General Chat

Call me Elizabeth by Dawn Annandale--true story about a girl who became a high class prostitute to make ends meet , was recommended by a friend who`s 72,!!! couldn`t put it down, Ros xx

Dont know if this has already been mentioned but just finished the memory keepers daughter and its a really good read...ot i thought so lol

EB, just in case you didn't see my answer to your question Ann Glos

I thought by now everyone had seen the threads. Yes, open to all. If you put Greaders into the search facility all the threads should come up. Please do join in when I put the August thread up. We choose two ordinary books and those that want to, on a separate thread, choose one classic. we then have 6 weeks to read them and at the end of those six weeks we write our thoughts on the books. this month we read Jude the Obscure for the classic and The memory Keepers daughter and The House at Riverton for the other two. if you have read those two by the 22nd August feel free to review them with us. Ann glos

Ann,why didn't you tell me about GREADERS? is it areading group?can I join?

thank you kate. Greaders book suggestions will go up on 19th August, review of this months books go up on 22nd August, and that day will be the vote for next months books. Ann glos

Just getting back into reading again and am on Janet Evanovich and her Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie is an inept bounty hunter, with a nutty Grandma! There are about 13 books so far, a friend has the first 8 and I am on no 3. One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to get Deadly. Sophie Kinsella is a bit too light for me. Gervaise Phinn is very good, as is Bill Bryson. Rosalind

i like nicci french,her books are good

I was going to add Love in the present tense' but see someone else has done so already. I've just finished 'Little Girl Lost' by Barbie Probert- Wright. It tells the story of 2 sisters crossing Germany on foot to find their mother during the war and was the winning true story in a competition held by Richard and Judy. If you are a keen reader look out for the GReaders threads - we are due to review and choose new books around the 19th/20th August or so (corect me if I'm wrong Ann!). Ann in Glos does a wonderful job of organising us and it does help to make you aware of the books which are out there. It has certainly got me reading books I probably wouldn't have picked off the shelves and most of them have been really good. Kate

I too have read EV Thompson, love his books. haven't read any latest ones though, didn't realise he was still writing. Ann Glos

EB - You may like A tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith too. I think its a lovely heart-warming story, without being sad or maudlin. Just feel-good. Has anybody read Norah Lofts 'Town House' books - they're fascinating! About a merchant's house in Suffolk (I think) from when it was built in about 13th C - right through to modern day, how its altered, survived and been lived in by various families.

Thanks everyone have made myself a list xxx

any of sophie kinsella books marshmallows for breakfast very good ps i love you by cecelia ahern brill so sad (not keen on others) be careful what you wish for by alexandra potter

I have just read Sovereign by C.J.Sansom . in king Henry VIII time Hazelx

Lucky you Barbara!! Enjoy the remaining ones!

EV Thompson books are brilliant I reckon. Barbara you're only the second person who's mentioned they've read him, but he must be read by thousands as he's written loads of books. I first read Chase The Wind then followed the whole family through - then about 5 into the series, they brought out the prequel to Chase The Wind - Ben Retallick - which gives the background to the family in Cornwall - absolutely fascinating, and historically accurate too I believe. I bought The Music Makers ages ago, about another family in Ireland, but only read it recently, because I couldn't bear to interrupt the story of the Cornish family. Have you read them all?

Awaiting ( With Trepidation) the one about the 'Shrewsbury Meet' could be a 'Best Seller' ( More so than Harry Potter) Hal. :o))))>

heartbreaking but believable. my mum went into an unmarried mums home run by nuns in the forties and it was pretty grim by all accounts.I remember reading a book last year about a place that was similar,written by a nurse/midwife who said young mothers were made to sit in a chair with a hole in to give birth ,cant remember the name of it now

heartbreaking but believable. my mum went into an unmarried mums home run by nuns in the forties and it was pretty grim by all accounts.I remember reading a book last year about a place that was similar,written by a nurse/midwife who said young mothers were made to sit in a chair with a hole in to give birth ,cant remember the name of it now

Doreen - have a box of tissues handy!! It's heartbreaking!! Easter Bunny - what did you think of it?? I am in the middle of reading a good one called 'Wild Oats' by Victoria Henry. Ails x