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When I was on holiday a couple of weeks ago I hadn't taken a book with me and so I picked one up from the poolside book swap area. The only one in English was 'No Child of Mine' by Susan Lewis. It wasn't a genre I would normally bother with but I didn't have a choice. Anyway I was gripped. I can't remember when I last read something frivolous and not linked to child development. I will finish it tonight (didn't read it for a week when I got back, but so easy to pick up again).
I have loved having something to read again (although I do love my child development books). What are you reading? Any book/author recommendations? x
(By the way, when I say 'frivolous' I don't mean to offend, as the book covers a very serious/sad issue.)
clareelizabeth1
30-07-2015, 09:15 PM
Just read up on no child of mine and think I will be buying it very soon.
I am easily addicted to reading and will for go sleep to read so try not to have new books. Instead I have turned to audio books which have helped me enjoy "reading" while I do laundry and things.
Currently I am listening to a series called "throne of glass" by Sarah J Maas. It is fab the only problem is they only have 3 of the books in the series so once I finish this one I will have to swap to print and as my two year old doesn't let me read I will have to stay up late.
FloraDora
31-07-2015, 12:33 PM
I am currently reading Lila by Marilynne Robinson. It is on the long list for the Man Booker prize.
Marilynne Robison is a favourite author of mine, Housekeeping and Gilead are also good and won Pulitzer and Orange awards.
The new Harper Lee is on my book club list for September - I am trying my best not to read any reviews as I believe they are rather negative, but the critics and I don't always share the same opinion! It is sitting on my bedside table ....willing me to start it...but I have a rule about finishing one book at a time...it's so tempting.
hectors house
31-07-2015, 01:22 PM
I read this book whilst on my cruise last week and I couldn't put it down - Life after Life by Kate Atkinson, this is the blurb from Amazon. (I borrowed it from the ship's library so had to finish it within the week)!
"What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right?
During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath.
During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale.
What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live your life? Would you eventually be able to save the world from its own inevitable destiny? And would you even want to?
Kerry30
31-07-2015, 01:41 PM
I would have to say 'I LET YOU GO' by Clare Mackintosh is one of the best books Ive read recently. I could not put it down once i got to a certain point. It was very well written. I read alot....My chill out time in the evenings is reading in the bath. Only peace i get!!
I used to read alot of Susan Lewis books, they are good :)
FloraDora
31-07-2015, 02:06 PM
I would have to say 'I LET YOU GO' by Clare Mackintosh is one of the best books Ive read recently. I could not put it down once i got to a certain point. It was very well written. I read alot....My chill out time in the evenings is reading in the bath. Only peace i get!!
I used to read alot of Susan Lewis books, they are good :)
I love an occasional fix of a thriller - this one ️sounds great - it's on my list!
Great thread, thanks for starting it Maza.
Gosh Hectors House that sounds intriguing! Was it sad?
Ooooh yes, the Harper Lee book...
Years ago I read 'Francesca's Party', can't remember who it was written by but it was really good. Other than that, a lot of the 'frivolous' stuff I have read was when I was much, much younger and so wouldn't really appeal to me any more.
loocyloo
01-08-2015, 08:09 AM
Ooo some interesting books there.
I read alot of crime/thriller books and recommend Peter James and Peter Robinson. Carola Dunn writes books about 'Daisy Dalrymple' ...set in the 1920s about a girl who keeps stumbling upon dead bodies! Well written, easy reading and entertaining.
I recently read 'the last days of Rabbit Hayes' ... it is about a woman with terminal cancer putting her life in order. (Not an autobiography) I laughed and I cried and read it in one sitting. Not sure it's quite the book to read in public though!
I'm just having a few days of some light reading of 'chick lit' and am reading books by Fern Britton. They are easy reading, well written and I'm enjoying them.
Looking forward to more suggestions.
I'm always in the library picking up books to read ... I just can't always remember what I've read!
shortstuff
01-08-2015, 06:58 PM
I'm hooked to an author named Karin Slaughter. It's crime, pathology n then some. She has done 2 series and some stand alone books. I haven't found a bad read amongst them :D
loocyloo
01-08-2015, 07:29 PM
I'm hooked to an author named Karin Slaughter. It's crime, pathology n then some. She has done 2 series and some stand alone books. I haven't found a bad read amongst them :D
Ooo I think I read one the other week. It was good.
k1rstie
01-08-2015, 08:22 PM
I'm hooked to an author named Karin Slaughter. It's crime, pathology n then some. She has done 2 series and some stand alone books. I haven't found a bad read amongst them :D
She's on my list of favourite authors too.
I'm a great fan of book swaps while on holiday. It's a great way of reading books that you would ordinarily pick up and buy yourself.
shortstuff
01-08-2015, 10:05 PM
She's on my list of favourite authors too.
I'm a great fan of book swaps while on holiday. It's a great way of reading books that you would ordinarily pick up and buy yourself.
I read my 1st in the lunch room at a previous job. I've been a fan since :D
I read my 1st in the lunch room at a previous job. I've been a fan since :D
Haha, could you imagine doing that in this job?! x
hectors house
02-08-2015, 10:43 AM
Haha, could you imagine doing that in this job?! x
I sometimes do (try) to read a book in the sun in the garden while children are playing nicely - in my defence I feel I am setting a good example as lots of people these days read e-books and children don't get the same idea that parents are reading a book. I do have a Kobo but I generally only use it on holiday so I don't fill the case up with so many books, but the library assistant in me still prefers the real thing.
tess1981
02-08-2015, 11:44 AM
I sometimes do (try) to read a book in the sun in the garden while children are playing nicely - in my defence I feel I am setting a good example as lots of people these days read e-books and children don't get the same idea that parents are reading a book. I do have a Kobo but I generally only use it on holiday so I don't fill the case up with so many books, but the library assistant in me still prefers the real thing.
