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Just finished Secrets of the lighthouse by Santa Montefiore

Great book; Basically the story centres on:-
Ellen runs to aunt Peg in Connemara from London where she feels odd one out in her family. She doesn't want to marry William, a 'suitable' suitor according to her mother, Peg's estranged sister. She finds a ruined lighthouse and hears the story of Caitlin wife of Conor who died there in mysterious circumstances. She also meets brown eyed Dylan Murphy. Ellen soon realises there is more to her family history than she ever knew.

I loved this book, well worth a read. :-)

Finished reading The Secrets of Jackson Glen,
a must read for all who are researching their
family tree.

Now reading The Agincourt Bride.

I have just finished A Single Breath by Lucy Clarke I had not heard of the author so didn’t know what to expect. Wow. What a good read. Gripping from beginning to end. Eva, so in love with Jackson, a widow after a short marriage, a marriage after a short relationship. Did she really know Jackson? And Saul, Jackson’s brother, who sounded like somebody I would like to meet. I loved the descriptions of Tasmania and the Island and also about free diving.Well written with well rounded characters.

This is a Kindle book and I recommend it as a good read.

Morning Ann yes it was the lovely BC<3 who recommended the book to me.

Mau, yes I loved the Kashmir shawl, (BC loved it too).

Karen that was a great series, unmissable, loved it and also read and loved the book some years ago. :-)

Hi Kindle Tarts and Bookworms :-D :-D

Have finished 'The Kashmir Shawl' and thought it was very good. I especially liked how the story was set in different time zones,giving vivid descriptions of the Indian culture.

Anyone out there remember the 1980's TV series The THORN BIRDS?

Well, I only vaguely remember that (must have been busy doing other things in those days) so this week I decided to read the book for the first time (£2.99 Kindle, The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough).

It is a wonderful story, in fact, I would better describe it as 'moving'. Some say it is the Australian equivalent of Gone with the Wind, and I have to agree <3


"...In the rugged Australian Outback, three generations of Clearys live through joy and sadness, bitter defeat and magnificent triumph - driven by their dreams, sustained by remarkable strength of character... and torn by dark passions, violence and a scandalous family legacy of forbidden love.
It is a poignant love story, a powerful epic of struggle and sacrifice, a celebration of individuality and spirit. Most of all, it is the story of the Clearys' only daughter, Meggie, who can never possess the man she so desperately adores - Ralph de Bricassart. Ralph will rise from parish priest to the inner circles of the Vatican... but his passion for Meggie will follow him all the days of his life." - says the Amazon description.

Go on....read it.....you'll love it :-)

Just read The suffragette Girl by Margaret Dickinson. A really good book with (I thought) believable characters. Suffragettes and WW1. (VADs)

Hope it works out Maryanna - I've been trying to persuade my friend to use her tablet to read books, but she is sticking to hard copies. As she goes away a couple of times a year, it would save on luggage weight and packing space!

Hope you enjoy the read GG :-)

Although I've read a lot since last posting a review, most of them aren't worth recommending. Well, what do you expect when they were free? :-D

Thanks Det, will look into that.

M.

Edit just found a Kindle for iPad ap which I have downloaded. Now just have to work out how to actually get it from Amazon and onto the iPad, if you see what I mean.

Hi

I'm currently reading Martina Cole's latest book The Good Life fantastic as always and good that I was able to pre order on my Kindle.


Linda :-D

Thank you Maryanna.

Det I have just downloaded The Argincourt Bride for my
Kindle.

Emma :-)

Maryanna - it is possible to convert Kindle books to ireaders, and vice verse

Not sure how, but it is :-D

Emma, I was hoping to read The Secrets of Jackson Glen but it doesn't seem to be available on ibooks, only Kindle. Drat.

Hope you enjoy it.

M

Finished Alice The Enigma and enjoyed it, good read
I knew very little about Alice.

Now reading The Secrets of Jackson Glen.

I thought the Marriage Certificate was brilliant :-D.Maryanna I have read all of Tess Gerritsens and Karin Slaughters books.I too love the Death and Gore.
Now reading Truth or Dare by Tania Carver.

I have just finished The Marriage Certificate by Stephen Molyneux. Reccomended on here a few months ago, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Before that I read That Summer Affair by Sarah Challis and The Light Between Oceans by M. L Stedman, that one made me cry.

Now have a couple of Tess Gerritsens waiting and a Karin Slaughter and Simon Kernick. Back to the death and gore !!!!

M.
:-)

It sounds an interesting book Vera, but I think I would prefer to read that in a proper book so I could look back. Not at all easy on the kindle.

I have just finished reading "The Romanovs: The Final Chapter: The Terrible Fate of Russia's Last Tsar and his Family" by Robert K Massie. It's not a particularly easy read as there is quite a lot of scientific stuff about DNA and a lot of people in the story. I kept wanting to flick back to remind myself who people were but that's not as easy to do with a kindle as with a paper book.

The book is in several distinct parts. The first is more or less the same as the ending of Robert Massie's previous book "Nicholas and Alexandra" and tells the story of the final days of the tsar and his family. It then goes on to the discovery of the skeletons at Ekaterinburg and what happened to the bones. This is followed by the section about the various tests, including mitochondrial DNA testing, to try to prove whose bones they were and who was missing from the grave. (11 people were killed but only 9 skeletons were found in this grave.)

There is then a section about the "pretenders" to the tsarship (is that the right word?). In particular there is a long section about Anna Anderson, who went by a variety of names, and who claimed for decades to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia.

The author finishes his book by talking about the current Romanov family and the various sub-sections of it who are scattered around the world.

I had known nothing about all the court cases that took place in America about the release of tissue from Anna Anderson for testing or about the disagreements amongst the scientists on what the DNA was or was not proving. I found this quite a difficult but a really fascinating book.

Let me know what you think Emms...... :-)