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Tales of a gypsy dressmaker by Thelma Madine - read it in 1 day!! 100% better than I imagined, really good. Going to re-read the L-Shaped room by Lynne Reid Banks yet again or possibly Rabbit Stew and a penny or two.

Have finished Singapore Grip Very interesting reading. I would recommend it to anyone interested in recent history.
Mainly written from the view point of civilan men, which I find quite unusall in stories about times of war.


Have also read "Rhett Butler's People" The autorized novel based on Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind"

by Donald McCaig. ( I'm not sure who authorized it!)

Good reading, an interesting take on Rhett Butler's history, including his relationship with Scarlett O'Hara.


Hadn't heard of this author before, found the book in a charity shop.
Will look out for more books by the author Donald McCaig.

I recently read A field full of butterflies, memories of a Romany childhood by Rosemary Penfold. A very good book if you are interested in the Romany life (as opposed to modern day travellers).

This came in an email this morning....kindle for 20p.
Has anyone read it??


http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00500YCCC/ref=pe_221811_31460601_pd_re_dt_dp8

jude

Controversial book?

The Missionary Position..Mother Theresa in Theory and Practice
by Christopher Hitchens.

Anyone read it or know anything about it?

Emma

I'm reading a 'Rebus' book at the moment.
Got it in the hospital League of Friends shop. Two stories in one book for 50p
That's what I call a bargain.

Julia in Derbyshire

Emma...sorry no:(


Finished "Among the Hoodies" by Harriet Sargent. Very very good:))

Now reading for the 3rd time "Northern Lights" first of Phillip Pullmans Dark materials Trilogy:))

jude

Finished reading Mary Todd Lincoln (wife of Abraham Lincoln)
quite good, now reading Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald.

Emma

I love conspiracy books. Especially Luis Miguel Rocha books.

Just started reading A Half Forgotten Song by Katherine Webb....only just released so im so looking forward to this book, having read her others :-)

'The Hot Zone' by Richard Preston. Written in the 1990s.

Scary stuff.

Do not read whilst eating :-D

Can anyone help with a book title/author.........?

Can't remember any names but part of the story line (main part really) is people going through a little tear in the grass or cloud or what ever and finding themselves in another world.
Male & female l think for what ever reason are trying to escape people....the badies. They go to an office andhave to escape,they slip in these otherer world.......?????

Its a teenage book but l have read it twice and desperately want to read it again (after Phillip Pullmans trilogy, dark materials)........any ideas what it is ????

jude :-|

Sorry Jude, not ringing a bell.

Tess :-S

Ohh thats a pain. l don't thinks it Phillip Pullmans !!

Keep thinking on it everyone :)

jude

Finished Gatsby and now reading 'Wolf Hall' by Hilary Mantel.

Emma

DONT ALL LAUGH AT ONCE

i took baby Satan to the library and got him some horrible history books out
picked one up

and are now glued to them books ;-)

Yes it is Philip Pulman...."The Subtle Knife"....and l have it:)

Hope Baby Satan enjoys that book:)

jude :-)

This thread has now been restored. Apologies to all contributors for its temporary (unexplained) absence.

Yipee! It's back!! :-D :-D :-D Thanks Phil :-D

Hurra,hurra, we are restored. Thank you Phil. Mersey will be pleased

Julia in Derbyshire