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This is the story of a young Jewish girl that is sent to work in an army brothel during WW2, her experiences, how she survives. It

A millionaire invalid is found gruesomely murdered in his mansion, his room locked from the inside. Various members of the family are staying in the house for Christmas and Poirot and the regular police have to find out who did it. Good read, with a surprising twist at the end. 8.5 out of 10

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Fast-paced Poirot case. A string of murders which seem to have an alphabetical connection puzzles Poirot, Hastings and the police, but all is not as it seems. A few twists and red herrings keep the reader guessing until the end. 8 out of 10

Around The World In Eighty Days is good. I think it

1. Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome 2. The Coral Island, R M Ballantyne 3. Aunts Aren´t Gentlemen, P G Wodehouse..in fact most anything by Wodehouse..comic genius:lol:

Thought that was really funny..where they bomb their own airfield..

Haven

Just watched this..really good. A war satire...

On a shelf, on my desk, on the floor..I

Yeah, I think this was his big hit, though..I quite enjoyed it, despite the upper-middle class snobbishness that was floating in the background.

I quite like John Betjemann

What

I prefer paperbacks. I know hardbacks last longer, but paperbacks are lighter when you´re reading them and you can open them out to read better.

What do you think about hand-written inscriptions and messages in books. Is it ok or is it a sacrilege? I quite like it when there

I had to walk miles before I found a place where the river was wide and shallow enough for me to wade and swim, and then miles back again to pick up the tracks again. By that time it was too late for me to follow them far. They went straight off in the direction of the pine-woods on the east side of the Misty Mountains, where we had our pleasant little party with the Wargs the night before last. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien

One of country musician-turned detective writer, Kinky Friedman

On a shelf, in piles on my desk-on the floor.

About ten pages. It depends if I´m really into a book, then I´ll read maybe fifty, but I don´t always read everyday.

Thanks, I´ve had a look..

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy was my favourite book that we read at school. We also read Twelfth Night by Shakespeare which I quite enjoyed.

Just finished reading this book about an Afghan family. The head of the family is Sultan, the bookseller of the title. He rules his family, his word is law, and nobody will dare disobey him. The women seem to get very little choice and freedom, and are used as bartering tools to arrange a profitable marriage - business transaction? The boys of the family are cowed by Sultan, too, and crave freedom to do as they wish. Sultan is probably a very strong character, judging by the fact that he has made a success of his business, but you get the impression that not many people are very happy in his family. Well worth reading..8 out of 10. Has anyone else read it?

It was written in 1925, and sometimes a I think he was being a bit snobby...I think the class system was still going pretty strong then,..but it

I only read about a third of this book..it didn

Yes, I enjoyed it. It