LauzC
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Thought I'd start a new thread for us to record and discuss books read in March.
I am starting Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann.
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Janswansea
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I'm reading A Thousand Splendid Suns at the moment, really enoying it. I've bought Random Acts of Heroic Love to take on holiday at Easter. I'd be interested to hear hat you think of it.
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Vicky123
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I absolutely loved this book. I could not put it down. A real gritty read with two love stories running side by side. I even emailed the author when I finished it which I often do if they have a website and he responded saying how pleased he was I had enjoyed the book. He also gave me a bit of background to it too which I will share with you when yuo have read the book because I dont want to spoil it now. Absolutely fantastic and would read it again.
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nannyconnie
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I am new to this site and fairly new to this whole thing but I love reading walking and cooking(not neccesarily in that order)so was hoping to make some new friends and maybe join a couple of groups.I am however in the far flung region of n. wales so maybe at the moment on-line will ease me in gently.I have also read A thousand Splendid Suns and thought it great.What about The Kite Runner----same author same part of the world and an equally good read.
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Janswansea
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Hi, I've read THe Kire Runner and loved it too. I've also bought The Welsh girl, haven't read it yet though - apt for us! I buy a lot of my books from Play, Amazon Marketplace and The Book People on line. Someone recommended the Richard and Judy Book Cub. I've bought a couple of their recommendations to take on holiday at Easter.
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 Sealover
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Nannyconnie, welcome to the forum! You might like to join in the Eyes Down book club with us. If you look under the Book Club posts you'll be able to get a list of the books we are reading. If you have a problem finding it, send me a PM (Personal Message).
I've read The Kite Runner, too and loved it. A Thousand Splendid Suns has been on my list to get, but I thought it sounded rather depressing - maybe it isn't, though?
I've recently finished The Rose of Sebastopol, which I really enjoyed and would recommend.
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LauzC
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I have given up on buying new books. I now use "swap" websites. See the links in my signature.
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nannyconnie
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Hi and thank you for the welcome.I did have a look for the Eyes Down bookbclub but there didnt seem to be any recent reads,so how does it work?I do like the idea oftrying other peoples recomended reads as i can get a bit stuck in a rut.But do read the Welsh Girl----very good indeed.At the moment i am reading The Shakespeare Secret but not too sure about it yet.
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duckegg
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I have just finished reading What was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn which the cover describes as 'a great debut novel from an awesomely talented writer'.
I couldn't agree more. It's a fabulous read, part mystery, part ghost story - ostensibly about the disappearance of a ten year old girl who wanted to be a detective and spent a lot of her time in her local shopping centre watching people, but about so much more as well. Twenty years on the ramifications of her disappearance are still being felt by some of the staff who work there and the shopping centre itself seems to develop its own creepy personality with it's maze of empty corridors and dead ends .......
Although I didn't realise when I bought it, this book was longlisted for several major awards last year and won the Costa first novel award. If you get the chance read it - I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
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dryad
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Hello everyone!
I registered about 4 weeks ago and I am really enjoying the Book Club. So far I have posted four reviews – perhaps you have read these.
For some reason the book I enjoyed the most has been viewed the least – Invitation to the Waltz. Perhaps readers have been put off by the word ‘waltz’, which suggests ‘old fashioned’. Although Rosamond Lehmann’s novels were published in the 1930s, she was considered ahead of her time. The sequel, The Weather in the Streets, was considered shocking in 1936. Here Olivia is now about 10 years older, married and (horrors!) separated. Rollo (‘the handsome host on the moonlit terrace’) is married to Nicole and is unhappy (so he says). Well, you can guess what happens next – they meet on a train and later have an affair. You might think ‘same old story’ but I think the timing and setting make this version different and worth reading.
I’ll shut up about Rosamond Lehmann now! Two other books I have read this month are:
The Uncommon Reader – Alan Bennett; this is a short book (124 pages) about the Queen developing a passion for reading. She does not, however, join a book group. (Although, on second thoughts, I suppose she could have logged on to ours under a different name!)
Suffer the Little Children – Donna Leon; this is the author’s sixteenth detective novel and described by critics as one of her best. I agree. I always find the detective (Commissario Brunetti) very appealing and the setting (Venice) adds to the interest; this latest novel is also very clever. I am posting a review for it.
Happy reading everyone!
jdm
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Spanishlady
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just finid¡sh last night The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler its the first book of hers that i have read but Iam going to se if I can get some more.
