Nicola Booth
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Like a few others on the forum, thought it might be interesting to see how many books I read in a year! I have not read for a few weeks now as I could not seem to get into a book!
July
A Study in Scarlet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Forever Friends, Kate McCabe
The Perfect Man, Sheila O'Flanagan
Girl Friday, Jane Green Did not finish!
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The Lavender Hill Mob, Alec Guinness
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Two memorable reads at school for me would be: -
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
Incidentially I noticed that To Kill a Mockingbird is being sold in Tesco and Asda at the moment in their chart section!
Discovered yesterday in another book shop that it is 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird, it all becomes clear!
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Thanks Weave!
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Saw an interview with Bryce Dallas Howard who is thrilled to be Victoria! She does look good in the clips!
However, I find it strange that they changed Victoria in this movie as I am pretty sure she dies in this book anyhow. Did anyone hear why they were not bringing back actress who starred in first two movies?
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1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once: The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenger
2) One book you would want on a desert island: 101 ways to cook a coconut
3) One book that made you laugh: This Charming Man, Marian Keyes
4) One book that made you cry: My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult
5) One book that made you wish you had written: P.S. I love you, Cecilia Ahern
6) One book that made you wish had never been written: The Book of Tomorrow, Cecilia Ahern
7) One book you are currently reading: Forever Friends, Kate McCabe
8) One book you have been meaning to read: The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
9) One book that changed your life: Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
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Loved the Mousetrap!
It was a great Whodunnit!
It was really good to see this in the theatre and the actors are so professional!
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I just read A Study in Scarlet. I really enjoyed it and it was good to finally find out how this duo got acquainted!
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I just read my first Sherlock Holmes Book!
A Study in Scarlet
I really enjoyed it!
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I have to agree with Nicola, I really struggled to get through Nine Dragons, wasn't as good as all his previous books but I would still buy his latest novel if it had Bosch in it. I did love The Lincoln Lawyer, which isn't a Harry Bosch book, but does feature him.
Have you read The Brass Verdict? It brings Bosch and Haller together again. He also has a new one coming out in October called The Reversal which features both characters.
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Harry Potter
I would love to go to Hogsmeade village and try the butter beer!
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Like a few others on the forum, thought it might be interesting to see how many books I read in a year! I have not read for a few weeks now as I could not seem to get into a book!
July
A Study in Scarlet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 7/10
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Two memorable reads at school for me would be: -
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
Incidentially I noticed that To Kill a Mockingbird is being sold in Tesco and Asda at the moment in their chart section!
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Not on DVD but on sky - think this thread should be re-named last film watched but anyway I digress: -
Cliffhanger
The Man in the Iron Mask (Leonardo DiCaprio)
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Of course you can! I always love to browse and very rarely buy anything from Waterstones unless an offer is on!
They have such a great selection of books!
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I am becoming a Nora Roberts fan. I have even ordered her Irish trilogy from the library
Joe, don't get me wrong, I love Nora Roberts but take care as you will soon see a formula develop and all the books become the same and very predictable! Her trilogies are great and I would recommend: -
Key Trilogy
Garden Trilogy
Born In Trilogy
The Circle Trilogy
Also try Remember When, where she cleverly combines her romance book with her other pen name J.D. Robb!
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I will persevere Poppyshake! Not sure what is wrong as summer is usually the time for me to devour books! I am the same at Christmas!
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Welcome to the forum Sandman!
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Just waiting for the tv book club to come on!
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I read Gone with the Wind about 5 years ago and absolutely loved it!
I would also recommend the Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough!
I have not read much in the last two weeks!
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I don't think you can beat a traditional Turkey Dinner on Christmas Day! Yum!
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I've not read any of Furnivalls, Clare, but they sound intriguing!
I'm a big fan of Matthew Pearl's works, which are usually set in the mid-late 1800's and involve famous authors like Dickens, Poe and Longfellow. I also love Tracy Chevalier and Susan Vreeland.
I also love Tracy Chevalier books!
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Tesco used to be good for bargain books!
I went into my local tesco today for some shopping and as usual had a browse at books first. I was delighted to see a huge sign saying buy one get one free on all summer reading! On closer inspection I noticed that the books were priced at
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A copy of Tracy Chevalier's Remarkable Creatures turned up in the post today. I think it's a "thank you" from the publisher for reading the proof copy of Plague Child. It looks a female-orientated book on first viewing, but I stand to be corrected. Has anyone read it?
I have read it! Not sure of your taste in books but I would say that you are spot on in your thoughts! The story is told from two points of view but they are both women!
I enjoyed the book but felt that nothing much happened. Incidentially I was in London 2 weeks ago and I went to the Natural History Museum and saw Mary Anning's fossil. It was pretty cool!
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