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Wow Duncan, sounds like you are surrounded in books at the moment Thats good news that Wartime Britain has arrived, you were certainly onto that quickly - within the week! How are you enjoying it? You'll have to let me know what you think of it. What about your astronaut book, has the resent one arrived yet?

I've wanted to read this for a while, before I even knew it was being turned into a movie. I must get it out of the library next as would love to read it. I am interested in books about the civil rights movement etc, I have been wanting a book about Rosa Parks for a while too, I must get round to getting these. Great little review there thanks, made me want to read the book right now

My mum & dad will be buying mine for me, so I am wanting to try to get the most value for money. I am not that fussed about touch screen, although I would love an iPad2 which I plan to get at a later date anyway so I'm thinking that the £149 Kindle would be best for me anyway. I'll see if Amazon announce anything in the next couple of weeks though about the Touch

Ah isn't it always the same Duncan, you can guarantee once you get it then you will see copies of it everywhere - happens to me every time! Is it a very long book?

Ah I see, so the one which is currently being advertised on tv is the new one? Thanks BB, I am safe in buying the other one then as I'd like the extra storage, Wi-Fi and 3G on mine - thanks for the info

Oh I didn't know you could get waterproof cases for them - great idea

I have about 600 books in the house but they are a mixture of my mums, dads and my own. Think I must have over 100 books of my own. I also have a load of children's books from when I was little which I am keeping for if I ever have my own kids one day. I think there are about 150 of them, they're in safe storage in the loft.

Oh excellent, thanks very much Chrissy, that is a one for my favourite's list

I am hopefully getting a Kindle for Christmas - am wanting the £149 one with the Wi-fi and 3G. Would I be better off waiting a while, or are these new versions not coming out yet? I hate it when I buy something then a newer version comes out.

Apologies if this is in the wrong place again but I am a little confused by the Gervase Phinn books, are they fiction or non-fiction? I think they look really interesting but I only like non-fiction really. Also, which book is first in the series please? There are so many of them on Amazon and I am unsure which one was the first!

Duncan you probably weren't meant to be amusing there but you just make me chuckle - hope you can manage to find the book tomorrow, I'll keep my fingers crossed (you will have to let me know if you're successful so I can un-cross them again!! )

Well at least it was good investment Poppy if lots of people are getting to read it Thank you for the welcome also, I love it here already! Julie, it is a memoir and is very interesting. I shall probably finish it tonight and it can go back to the library then I can pick another book from there to start. I have found you a link from Amazon for Billy Brown, I'll tell your mother, so that you can see what its about, it also gives you a little preview of the first couple of pages. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Billy-Brown-Tell-Your-Mother/dp/1409120945/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319646314&sr=8-1

I will be updating my list properly in a short while Laura, I had just put them up quickly yesterday from a list I had on my laptop Yes Duncan, you have been a hive of information I love the look of The Road to Nab End - it is one which I got from the charity shop for 70p then I went back to the same shop the following week and got the follow on of Beyond Nab End for another 70p so a complete bargain! Especially since I could not find the first book anywhere online. My mum had a quickl flick through The Road to Nab End and she said it looked intruiging, so maybe we should both consider starting it soon! If any book titles take your fancy, just let me know and I'll get the synopsis for you

Thanks Michelle. I wasn't complaining you know, I was more worried that I'd put something in the wrong place!

I have never thought of listening to a radio station from abroad (would have to be in English though as I do not speak any other languages) I don't usually listen to our UK radio as I find it annoying (too many ad's and people with annoying voices generally ) I might try some foreign stations to see how I get on.

Thanks for that Chaliepud, its very handy to be able to come on here and get advice on books like this. I see we've been moved to Historical Fiction - apologies, I thought I had posted this in the correct place (its not fiction though! )

Very glad to hear it Duncan and way to go on ordering it so fast too! You can do me a little review/run down of the book once you have read it, that is if you want to of course, I would be very interested to know what you think. I have only just been looking at How we Lived Then on Amazon also, I thought it looked very interesting - since you have mentioned that your dad enjoyed it and was a historian himself - then that is also going on my wishlist Think my wishlist is going to be a mile long very soon!

Glad my post has made you get some more books on your wishlist Duncan, you will have to remember to let me know how you enjoy the books when you get them.

I have never heard of LibraryThing or Shelfari, I shall have to have a look at them. I will also have to join Goodreads, I have looked on there before, then forgot all about it - glad I checked this thread to remind myself. Will have a little look on there later tonight.

