Guest guest Posted November 25, 2000 Report Share Posted November 25, 2000 said... And aren't libraries wonderful? We can have 8 books now [Lesley] Ours recently put the rations up to 10 each!! We have six cards and DH and I also belong to another library...so....its no wonder we have no money, I spend it all on library fines! said...When I was pregnant each time I did lose all ability to read anything challenging [Lesley] With my last pg, reading induced awful sickness. It was terrible, having to stare at the ceiling for weeks and weeks. I've enjoyed most of the Bill Bryson's I've read. My fave is The Lost Continent, also Mother Tongue. I wasn't so keen on the Walk in the Woods book and have yet to read the Oz one. I'm currently reading peter Mayle's Encore Provence, which is less condescending than A Year In Provence. Another 'feel good' book about Brits living abroad is Driving Over Lemons, by . He moved to Spain again......Has anyone else read the Miss Read books? I do love books about 'small lives' rather than great happenings. [Lesley] Ooh, yes! These take me back years as they were some of the first adult books I was allowed to take out of the library! So calm and peaceful, perfect for a wet Saturday afternoon. And speaking of wet afternoon books, has anyone else read Sybil Marshall's books? They are a bit moralistic but as the author didn't have a book published until she was 80, it gives me hope for the future. n Fraser is fine for an easy read, too; the Rhanna novels are the best, IMO. I really like Anne Tyler's books, too. They just get better and better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2000 Report Share Posted November 25, 2000 said... And aren't libraries wonderful? We can have 8 books now [Lesley] Ours recently put the rations up to 10 each!! We have six cards and DH and I also belong to another library...so....its no wonder we have no money, I spend it all on library fines! said...When I was pregnant each time I did lose all ability to read anything challenging [Lesley] With my last pg, reading induced awful sickness. It was terrible, having to stare at the ceiling for weeks and weeks. I've enjoyed most of the Bill Bryson's I've read. My fave is The Lost Continent, also Mother Tongue. I wasn't so keen on the Walk in the Woods book and have yet to read the Oz one. I'm currently reading peter Mayle's Encore Provence, which is less condescending than A Year In Provence. Another 'feel good' book about Brits living abroad is Driving Over Lemons, by . He moved to Spain again......Has anyone else read the Miss Read books? I do love books about 'small lives' rather than great happenings. [Lesley] Ooh, yes! These take me back years as they were some of the first adult books I was allowed to take out of the library! So calm and peaceful, perfect for a wet Saturday afternoon. And speaking of wet afternoon books, has anyone else read Sybil Marshall's books? They are a bit moralistic but as the author didn't have a book published until she was 80, it gives me hope for the future. n Fraser is fine for an easy read, too; the Rhanna novels are the best, IMO. I really like Anne Tyler's books, too. They just get better and better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 ----- Original Message ----- > My all time favourite author is Howatch She also wrote a series of > novels about the clergy in the 20th century which were excellent I started these just before studying and really enjoyed the first two. Unfortunately after that I couldn't work out which was the next one - and then NCT work interrupted. I loved the way she looked at pride and the way we find excuses for our behaviour and try to cover up! Jo Trainee ANT & Bookings Sec, Southend SAHM to (7), (4) and Dominic (2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 ----- Original Message ----- To: <nct-coffeeegroups> > > OK still not me....I like JA > My absolute favourite, I have all the books and reread them again and again. Studied Emma at A-level (it's being serialised on R4, starting this pm but I won't be able to listen to it). I just love her characterisation, she's so funny as well. > didn't mention Maeve Binchy and mund Pilcher though.... > Rosie , Judy Astley, Joanna Trollope etc. etc. Or M M Kaye - wonderful escapist sagas. Other favourites we've kept on the bookshelf : Vikram Seth, A Suitable boy; A S Byatt, Possession; and a must read Sebastian Faulks Birdsong. Real life sagas McCourt 'Tis, and Jung Chang Wild swans. Lots of people don't like the latter, too depressing but I love reading them: sort of historical but amazing that people survived to tell the tale with humour. Similar to these Helen Forrester who has a series, e.g, Liverpool miss, which tells the tale of how her family sank into poverty and as the oldest girl she had to stay at home and not go to school, lived in rags. A particularly poignant section where she bumps into one of her old friends whose mother hurries daughter away so shocked at appearance of little girl. Jo Trainee ANT & Bookings Sec, Southend SAHM to (7), (4) and Dominic (2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 ----- Original Message ----- To: <nct-coffeeegroups> > We are Hairy Maclary addicts in our house We're beginning to be, have just returned Caterwaul caper to the library and I looked through ALL the other kinder boxes to find some more. Beginning to think I'll have to buy them for Christmas. Jo Trainee ANT & Bookings Sec, Southend SAHM to (7), (4) and Dominic (2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 ----- Original Message ----- And aren't libraries > wonderful? We can have 8 books now Well said (I'm a chartered librarian). Essex let us have 14 items each, nightmare trying to find them all when due back. Good number of books but they charge a fortune in adult fines if you're overdue (frequently find myself paying a fiver when they're a couple of days over) Jo Trainee ANT & Bookings Sec, Southend SAHM to (7), (4) and Dominic (2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 >Or M M Kaye - wonderful escapist sagas. Have you read her autobiographies? 