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Has anyone read any books by Judy Astley? I have just come across her in a magazine.

V and H & D Full marks you both got it right!!!

Sure does Adam. A book I read a couple of weeks ago "Name to a Face" by Robert Goddard, also contained a really good description of a woman that the writer met and I could actually "see" that woman, more than any other character I "met". His description was so vivid

Who do you think is responsible for starting all the wars?

I wasnt getting on too well with The Interpretation of Murder, but the night before last I read a passage that I found rivetting. I thought how clever the author was to paint such a vivid word picture of a really tense scene. Am continuing now with high hopes that I am going to enjoy it.

I wonder if the books were ever published in Islamic countries?

[quote=ii;114546 Everyone knows I hate nature and the countryside. I wonder if you lived in England you would be tempted to change your mind. I really dont understand how anyone can make a statement like that, but hey each to his own. You have disappointed me ii

My my my quite a little argument going on here and all over nothing really isnt it? I suspect its a little generational as well. ONe of the best things my daughter ever did for me was to introduce me to charity book shops and second hand bookshops. What a lot of fun it is to search through them to see if there is an author you like or one that has been mentioned on BCF whom you would like to try out. Most of the well known authors have had their years of struggle, Maeve Binchy and Mary Wesley to name 2. MW was in her 70s before she succeeded in getting published. I believe JK Rowling was a hard up single mother who came up with the wonderful Harry Potter. I am filled with admiration for their tenacity. So if you have got the right ideas and its something that will catch on, you will get there eventually just keep at it Talisman. Although many of us on here cant afford to keep buying new books, there are plenty of readers out there who can afford them. That is why I think this argument is so much hot air and I hope everyone will just calm down now and accept that we are all different.

I look up words I come across in books, or if I hear a word on radio or tv that I dont know the meaning of. I have found this very useful. Here is a little anecdote for you. When my youngest was about 7, one day her teacher asked me how she had acquired such a large vocabulary so young. My answer was that she was always asking me what words meant and I usually managed to explain them. So remember to answer your kids when they keep asking the meaning of words. An enquiring mind is good!!

I have just read a review in today's Times which made my blood run cold. I dont know whether it would be called Science Fiction. The book in question is called The Road written by Cormac McCarthy. Here is a sample of the review to give you a taste (and taste is the word!!) "With The Road Cormac McCarthy ignores what other writers make the core of their work - he does not tell us how the world was damaged, but plunges us straight in the post-apocalyptic crisis. There are no explosions, fire ridden skies or hurtling asteroids. All is quiet and bleak, the hungry survivors are divided into two classes - those who eat other people and those who do not.. "But there is probably as much suspense as in any work contemplating the Earth's destruction. The father and son who trudge along the road are surrounded by death and think about it always. The father sinks into despair occasionally and cannot remember the names of colours or birds or things to eat. The odds are against them, but if mankind has any hope they have to survive. "Are we still the good guys?" the boy asks. If not, then all is lost. "At times the tension is unbearable. The boy is nervous about the derelict houses that they search for food and shelter. Will they find a precious tin of peaches or a cellar full of people waiting to be slaughtered for meat?..................":hide: I am sort of fascinated, but would need to screw up a certain amount of courage to read this I think. Has anyone heard of this book, read it, or any of Cormac McCarthy's books??

I should think you are Kell, well done!!

Started "The Interpretation of Murder" last night. Read a couple of chapters, looks promising.

I went for "The Interpretation of Murder":)

Well finished Tenderness of Wolves which I sort of enjoyed, and will start another book this evening. Cant make up my mind which one to go for though. I wil try and do a review of T of W.

I have just finished "The Tenderness of Wolves" and I dont know what to read next. This is a few of my TBR list. I would like recommendations from people please. Suite Francaise The Interpretation of Murder The Tenth Circle Life of Pi The Blind Assassin Biographies - The Kindness of Strangers - Kate Adie A Mad World, my Masters - John Simpson

I read Kevin Gyre and I concluded there was something wrong with Shriver. I am not surprised to hear that she doesnt like children either. I wouldnt read any more of her books

I rmember this wonderful old man in the BBC documentary. I also saw him last Saturday at the Festival of Remembrance. Wonderful old fella. There is also another 108 year old who is ex RAF, who lives along the coast from me at Eastbourne. I have seen him in real life when we visited the RAF Museum at Hendon.

One of my favourites is returning tonight "Heartbeat" (I can hear my daughter moaning) I am also looking forward to the BBC's next classic drama production "Cranford". The fact it has Judy Dench in it means it is going to be A1. I did Cranford at school eons ago!!

The dad looks remarkably like Sean Penn (evil personified in my view) Funny message being delivered here, but let's not take it too seriously, its only an advert.

Calamity Jane, Carousel and Gone th the Wind. I know I am showing my age:blush:

I am not going to type in the whole list, but there is 24 on it at the moment, including 3 Jane Austen ones ready for the start of the Jane Austen read. I am half way through my current read which I am enjoying. I will attempt to do a review when I have finished it. Not sure which one will come off the list as my next read, it rather depends on my mood.

So there is will put it right immediately. Thanks

I cant see where you mean Janet:blush:

Thought I would get in on this blog lark and put down the list of books I have read this year as far as I can remember them (some may have been lent to friends) Here we go then, not necessarily in date order - The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith Blue Shoes and Happiness - ditto Morality for Beautiful Girls - ditto A Full Cupboard of Life - ditto Case Histories - Kate Atkinson Pursuit of Happiness - Douglas Kennedy A Special Relationship - ditto Hour Game - David Baldacci Split Second - ditto Solstice - David Hewson The Righteous Men - Sam Bourne A French Affair- Susan Lewis The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve Light on Snow - ditto Into What Far Harbour - Allen Drury Salem Falls - Jodi Picoult We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver The Savage Garden - Mark Mills A Name to a Face - Robert Goddard A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon Phew!!

Those are good I like them IC