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  • fowls48
    fowls48 Member Posts: 1,357
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Sorry

    Not doing too well on the book i am reading i will give it a 2
  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,398
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    fowls48 wrote:
    Sorry

    Not doing too well on the book i am reading i will give it a 2

    I assume that was The Good, Bad and Dumped Fowls - it has very mixed reviews on Amazon too.

    Luv,
    Love, Legs x
    'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
  • fowls48
    fowls48 Member Posts: 1,357
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Folks

    reading Ruth Rendell The Monster In The Box.
  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,398
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Perfect People by Peter James
    4*
    An intriguing book with many unexpected twists and turns along the way. A book for men and women.

    John and Naomi Klaesson have lost their 4 year old son to a rare genetic disorder which made them watch him die a slow and horrible death. Still young and desperate for another child, they opt for paying a huge sum of money to geneticist who has promised them that he can prevent this child from being born with the same disorder that killed their son.........but he also offers them other choices with their next child :shock:

    It is a story about designer babies and in parts not quite believable but still a good yarn leading to an unexpected ending.

    Luv,
    Love, Legs x
    'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
  • georgie66
    georgie66 Member Posts: 403
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    "BELOW STAIRS"
    by Margaret Powell..

    half way through and enjoying it
    true story of a kitchen maid in the 1920's
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you for reviews, new people to checking out book club could you give the books a rating
    * - Rubbish, don't bother reading!
    ** - Not great!
    *** - O.k
    **** - Pretty good
    ***** - Great a must read!
    And then a short write up of what the book is about and your thoughts of it.

    I'm a bit behind on reading since my upsetting time, I'm starting to get my head together now and will get back to reading the book I started ' James Corden's Bio, May I have your attention' I may have to start again as I've forgotton what I had read!!
    Thank you for keeping book club going and doing the reviews they are brill!
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,087
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Just finished the Facebook Killer (part 3)

    Loved it :) ****

    Now reading 'Before I die'

    Love

    Toni xx
  • suzygirl
    suzygirl Member Posts: 2,005
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I am reading DEAD SIMPLE by Peter James. It is so gripping and tense, totally different plot and I really am hoping it finishes as well as it started!!
  • fowls48
    fowls48 Member Posts: 1,357
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    lindalegs wrote:
    fowls48 wrote:
    Sorry

    Not doing too well on the book i am reading i will give it a 2

    I assume that was The Good, Bad and Dumped Fowls - it has very mixed reviews on Amazon too.

    Luv,
    Hi Legs yes it was, i so enjoyed Rosie hopkins Sweetshop of dreams and meet me at the cupcake cafe same author
  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,398
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    fowls48 wrote:
    Hi Legs yes it was, i so enjoyed Rosie hopkins Sweetshop of dreams and meet me at the cupcake cafe same author

    I haven't tried her Fowls, I'll have to look her up to see if she's my cup of tea :D

    Luv,
    Love, Legs x
    'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
  • coco67
    coco67 Member Posts: 2,374
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    just read the trialgie fifty shade of grey (and the two following it)

    **** good reading but warning it can be blush worthy, one for the ladies
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,087
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Heard of that one Coco, but am avoiding it being a lady of delicate sensibilities :oops:

    Love

    Toni xxx
  • fowls48
    fowls48 Member Posts: 1,357
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    lindalegs wrote:
    fowls48 wrote:
    Hi Legs yes it was, i so enjoyed Rosie hopkins Sweetshop of dreams and meet me at the cupcake cafe same author

    I haven't tried her Fowls, I'll have to look her up to see if she's my cup of tea :D

    Luv,
    i am quite happy to send you the books if you do not wish to purchase them :)
  • traluvie
    traluvie Member Posts: 2,579
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    5o shades trilogy is the best reading since i have read the twilight books.

    Some people call it soft porn, but i would say it's more sensual and loving. there is nothing crude or obscene. A book most people can not put down and is a best seller everywhere at the moment..
    th_tn_TisFORTIGGER.jpgxxTracyxx
  • fowls48
    fowls48 Member Posts: 1,357
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    traluvie wrote:
    5o shades trilogy is the best reading since i have read the twilight books.

