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Last post 04-09-2013 16:45 by sam1978. 58 replies.
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  • 08-16-2012 11:41 Post ID: 1,014,381  In reply to

    Re: Sam's Tbr

    Updated today. Some more removed as don't think I will ever read them.


    Currently reading ~Wolf Hall~Hilary Mantel
  • 08-16-2012 14:04 Post ID: 1,014,401  In reply to

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     Sam, can I borrow

    The Haunted Bookshop - I have read Parnasus and loved it, and would like to finish it off!  Let me know the postage. x

    Mrs Mac of janetandjohn http://www.mac-adventureswithbooks.blogspot.com/



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  • 08-16-2012 17:59 Post ID: 1,014,506  In reply to

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    Of course Susan, will post tomorrow x


    Currently reading ~Wolf Hall~Hilary Mantel
  • 10-01-2012 10:53 Post ID: 1,025,652  In reply to

    Re: Sam's Tbr

    Updated today minus a few more Big Smile


    Currently reading ~Wolf Hall~Hilary Mantel
  • 12-20-2012 12:07 Post ID: 1,044,725  In reply to

    Re: Sam's Tbr

    Updated today.


    Currently reading ~Wolf Hall~Hilary Mantel
  • 01-03-2013 16:33 Post ID: 1,047,321  In reply to

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    sam1978:

    Am interested to know why you disliked The Dream House Lisa?

    Only a year late!  Do you mean The Memory Garden?  I just found it very dull - nothing happened - it was a bit 'is that it?' at the end Indifferent  I don't often take against books, but this one I did - sorry Sad

  • 01-03-2013 16:59 Post ID: 1,047,343  In reply to

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    sam1978:

    Change of Heart   Really enjoy all Jodi Picoult's books and always look forward to her new one

    Nineteen Minutes

    Keeping Faith

    Mercy

    The Pact

    Salem Falls

    Plain Truth

    The Tenth Circle

    My Sister's Keeper

    Vanishing Acts

    Picture Perfect

    Songs of The Humpback Wale

    by Jodi Picoult

    Vanity Fair - William Thackeray  Bit of a plod but a good book

    Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell Going to try read this this year

    The Lollipop Shoes Enjoyed

    Gentlemen and Players Enjoyed

    Jigs and Reels wishlist

    Blackberry Wine wishlist

    Coastliners wishlist

    by Joanne Harris

    A Parisian Affair - Maupassant  Got some Maupassant to read on Kindle

    Tender is the Night Enjoyed this

    The Great Gatsby Going to read again

    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Not sure about this.

    by F Scott Fitzgerald

    Bleak House - Dickens tbr

    Emma - Austen 

    Sense and Sensibility - Austen  Love all Austen novels

    Mansfield Park - Austen

    Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy  Brilliant writing

    Jane Eyre - Bronte  My favourite book ever

    Howards End - EM Forster  brilliant

    Company of Liars - Karen Maitland  wishlist

    The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets - Sophie Hannah  short stories, some good ones, enjoyed

    Summertime  enjoy Barker, haven't read Poppland yet

    Green Grass

    The Hook

    Hens Dancing

    Poppyland

    by Raffaella Barker

    The Memory Garden - Rachel Hore No

    Ladies Maid - Margaret Forster very interesting as based around Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 

    Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons  Fab read, I'd recommend it to everyone

    Gone With the WInd - Margaret Mitchell  Tried reading this years ago but gave it up!

    Lorna Doone - RD Blackmore  tbr

    The House at Riverton - Kate Morton loved this

    Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolff  part read, couldn't quite get into it

    The Forsyte Saga - John Galsworthy  enjoyed and must read again

    The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath tbr

    I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smithgreat read

    Pride and Prejudice - Austen

    The Turn of the Screw - Henry James worth reading

    Dracula - Bram Stoker  really liked this, not at all what you think it's going to be

    Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger  enjoyed

    Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier love

    The Winter Ghosts - Kate Mosse tbr

    The Behaviour of Moths - Poppy Adams wishlist

    Rune Marks - Joanne Harris wishlist

    Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters wishlist

    The Enchanted Wood - Enid Blyton one of my childhood favourites!

    The Mist in the Mirror - Susan Hill - Just discovered Susan Hill and have enjoyed what I've read, so this a wishlist

    Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman: daughter has all these and has told me to read them.....they may be on tbr a while

    Noughts and Crosses

    An Eye for an Eye

    Knife Edge

    Double Cross

    Checkmate

    Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles: Downloaded a few on Kindle, will get around to reading eventually...

    The Help - Kathryn Stockett loved

    The Little Giant of Aberdeen County - Tiffany Baker tbr

    Florence and Giles - John Harding wishlist, want to read because of Turn of the Screw

    Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen enjoyed

    My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece - Anabel Pitcher sad but enjoyed

     

    The Pink Hotel - Anna Stothard wishlist

    Mary Ann in Autumn - Arminstead Maupin tbr

    Isabel and Rocco - Anna Stothard Bump this, it's an excellent read

    Dead Reckoning ~ Charlaine Harris Love

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot tbr

    Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe - Jenny Colgan wishlist

    Sarah's Key - Tatiana Rosnay really enjoyed

    Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel amusing, quirky

    Blue Eyed Boy - Joanne Harris very entertaining and keeps you guessing

    Dark Matter - Michelle Paver chilling

    The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern tbr

    Lolita - Vladimir Nakobov fab read

    Tales from a Midwife - Jennifer Worth loved

    A Redbird Christmas - Fannie Flagg nice Christmas story

    the secret of happy ever after - Lucy Dillon loved this

    The Borrowers - Mary Norton loved these when younger

    Rapture - Liz Jensen quite thought provoking

    The Memory Box - Margaret Forster okay

    The Somnambulist - Essie Fox  tbr

    Helen of Troy - Margaret George tbr

    A Touch of Dead - Charlaine Harris loved

    The Book of Summers - Emylia Hall wishlist

    Daughter's in Law - Joanna Trollope wishlist

    Fifty Shades of Grey - EL James yes...

