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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #315 on: November 14, 2020, 04:10:51 PM »

I'm reading "A Life and a Half" about Peter Cadbury ........ I tried it about 18 months ago but put it down, last night I really got into it.  I have one by Dorothy Cadbury ......... again, it will be my 2nd attempt at it.  So far it hasn't made me hungry.  Much  :D
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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #316 on: November 21, 2020, 01:07:43 PM »

I caught a programme late last night about a kind of book club - Sarah Cox was chairing it, with Graham Norton and 4 others giving comments.  I may well catch up all 5 programmes to see whether there's anything I can put onto my 2 buy list ;-)
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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #317 on: March 05, 2021, 01:20:01 PM »

I began a book: "Biracial" this week - interesting view points, basically how humans regardless of 'tribe' are judgemental.

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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #318 on: March 05, 2021, 09:43:52 PM »

I can't listen to audio books without dropping off to sleep. I'm an avid  crime book reader.
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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #319 on: April 19, 2021, 08:10:41 AM »

 :thankyou:

I've tried 'The Hedge Across India' twice already, nearly at the end - I so need to know if the hedge still existed in the 1990s  ;D

Finished in 3 nights : 'All The Young Men' : set in 1980s/90s Arkansa when AIDS began visiting the populations.  'From Bean to Bar' arrived this morning: A Chocolate Lover's Guide to Britain' ...........

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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #320 on: April 19, 2021, 12:39:39 PM »

Just finished Stephen King's latest short story called "Later".  It was a fast read and a good story, if you like his short stories as opposed to his mega novels.
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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #321 on: April 19, 2021, 02:39:42 PM »

Oh I avoid him, he's creepy  :D  :-\
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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #322 on: April 19, 2021, 03:29:45 PM »

Ha ha, yes he is!  I love the way he writes and his mind is so twisted but in a smart way, if that's possible. ;D
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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #323 on: April 19, 2021, 07:57:29 PM »

 :o.   Does he give you bad dreams?
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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #324 on: April 19, 2021, 08:53:53 PM »

When I first started reading his books waaaay back when,  the images stuck in my head but I didn't really have bad dreams.  I've read almost every book he's written and I'm so used to his storytelling, nothing of his scares me now lol.

I've been reading books recommended by friends over the last year, taking a break from the scary stuff for a bit. :)
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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #325 on: April 19, 2021, 08:56:44 PM »

DH likes Sci-fi.  Can't be bothered, I have enough in my head anyway  ;D
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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #326 on: May 02, 2021, 04:32:42 PM »

"I Don't know how she does it" - Allison Pearson - giving me a giggle already  8)
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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #327 on: May 28, 2021, 05:40:17 PM »

Did anyone, after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, think about where all those planes landed during the lockdown over US airspace? 

I picked up a book: "The Day the World Came to Town" : in a charity shop last week.  It's an interesting read.
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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #328 on: August 19, 2022, 07:23:29 PM »

Hippy Dinners - really amusing.  We've found a new 2nd-hand book outlet in recent weeks: a large box waiting to be browsed.

When Time Stopped by Ariana Neumann ......... very involved with lots of co-incidences as she traces her father's journey.

I scanned the shelves and realised that a lot of 'classics' aren't my 'scene'.  My sister read Tess of the tubervilles for A-level.  I've never opened a copy.  I tried Pilgrims Progress last year  :o - didn't get by page 5.  Tried Catch-22 last week.  Oh so involved! what did we do B4 that was written  ::)

Sheakespeare - nope.  A few Dickens when I was much younger.  Enid Blyton but never Beatric Potter.

I don't like poetry.  Mum thrived on it. 

Which book would you take to your desert island?
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Re: Bookworm
« Reply #329 on: August 20, 2022, 05:00:04 PM »

I would take the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. Love Tolkien. And it would last me long time to finish it.
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