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Hi Muffy ive yet to read the Jeffrey Archer books, ive got them on kindle waiting...

I am going to start My Secret Sister by Helen Edwards shortly , her and her sister where talking about it on "This Morning" it sounds an amazing story also they or part of the family were reunited here on GR, from what I could make out, so really looking forward to reading it. Will let you all know :-)

Keep Warm :-D

I loved Snow Flower and the Secret Fan....got it as a kindle deal once and was surprised how much I enjoyed it !

Just finished a Kindle book called *The Other Place*......that was also a cheap Kindle deal....this looked like one I should like..bit of time travel and reincarnation etc.........but I didn't....it was predictable and tedious and I'd guessed the twist halfway in :-D

Sooooooo I've turned to good old Jeffrey Archer to give me a safe read this time..I'm reading Only Time Will Tell (Clifton Chronicles)..I always enjoy his books..will be surprised if this is any different.

Hi Ann

I have just looked on Amazon and there is a few books including Theatre Shoes.

Im not sure if the books are slightly too old for her, but lets see what happens.

When I was a child one of my favourite children's hour serials on the radio (yes that is how old I am Lol) was Noel Stretfield's Ballet Shoes. I know I also read the book but don't remember Circus Shoes.

Hi all :-) <3

Im actually reading Circus Shoes by Noel Streatfield a Childrens book. Its a a lovely story of a community where people are all different and valued for their different skills and where children have a crucial part to play.

The reason I am reading this is Looby was given it as a present, and she is trying to read it so thought it would be nice if we could talk about it when shes finished.

Have to say I am really enjoying it :-)

I felt like that about this book too Ann....sometimes I knew what was coming....

Halfway through ravens cliffs and enjoying it. However, I am sure that way back in the past I have read it before, every so often I remember a bit. Either that or I am psychic :-D

Hi Geordie I have read Ravenscliffe a few twists and turns I thoroughly enjoyed it, very Downton Abbey but set in Yorkshire ..... :-)

I've finished Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. I really recommend it, one of the best books I've read in ages - wonderful characters, and very human.
Started Ravenscliffe now, having much enjoyed Netherwood. Hope it's as good!

I've read other books by Lisa See too. I think one about womens secret language is by her, but don't remember what it was called.

I like Amy Tan books too, most of her books seem to be about East meets West. i.e (mainly) Chinese people moving to USA and the difficulties faced by the second generation, with the clash of cultures.

I really enjoyed Peony in Love, and I think I've read other books by Lisa See. (Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, perhaps?)
I like to read books set in Eastern cultures. Memoirs of a Geisha started me off in that vein.

Have just finished reading "Thursdays in the Park" by Hilary Boyd.

A stor y(partly) about new love and relationships between people in or approaching their sixties. (There is hope for me yet1).

Have nearly finished reading "Peony in Love" by Lisa See.

The book is set in China and is very much a "Chinese-story" Includes the taking over of China by the Manchu regime. The story is about sixteen-year-old Peony who has neither seen or spoken to any man other than her father, a wealthy Chinese nobleman.

She is betrothed to a man she has never seen. Although not allowed to be seen in public, her father allows the women of his household to watch a theatrical group perform "The Peony Pavillion" from behind a screen.
Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man and is immediately bewitched. This is to change her life forever.

The story takes us to the after-life where we meet ghosts of the ancestors, who are very much part of the story.


Well worth reading, but be warned, you will need to have an open mind, and be prepared to read about a totally different type of life and living.

I am reading The Desperate Faction? The Jacobites of North East England 1688-1745
By Leo Gooch.

This fellah strips away the romanticism and looks at the truth of the times.

Just incase any are interested Winter in Madrid - C J Sansom is only 20p on Kindle at the moment..........

I have read this book and a few have told me of their interest in it....Bargain!!

Hi all....Just giving this a nudge <3

Sounds interesting Joy KM.

Jude, somewhere I have got "My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Durrell (it's probably in the attic).

Will look out for Claire Baldings book.

At the moment I am reading "poor Miss Finch" by Wilkie Collins.
a story about a young blind woman who falls in love with Oscar. Trouble is, although Oscar loves her, so does his twin brother, Nugent.

Lots of lies and half-truths, this book is filled with amazing characters, all so well described, that they come to life (in my imagination).

Wilkie Collins was a cousin of Charles Dickins.

My Grandad's book: For The Duration,by D.H. Rowlands, about the 13th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, in which Grandad served in World War 1.

Shelly I daren't look at my book wish list its hugeeeeeeeeee :-) ;-)

hayley thank you
it is not the same book as the one i read
the one i read the man next door beats up on his wife

truble with me i can nether remember the books i have read
thats one thing i like about the kindle as i can put all the books i have read in a sepret file

will be adding the book to my wish list

Gareth Malone "Choir".....very good:)

jude :-)

Ooops...the one l have just finished is:

Claire Balding "My animals and other family".......absolutely brilliant:)