Angel Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Read so far this year:- Peter Tremayne - The Leper's Bell Kate Long- The Bad Mothers Handbook Philippa Gregory - The Constant Princess Philippa Gregory - Wideacre Philippa Gregory - The Favoured Child Ian Rankin - Dead Souls Rosamunde Pilcher - The Shell Seekers Jodi Picoult - Salem Falls Jodi Picoult - Keeping Faith Jodi Picoult - Perfect Match Jodi Picoult - The Tenth Circle Philippa Gregory - A Respectable Trade Rowan Coleman - The Accidental Mother Dan Brown- The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown - Angels and Demons Nicholas Evans - The Divide Ruth Rendall - End in Tears Tracy Chevalier - The Lady and the Unicorn Kate Mosse - Labyrinth Mary Higgins Clark - No Place Like Home Richard Montanari - The Rosary Girls Daphne Du Maurier - Jamaica Inn Jeanne Kalogridis - The Borgia Bride Jean Plaidy - in The Shadow of the Crown Tracy Chevalier - Girl With a Pearl Earring Dianna Appleyard - Playing with Fire Candace Robb - The Nun's Tale Cecelia Ahern - Where Rainbows End Katie Fforde - Flora's Lot Catherine Alliott - The Wedding Day Joanne Harris - Gentlemen and Players Mary Higgins Clark - Night-time is My Time Lee Jackson - The Last Pleasure Garden Wendy Holden The Wives of Bath Adele Parks -Playing Away Maeve Binchy -Tara Road Cathy Kelly - Never Too Late Erica James - Gardens of Delight Guillermo Martinez - The Oxford Murders Patricia Finney - Unicorn's Blood Jill Mansell - Making Your Mind Up Catherine Alliott - Not That Kind of Girl Katy Fowler - The Jane Austen Book Club Kate Long - Swallowing Grandma Maeve Binchy - the Copper Beech Victoria Hislop - The Island Katie Fforde - Stately Pursuits Thomas Hardy - Desperate Remedies Kate Ellis - The Devil's Priest Katie Fforde - Paradise Fields Catherine Alliott - Olivia's Luck Kathy Reichs - Cross Bones Kathy Reichs - Monday Mourning Marian Keyes -The Other Side of the Story The Baby Trail - Sinead Moriaty Philippa Gregory - The Boleyn Inheritance Anne Perry - Dark Assassin Dorothy Koomson - My Best Friends Girl C. J. Sansom - Sovereign Jodi Picoult - Mercy Sophie Kinsella - The Undomestic Goddess E. V Thompson - The Vagrant King On the shelf waiting to be read:- Brian Lynch - The Winner of Sorrow Susan Howatch - Penmarric Philippa Gregory - Meridion Victoria Holt - The Shimmering Sands Brian Lynch - The Winner of Sorrow Ellis Peters - The Knocker on Deaths Door Ian Rankin - Set in Darkness Ian Rankin - The Falls Philippa Gregory - Earthly Joys Philippa Gregory - Virgin Earth Joanne Harris - Chocolat Katherine McMahon - The Alchemist's Daughter Jane Austen - Emma Jane Austen - Mansfield Park Jane Austen Persuasion John Banville - The Sea Peter Tremayne -Master of Souls Jane Harris - The Observations Emma Blair - Goodnight Sweet Prince Emma Blair - Wild Strawberries Barbara Taylor- Bradford - A Woman of Substance Barbara Taylor Bradford - Hold the Dream Barbara Taylor Bradford - To be the Best Christie Dickason - The Firemaster's Mistress Jim Lynch - The Highest Tide Anya Seton - The Winthrop Woman Ruth Rendell - The Waters Lovely Maeve Binchy - Quentins Ian Rankin - Hide and Seek Marcia Willett - The Dipper From the library P. D. James - A Sight for Sore Eyes Melanie Gifford - The Gallows Girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Quite a mix Angel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 3, 2006 Author Share Posted January 3, 2006 Variety is the spice of life!! Still don't fancy sci-fi or fantasy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 The Bad Mothers Handbook I've got this one on my list too & I know a few members have already read it, so it's proving rather popular. I cant wait to get to grips with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 3, 2006 Author Share Posted January 3, 2006 I keep checking the post - I can't wait to get my hands on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 7, 2006 Author Share Posted January 7, 2006 Peter Tremayne - The Leper's Bell - Read The Bad Mothers Handbook - read Jodi Picoult - Perfect Match - read Philippa Gregory - The Constant Princess read Brian Lynch - The Winner of Sorrow Susan Howatch - Penmarric Sally Beauman - Rebecca's Tale Nicholas Evans - The Divide Ellis Peters - The Knocker on Deaths Door Ruth Rendall - End in Tears - Read Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code -read Dan Brown - Angels and Demons Jodi Picoult - Keeping Faith (which was only released on Mon, 16th!) - reading Haven't checked the upstairs shelves yet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jake Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Susan Howatch - Penmarric I read Wheel of Fortune a few months back. I'd had it on my shelf in hardback for years and never fancied it. I was stuck for a book to read and when I started it I couldn't put it down, I loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 11, 2006 Author Share Posted January 11, 2006 I must admit Penmarric has been on the shelf for about a year waiting patiently to be read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 14, 2006 Author Share Posted January 14, 2006 Jodi Picoult - Perfect Match. I enjoyed this albeit with the horror of a mother. Nina Frost as a District DA knows how difficult it is to convict child rapists - it's her speciality. However when her own son is raped as a 5yr old. she takes the law into her own hands.................. As a mother I know and deeply understand why she does this - what would I do if God forbid one of my children were attacked??????????? Wait for 'justice' or follow my heart??