SylviaW Posted January 11, 2016 Posted January 11, 2016 Hello, I'm new to this site having belonged to another Book Group on a site that is closing down. I am 68 and have loved reading since a child though had to have a break whilst being a mum to four sons in the 1970s and 1980s. We have recently moved from North Staffordshire to Suffolk and loving it so far. Looking forward to exploring the site when I have time .... SylviaW Quote
Ooshie Posted January 11, 2016 Posted January 11, 2016 Hello Sylvia, I hope you enjoy the forum - you certainly wouldn't have had much time for reading with four boys to look after! What sort of books do you like? Quote
JeanW Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 Hi. I'm an online friend of Sylvia and here for the same reason and should have introduced myself when I joined a couple of weeks ago. I'm a retired teacher and live in Tasmania although born and bred in Yorkshire. I like good crime novels, biographies of interesting people in the past and social history. Quote
chaliepud Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 Welcome Sylvia, I have three children so know what you mean about not a lot of time to read, it gets easier the older they get in some ways but then you just become a chauffeur! My parents moved to Suffolk nearly 11 years ago and have never regretted it, it's a much slower pace of life to what they were used to before and are surrounded by beautiful countryside and coast. We love to visit. Quote
SylviaW Posted January 12, 2016 Author Posted January 12, 2016 Hello and thank-you for all your warm welcomes! I started off reading books by Rosamund Pilcher, Maeve Binchy, Joanna Trollope but now read novels by a wide range of authors and especially enjoy those set in different countries which enables me to learn more about their cultures and way of life. A few of those authors include Adriana Trigiani (loved her Big Stone Gap series) Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner), Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche. I also enjoy JoJo Moyes, Kate Atkinson, Joanne Harris and Elizabeth Buchan. I keep a little notebook of authors and their books I've read, just to remind me! Charliepud, the main reason we moved to Suffolk, (nr Bury St Edmund's) was to be nearer to our eldest son and wife who gave us our first grandson last July. They live in Essex so it's a journey we can do there and back in one day. We moved up to North Staffordshire 33 years ago from the south due to a work move but I hankered to get back down south and at long last here we are, actually living in the county of my ancestors! Quote
Athena Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 Welcome here ! I've got books by a few of the authors you mention, but I haven't read them yet. I did read The Book Boy by Joanna Trollope and The Copper Beech and Evening Class both by Maeve Binchy. All of which I thought were nice enough but not brilliant. I do intend to try other books by these authors. I hope you enjoy it here. Quote
vodkafan Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 Welcome both Sylvia and Jean W. Hope you stay and get to enjoy this place.I am on my 6th year here now. Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 Hello Sylvia and Jean! Always good to have more booklovers to chat to Quote
SylviaW Posted January 13, 2016 Author Posted January 13, 2016 Athena, I've not read The Book Boy by Joanna Trollope. Is it a recent one of hers? My favourite Maeve Binchy novel was "Circle of Friends" but I must admit wasn't so keen on her later novels. Quote
Athena Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 I think The Book Boy was published in 2006, for the QuickReads programme. It's a novella. I haven't read Circle of Friends but I do own it, so it's good to know you really liked that one . Quote
Nollaig Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 Welcome Sylvia and Jean, I really hope you're as happy here as you were on your old site. There's a really great community here Quote
Madeleine Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 Hi Sylvia and welcome, what a lovely part of the country to live in. I went to Dedham last summer and it was beautiful. Have you been to Lavenham? Hope you enjoy it on here! Quote
Inver Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 Just saying hello Syliva. I do hope you enjoy it here....lots of great people around. Hi. I'm an online friend of Sylvia and here for the same reason and should have introduced myself when I joined a couple of weeks ago. I'm a retired teacher and live in Tasmania although born and bred in Yorkshire. I like good crime novels, biographies of interesting people in the past and social history. ....and hello to Jean too...have fund finding your way around. Quote
BookShelfy91 Posted February 6, 2016 Posted February 6, 2016 A belated welcome to the forum. Shelfy Quote
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