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I have just finished reading this book and have to say I really enjoyed it. I had seen a lot of negative reviews so I was a bit wary. I think sometimes that our expectations of a book colour how we feel about it. My expectations were low so I was pleasantly surprised.

Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson Blurb from the Book Motherless and anchorless Silver is taken in by the timeless Mr Pew, keeper of the Cape Wrath lighthouse. Pew tells Silver ancient tales of longing and rootlessness, of ties that bind and of the slippages that occur throughout every life. One life, Babel Dark

Good Luck Gyre. Hope you manage it this time. It is one huge book.

Hello Deirdre. :welcomeboard:Enjoy yourself here.

Hello Justme. Hope you enjoy it here.

November

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Blurb from Cover Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire, hits a foul ball and kills his best friends mother. Owen doesn

Hi Chicken. I hope you enjoy it here. I loved all Diana Gabaldon

Hello Ben. I hope you enjoy it here.

I have not read the Kate Adie or the John Simpson books but those are the one I would plump for if I had them on my shelf. However The Interpretation of Murder and The Blind Assassin are both good books. It is a pretty good list you have there.

The Ruby in her Navel by Barry Unsworth Blurb from Cover Thurstan, a young Norman and would be knight at the court of King Roger in Palermo, has been in love since boyhood with Lady Alicia, now returned a widow from the Holy Land. At the same time, he is enthralled by the earthly sensuality of the dancer Nesrin, whose troupe he brings to the court to dance for the King. In a compelling tale of love, passion, intrigue and treachery, Thurstan finds himself caught in a tangle of plots and counter plots and deceptions that threaten to destroy him. This story is set in Sicily in the twelfth-century, a period of history that I know very little about and in an area that I am not at all familiar with but Barry Unsworth brings the scenes alive with vivid descriptions. It is quite a complex book with a great many characters introduced who seem initially have no place in the story. The book is well underway before you realise that everyone is important in this tale of love and deceit. It is a time of religious wars in a place where many different religions apparently co-exist in peace. Danger is never far away however and Thurstan finds himself right in the middle of a conspiracy. This is an enjoyable colourful tale.

Hello Renius!

I absolutely loved Atonement too. I thought it was so full of atmosphere. I agree with you Angerball when you read a really good book it stays in your mind for a while and everything else seems insipid. I am really looking forward to seeing the film. I have read On Chesil Beach and I liked it too. I have since bought but not read

Port Mungo by Patrick McGrath Blurb from the cover From the days of their privileged eccentric English childhood, Jack Rathbone has enjoyed the adoration of his sister Gin. When both attend St Martin

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Hello June and welcome! I hope you enjoy it here.

Hello Bambi-eyes and welcome! Glad you could join us and I hope you feel better soon:)

Thanks Janet. I do have UKTV(History). So I will try to remember that. I loved birdsong too. It is such a sad period.

I saw this programme advertised on the TV last night also, but I have managed to miss it unfortunately. The Last Fighting Tommy sounds good. He must be amazing. WWI has been over for 89 years so he must have been only 20 when the war finished. When I was young I always thought of these soldiers as being old, but now I realise just how young they all were. It is so sad. I have just finished reading All Quiet on the Western Front and I have read Birdsong both books are about WWI but from the point of view of different sides. I hope you enjoy the autobiography Janet and will let us know how it goes.

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Synopsis from Amazon One by one the boys begin to fall

I like the sound of 'Ithaka'. I too liked Margaret Atwood

Welcome! It is good to have you back.

Hello Evelyn and welcome. Everyone here is very friendly.

October