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Bookworms unite
When I flew to QLD for Summit, I sat down next to a lovely lady who turned out to be an avid reader, like me. The only thing I like almost as much as reading is talking about books. Any other voracious readers in the house? What kinds of books do you read? What are your favourites? What are you reading now?
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- Many thanks - I think I need a Trump free few weeks, though, I am just depressing myself!!
- melclarity if i may be so bold you might like Margaret Craven's novel "I heard the owl call my name" - it's a special book and a longtime favourite
- Afraser I noted your interest in the rise of Trump - if you haven't seen it highly recommend the documentary series "The Circus" available on Stan about the 2016 primaries , presidential election and first 100 days of Trump
- Ditto for the Guernsey Potato Peel Pie Society - good reading for a wet day or a stressful week.
- Sorry guys am a bibliophile who had the pleasure of volunteering in a large secondhand bookshop - bit like putting a kid in charge of a lolly shop - my husband worries the floorboards at home are bowing under the weight
- Small plug - reckon everyone should read "The Guernsey Potato Peel Pie Society " it's a nice easy read and bit of a feel good story handy to have sometimes
- Lots of great reading suggestions for me here ladies - for the crime novel fans have you read P D James - esp "Devices and Desires ? her only fizzer imo was when the Jane Austen Trust allowed her to write a sequel to "Pride and Prejudice" -she was a lifetime Austen fan and was her last book at 91
- I just finished Black Rock, White City by A S Patric. He's an Australian author who's just finding his own style which tends toward the literary, which usually turns me off. I generally like my books fast and furious, but this story about a Serbian couple living in Melbourne was a good read.
- I've been reading 'When breath becomes air' by Paul Kalanithi. I was reading it in hospital. It's about a surgeon's experience with cancer which can be pretty heavy going. I've got 'The Scandal' by Frederik Backman lined up to read next. It's a murder mystery which looks pretty easy to read. I'm a teacher so I also have lots and lots of essays to read and mark. ☕️
- Just finishing "The Corfu Trilogy" by Gerald Durrell lighthearted and funny .True story of an English family moving to Greece in the 1930s - full of eccentric wonderful people and a bit of natural history from a juvenile David Attenborough. If you'd like a lift this is a good one.Even made a Tv series about them.