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Philippa Gregory - The Constant Princess -reading Ooh, let me know how this one goes - I've got The Other Boleyn Girl on my list & I'm planning on getting to it sooner, rather than later, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanna Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Jodi Picoult - Perfect Match. I enjoyed this albeit with the horror of a mother. Nina Frost as a District DA knows how difficult it is to convict child rapists - it's her speciality. However when her own son is raped as a 5yr old. she takes the law into her own hands.................. As a mother I know and deeply understand why she does this - what would I do if God forbid one of my children were attacked??????????? Wait for 'justice' or follow my heart??? Oooh sounds like a good book Angel, what would you rate it out of 10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 15, 2006 Author Share Posted January 15, 2006 Kell wrote Ooh, let me know how this one goes I started this yesterday afternoon and I'm really enjoying it. I'm having to slow down abit so that I can make it last longer!! It is about the life of Katherine of Aragon. It is classic Philippa Gregory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 15, 2006 Author Share Posted January 15, 2006 Inanna wrote what would you rate it out of 10? I think I would give it 8/10 - it is very emotive, if you agree with the ending or not. It makes you realise that the way trials are conducted in some parts of the USA are very different to how we do things over here -& I would say that our system is much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loricat Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 I liked Penmarric so much I went on a Susan Howatch binge and read Cashelmara and Wheel of Fortune right afterward. This was in the late 80s and all three books are a bit of a blur in my mind now. But I certainly enjoyed them all at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 19, 2006 Author Share Posted January 19, 2006 I have not read any others by Susan Howatch yet ...........I'll see how I get on with this one first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 19, 2006 Author Share Posted January 19, 2006 Finished The Constant Princess and really quite enjoyed - I learnt alot about Katherine of Aragon and she is not the shrinking, pious woman that the classic history leads us to believe............... Amazon review - Splendid and sumptuous historical novel from this internationally bestselling author, telling of the early life of Katherine of Aragon. We think of her as the barren wife of a notorious king; but behind this legacy lies a fascinating story. Katherine of Aragon is born Catalina, the Spanish Infanta, to parents who are both rulers and warriors. Aged four, she is betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales, and is raised to be Queen of England. She is never in doubt that it is her destiny to rule that far-off, wet, cold land. Her faith is tested when her prospective fahter-in-law greets her arrival in her new country with a great insult; Arthur seems little better than a boy; the food is strange and the customs coarse. Slowly she adapts to the first Tudor court, and life as Arthur's wife grows ever more bearable. But when the studious young man dies, she is left to make her own future: how can she now be queen, and found a dynasty? Only by marrying Arthur's young brother, the sunny but spoilt Henry. His father and grandmother are against it; her powerful parents prove little use. Yet Katherine is her mother's daughter and her fighting spirit is strong. She will do anything to achieve her aim; even if it means telling the greatest lie, and holding to it. Philippa Gregory proves yet again that behind the apparently familiar face of history lies an astonishing story: of women warriors influencing the future of Europe, of revered heroes making deep mistakes, and of an untold love story which changes the fate of a nation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanna Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Sounds like a good book Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 20, 2006 Author Share Posted January 20, 2006 Move onto Bad Mothers Handbook today - have been looking forward to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Move onto Bad Mothers Handbook today - have been looking forward to it Another one joins the club - I really enjoyed this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 24, 2006 Author Share Posted January 24, 2006 Half way through Bad Mothers Handbook - been a bit busy week so have not done as much reading. Won't be doing much at the weekend either as it's my Graduation Ceremony on Friday, and then see each set of parents on Sat/Sun. Really enjoying it so far, so typical of many mad families that I know LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 24, 2006 Author Share Posted January 24, 2006 Couple more books gained today whilst looking for some clothes for Friday!! Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code -read Jodi Picoult - Keeping Faith (which was only released on Mon, 16th!) - reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 Finished the Bad Mothers Handbook. A really good read - found myself laughing several times, and also feeling a little sorry for the women as they struggle with new events and learn to adapt Recommend this one as a lighter read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 Start the Da Vinci Code tonight - does it live up to all the hype, I wander? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 I'm enjoying the Da Vinci Code alot more than I thought - it's great and I can see why there's alot of hype! Looking forward to the film coming out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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