lynb Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Hi I'm Lyn and very new to all this - so I'm hoping for a little bit of help please in navigating my way around this site. I will give you a little bit of info about myself - I'm a married lady with two sons and one stepdaughter who are now out and about in the big wide world. Reading is my passion in life - when I was very small my favourite present from Father Christmas would be four books every year. All the rest of my presents were put to one side untill the books were read. This has continued right through my life and I don't think there has ever been a moment where I haven't had a book on the go. I'm also lucky to work in publishing, in local media where I'm the manager of a local newspaper. I love my job and life in general. Other hobbies include most music, meeting friends down the pub, enjoying the local countryside (I'm lucky to live in a small fishing village in North Devon) and generally socialising. That's enough from me for now but I hope to chat soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isandriena Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Hi lyn! That's my moms name. what kind of books do you enjoy reading? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Welcome Lyn, it would be great to hear more about your reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Hello Lyn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Welcome to the forum, Lyn! The fishing village sounds like a really lovely place to live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinay87 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Welcome to BCF! Feel free to buy yourself a book or twenty for coming over here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 to the forums Lyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I love the sound of your life Welcome to the forum, you'll fit right in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Welcome to BCF, I'm sure you'll love it here. Also, I must say I'm quite envious of the fact you get to manage your local newspaper; I have a huge interest in journalism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynb Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 Hi lyn! That's my moms name. what kind of books do you enjoy reading? Hi, Thanks for replying to me _ gosh I love reading almost anything but I think my most favourite are historic fiction e.g. Phillipa Gregory, Alison Weir - I loved Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell, etc, also historic crime e.g. C.S. Sansom, historic thrillers with a twist e.g. Barbara Erskine, Kate Mosse, Jeam M. Auel, George R.R. Martin plus all crime and thrillers e.g. Steig Larsson, Jo Nesbo, Nicki French, Mark Billingham, James Patterson - I could go on and on and on. I have just finished A Suitbale Boy by Vikram Seth which I have had for about ten years. It was amazing - I couldn't put it down. I'm just finishing the Distant Hours by Kate Morton which I hae enjoyed. What about you? Welcome Lyn, it would be great to hear more about your reading! Hi, Thanks for replying to me _ gosh I love reading almost anything but I think my most favourite are historic fiction e.g. Phillipa Gregory, Alison Weir - I loved Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell, etc, also historic crime e.g. C.S. Sansom, historic thrillers with a twist e.g. Barbara Erskine, Kate Mosse, Jeam M. Auel, George R.R. Martin plus all crime and thrillers e.g. Steig Larsson, Jo Nesbo, Nicki French, Mark Billingham, James Patterson - I could go on and on and on. I have just finished A Suitbale Boy by Vikram Seth which I have had for about ten years. It was amazing - I couldn't put it down. I'm just finishing the Distant Hours by Kate Morton which I hae enjoyed. What about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynb Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 Hello Lyn! Hi Claire - I've just read your book list and gosh am I impressed! How do you get the time to read so much? I grab every five minutes that I can but I'm still nowhere near up to your level. Also I though I was quite knowledgeable on books, but more than half of the books on your list I haven't even heaqrd of - please tell me more! Welcome to BCF, I'm sure you'll love it here. Also, I must say I'm quite envious of the fact you get to manage your local newspaper; I have a huge interest in journalism. Hi Ben, Thanks for replying. I suppose I am lucky in my job, but I control the boring senior stiff like the finances, staff etc. and don't get involved in the content of the paper unless it's a complaint but it's still good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Hi Claire - I've just read your book list and gosh am I impressed! How do you get the time to read so much? I grab every five minutes that I can but I'm still nowhere near up to your level. Also I though I was quite knowledgeable on books, but more than half of the books on your list I haven't even heaqrd of - please tell me more! It's a compulsion - I read in the evenings and weekends, plus during my lunch break, waiting in the car when picking someone up, even while I'm drying my hair! Which books or authors on my reading list would you like to know about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynb Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 Welcome to the forum, Lyn! The fishing village sounds like a really lovely place to live. Hi Kylie - yes, where I live is so gorgeous - I will post some picture soon, I keep on sneaking a few minutes at work to read this forum and reply, very naughty of me, but who cares????? Where abouts in Australia are you? I love the sound of your life Welcome to the forum, you'll fit right in Hi Frankie, Thanks for replying to me. Yes I do have a good life and I love the fact that this forum includes readers fromn all over the world - I think it's amazing. I would so love to travel more, but to talk to other people is almost as good. Where abouts in Finlanbd do you live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynb Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 It's a compulsion - I read in the evenings and weekends, plus during my lunch break, waiting in the car when picking someone up, even while I'm drying my hair! Which books or authors on my reading list would you like to know about? Kate Johnson, Jasper FForde and Chloe Neill please - many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Kate Johnson, Jasper Fforde, Chloe Neill. Kate Johnson is a new author to me recently. She writes chick-lit style books, but with a twist usually, for example, her Sophie Green series is about a young woman who works for in an airport who gets caught up in an undercover intelligence case and goes on to work for a top secret government agency as a spy. I downloaded the books to my Kindle, but I think they're available in paperback as well, although not very easy to get hold of. Jasper Fforde is a favourite on the forum, and writes humorous, fantasy crime novels - now there's a genre you don't see much of! He's got a few series on the go, the most popular of which is the Thursday Next series. The blurb for the first book in the series, The Eyre Affair is "There is another 1985, somewhere in the could-have-been, where the Crimean war still rages, dodos are regenerated in home-cloning kits and everyone is deeply disappointed by the ending of 'Jane Eyre'. In this world there are no jet-liners or computers, but there are policemen who can travel across time, a Welsh republic, a great interest in all things literary - and a woman called Thursday Next." If you want to find out more, there's a thread dedicated to him on the forum here --> http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/437-jasper-fforde Chloe Neill is another new to me author, who I came across again on my Kindle, and she writes urban fantasy type novels. So far I've read her Chicagoland Vampire series, which are in the same vein as Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse novels, light-hearted, fun, vampire mysteries. These are much more easily available in paperback - I've seen them in Waterstone's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Hello and Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Hi Frankie, Thanks for replying to me. Yes I do have a good life and I love the fact that this forum includes readers fromn all over the world - I think it's amazing. I would so love to travel more, but to talk to other people is almost as good. Where abouts in Finlanbd do you live? I live in the Eastern part of Finland, quite close to the Russian border. Joensuu is one of the 10 university cities/towns in Finland. I like it, too, that there are so many people from so many different countries and continents on this forum, keeps things interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Hi Kylie - yes, where I live is so gorgeous - I will post some picture soon, I keep on sneaking a few minutes at work to read this forum and reply, very naughty of me, but who cares????? Where abouts in Australia are you? I do forum stuff at work too. I live on the outskirts of Sydney and work in the Sydney CBD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Welcome to the gang Lyn, have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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