shirleyz
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HI all - Yorkshire pudding club (Milly JOhnson) is a book about the lives of three friends... follow the link for Amazon book synopsis http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yorkshire-Pudding-Club-Milly-Johnson/dp/1416525904
not sure what to make of it as yet, but i needed a good book about friendship, so i guess this fits the bill. I chose it because of the name - many times i buy a book because the name is enticing, so i get interested
with regards to new year resolutions... no Mau, not really, but I thought it was a good excuse to make me stick to the exercise
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1 of my New Year Resolutions - to start a read / tbr blog... let's hope it lasts
just finished - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (8.5/10)
now reading - The Yorkshire Pudding Club by Milly Johnson
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I have to agree with Kate - possibly it was because I watched the film before reading the book (although I usually tend to prefer the book over the film) - I was sobbing through the film, but found the book 2-dimensional in comparison...
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Just finished this book and not really sure what I think about it... the ending is especially surprising - here's hoping she made it out of the oppressive culture - but would I ever have left all I know (especially husband & child) behind??
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sounds like an interesting author... will add her to my tbr list
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I'm not too suer about this book - while it touches on so many different issues, however in my opinion the author touches on them so lightly that you only think about them in hindsight, or with further discussion. Just like The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, this book kept me turning the pages to find more... but unfortunately they did not deliver on the level of emotions...
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I usually prefer the book to a film, however, I recently read PS I Love You after watching the film, and I must say I was let down - the characters in the film were much more lifelike in my opinion
On another note, I really like both the book and the film version for Chocolat, which I must admit is one of my favourite books is
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actually had this conversation yesterday ... I'm 34 and very happy with this time in my life. I'd never go back to the uncertainty of my late teens / early 20s, even though I doubt I'd do anything much differently
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this is the one book which sits on the shelf unread... I started reading Book 1 about 4 years ago, when my son was exactly the same age as Dave, and I could not get myself to read through it... maybe some day when he's much older...
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I actually really enjoy reading true life stories, and have read quite a few. I would say my all time fave is The Kennedy Women, which I read about 10 years ago, and which talks about the Kennedy's story through the eyes of different generations of women... no wonder they had such succesful men
one which i'd love to read is Gabriel Byrne's autobiography - i heard him talking about his life during a TV interview once, and I was positively impressed
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I've read the whole Adrian Mole series - this looks really interesting... another one for the ever growing to read list
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I'm from the sunny island of Malta
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... I've been meaning to post a comment for ages...
liked this book, but then again I think that Jasper Fforde is a great writer who cleverly manages to intertwine threads from different stories to create one of his own, and a funny one at that. The use of characters was hilarious, as he manages to attribute to each an extended character which builds on one
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nice one Mau... had lasagne today
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hey there - welcome
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Hi there
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hi boo, from another newbie
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hiya Matt - welcome
from a fellow newbie -
this is definitely one of the best books i've read for a while. I am always moved by stories of the holocaust, but I found this narrative to be really in touch with reality, as if seen through a child's eyes... the fact that the narrator was Death - I found that completely original
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I've finally managed
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Hi Sammy - I'm pretty new too... welcome
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Hi - Ive been introduced to this site by my good friend Maureen, who is has been a member for quite a while... we've found ourselves working together again after about 9 years!!
I've always loved reading books, and read any good fiction book. If i had to choose a genre it would be biographies / true stories, though i enjoy any good fiction
sometimes i choose books because i like their title, other times because they are recommended by friends. at the moment i'm reading "The bad mother's handbook", by Kate Long, an easy summer read. when i'm not working or reading, I take care of my family (i'm married with 2 kids) and also enjoy gardening, cooking and watching a good film...
Shirley's reading pile - 2010
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haha - you can say that again... i exercised enough for a whole year
i'll forward it as soon as i finish it...