Oh brilliant, thanks Roland B, thats really made me more confident now to get it. I will try to get it at a good price - I do like to shop around for bargains! I have also been curious about the Austerity Britain and Family Britain books, I am glad you mentioned them - and you are indeed correct, I am very interested in the post-war era too Any other recommendations you have would be greatly welcomed. I spend many hours browsing through Amazon, reading reviews and adding books to my wishlist.

I am just wondering if anyone has read the book in the thread title, as I am just looking at it on Amazon and the preview pages look very interesting. But I am interested to know what people on here think, if they have read it Thank you in advance

Oh Easy Reader, I have done that with a few well known sayings, I think its the way people pronounce it (lets blame someone else eh )

Thanks Roland, I have to say that I am especially looking forward to reading Sisters in Arms, having seen the reviews and read the synopsis on the back, it seems like one not to be missed. I'm the same about books on London, I love to read about what life used to be like, it seems a world away from ours now, even though sometimes its only 50 years ago. I'll look for your posts as you seem to have similar book interests to my own I'll have to add the authors into my list shortly, will do it later this evening after I have had a look around on here.

Here is my list of books which are yet to be read. I've been collecting these books over this year and still have many more on my wishlist so I shall be adding to this list when I get more books. Dear Joan: Love letters from the Second World War by Tony Ross Nurse on Call by Edith Cotterill The day we went to War by Terry Charman Now then Lad by Mike Pannet Tunnelling to Freedom by John Fancy The Last Escape by by John Nichol and Tony Rennell From Churchill's War Rooms by Joanna Moody The Road to Nab End by William Woodruff Beyond Nab End by William Woodruff Maid's Tale by Rose Plummer (as told to Tom Quinn) Rabbit stew and a penny or two by Maggie Smith-Bendell Bedpans and Bobby socks by Barbara Fox Bertie, May and Mrs Fish by Xandra Bingley Kitchener's last Volunteer by Henry Allingham Never Surrender by Robert Kershaw The last Fighting Tommy by Harry Patch Forgotten Voices: Voices from the Somme by Joshua Levine Forgotten Voices: Voices of the Blitz and the Battle for Britain by Joshua Levine A Nurse in time by Evelyn Prentis Nella Last in the 1950's by Robert Malcolmson and Patricia Malcolmson My East End by Gilda O Neill Our Street by Gilda O Neill Up West by Pip Granger Our Hidden Lives by Simon Garfield We are at war by Simon Garfield Privaate Battles by Simon Garfield Love and War in London by Olivia Cockett Sand in my shoes by Joan Rice Letters from a Lost Generation by by Alan Bishop and Mark Bostridge Don't forget to write by Pam Hobbs The Road back Home by Sid Waddell Below Stairs by by Margaret Powell They fought in the fields by Nicola Tyrer Wartime Women by Dorothy Sheridan Under the wire by William Ash and Brendan Foley Matron Knows Best by Joan Woodcock A Nurse in Action by Evelyn Prentis The Light in the Window by June Goulding The Girl in the Painted Caravan by Eva Petulengro Small Island by Andrea Levy Betty's Wartime Diary by Betty Armitage Dogs, goats, bulbs and Bombs by by John Folkes Guernsey under Occupation edited by Alice Evans Sisters in Arms by Nicola Tyrer The Lady's Maid by Rosina Harrison Bombsites and Lollipops by Jacky Hyams One pair of hands by Monica Dickens Keeping Mum by Brian Thompson Stranger in the house by Julie Summers Four Meals for Fourpence by Grace Foakes Brothers in War by Michael Walsh We were young and at War by Sarah Wallis & Svetlana Palmer Last of the few by Max Arthur Forgotten voices of the Victorian Cross by Roderick Bailey Voices from The Battle of Britain by Henry Buckton Voices in the air by Voices from the Titanic by Geoff Tidballs Growing up in the Gorbals, Gorbals boy at Oxford and Gorbals Voice, Siren songs OMNIBUS EDITION by Ralph Glasser Blitz Diary by Carol Harris The way things were by Denis Cassidy Forgotten Voices of the Great War by Max Arthur Forgotten Voices of the Second World War by Max Arthur First Light by Geoffrey Wellum Twopence to Cross the Mersey and Liverpool Miss by Helen Forrester A world to build by David Kynaston Some Sunny Day by Dame Vera Lynn What's tha up to? by Martyn Johnson Night song of the Last tram by Robert Douglas Climbing the stairs by Margaret Powell Child of the North by

Hi Julie, that sounds like a good idea and I am glad to find someone who likes similar books to I do. I am just currently reading Billy Brown, I'll tell your Mother, its great - really enjoying it, I've actually been laughing through out it, he can certainly tell a good story.