    Fifty Shades Freed - EL James

    The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole/Growing Pains of Adrian Mole - Sue Townsend loved these when younger

    The Small Hand - Susan Hill  Just read this, really enjoyed it

    The Life You Want - Emily Barr Love Emily Barr

    Girl Reading - Katie Ward Must add to wishlist

    The Paris Wife - McLain enjoyed this

    Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs wishlist

    Star Gazing - Linda Gillard Nice enough

    The House I Loved - Tatiana De Rosnay wishlist after reading sarah's key

    Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy tbr

    The Secret of Crickley Hall - James Herbert tbr nearly..thankyou

    The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy  Love Hardy

    Far From the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy

    The Edwardians - Vita Sackville-West  I know you didn't like this but I remember enjoying it but must read it again to remember it properly

     

    Philippa Gregory:

     

    The Other Boleyn Girl  Enjoyed

    The Boleyn Inheritance enjoyed

    The Queen's Fool tbr - I think

    Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens tbr

    The Virgin's Lover - Philippa Gregory tbr I think

    Innocent Traitor - Alison Weir tbr

    The Tudors - Richard Rex tbr I think

     

     

     

     

     

  • 01-08-2013 17:52 Post ID: 1,048,645  In reply to

    Re: Sam's Tbr

    Updated today.


    Currently reading ~Wolf Hall~Hilary Mantel
  • 01-09-2013 15:13 Post ID: 1,048,876  In reply to

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    Picture Perfect

    I’ve not read many of hers.  This was OK

    La Cucina

    TBR

    Nectar

    Bonkers!

    The Lollipop Shoes

    Lovely with a dark edge

    The Evil Seed

    Gothic

    Gentlemen and Players

    Dark story, well told

    Jigs and Reels

    Short stories, I’ve read a few of them and liked what I read

    Blackberry Wine

    The only one hers I’ve not read

    Coastliners

    OK but a bit light compared to others

    The Great Gatsby

    Read this with book group.  Didn’t particularly like it but it was a great discussion

    Emma - Austen

    Love all her work

    Sense and Sensibility - Austen

    Love all her work

    Mansfield Park - Austen

    Love all her work

    Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy

    A good book, not too long

    Jane Eyre - Bronte

    Very good

    Company of Liars - Karen Maitland

    TBR

    Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks

    Enjoyed it

    Gone With the WInd - Margaret Mitchell

    Brilliant – a long book though

    Lorna Doone - RD Blackmore

    My 2013 challenge

    The House at Riverton - Kate Morton

    Loved it

    The Little Friend - Donna Tartt

    TBR

    The Lady and the Unicorn - Tracy Chevalier

    Liked it

    I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith

    Loved it

    Pride and Prejudice - Austen

    On my ATFR

    The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson

    TBR

    Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger

    Loved it

    Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier

    Loved it

    The End of Mr Y - Scarlett Thomas

    I enjoyed it but I don’t think I understood it all

    The Winter Ghosts - Kate Mosse

    Lovely

    The Children's Book - AS Byatt

    My sister read this, enjoyed it but needed help with the family tree

    The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen

    Lovely

    The Help - Kathryn Stockett

    Great

    Fixing Shadows - Susan Barrett

    TBR

    Blue Eyed Boy - Joanne Harris

    I liked it but it is very different from her “French Village” books

    Dark Matter - Michelle Paver

    Nice and spooky

    His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman

    Loved this trilogy, the third one made me cry my eyes out

    Lyra's Oxford - Philip Pullman

    A lovely addition to the series

    Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death - MC Beaton

    A good series for when you just want entertainment without hard work

    Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier

    Brilliant

    The House on the Strand - Daphne Du Maurier

    Brilliant

    The Secret of Crickley Hall - James Herbert

    The only one of his I’ve read.  I found it spooky enough and easy reading.

    Sepulchre by Kate Mosse and The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
  • 01-17-2013 13:12 Post ID: 1,050,682  In reply to

    Re: Sam's Tbr

    Updated and added some more. Meant to be depleting, not adding!


    Currently reading ~Wolf Hall~Hilary Mantel
  • 01-18-2013 23:02 Post ID: 1,051,097  In reply to

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    Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Wolf -  On My TBR list

     

    This Lot I Have Read

    Salem Falls     -           Jodi Picoult      

    My Sisters Keeper         "        "

    Vanishing Act                "        "

    The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fritzgerald

    Jane Eyre - Bronte

    Sense & Sensibility - Austen 

    Agatha Raisin & the Quiche Of Death

     

     

     

    I am young enough to know better, But old enough not to give a s#%t
  • 03-03-2013 17:28 Post ID: 1,060,241  In reply to

    Re: Sam's Tbr

    Updated.


    Currently reading ~Wolf Hall~Hilary Mantel
  • 03-15-2013 12:27 Post ID: 1,062,413  In reply to

    Re: Sam's Tbr

    Updated today. 


    Currently reading ~Wolf Hall~Hilary Mantel
  • 04-09-2013 16:45 Post ID: 1,066,057  In reply to

    Re: Sam's Tbr

    Updated today.


    Currently reading ~Wolf Hall~Hilary Mantel
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