    Some people call it soft porn, but i would say it's more sensual and loving. there is nothing crude or obscene. A book most people can not put down and is a best seller everywhere at the moment..
    I have seen these books on the shelves in bainsburys (as my son used to call it)i will check it out .
  • traluvie
    traluvie Member Posts: 2,579
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    fowls48 wrote:
    traluvie wrote:
    5o shades trilogy is the best reading since i have read the twilight books.

    Some people call it soft porn, but i would say it's more sensual and loving. there is nothing crude or obscene. A book most people can not put down and is a best seller everywhere at the moment..
    I have seen these books on the shelves in bainsburys (as my son used to call it)i will check it out .


    I would def recommend it, i do not know of anyone who has read it and didn't ;like it..
    th_tn_TisFORTIGGER.jpgxxTracyxx
  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,398
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    fowls48 wrote:
    i am quite happy to send you the books if you do not wish to purchase them :)

    That is really lovely of you but I use a Sony eReader so I'll turn down your kind offer.

    Thanks Fowls :D

    Love,
    Love, Legs x
    'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I've been re-reading the Mountjoy novels by Elizabeth Aston (utterly joyful reading for me) and then I discovered she writes under two further names so I bought The Frozen Lake (Elizabeth Edmondson). It's terrific, so good in fact I'm rationing myself so I don't finish it too quickly.

    Another good read was Drowning Rose by Marika Cobbold and I have also downloaded some novels by Stella Gibbons the best of which so far was Starlight (I still have Westwood to go).

    I like the fact you can download a sample to see what's what - my Kindle is full of 'em! As for 50 Shades that began as an ebook and then went into print - how very modern. :) DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • mellman01
    mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I've been reading and I’m about half way through the book “south” written by Ernest Shackleton and I must say it a bloody good read, the man and his crew were tough as old boots and Shackleton’s leadership and judgment was spot on the man had some kind of inner talent for this and the journey they undertook and survived was breath taking even today.
    The man is one of my all time heor's and even knowing he was a Mason hasn't made me think any less of him, I feel people like him are born with something special already in their genes and there seems to be a preordained fate that hovers over them, Churchill is another man along those lines.
    I'd have loved to have met him, a true British Adventurer who led from the front and didn't chose class over talent, this is what saved him and his crew I'm sure of it, I just find it odd that he became a Mason yet thought this way as from what I've seen and know of Masonry it's a club designed for personal profit and power over others who your meant to look down on, it's a remnant/throw back from the days of the class system and isn't healthy especially if you come up against it as I did.
  • georgie66
    georgie66 Member Posts: 403
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    just started reading
    "The island"
    by Victoria Hislop

    its about the island of Spinalongo where all the Lepers of crete went..

    how they worked and survived living there..
    good book so far finding it hard to put down..
    and to think you can still visit this island.
    georgie
  • mellman01
    mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    sounds like my type of book that, is the woman writter any relation to Ian Hislop?.
  • suzygirl
    suzygirl Member Posts: 2,005
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I have read that book, The Island by Victoria Hislop it was a Richard and Judy book club read.
  • fowls48
    fowls48 Member Posts: 1,357
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    This Fifty shades trilogy is flying off the shelves .

    Spoke to legs about it , and went into Bainburys this morning 2 titles of book on shelf .My daughter rang me and asked about he book :shock: just been talking to legs about that .Went back to shop tonight. SOLD OUT :shock: :(
  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,398
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    mellman01 wrote:
    sounds like my type of book that, is the woman writter any relation to Ian Hislop?.

    Its his wife Mel. :)

    I actually didn't get on with The Island as I felt she hadn't written it well ....but I'm glad others are enjoying it :D

    Luv,
    Love, Legs x
    'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Reading everyone's comments and reviews I think I'm going to start a BOOK OF THE MONTH this will be decided by everyone who posts on book club and reviews and the book with the most positve reviews (there has to be more than 3 reviews to count).


    BOOK OF THE MONTH IS:- 50 Shades of Grey

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