Rosegarden's Reading List

[rosegarden]

The books I've read so far this year -

Emma - Jane Austen
The Road to Nab End - William Woodruff
Disordered Minds - Minette Walters
Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher
The God of Small Things - Arundati Roy
Blackberry Wine - Joanne Harris
Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married - Marian Keyes
Killing Me Softly - Nicci French
Marrying the Mistress - Joanna Trollope
The European Job - Jonathan Booth
Mrs Murphy Hires a Cleaner - can't remember the author!
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Over Hill and Dale - Gervaise Phinn
An Equal Music - Vikram Seth - it wasn't a page turner, and I felt he waffled too much for my taste.
Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt

Kate Hannigan..........Catherine Cookson.......its been ages since I last read a Catherine Cookson book, took this on my hols and really enjoyed it

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone.........JK Rowling.......another one I took on hol and I loved it! Can't wait to read all the others now :)

Second Wind...........Dick Francis

Angels & Demons.......Dan Brown.....I found it quite slow and a bit boring at the beginning but it livened up a lot towards the end......its a mix of religion, science, murder mystery, a bit of romance with a few twists and turns......would make a great film!

Chocolat..........Joanne Harris........I loved it....this is the 2nd JH book I've read and, like Blackbery Wine, it took me a while to get involved enough to care about the characters. Its a lovely tale of a single mother opening up a chocolate shop (yummmmmyyyyy) in a small French town and how she seems to alter peoples lives slowly, but not everyone (particularly the local priest) is happy that she's there.

The Aristocrats .......... Stella Tillyard
Any Human Heart .........William Boyd
My Life as a Fake ......... Peter Carey
Along Came A Spider......... James Patterson
Tristram Shandy............... Laurence Sterne
Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets ........ JK Rowling
The Visitor...................... Lee Child
The Tea House on Mulberry Street.........Shirley Owens
Amanda's Wedding................. Jenny Colgan
One False Move ................. Harlan Coben
Falling Angels .................... Tracy Chevalier
Notes From A Small Island ............ Bill Bryson
The Ice House .................. Minette Walters
Mort ............................... Terry Pratchett
Tara Road ........................ Maeve Binchy
Double Deal ...................... Jenny Pitman






The books I'm reading at the moment -

Trixie Trader - Helen Dunne
One For The Money - Janet Evanovich


Favourite book - Harry Potter & the Philosophers Stone
Least Favourite - No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency


Books to read -

Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Playing the Moldovans at Tennis - Tony Hawks




Carole
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[Tiger]

Wow... what a lot of books, Carole!

[rosegarden]

Hi Tiger :)

Most of them are audio books that I listen to while doing boring jobs like washing up, ironing, dusting, cleaning windows etc.

I wonder if anyone else does that?

Carole






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[Michelle]

We did have a discussion about them early on.. I'll go and bump it up! :)

[rosegarden]

I've nearly finished the first book in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich 'One For The Money' and I have to say that I'm really enjoying it.
Quite a few people recommended these books to me but I've avoided reading them for a long time as I didn't think they were my type of book........how wrong I was!

Stephanie Plum lost her job, had to sell her car and most of her possessions to pay the rent when she was persuaded to ask her cousin Vinny for a job and ends up being a bounty hunter! I know it sounds far-fetched and, to be honest, it is but Stephanie Plum is a girl with guts and imagination. In parts it is very very funny but it can also be quite scary, especially when she attracts the attention of a psycopathic boxer! :eek2: She finds herself in a few scrapes (like being handcuffed naked to her shower rail by the man she is looking for!) but she always manages to extracate herself.....with a little help from her friends.

I noticed that my local library has most of the series on their shelves, I'm really looking forward to reading them all. :)

Carole
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[Louiseog]

Hi Tiger :)

Most of them are audio books that I listen to while doing boring jobs like washing up, ironing, dusting, cleaning windows etc.

I wonder if anyone else does that?

Carole






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Me! :smile2:

[rosegarden]

Me! :smile2:
Hi Louise :smile2:

I'm glad I'm not the only one who listens to audio books :mrgreen:

Do you borrow them from the library? At our library they are 90p for CD's for 3 weeks and 60p for cassettes, which I think is great value.

Carole
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[Louiseog]

Gosh no, sounds like a plan though.
I listen while driving so not loads, but my kids listen to them all the time. (don't read though!)

[Kiwimellon]

I have most of the Harry Potter books on cassette. I love listening to them while driving. Also while baking. It's nice for times when I am too busy to read much. Plus, Jim Dale who read them is excellent! I want to try listening to more books-on-tape in the future.

[Louiseog]

I have most of the Harry Potter books on cassette. I love listening to them while driving. Also while baking. It's nice for times when I am too busy to read much. Plus, Jim Dale who read them is excellent! I want to try listening to more books-on-tape in the future.
I've got all of them too but here theya re read by Stephen Fry who I love be interesting to hear another version (not sure I could cope)

[rosegarden]

Ooooh I've listened to the first two Harry Potter books read by Jim Dale - I think he's a wonderful storyteller :smile2: I've got the others on my tbr pile.

Carole
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