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  1. I've nearly finished the book you mention by Susan Hill (Howard's End is on the Landing) - great idea, and I really should give it a try but I'm so easily seduced by all those rows of books in the shops. Maybe I could do a month without buying anything new, then work up to two...and three...
  2. I loaned a book to my friend once - note the 'once' here - and it was weeks later that she finally confessed to the fact that her two Rottweillers had found the book on the windowsill and decided to play tug o' war with it... I only loan books out to careful friends now! BTW, interesting to note how many book disasters involve water or liquid
  3. I'm half-way through Boyd Morrison's 'The Noah's Ark Quest'. It was bought with 'Pillars of the Earth' (£7 for 2 books at the local supemarket) and I had intended to read 'Pillars' first, but somehow 'Noah's Ark' pushed in! Have to admit I'm quite liking this (albeit predicatable) thriller - shouldn't really judge, as I haven't finished it yet.
  4. Kell, you are an absolute star! Some of the books you've suggested have got me quite excited, and I'm going to print out the list and leave it lying around for DH to find: we've just had an anniversary and he owes me a pressie! Thanks to everyone else for the suggestions, too.
  5. I can empathise with you 100% here - we could be twins! After reading all my life, I seem to be going through a spell where I start a book but lose interest almost immediately: nothing I read seems to inspire me. Until, that is, I picked up a copy of 'Flying Under Bridges' by Sandi Toksvig. It concerns a housewife who's lost her sense of self, a murder (which we know happens because we read about the consequences on page one, but don't find out how/why until later) and is written in Toksvig's droll, witty and very funny style. I'm enjoying it and... wait for it...have nearly finished it! Yay! Worth a go - it's horrible to feel that books have lost their appeal.
  6. I can't remember anyone sitting down and reading to me, although I suppose they must have because I could read before I went to school. Both mum and dad read, and we had books all over the house - I think reading must have been absorbed I read to my own children, but they are not readers themselves, sadly. However, my two year-old grandson is showing signs of being a real bookaholic, so I'm pleased with that. In my hallway I have a tapestry of a lady reading a letter, and my grandson always calls it 'the read'! Seems to be his favourite word: let's hope it lasts a long time.
  7. I've raved about Michael Cordy before - superb author, and he was there way before Dan Brown. In fact, Cordy's first novel, 'The Miracle Strain' was re-released after Dan Brown came on the scene and re-named 'The Messiah Code' Well worth reading any of his novels - have a look at this link http://www.michaelcordy.com/MIchael_Cordy_-_Welcome.html
  8. OK, bit of a strange one, but can anyone help me find some works of fiction based around the theme of knitting, sewing, quilting or other craft, please? I've got Kate Jacobs' 'Friday Night Knitting Club' - any more ideas? Thanks!
  9. I use my library all the time and have done for 40+ years, although since its recent refit it seems to have fewer books than before! We also have the option of checking our own books in and out, and I've had one major glitch when a returned music disc was showing up as overdue: good job I had my receipt, as the staff couldn't trace the disc at all. I joined the library when I was five (you couldn't join before this age back then!), but my grandson, who's two and a half, loves being taken there now. He's a book lover, bless him - my two sons didn't take to reading too much, sadly. Here in Lancashire we have a 'library elf' on-line service, which sends e-mails when books are coming up for renewal/return, so since I've been using that I've had no fines. Brill!!
  10. As has been mentioned, it depends on the narrator - and I do get so annoyed with the way some people read my favourite books! So I have to say I generally prefer books to CDs, although I am currently enjoying listening to 'An Eagle in the Airing Cupboard' by Rex Harper - great to listen to when pottering around doing mundane jobs. I can't listen in bed, though: I never get past chapter one before I'm asleep!
  11. Try 'Pickwick Papers' as a gentle introduction - it's light, amusing and will give you a good idea of Dickens' work without outfacing you.
  12. I'll make a note of that and will probably watch. Anything to do with books is worth a look
  13. I want to keep track of what I read in 2010: I start a list every year and haven't managed to keep it up yet, so I don't know how many books I read in a year. I'd also like to try a couple of French books which have been sat on my shelves for ages. Maybe the snow and ice will keep me in and I can make a start pretty soon!
  14. I've had Innocent Traitor sat on my shelf for a while now, so I'm going to make a start on it today. Just the sort of book for those cold winter nights!
  15. Thanks for the suggestions - some good reads there! I did read 'Gentlmen and Players' a couple of years ago but it'll be worth going back for another look. I don't know what fascinates me about school settings: always seem to enjoy them, though.
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