General Chat

As you can see we have a tie for first place. therefore the books to read this month are searching for Tilly and the Hungry Tide.

books to be reviewed on 20th Feb.

Please make a note that the suggestions for feb/mar 08 will be required on 15th Feb 08. from then there will be just one list, any classic or social history book etc will be included in the main list.

Ordinary books

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 11
Intimate Strangers by Susan Lewis
Searching for Tilly – Susan Sallis 1 11
Trains and Buttered Toast – John Betjeman
The Savage Garden - Mark Mills 11
The Cement Garden - Ian McEwan 1
The Alibi Man by Tami Hoag
I have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes (A fairytale for grown-ups) by Jaclyn Moriarty
The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett
The Hungry Tide - Valerie Wood 111
The Eleventh Commandment - Jeffrey Archer
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - Paul Torday
Bones To Ashes - Kathy Reichs 11


Classic. And Social history

Lorna Doone by R D Blackmore. 1
Can any Mother Help Me by Jenna Bailey 1
London The Wicked City (A Thousand Years of Vice in the Capital) – Fergus Linnane

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Ann
Glos

Seen, though I think I might not be able to get a hold of The Hungry Tide as I can only find one library with it on the internet tonight and that one is in the South Island, will check with local library tomorrow - Michelle

Seen this Ann. I may have to wait a couple of weeks for Searching for Tilly though. It seems very popular at the moment!

Michelle....sorry! Valerie Wood is a local author and I didn't stop to think that you might not be able to get it over there

Michelle would it be worth trying Amazon. If not I suggest you read and review the Kite Runner which you should be able to get. As I suggested it I will read and review it too then we still have a comparison.

Ann
Glos

Jeanette, I bought Waiting for Tilly in Tesco

Ann
Glos

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Must be more to see this

Ann
Glos

nudge this up for Kate and AL

Ann
Glos

Thanks Ann - will try and get hold of those.

Kate

for AL

Ann - I was able to get The Hungry Tide and Search For Tilly from the local library today - Michelle

Thanks for the tip Ann....I'll look out for it

Hiya

I've already got searching for Tilly in my "to read whether or not it's voted for" pile, so that's a result. I'll probably get the other one off Amazon. Had a nightmare with the library with last months books - ordered them all (4 actually) in November and I've not had one through yet! So I'll have to review the books I read in their place! AL

I think everyone has seen this now. happy reading. This will be the last nudge for this thread.

Ann
Glos

I have been searching for the Hungry Tide in Gloucester today. Not even a copy in ottakers. I will have a look on Amazon. I think there are only about 4 copies in Glos libraries. The trouble with putting in a request is the time it takes to come through. maybe will try that tomorrow. has anyone else had a problem getting it?

Ann
Glos

Obviously talking to myself here. Once upon a time the greaders threads were full of chat about the books etc. Now I am hard pressed to get a reply, I wonder why? I do miss Maz east End and dee!

Ann
glos

Hello Ann I'm here and I will talk to you. I am a hundred plus pages into Searching For Tilly and am finding it quite interesting, also I found that I know some of the places they are describing in the book. I realised today I have only six days before it is due back at the library and I can't have a renewal on this book so me thinks housework may not happen this weekend. Michelle

Hi Michelle, thank you for responding. I am enjoying searching for Tilly, I do like her books, many of them she has written are centred on this village where I live.

There is a good connection to family History in searching for Tilly isn't there? Keeps you interested and intrigued. never mind the h'work, you enjoy a good read!!!

Ann
glos

Hi Ann

I'm sorry, I didn't see this thread come back to the top.

I have ordered both books from the library. However, I found Searching for Tilly in Sainsbury's just afterwards so bought it instead and I'm about three quarters of the way through it. I found it quite hard going to start with but I'm getting into it more as it goes on.

The Hungry Tide hasn't come in yet but I'm looking forward to reading it as that will be centred around the area I know well.

Jeanette x

Good afternoon, as I decided I would not have time to order and read the books for this month I have been reading The Greatest Knight.
So far just a quarter of the way through but am enjoying a lot. Was it Lady of Hay that showed William Marshel as not a very nice person? In this book he comes across(so far)as a very likeable sort a and finding it a very enjoyable read.
Look forward to joining in with next months choices

xx Jill