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  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Want to wish everyone an enjoyable and as pain free as possibly can be Easter weekend!! :):)
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I've Started The Rosie Project and I'm enjoying it!! :)
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I found this morning on one of my freebie sites if you have a Samsung phone or Tablet you can download from the Samsung app store for free Kindle for Samsung You get the choice of one of 4 free books every month which is very good I think and also they get transferred over to your kindle. The free books are very good quality as well. :)
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Okay Bookies it's that time of the month yet again!! It's time for suggestions for Book Of The Month For May Now I'd especially like to offer our new Book Club members Tubby, Krisbe, Megrose489, ichabod6 & HannahT the chance to Suggest a book for May's Book Of The Month So please start posting recommendations & Suggestions. :D
  • Tubby
    Tubby Member Posts: 177
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I am struggling to finish April's suggestion, however, ever one for a challenge how about Perfect by Rachel Joyce. My local Waterstones Book Club are reading this at the moment. It is from the same author as the Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. I have bought the book but not read it yet. At the same as I bought this book I also picked up The Little Old Lady Who Broke All The Rules by Catherarina Ingleman-Sundberg. The blurb on the back says '79 year old Martha Anderson dreams of escaping her care home and robbing a bank' :o - it has to be worth a read, even if it isn't a choice for this month :)
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Tubby both books look good in there own ways, Perfect is more serious but with a good story through it and The little Old Lady Who Broke The Rules looks very funny and the sort of book that will brighten your day. Two completely different style of books. So my suggestion is would members like the choice of both of the books for May's Book Of The Month or would you prefer to choose one of them and save the other choice for another month? I will leave the decision up to the members for you all to decide over the weekend. :)
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,285
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Morning All

    :D

    Great to see the bookclub busy again yes Bubba :D

    and may I welcome our new readers too!!

    I finished the Nearest thing t crazy by Elizabeth Forbes and started Watching over you by Mel Sharratt this week.

    Perfect seems a good read based on it's star rating.....mmmmmm...

    I think I'd let us choose between the two books Amanda? :)

    Love

    Toni xxx k030.gif
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I have Perfect on my library shortlist - I can easily bump it up the list. The other one sounds funny too, although a bit similar to the 100 year old man maybe?

    I finished The light between oceans on holiday. Thank you for recommending it Toni! I enjoyed it but didn't cry - I know heart of stone! I award ****

    I have started Idiopathy this morning. I took it on holiday to read but with all the walking I didn't have time!
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Thank you for your thoughts Toni & Frogmella, so what we are going to do is for Mays Book Of The Month we are going to do a choice for everyone! You can either choose ' Perfect' by Rachel Joyce or The Little Old Lady Who Broke All The Rules by Catherarina Ingleman-Sundberg or you could read both! The choice is up to you! Hope you enjoy which ever you chose. I look forward to reading your reviews everyone. :)
  • Tubby
    Tubby Member Posts: 177
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Onwards then....happy reading. I have started Perfect, not really formed an opinion yet but haven't put it down yet and picked something else up so that is a good sign :)
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hope everyone are enjoying which ever book they are reading at the moment and have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend!! :D
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,285
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Thank Amanda - you too. The sun is out and Husband off to Donnington I think :? for the car racing tomorrow.

    Tubby     I consider that a good sign :)

    Frogmella!!! outrageous :shock: Heart of stone indeed :lol: I fair broke my heart over that book :wink:

