What are you reading at the moment?

Beautiful Family by Jennifer Trevelyan . It is set in New Zealand, easy to read and a good story.

Juliepat

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Have you tried Abe Books? Online second hand book shop.

Oh no I haven’t heard of them. I do try charity shops etc but I get addled looking at all the titles.

Thanks for that and for world of books elrel

I shall peruse forthwith😊

I find Abe Books and World of Books both very useful, books cheap, in good condition and quick delivery.

Whitewavemark2
Have you tried Abe Books? Online second hand book shop.

The Blue Hour by Lisa Jewell. Good.
Recommend The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon.

The hot weather has pretty much defeated me when I'm not dozing on antihistamines
I'm dipping in and out of some old Botany books on wild flowers .
I'm interested in herbalism .

Just enjoyed ‘Vianne’ by Joanne Harris, prequel to her ‘Chocolat’ which I may now re-read.

Before that I couldn’t put down ‘The Other Bennet Sister’ by Janice Hadlow - source of the recent tv series about Mary, the belittled middle sister in ‘Pride and Prejudice’.

This thread is really bad for my budget!!!

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier. About Mary Anning and her discovery of fossils at Lyme Regis. Really enjoying this book.

A very thought provoking and rather difficult read.

Twopence, I read The Shack some years ago. It was so moving. I hope you enjoy it.

"The Shack" by William Paul Young

Dominion by C J Sanssom

I’m reading/re reading K A Atkinson. Jackson Brodie. I was so pleased to find one lurking in my bookshelf that I hadn’t read before.

The Power of Anxiety by Sian Williams

The Wind Knows My Name by Isobel Allende. Wonderful depiction of the various characters. I've just got to where she is focussing on the Tangerine Twit's idea of separating immigrant children from their mothers. She's a massively talented writer, not onerous to read either.

Bournville by Jonathan Coe. Just finished, what a clever, enjoyable and moving novel. Covers a family's ups and downs from the 1940s to 2020 with the Cadbury factory in Bournville as a reference point. Really well written. Recommended!

X Marks the Spot by Michael Scott The story of Archaology in 8 Extraordinary Discoveries
And
The Clifftop Murders by Rachel McLeon
And
The Bone Chests by Cat Jarman

I couldn’t possibly just read 1 book at a time

Oreo

The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer, just as zany and funny as you would expect.

Just finished this, and really enjoyed it.

Grandmama I hated Lessons in Chemistry, but love anything by Vita Sackville West, I think she’s very underrated.

Baking Cakes In Kigali by Gaile Parkin.

I spotted it in a charity shop and got it because it looked interesting (and I bake cakes). It's a nice relaxing book, nothing too deep.

monk08

Will be starting Married lies by Chris Collett no5 in the DI Mariner series read no4 yesterday.

Loved this series, shame there has been nothing since 2022 when we got No 9 in the series.

The Pearl Button Girl by Annie Murray

Grandmama

I have recently read Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (I laughed and cried!); Happy all the Time by Laurie Colwin and The Bulgari Connection by Fay Weldon. I couldn't put any of them down.

My all time favourite book is All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville West. Read several times now.

Really enjoyed Lessons in Chemistry!

Just readOutback by Patricia Wolf. I was hoping it would be like Jane Harper’s The Dry. It was okay but i won’t rush to read another one. I am about to start book club choice, Violeta by Isabel Allende.