Summer Reading - Not Work Connected!

[Alison]

well we have just relocated our caravan to a little site in the middle of nowhere, no electric so no TV or t'internet great excuse to chill with a good book and no distractions just need to find a good book or two....

 

there seems to be so many books to look out for, it would be interesting to hear some reviews on some of those books already mentioned?

off to the library I shall go at least then I can get a selection

[Susan]

Ive enjoyed all the Lesley Pearce books that have read.

 

Have a pile of books Ive bought recently sitting by my bed but havent completed anything for a while.

 

I loved Time Traveller's Wife and I think I read the Memory Keepers Daughter, which I also enjoyed if Ive got the title right!

 

I hated Lovely Bones and didnt complete it despite much urging by Sue R.

[Sue R]

Go on, try again!!

[Sue R]

I loved the silmarrilion - am I on my own with that one!?!

Most definitely NOT. What I particularly like is that although you can read it as a whole, you can also dip in and out for the different tales. Although, as Steve says, he can be stylistically challenging. After all, he was an Oxford don who actually did invent his languages!

 

Sue

[JacquieL]

Oh don't forget Tracy Chevalier, The Girl with a Pearl Earing is one of my favourite books, it is beautifully crafted. I believe the film is good but I never think that a film lives up to a book, perhaps because I have already made the pictures in my head. I really liked the Lion and the Unicorn and Burning Bright. She has a new one coming out in August based around the fossil collector Mary Anning. There are lots of depth to her books and she brings the historical side alive.

[Cait]

hehe - I thought that was going to read 'The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe'! CS Lewis' other books are really good too

[Guest]

I hated Lovely Bones and didnt complete it despite much urging by Sue R.

 

 

i really couldn't get in to that book either, think i read the first few pages and gave up!

[sunnyday]

We really need someone with - 'time on her hands' - to put these book reccomendations into one list........don't look at me ....far too busy!!!

[anju]

haven't been through earlier posts so apologies if I am repeating...

 

Engleby - fantastic, mesmerising and the backdrop reminded me of my teenage years

 

atonement - moving and wonderful

 

street lawyer - john grisham great

 

in the dark - mark billingham (half way through, it's set in gang land london, well structured and easy to read)

 

testimony - anita shreve - enjoyed that one

 

all the above I read in the past few months having read nothing ficitonal for 6 months before. am loving it!

[Guest]

I'm afraid I can't read serious and 'grown up books anmore...I HAVE to have a happy ending. DEbbie Macomber and Freya North are two I like at the moment. An easy and untaxing read, just right for the end of term.

[Cait]

Oh I think it's necessary to have a decent ending - there's nothing worse than ploughing through thousands of pages only to have it fizzle out, leaving threads still loose!

[Guest]

Oh yes....I also enjoyed 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'......

 

 

 

i loved that book...it was a recommended read when i started my uni course and it was brill

[Guest]

Hi

Belong to a book group and have read many of the books suggested and they all got thumbs up. Recently read Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe which we all enjoyed and I recommend it for interest and readability. Also read The Secret Life of Bees which was well woth reading. Sorry can't remember authors but can find them on Amazon. Also the Other Hand by Chris Cleve is very thought provoking. The Interprrtation of Murder is a good read.

Looking forward to reading more now the holidays are here..Hooray!!

 

Redbase

[Cait]

Plenty of reading on here! hehehe

[Guest]

Plenty of reading on here! hehehe

 

You're right Cait, fascinating isn't it!!! Have missed finding out people's views about things and ..should be doing ironing now, but browsing again!

[HappyMaz]

We really need someone with - 'time on her hands' - to put these book reccomendations into one list........don't look at me ....far too busy!!!

Shall I do it?

[Cait]

Have you really got time on your hands or are you procrastinating?

[Alison]

.....if your offering Maz that would be great

 

well I have the mission to find a book popped into waterstones today to have a snoop at the books realised I have never been in a bookshop to look for books to "read" only ever text books, childrens books or joke books for christmas pressies how did I manage to reach my ripe old age without buying a book? I didnt know where to start looking?!?!?! I am ashamed

[sunnyday]

Shall I do it?

Thought you'd never ask!

[HappyMaz]

Have you really got time on your hands or are you procrastinating?

Blast! Found out! 'Procrastinating' is number one on my summer to-do list!

[Guest]

Just reading 'The Return' by Victoria Hislop - a good read but not enjoying it as much as 'The island' by same author.

[Sue R]

My sister has lent me 'The Island' - so it's a good read, then?

[Guest]

Just ordered 2 Poldark novels to take away with me on my hols and hopefully finishing the Forsyte Saga soon.

 

ppp

[Cait]

wow! gosh that takes me back!

Does anyone remember 'Flambards'? I've got those books in the loft somewhere

[Guest]

Flambards = Theme park in Cornwall?

 

I love Poldark (tv series) and I understand the tv adaptation does differ from the books but I'm so excited to find out what happens next!

 

Woooo!!

 

ppp

[Cait]

No - it was a series on TV around the same time as Poldark!

[Guest]

Teehee - I know.

 

Another one for me to dig out! I'm on Upstairs Downstairs at the moment - lots to catch up on there!

 

I was born in the wrong era.....

[HappyMaz]

Flambards = Theme park in Cornwall?

Yes!

 

No - it was a series on TV around the same time as Poldark!

But also yes - I remember it vaguely Cait!

[Cait]

I'd forgotten all about it till just then for some reason - isn't memory strange

[sunnyday]

isn't memory strange

Uh don't know I can't remember!