    I hope to get some reading done today myself :D

    love
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Just got over 1/2 way through The Rosie Project and I'm really starting to enjoy it! Gonna have a good session of reading today in the Conservatory to stay away from my OH as he has got some sort of horrible flu bug! Got it after we went to a family wedding on Friday!! Some nice gift to leave with hey!!
  • Tubby
    Tubby Member Posts: 177
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Really pleased you are enjoying The Rosie Project Bubbadog, it is wonderful book. I have just finished Perfect which was an excellent book but not a light read. The era took me back to my childhood and reminded me of the many inequalities which had to be dealt with. Some of these things have gone away but mental illness which ran throughout, has not. The author made you feel the heat and the summer in which the majority of the book takes place. I also loved how the 'present' takes place in the frost and snow of the winter. There are some wonderful characters even if they are in a terrible situation. Not a book to read if you are feeling vulnerable in terms of mental illness but a brilliant one if you want to explore these issues more and read something very well written.
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Thank you Tubby for your review of Perfect you say it goes from present to past through the book, does it do it right through the book going back and forth as I don't like books that do that, I'm the same with movies and TV programmes. If it is I will have to cross it off my to read list! :(
  • Tubby
    Tubby Member Posts: 177
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I am afraid it does Bubbadog. It is done well and it is not confusing but it definitely moves backwards and forwards from 1972 to fairly up to date regularly. It is well written but it matters not if it is not your thing - if you don't like moving backwards and forwards then this book is not for you.
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Tubby wrote:
    I am afraid it does Bubbadog. It is done well and it is not confusing but it definitely moves backwards and forwards from 1972 to fairly up to date regularly. It is well written but it matters not if it is not your thing - if you don't like moving backwards and forwards then this book is not for you.

    Thank you for letting me know. :)
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Idiopathy by Sam Byers

    I finished this book yesterday. It centres around three main characters, none of whom are particularly likeable, during a period of time when there is a weird cow virus going around. Katherine is a narcissistic, pretty awful woman, Daniel is her ex and is a bit pathetic really, and then there is Nathan who has just re-made contact with them following about a year or so in a mental hospital. I can't really tell you what it was about, it seemed to be a book about peoples' lives rather than a certain event really. It was OK. NOt brill, not awful so ***

    I have Perfect on the way! Really enjoyed Harold Fry so hope I like this one too!
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Well the weather maybe rubbish but hope everyone has a good weekend, me I will be hauled up in the conservatory with my furry babies giving my new glasses a good test run!! :)
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    My books still haven't come into the library yet so I picked up The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore to tide me over!

    Give those glasses a good workout Bubba!
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    The Rosie Project By Graeme Simsion

    I wasn't sure about this book when I started it, it took a while to get going. But a quarter of the way through it warmed up and became a really good story. I loved the relationship between Don & Rosie and how it developed through the book. The only thing that ruined the book was how it ended, I wish they got the answer so the story could have come to a conclusion and it all tied up with a big bow instead your left hanging. I would recommend it.

    Rating:- ***
  • Tubby
    Tubby Member Posts: 177
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Currently reading Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch which a friend who is a volunteer for World Book Night gave me as part of that programme. It is brilliant and I am loving it. It is great to share books and I wish one of you was close enough for me to pass this book on to as are his wishes. Authors need to earn money from their books but it is also so important to encourage people to read. I will pass this book on to a worthy recipient, probably someone at my Mum's Arthritis Club, but I encourage you all to read it and to support www.worldbooknight.org and the Reading Agency. Happy reading for the rest of Sunday and I look forward to hearing your thoughts next week :D
  • Slosh
    Slosh Member Posts: 3,194
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Can I join the book club. Love reading and one of the best things I ever bought was my kindle, especially now.
    Just finished Treachery by SJParris, a murder mystery set in Elizabethan England. Nothing heavy but a good read with a mix of fictional and real characters. It's not quite as good as the Shardlark books if you know those but the series is good.
    He did not say you will not be storm tossed, you will not be sore distressed, you will not be work weary. He said you will not be overcome.
    Julian of Norwich
  • Tubby
    Tubby Member Posts: 177
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I generally love SJ Parris so I will take a look. Kindles are just the best but I still use real books, depends on how bad my wrists/ fingers are hurting! Welcome to the reading fetish thread :D
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I read an SJ Parris a few years ago and enjoyed it. Also read the rivers of london! It was good too!

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