide - Valerie Wood

In the slums of Hull, at the turn of the eighteenth century, lived Will and Maria Foster, constantly fighting a war against poverty, disease, and crime. Will was a whaler, wedded to the sea, and when tragedy struck, crippling him for life, it was John Rayner, nephew of the owner of the whaling fleet, who was to rescue the family. Will had saved the boy's life on an arctic voyage and they were offered work and a home on the headlands of Holderness, on the estate owned by John Rayner's wealthy family. And there, Will's third child was born - Sarah, a bright and beautiful girl who was to prove the strength of the family.
As John Rayner, heir to the family lands and ships, watched Sarah grow into a serene and lovely woman, he became increasingly aware of his love for her, a love that was hopeless, for the gulf of wealth and social standing between them made marriage impossible.
Against the background of the sea, the wide skies of Holderness, and the frightening crumbling of the land that meant so much to them, their love story was played out to its final climax.

Jeanette x

Hiya all. I'll post tonight when I get home from work! AL