General Chat

The House at Riverton and the Forgotten Garden both by Kate Moreton.

Ann
Glos

hi muffy
Read all of them , sarum in particular is very good gives an insight into how english surnames came about , but you forgot to mention "dublin"
in two seperate volumes
igor

I am about half way through Patricia Cornwell's latest, SCARPETTA.

Iam hooked on this lady, and any other author who follows this genre, forensic pathology......gruesome but compelling.

Gail x

Just started reading Julie Walter's autobiography and find her early life was a lot like mine. I love her sense of humour and tales of her Saturday nights out with her pal,soo true!
Mau

*agree The Island is a beautifully written,though very sad, book.

Ive read both those too Ann, and they are unputtabledowners!

MV x

Hiya Igor.

yeeeeeeeeey another devotee lol

The Dublin series is next on my list..........I have eastern European ancestry.......so went with Russka .......

Actually I also have Irish ancestry .........but the Russka book called the loudest lol xx

Hi all, I've just finished working my way through Simon Scarrow's "Eagle" series, I think there was nine of them in all. Set in the Roman Legions of the 1st Century AD they follow the careers of a Centurion and his Optio through the invasion of England and then in the Middle East.

Cracking good yarns with some insight into life in the Roman army, well worth reading if you don't mind the occasional bit of "fruity" language.

Ed

That's you and me both, Lanarkshire Lass.

I've recently found Mark Billingham. Have you tried any of his?

Sue x

A good read with detailed from true life happening

The London Monster 1790 by Jan Bondeson,,,

Gripping storey..as taken from the Times Newspaper accounts.

NEARLY FINISHED 'THE SONGBIRD' BY JOSEPHINE COX. I LOVE HER BOOKS, AND HAVE READ MOST OF THEM.

I LIKE BOOKS ABOUT HOW FAMILY LIFE DURING WW2, BUT HATE ROMANCE STORIES.

DEF NO MILLS & BOON IN MY HOUSE LOL

To Suzian.

I haven't read any of Mark Billingham, before. I wil look him up.


Another of my author's.......slightly different from those whom I have mentioned, is Lee Child... Well worth a read.

Gail

Hi George

that book sounds intresting about Marylebone, my dad and his family came from round there.

Hi Rose

I only read in Bed, a book will last me a month lol.
Love turn of the Century books late 1800s early 1900s not keen on the modern stuff. Catherine Cookson is one of my favourite Authors I think I have been through all of hers. Her books reminds me so much of where I used to live as a child. Working Class area's

My hubby though is a great reader and reads 6 or 7 books a month.
His recommendations are

By Bryce Courtney he enjoys all his books
The Power of one
April's fools day
Jessica
Potato factory
Brother Fish
Sylvia
The Persimmon Tree
Fishing for Stars
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Barack Obama
Dreams from my Father

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Parkinson's Biography

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Just a few he would highly recommend
Depends really on what you like I suppose

Have a Nice Day
Regards
Jackie

JUST READING A BOOK BY MIKE RIPLEY CALLED , SURVIVING A STROKE



THEN I WILL BE READING HOW TO STOP SMOKING BT ALLEN CARR

HI Shemp

Thanks for the Black Diamonds recommendation
My husband was born in the village of Fitzwilliam and will be really interested in that one. His family also worked the coal mines in that area.

I'll check if our Library has it

Regards
Jackie

Shadows of the Workhouse, by Jennifer Worth. Will make you laugh and cry!

I've just finished reading Nicci French's "What to do when someone dies". I've read most of their books and this one is just as good. I'm also reading some old Ruth Rendell books that I've missed. She's a great favourite of mine. I also like the Barbara Erskine books.

Sue

These are the books I have read just recently,and all good.

MOTHER OF PEARL..................MAUREEN LEE
THE GAME...........MANDASUE HELLER
SHAFTED.........MANDASUE HELLER
CAUSE FOR ALARM........ERICA SPINDLER
DEATH MESSAGE.........MARK BILLINGHAM
HOLD TIGHT..........HARLAN COBAN
NO-ONE LISTENED.....ISOBEL AND ALEX KERR
THE POINT OF RESCUE......SOPHIE HANNAH
THE SUNFLOWER GARDEN......TORY HAYDEN
THE BONE GARDEN.....TESS GERRITSEN
TELL NO-ONE........HARLAN COBAN

and the one I'm reading at the moment is
COLD IN HAND.........JOHN HARVEY

Im reading "the Rainbow Valley" {book 5 in a set of 6} by LM Montgomery its about a little boy Walter who is a very senstitive child he wishes to write poetry and lives with his head in the clouds in a time when boys are expected to labour and work hard in life. The rainbow valley is an iidylic place where he, his siblings and friends go to dream and pretend its a beautiful place, type of place most of us adults have forgotten exists. Walter one day hears pipes playing within his being these pipes get stronger and stronger ~ Walter knows these pipes will seal his destiny ~ as Walter gets older ~ he doesn't know it yet {tis in book 6} he is called to war and to fight and to die book 6 is very sad I will be ready to start it by monday. If anyone gets the chance these books {they are childrens books btw} are well worth the read LM Mongomery has a classic way with her characters and can bring them to life in a very extraordinary way.

Hi Mel I have most of the LM Montgomery books :)))

and 'Rilla of Ingleside', the one you are about to read is very poignant...I can't read it without crying ,lol when you get to the bit where I do you will know . It is very much a personal journey through WW1 from the perspective of the Canadian women and girls ( and Dog Monday!) waiting at home.

Rose xx