Love how you included the word try lol if I'm outside with the children I like to take a book or magazine but never get past a page or two :(
shortstuff
03-08-2015, 08:15 AM
Haha, could you imagine doing that in this job?! x
I do have a little read when all of my littleys are asleep. Although that no longer happens as I have 1 who doesn't nap :(
Dragonfly
03-08-2015, 06:27 PM
Just read to kill a mocking bird:blush: Have been wanting to for years but just picked up chick lit-- easy reads
smurfette
03-08-2015, 10:00 PM
Just read to kill a mocking bird:blush: Have been wanting to for years but just picked up chick lit-- easy reads
I have this in my 'to read ' stash as I have wanted to for years and found it in the take home pile at the library! I usually do chick lit too, life is too full of serious stuff sometimes
And I just want 'fluff' to get absorbed in!
I have this in my 'to read ' stash as I have wanted to for years and found it in the take home pile at the library! I usually do chick lit too, life is too full of serious stuff sometimes
And I just want 'fluff' to get absorbed in!
I completely agree!
FussyElmo
04-08-2015, 07:40 PM
Not read a book for absolutely ages. So tonight while the younger 2 were at athletics I restarted the Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher. A private investigator who is also a wizard so throw in vampires, fallen angels, werewolves etc.
I do need to catch up with the Karin slaughter books too - need to make more time to pick up a book again :thumbsup:
FloraDora
08-08-2015, 11:16 AM
Found- Me before you - JoJo Mayes on my kindle!
I downloaded it in 2012 but never read it ...a must, easy reading ....noticed that she has just written the sequel too due out in September.
Started reading it yesterday afternoon, just finished it this morning !
Found- Me before you - JoJo Mayes on my kindle!
I downloaded it in 2012 but never read it ...a must, easy reading ....noticed that she has just written the sequel too due out in September.
Started reading it yesterday afternoon, just finished it this morning !
Oooh, I've just started a book by her called 'One Plus One'. Again it isn't something I would necessarily choose - it was given to me, and so it is good to know that she does write decent books. This one hasn't really grabbed me yet.
Pixie dust
18-08-2015, 08:53 PM
Found- Me before you - JoJo Mayes on my kindle!
I downloaded it in 2012 but never read it ...a must, easy reading ....noticed that she has just written the sequel too due out in September.
Started reading it yesterday afternoon, just finished it this morning !
Thanks for that info as didn't know there was a sequel coming out and just seen that a film is currently being made of Me before you although I much prefer the books to films.
I also spent my holiday reading Susan Lewis No child of mine.....we had a cottage on the Devon/Cornwall border it was heaven sitting with a glass of wine reading every night not having to think about what needed to be done for work the next day.:)
Thanks for that info as didn't know there was a sequel coming out and just seen that a film is currently being made of Me before you although I much prefer the books to films.
I also spent my holiday reading Susan Lewis No child of mine.....we had a cottage on the Devon/Cornwall border it was heaven sitting with a glass of wine reading every night not having to think about what needed to be done for work the next day.:)
It was a good read wasn't it? Are you going to read the sequel? I had a look for it in the shops but couldn't see it. I'm glad I couldn't see it because I'd rather get it from the library anyway.
I followed the lead from some of you guys who said you read in the garden while the LOs play and I have done it for the last three days. It's fab! My DD is a bit of a reluctant reader - fine at reading but I am tempted to say 'lazy' (in her case) and so I am hoping to model that reading for pleasure and convey that reading is fun. My parents always used to have a book that they would pick up every spare moment of the day and I read all the time as a child. I realised that I rarely model reading for pleasure (save it for when DD is in bed) but I always model being on my laptop. :(
It was a good read wasn't it? Are you going to read the sequel? I had a look for it in the shops but couldn't see it. I'm glad I couldn't see it because I'd rather get it from the library anyway.
I followed the lead from some of you guys who said you read in the garden while the LOs play and I have done it for the last three days. It's fab! My DD is a bit of a reluctant reader - fine at reading but I am tempted to say 'lazy' (in her case) and so I am hoping to model that reading for pleasure and convey that reading is fun. My parents always used to have a book that they would pick up every spare moment of the day and I read all the time as a child. I realised that I rarely model reading for pleasure (save it for when DD is in bed) but I always model being on my laptop. :(
Yesterday DH and I were sitting in the sun and we were both absorbed in a book, which is unusual, as I said above, we usually don't bother attempting to read until DD is in bed. DD came and sat on her deckchair and said that she wanted to read like us too. We selected a pile of her books and she sat and read to herself for ages! I was so chuffed. Even though she has had various cute little book areas set up since her early days she was never one to go and look through books by herself and I couldn't understand why. Now I think it was simply a case of 'Do as I do and not as I say'. Never again will I feel guilty for sitting and reading in the presence of children! Now, I must get off here and go and find my book again...
Ripeberry
23-08-2015, 10:08 AM
Just finished reading 'Can we live here?' by Sarah Alderson. Never laughed so much! But it makes you appreciate our damp, drab island :laughing: