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Has she read any of the Linda La Plante books? If not I'd recommend those.

After reading & really enjoying the first Sharpe book, Sharpe's Rifles, I was wondering if anyone could recommend any of his other books.

The Sharpe series was recommended to me & I've been picking up odd copies in the charity shops for awhile now but hadn't got round to making a start on them till now. I've just finished reading Sharpe's Rifles & I thought it was fantastic I was gripped from beginning to end & even stayed up late last night so I could finish it.

I stayed up late last night to finish Sharpe's Rifles such an exciting read & I recommend it even if your not really into war stories. I'm going to start Bury The Chains The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery by Adam Hochschild, I don't read a lot of non fiction but my hubby recommended it so I'm giving it a go

Great review Poppy, it sounds like the sort of book that 'd get under your skin.

Great review, looking forward to starting the second one if it's better than the first. I laughed when I read the sex bit as I thought the same thing when I was reading the first book, especially Blomkvist & Salander that seemed an unlikely pairing:rolleyes:

Hi VF I was tempted to start on the second one straight away good to hear the second ones even better. Someone recommended the Sharpe books,your right though it's not normally my sort of thing but I'm always up for trying something new & I'm glad I did as the first one was brilliant I stayed up late last night to finish it. I haven't seen the TV series so I can't compare but I'd definitely recommend the books if you haven't read them already

I don't think you can go wrong with Maugham really, The Moon & Sixpence was one of his that I really liked

I finished The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo last night it was such a good read I was almost sorry to get to the end & I'll write a review on it when I've got more time. I was tempted to start on the second book straight away but decided to make a start on the Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwell I've been buying these books from the charity shops for awhile but haven't got round to reading them as yet & as my hubby pointed out there's not much point in collecting them all & then finding out you don't like them:blush: So I'm now reading Sharpe's Rifles & I'm about 50 pages in, its so completely different from TGWTDT that I got off to a bit of a shaky start & wasn't sure if I was going to like it but I'm starting to get into the story now

Hope you enjoy Human BondageSue it's one of my favourite of Maughams I finished The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo last night & am now reading Sharpe's Rifles by Bernard Cornwell

Nearly finished The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, this has been a great read I've had to force myself to put it down of a night & go to bed

My sister reads a lot, when I was younger she would give me books to read & my hubby has recently been bitten by the reading bug & most of my kids enjoy reading too but I don't know anyone who loves books as much as I do that's why it's nice to come on here:)

The Woman in White is a great read Ian hope you enjoy it

Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris Waterstones synopsis Cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse is having a streak of bad luck. First her co-worker is killed, and no one seems to care. Then she comes face-to-face with a beastly creature which gives her a painful and poisonous lashing. Enter the vampires, who graciously suck the poison from her veins (like they didn't enjoy it). The point is: they saved her life. So when one of the bloodsuckers asks for a favour, she obliges - and soon Sookie's in Dallas, using her telepathic skills to search for a missing vampire. She's supposed to interview certain humans involved, but she makes one condition: the vampires must promise to behave, and let the humans go unharmed. But that's easier said than done, and all it takes is one delicious blonde and one small mistake for things to turn deadly ...The Sookie Stackhouse books are delightful Southern Gothic supernatural mysteries, starring Sookie, the telepathic cocktail waitress, and a cast of increasingly colourful characters, including vampires, werewolves and things that really do go bump in the night. Like the first Sookie Stackhouse book this was a fun, sexy easy read. It differs quite a bit from the TV series as one of the main characters in the TV show is killed off quite early in the book & they'd obviously had to change quite a few things in the storyline to make the book suitable for the TV. I have to say that I find Sookie quite an annoying character but that didn't spoil the book for me & although I'm taking a break from them now I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series 4/5

Finished Living Dead in Dallas last night which I enjoyed & decided to make a start on the Millenium Trilogy so I'm now about 50 pages into The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.

Risotto Bolognese.

Hi Kylie, just popped in to see how your enjoying from Dead till Worse ? I'm only on book 2 but so far so good I think

Ooh that's so annoying I'm sure you'll enjoy it anyway though.

Thanks Poppy luckily I've got Lost in a Good Book

Hope you enjoy Marley & Me Laura but have plenty of tissues on hand when you read it

Only 20 pages left to go in Living Dead in Dallas

Don't mind you jumping in at all Thanks for the tip I'll keep my eye open for that one.

Oh they will be I liked all his stuff that I read it's just that those 2 stood out in my opinion as being especially good. Happy reading let me know what you think of them when you get round to reading them

Thanks Poppy which would you say is the best in the Thursday Next series?