'The Sun in The Morning' and 'Golden Afternoon', I think there is or is going to be a third but not sure if she's actually written it yet. Lovely descriptive details about growing up in India, the ex-pat community there in the 20s etc. My other favourite books are by Sybil Marshall set in Norfolk, there's a series of 3 of 4 of them 'Sharp Through the Hawthorns' is one (lent them to a friend about 6m ago so can't remember the titles, all about life in a gossipy village to which the main character has returned to the village and to house her grandfather owned after the death of her husband, its very descriptive, full of minor village scandals, eccentric characters, and liberally peppered with literary quotes. Miranda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 Jo wrote.....Or M M Kaye - wonderful escapist sagas. -------- Have you read M M Kaye's autobiographies? They are as superb as the novels. The first is called THE SUN IN THE MORNING' and is about her wonderful childhood in India. There are two others, GOLDEN AFTERNOON and ?SUNSET EVENING?. Highly recommended by me for escapism to another age!!!! Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 wrote > > > Has anyone else read the Miss Read books? I do love books about > 'small lives' rather than great happenings. I read these in my teens and loved them, I really enjoyed hearing them on Radio 4 a few months ago. Cerys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 >I started these just before studying and really enjoyed the first two. >Unfortunately after that I couldn't work out which was the next one - and >then NCT work interrupted. I loved the way she looked at pride and the way >we find excuses for our behaviour and try to cover up! Glittering Images Glamorous Powers Ultimate Prizes Scandalous Risks Mystical Paths Absolute Truths and sins offs from this series: A Question of Integrity The High Flyer McVeigh Newsletter Editor & Secretary, Leighton Buzzard & District SAHM to (AKA Tiff Toff) the pantophobic, DOB 19/9/97 & Caitlin (AKA Cake Tin) the suckaholic, DOB 12/1/00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 ----- Original Message ----- > Have you read M M Kaye's autobiographies? They are as superb as the novels. > The first is called THE SUN IN THE MORNING' and is about her wonderful > childhood in India. There are two others, GOLDEN AFTERNOON and ?SUNSET > EVENING?. Highly recommended by me for escapism to another age!!!! > No, I haven't, looks like I know what I'll be putting on my amazon wish list! Highly recommended by two of you - emailing to DH as a hint! Jo Trainee ANT & Bookings Sec, Southend SAHM to (7), (4) and Dominic (2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 ----- Original Message ----- To: <nct-coffeeegroups> > Glittering Images > Glamorous Powers > Ultimate Prizes > Scandalous Risks > Mystical Paths > Absolute Truths Thanks for that! > and sins offs from this series: A rather appropriate typo, don't you think! Jo Trainee ANT & Bookings Sec, Southend SAHM to (7), (4) and Dominic (2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2000 Report Share Posted November 27, 2000 Jo said....No, I haven't, looks like I know what I'll be putting on my amazon wish list! Highly recommended by two of you - emailing to DH as a hint! ------- LOL! Hope he takes the hint! Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2000 Report Share Posted November 27, 2000 On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 07:24:24 -0000, " Jo " wrote: >Other favourites we've kept on the >bookshelf : Vikram Seth, A Suitable boy; A S Byatt, Possession Possession is the most *wonderful* book on the planet. Must get it out and attempt to read it again (baby permitting). >Real life sagas McCourt 'Tis, and >Jung Chang Wild swans. I assume you read the first McCourt book, 's Ashes? Wasn't it both incredibly sad and hysterically funny ? Haven't seen the film tho. I have 'Tis but haven't read it yet - another one for the list of books to get around to reading... For the silliest, funniest read, try Tony Hawks' Round Ireland With A Fridge. Guaranteed to make anyone ROFL. -- Clare Lusher. SAHM to Ruairà (24.10.99). NCT Member Derby & District. www.yum.org/clare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2000 Report Share Posted November 27, 2000 > For the silliest, funniest read, try Tony Hawks' Round Ireland With > A Fridge. Guaranteed to make anyone ROFL. > Or Playing the Moldovons (sp?) at Tennis which is really funny & poignant. Cerys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2000 Report Share Posted November 27, 2000 ----- Original Message ----- it again (baby permitting). I assume you read the first McCourt book, 's Ashes? Wasn't it both incredibly sad and hysterically funny ? Haven't seen the film tho. I have 'Tis but haven't read it yet - another one for the list of books to get around to reading... Yes, forgot 's Ashes was the first one - as I said, can never remember titles or authors! Jo Trainee ANT & Bookings Sec, Southend SAHM to (7), (4) and Dominic (2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2000 Report Share Posted November 27, 2000 > > For the silliest, funniest read, try Tony Hawks' Round Ireland With >> A Fridge. Guaranteed to make anyone ROFL. >> > >Or Playing the Moldovons (sp?) at Tennis which is really funny & poignant. > >Cerys Oh thanks for reminding me of that - not read it, heard it, and I'd heard Round Ireland with a fridge before reading it and it was still very funny. Another present for impossible to buy for DH! -- jennifer@... Vaudin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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