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Oh Kylie that's awful poor girl.

I reluctantly had a sneaky peak at the kindle spring sale! and somehow managed to purchase 4 books...oops oh and a gel skin too. This afternoon I read some more of House of silence, up to 90% now and will finish it tonight - another fab book from Ms Gillard

Up to 65% of Linda Gillards House of Silence

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Why oh why is there so much month left at the end of my money I need to spend some on Kindle! Up to 25% read of House of Silence and lovin it so glad my mojo has made a brief appearance lol

Hello and welcome Helen, where abouts in the NW are you?

Managed to sneak a bit of reading in this afternoon, read 10% of House of Silence - so far so good

House of Silence by Linda Gillard "My friends describe me as frighteningly sensible, not at all the sort of woman who would fall for an actor. And his home. And his family." Orphaned by drink, drugs and rock n’ roll, Gwen Rowland is invited to spend Christmas at her boyfriend Alfie's family home, Creake Hall - a ramshackle Tudor manor in Norfolk. She's excited about the prospect of a proper holiday with a proper family, but soon after she arrives, Gwen senses something isn't quite right. Alfie acts strangely toward his family and is reluctant to talk about the past. His mother, a celebrated children's author, keeps to her room, living in a twilight world, unable to distinguish between past and present, fact and fiction. And then there's the enigma of an old family photograph... When Gwen discovers fragments of forgotten family letters sewn into an old patchwork quilt, she starts to piece together the jigsaw of the past and realises there's more to the family history than she's been told. It seems there are things people don’t want her to know. And one of those people is Alfie… Started - 16/04/11 Finished - 01/05/11 Marks out of 10 - 9.5 Comments: Fab read, just what the mojo needed. Love the characters especially Hattie. It is maybe not as strong as her other books, especially Star Gazing, but it is still a good book and well worth buying.

I finished A Place of Secrets last night tonight I'm starting Linda Gillard's House of Silence.

and I'll second that, it's next on my kindle to read

a nice mug of PG

I've now read 76% of A Place of Secrets - so happy my mojo is slowly returning

Read up to 62% of A Place of Secrets, still enjoying it

Your welcome Linda, I've loved all your books so far Look forward to readin this one too.

Me too, will have to catch up on iplayer!

A Place of Secrets by Rachel Hore London auctioneer Jude Gower is dispatched to Wickham Hall near the North Norfolk coast to value a collection of eighteenth century astronomical instruments and manuscripts. As well as the archive, the house itself intrigues Jude: her great-grandfather was gamekeeper on the Wickham estate between the wars. On the drive up Jude stops to visit her grandmother, who alerts her to a mystery involving a folly on the estate, and someone she reers to only as 'the wild girl'. Amidst the cold classical beauty of Wickham Hall, Jude is welcomed by elderly Chantel Wickham. Chantel's husband died a year ago. Jude is deeply sympathetic because she, too, has lost her husband. Chantel's son is selling the collection to pay death duties. Since WWII the farm land has been sold off and Chantel's husband had to sll the woodland, including the ground where the folly stands. Now a developer has plans which involve knocking it down. Though derelict, the folly has strong historical and sentimental meaning to the Wickham family, so they are particularly upset. As Jude catalogues the manuscripts and scientific instruments, she starts to amass a picture of Anthony Wickham, the lonely amateur astronomer who owned the Hall in the late eihteenth century, and his daughter Esther. She learns that the folly was built as an observatory: it stands in a clearing in the woods, its top just visible above the trees. From here Anthony and Esther made their important discoveries. And it is here Jude meets Euan, a local nature writer living in a gypsy caravan. As Jude uncovers the tragic story of Anthony and Esther, Euan reveals to her the healing power of nature and the eternal stars. Gradually Jude learns to leave behind the tradegy in her own life, and to love again... Started - 03/04/11 Finished - 15/04/11 Marks out of 10 - 8 Comments: A nice easy read not too taxing on the brain, that flows quite well between the past and the present. Look forward to reading more from this author (that's if she has written anything else).

Here here - I couldn't agree more And again I fully agree Off to purchase House of Silence now

I finally managed to finish The Legacy by Katherine Webb whilst away, even though my mojo has abandoned me I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I'm currently over half way through Rachel Hore's A place of Secrets on my kindle and loving it

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How long have you had your Kindle bobblybear? I'm going to be paranoid every time I use mine now

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