General Chat

Just thought I would bring this up to the top again in case anyone missed it before. ann Glos

Ann....I have read P.S. I Love You.... the life of Peter Sellers, but I also have Cecelia Ahern book called PS, I love you x is that the one you are on about? Maisie

Hi, i love reading .Have been doing it since i was 2, my mum taught me. I read most things , breakast boxes ,must read a daily paper,should i say 2 daily papers,3 on a sunday.9 magazines a week. I have a book in the (oops should i admit to this here ?) in the toilet.Four the last 6 months its been the highway code ,it was for my theory test,hey even better i passed ,first time ,lol. I tend to go for the easy reads, the ones like anne baker ,lyna page,josephine cox.True life stories, the Angla ashes books the books about Dave and the Tory hayden ones. I love local history and have a Jeeves Yard on the go at the moment ( all about a Hitchin family of builders) As you can see it has done nothing for my memory of names. And although i call myself a reader ,i don't think i have ever read a true classic. If you don't mind i'd like to join as well. Tina

Hi Tina, you will be made very welcome! We have all read books out of our 'comfort zone' with GReaders, some of which we have loved to pieces, some of which we have abandoned halfway in! Any contribution is valued - no 'review' has to be scholarly or perfectly spelt, we just write what we thought of the book and then it's interesting to see how our views compare. For instance, Ann and I tend to disagree on books (Cloud Atlas springs to mind lol) but Dee and I have similar tastes. Ann will be putting up the new threads over the next couple of days, so hopefully we will see you there :-)) Maz. XX

Maisie, yes I was talking about the Celia Ahern book. Didn't know about the Peter Sellars one. Ann Glos

tina, You are very welcome to join us. Look out for the Greaders threads on Wednesday. Don't worry if a suggested book sounds different to what you normally read, get it from the library and give it a go. We have all given up on books and put in the review thread why we didn't finish them. And Maz is right, she and I have very different tastes in books. You will just need to put up to two ordinary books and one classic on the suggestions thread. So put books by authors that you like. if you have read all this thread you will have found a list of some of the books read and will see that we did, in fact, read one by Anne Baker. If you put Greaders into the search box you will find all the reviews we have done. Our classics vary from true classics to books like Cider with Rosie and Daphne Du Maurier. By the way I used to live not so far from Hitchin (Clifton, Beds). from 1982 until 1992 so know Hitchin fairly well. Still have good friends in letchworth. Ann Glos

Just send this up one more time for anyone who missed it Ann Glos

Well I am looking forward to the new selections, it's been great getting a chance to read some really different books to those I usually go for I really must get to the library and stop buying them though Dee xx

I know what you mean Dee. I had a right good clear out of my bookshelf not so long ago and donated the books to family and friends. Now it's just as bad again!

I had 6 books for Christmas and now have had to re- organise all my shelves to accommodate them. I have approximately 80 books here waiting to be read. It is going to take a while ggiven that we will have all the book club books as well! I read 100 books last year so don't hold out too much hope of reading this lot. Good job I have a 4 week holiday booked. guess it is throw out the clothes and pack the books! Ann glos

I would like to join too though may well not get 3 books read each month. I've looked though the GR readers threads a few times and even got as far as getting the occasional titles from the library to read along with you. As it's a new year I'll take the plunge and 'sign up' officially if I may. Kate

wonderful Kate and welcome. Even reading one book a month increases our members. Look out for my thread on wednesday then asking for suggestions for Janusry. ann glos

Hi, I love reading and would like to join but have just got 13 books for Christmas, 8 by same author (Tess Gerritson) so can't really justify getting any others at the moment! Will look in on Weds and see whats happening though, Dawn

Will do Ann! Dawn

Hi Dawn, you could try suggesting a couple of your books for the January thread, then youw ould have no trouble joining if they were chosen. Ann Glos

I love reading and would like to join you. A good new year's resolution to read at least one classic a month. I have just read 'travels with a tangerine' by Macintosh Smith It is an absolutely fascinating book . The author tries to retrace the travels of an Islamic equivalent of Marco Polo and deals with the medieval world from the other side as it were. Incidently the tangerine refers to someone from Tangiers rather than an orange. Anne

Oooo good some new members! Welcome everyone Jeanette x

annie welcome. please watch for the greaders threads on wednesday. Ann Glos

welcome Kate, Annie and Dawn :-)) lovely to have some new contributors to GReaders! Dawn - I have read some of the Tess Gerritsen ones, just my sort of thing! Maz. XX

Don't forget everyone. have your reviews and suggestions ready for tomorrow. I might spring a surprise and put the thread up this evening to give people more time to see it. Ann Glos