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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 08:12

Am going away for the weekend, just wondered if anyone had read anything recently and would recommend as a good read? Thanks

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 14:52

I second The Lost Daughter and any of the Linwood Barclays books - read them all :)

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 13:40

No, Fondue, I'm thinking of choose *one* of those books. Thanks for the other ideas, sounds like Grapes of Wrath will have to wait if it's a big book. Sanddy, I've not joined the Kindle generation yet! Would worry about reading a Kindle on the beach in case sand got in it, it got wet etc. So you aren`t going to carry 3 kgs of reading material then:) The Great Gatsby is the 'lightest' of all in the number of pages and in the the content:)

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 13:29

No, Fondue, I'm thinking of choose *one* of those books. Thanks for the other ideas, sounds like Grapes of Wrath will have to wait if it's a big book. Sanddy, I've not joined the Kindle generation yet! Would worry about reading a Kindle on the beach in case sand got in it, it got wet etc.

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 13:18

Has anyone read- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest?

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 13:14

I'm going hiking and will be carrying all my stuff every day so it can't be a huge book! KINDLE!!!!! :D

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 13:10

I'm also trying to work out what book to take on holiday. I hardly ever read fiction so think I'll most probably go for a 'classic' I've not read. In the running at the moment are [b'>The Great Gatsby, Grapes of Wrath, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and Love in the Time of Chlorea.[/b'> But have also read reviews this morning for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Indecent Exposure, both of which are supposed to be hilarious. I'm going hiking and will be carrying all my stuff every day so it can't be a huge book! You are reading all of them at the same time?? All are life changing reads with Grapes of Wrath being particularly complex (it`s a pretty 'fat' book too) They will be stuck in your head 24/7 until you're finished reading the book. I would rather go for lighter reads to take with me on holiday. More entertaining classics: Brother Grimm`s Fairy Tales; Sherlock Holmes of Conan Doyle - both books are a collection of short stories, hence very convenient for irresponsible reading:) Salinger`s Catcher in the rye or his short stories. H.G.Wells - Time Machine, very enjoyable only 100 pages book., Jules Verne has great, very readable adventures...

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 12:44

Just read up on 'The One' sounds good but at 430 pages too big to go in my backpack so maybe some non holiday reading for the future.

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The Help Set in 1960's Mississippi. I usually prefer nonfiction, but this is very well written and entertaining fiction.

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One Day by David Nicholls. wonderful, so moving...stays with you for a long time after you finish reading.

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I'm also trying to work out what book to take on holiday. I hardly ever read fiction so think I'll most probably go for a 'classic' I've not read. In the running at the moment are The Great Gatsby, Grapes of Wrath, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and Love in the Time of Chlorea. But have also read reviews this morning for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Indecent Exposure, both of which are supposed to be hilarious. I'm going hiking and will be carrying all my stuff every day so it can't be a huge book!

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 11:56

'A Long Way Down' was hilarious by Nick Hornby and I also finished Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris Both funny, a little quirky :) <em>edited by N.Kaye on 12/07/2011</em>

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 11:51

In arabian nights by Tahir Shah - a british / Afghan living in Casablanca searching for his story within - loved it and there are lots of little arabian nights stories thrown in. Romantus by Sophia ?? - the Roman Empire in the modern world - 3/4 the way through and am loving it.....

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 11:32

Wow thanks for the suggestions, i'm thinking of something fairly easy going but its great to have others in mind. I'll have a look at the two you suggested desertpricess, thanks a lot.

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One Day by David Nicholls.

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 09:29

jaqueline novogratz, the blue sweater for an inspiring read. matthew riley for symbology and puzzles in a story, a real page turner.

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I enjoyed 'the secret life of bee's'

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 08:48

Just finished "No time for Goodbye" by Linwood Barclay, loved it. Similar type of story to what Harlan Coben writes. Tell no one by Harlan Coben also excellent if you like mystery books.

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 08:37

I just finished Snow Flower And The Secret Fan. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 08:37

I've just finished 'The Lost Daughter' by Dianne Chamberlain which I thoroughly enjoyed.......an easy read but gripping and thought provoking. Product Description An unsolved murder. A missing child. A lifetime of deception. In 1977, pregnant Genevieve Russell disappeared. Twenty years later, her remains are discovered and Timothy Gleason is charged with murder. But there is no sign of the unborn child. CeeCee Wilkes knows how Genevieve Russell died, because she was there. And she also knows what happened to the missing infant, because two decades ago she made the devastating choice to raise the baby as her own. Now Timothy Gleason is facing the death penalty, and she has another choice to make. Tell the truth and destroy her family. Or let an innocent man die to protect a lifetime of lies...

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 08:19

Never managed to get through the first few chapters of The Bookseller of Kabul - found it so boring! What do you like reading YorkshireTea? For something relatively light, I'd recommend The Help or Water for Elephants.

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 08:14

I love the Jodie Picoult books - just finished reading Mercy which was great. Currently reading - The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad - it is also good :)

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