Started Bad Behavior by Sheila O`Flanagan I had to put it down or else I will finish it by lunch time and have nothing to read tonight.
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nannyconnie
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Hi, Iam also fairly new here but loving it and I also love Rosamond Lehmann.I have read most of her work(i think)and my two favourites were The Weather in the Streets and The Swan in The Evening.The latter is sort of autobiographical and beautiful to read.Do try them.I have so many recomendations to try now that i wonder how i ever had time to work full time-----yes i am sixty and recently retired and finding it really is the New Forty.
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Staffordshire
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I am new like nannieconnie and I love to read. Has anyone read The Shadow of the wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon? Its a great read.I also like Harlon Coben, have just read his The Woods.
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adnyl55
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Hello all. I have just joined too and love reading. Have just read Scapegallows by Carol Birch. a brilliant book of history, smugglers and based on a true story of a woman from my part of the country who was transported to Australia.
Have heard good things about the Thousand Suns but have not got around to that one yet!
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jillinspain
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With you on both counts Staffordshire - have read every Harlen Coben and the Woods has just arrived from the UK so I'll be reading that shortly. Shadow of the Wind is a fabulous book - highly recommended. Also Winter in Madrid and A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon. Latest read was Relentless - not particularly well written but a total page turner by Simon Kernick.
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jennifer36
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just read all thee threads and thought I would give my opinion of the books mentioned that I've read
The Kite runner and 1000 splendid suns I felt were really good books (the film of the kite Runner was excellent too) The 1000 s suns is such a powerful book and really makes you glad you are a woman in the this country and not having to obey the rules about wearing the veil etc.
The Shadow if the Wind also a really good book, and I enjoy anything by Anne Tyler.
Random Acts of Heroic love was ok, but not something I'd read again. I've just read a book, 2 little girls in blue, by Mary Higgins Clark who I'd never heard of before (it's for 1 of my book groups) I found this very boring, not well written and I wouldn't recommend it!
Winter in Madrid too was a very thought provoking book, as was The Memory keepers dsughter, which provoked much discussion at book group.
Also just read Body Surfing by Anita Shreve -I find all her books very enjoyable.
As you will realise I read a lot, but trouble is I don't always remember authors and titles! 
Always on the look out for new authors, so keep the recomendations coming! 
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rosalie
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I'm about 1/2 through a fascinating book which is a work of fiction made up of a story within a story. To confuse matters, one of the stories is based on fact - a period in the life of 1 of my favourite writers, Daphne du Maurier. The book is "DAPHNE" by a contemporary writer,JUSTINE PICARDIE. Her story takes place in 1957 when Daphne is haunted by Rebecca, Her marriage is failing and she is involved in a biography of Branwell Bronte.
This thread is woven with a story set in the present day. A young woman is newly wed to an older man who, like Maxim de Winter, is still under the spell of his first wife. This young woman is a huge fan of Du Maurier's work, and decides to follow Daphne's Bronte trail, It all adds up to an intelligent, absorbing nystery story - very cleverly written. Now that I'm close to the end of the book, I am taking it slowly, as I don't want it to end! I do have other books, but they have been discarded, as they did not hold my interest at all, & I gave up on them after the 1st chapter!
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sparkly3
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After slating the Richard and Judy bookclub, I'm feeling a bit shame-faced. I am just finishing A Quiet Belief in Angels. It is fantastic, throughly recommended. Not all of them are turgid dross. In there are a few gems! I a dying to read Daphne, Rosalie, after hearing Justine Picardie talking about it on the radio.
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SteveyP
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I've finished Atonement which I've been trying to get through since Christmas. I'm going to see the dvd now to compare and hope there's a bit more atmosphere. I read Apple of My Eye by Patrick Redmond in 2 days which wasn't as gorey as the cover said - good job as I'm not into horror. My tastes are darkening a little as I have The Woods but I've not read it yet and I've spotted Little Face by Sophie Hannah in Asda. I've just started Queen Camilla (just for fun - an xmas pressie) to lighten the mood a bit in between.
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Roly
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Hi
I am not the greatest reader but loved The Kite Runner A Thousand Splendid Suns was better I thought. Winter in Madrid absolutely fantastic and last night finished The Shadow in the Wind. Today started Random Acts of Heroic Love
and can't put it down.
Recently read Interpretation of a Murder and Murder on the Eiffel Tower.Would recommend both highly.
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