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Hiya to all you book worms.....


Im just about to start The Light Between Oceans by M L Steadman

A boat washes up on the shore of a remote lighthouse keeper’s island. It holds a dead man and a crying baby. The only two islanders, Tom and his wife Izzy, are about to make a devastating decision. They break the rules and follow their hearts. What happens next will break yours.

Enjoy your book that you are reading :-D

Love Kate Morton books

That sort of book is always interesting Barry if you know something about the people or company involved.

I've finished The Secret Keeper and enjoyed it much more than I expected. The ending was a complete surprise - I hadn't guessed it at all. I might look for another Kate Morton book next time I'm in the library.

I've started reading 'Bread' by Ian Gregg. This is the story of Greggs, the country wide bakers.

Ian gives a very detailed insight to the family business / company and also many of the folks / workers - and how they progressed after the founding father, John, died in 1964.

My particular interest in this book is because my late Margaret started and worked for several years at the original shop age 15 as a trainee confectioner / cake decorator when it was known as Gregg's of Gosforth. I know some of the names mentioned in this book.

Oh, that it could have been published two years ago when she was alive! She would have loved to read it.

All proceeds go to charity and for Breakfast Clubs for children.
(Why we need 'Breakfast Clubs' in this day and age truly beggars belief!!)

Hi MarieCeleste :-)...Now thats sounds my type of book, im going to put them in my reminders for my kindle....thank you :-)

I've just started (on kindle) Settling the Account, the third book of the "Promises To Keep" trilogy by Shayne Parkinson.

They're about a young lass who has a hard life in rural New Zealand in the 1890s. A lot of it's a bit grim (she has some hard knocks) but she comes through. It's not all doom and gloom or else I wouldn't be onto the third one! The characters are very good.

First in trilogy is Sentence of Marriage (currently free), the second is Mud and Gold (£1.92)

Hi there yes that sounds like it BC (you recommended it when we were up) and thanks Ann. :-)
I'll make a note and get it after I've finished this short novel I'm reading, ahem, about young boy and a summer he couldn't forget!? ;-)

Loved BUTB :-D ooh they were bloody days! she's a great writer could picture the scenes vividly.
Mau XX

Mau,..is it The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas? This was recommended by AnnGlos, I think, and was a really good read. I just loved Bring Up The Bodies, hope you enjoyed it <

BC XX

Hi all you bookworms :-D
Sorry I don't come on here very much....I'm a very slow reader :-(...have finished 'Bring up the Bodies' and looking for a recommended book, something about cashmere?

Mau x

Hi Vera not seen you for abit, hope you enjoy your The Secret Keeper as much as I did........

Happy to see the thread is working, and after reading it you chose one of the books someone else has read.......

Pass a book forward as well as a smile :-D

I have almost finished The Sunflower Forest by Torey Hayden. This is a great book, I really don't want it to end. A 17 year old girl, Lesley, growing up in America with her 9 year old sister and her parents. Her mother is Hungarian and, for some reason 'not normal'. Lesley often has to stay home from school to look after her mother who has 'spells'. The mother tells her stories of life in Hungary and Germany in the war, how she was part of the Lebensborn programme and ended up in Ravensbrusk, how she went to Wales after the war and eventually to America. Then there is a tragedy. Lesley goes to wales to follow her mother's trail.

A beautifully written book with good characters, a great story and wonderful descriptions. Can thoroughly recommend it.

I've started Citadel by Kate Mosse. It's the third part of her trilogy, and I'm hoping it's going to be as good as the others.

Hallo again everyone. Have read a few books in recent weeks:

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir. This is a purely factual book researched from mostly primary sources. I found it really interesting. I knew some basic facts about his wives but this book really "fleshed out" their stories for me.

Shakespeare by Bill Bryson. I had read this biography before but it was some while ago so I thought I would re-read it. I like Bill Bryson's style and this book was very readable. What really comes over is how little we actually know about Shakespeare.

The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett. Again this was a re-reading. I've read pretty much all of Pratchett and generally prefer his earlier books but I quite enjoyed this.

I'm about to start on Kate Morton's The Secret Keeper. I've never read any of her books but I saw this in the library and seemed to remember it being mentioned some time ago on this thread so I thought I'd have a go at it.

Finished "The Devil Rides Out" by Paul O'Grady.

Am now reading Roy Chubby Brown's autobiography :-D

Emma :-)

Morning Book/Kindleworms :-).I have given up on The 100 Year Old Man who climbed out of the window and Disappeared. Yes I know it has had good reviews etc but I didn't enjoy reading it and don't want to waste my reading time! I think after The Man who Went round Ireland with a Fridge,I was looking for something similar to make me laugh out loud. Not so..

So, as a change from chortling, I am in the middle of reading a very dark, psychological murder mystery. 'Sharp Objects' by Gillian Flynn who also wrote 'Gone Girl'. It is about Camille, a reporter who is sent from her newspaper in Chicago to cover two murders in her home town in Missouri. She is a deeply damaged and flawed heroine and when you meet her mother and other family members, you can understand why. A great read, so far, don't want it to end!





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:-) :-)Maryanna ...hope you enjoy them a much as I did :-)

I know you have read this one Mersey.

I am really enjoying The Unseen by Katherine Webb at the moment.

Last week I finished reading her latest book, A Half Fogotten Song and I still have The Legacy to go.

I bought them all to read on holiday but don't break up until next Wednesday but i couldnt wait and at present am in danger if having read them all before then !!

M

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Muffy <3 <3 <3 <3 and extra one cos I know you love's em <3 ;-)

I shall still dip in to read this thread as It's my favourtite ...and I get some of my reading ideas from here.

I shall be using the money I save by not renewing to buy the White Princess by Philippa Gregory as soon as it becomes availabe in August....

Will send in my review via another member once I've read it (prob will devour it in a day)

At present I'm reading a Kindle freebie...Child Of The Mist......it's *ok*....readable....just. x

Detective...steamy!!! just a tadge, but as you say the story gets better:)

l'm actually starting to read Betrayed, then the Mating:)....

jude :-)