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> Edward Marston is described as a former history lecturer and I assume his
> historical details are correct.
He also has another series about Elizabethan Theatre which starts with:
The Queen's Head 1988
The Merry Devils ...
I'm finally, and belatedly making a contribution to this thread. In a
charity shop a few weeks ago I found half a shelf of books by the same author -
medieval mysteries each priced at 40p. I took a chance a bought the lot, eleven
in all for 4.40GBP - less than the price of a single paperback.
Gentle Spiders,
I'm getting quite good about this "faith" thing; *I* haven't seen a
single message of my own posted to either list since previous Thursday
(10th day today), but they all seem to reach y'all, so I'm less
"fashed" about the fog now... :)
My routine at the library is fairly rigid
Hello all,
I haven't seen mention of my favourite author, Angela Thirkell. She writes
chronicles of Barsetshire, the fictional county about which Anthony
Trollope first wrote. Thirkell's books are witty and span a period of 30
years, continuing the family histories that Trollope started.
Othe
> I got so irritated with that soppy Bridget Jones and her daft ideas that I
> wanted to rip her arm off and beat her to death with the soggy end -
>
> Carol - in a wet and very windy East Anglia.
Whoa ! Hold it ! you had better get some
medication - I think whatever it is that the
bloodthirsty it
But - I did read "Idon't know how she does it" by Alison Somebody-or- Other,
and thought it very funny, and quite apposite, allowing for a certain amount
of poetic licence!I read it in instalments first in the Daily Telegraph,
and when it was published, was pleased to acquire a copy - which has
I got so irritated with that soppy Bridget Jones and her daft ideas that I
wanted to rip her arm off and beat her to death with the soggy end - and
that was before I finished the first chapter. I really couldn't bring
myself to read any more!
But - I did read "Idon't know how she does it" by Alis
I too am fond of Miss Read books, own them all and have read them all.
I was always amused about how writing about the little trivial things that
happen in ones daily life could become so interesting at the pen of the
writer. Lovely holiday reading.
I am also an ex-teacher , Alice, se we have som
Alright, so I'm a little slow in my list reading, but I have read a couple
of good books of late.
Well there's the 5th HP, of course. And Life of Pi by Yann Martel.. it was
an enjoyable light read about an Indian Boy and a tiger in a lifeboat.
I've also dug into a fantasy novel called Kushiel's
Joy
Thanks for reminding me too about Gene Stratton Porter. I shall dust her
books off my shelves and put a couple in my bag for my holiday next week.
My favourite is The Girl of the Limberlost.
I am also an Anne McCaffrey fan and re-read her books frequently, along with
those of Terry Pratchett
> > That reminds me of "How Green Was
> > My Valley", the story was about a boy
> > in a coal-mining town in Wales, I think
> It was Richard Llewllyn (sp?) - one of my favourite books.
>
> Johanna
That was probably 45 to 50 years ago -
it's funny how memories are 'stored in
the heart' as well as
> Which reminds me...not far down the shelf are the books
> by Miss Read, about life of a schoolteacher in a small English
> village. (To UK members -- are these stories plausible to you
> who are more familiar with real villages? As an ex-teacher, I
> rather enjoyed the stories.) My library even
Alice in Oregon mentioned audio books and I am just enjoying "Hearse Case Scenario" a
spoof type
mystery by Tim Cockey. It is a really fun read [listen?] with the main character an
undertaker.
The copy I'm reading is unabridged and I got it through the local library.
I've not read any of his boo
At 11:45 PM 7/21/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Joy - thanks for reminding me about Gene Stratton-Porter (it really is Gene,
>short for Geneva). My favouritest of all her stories is Michael O'Halloran
>which I read a lifetime ago, for the first time and have read over and over
>since. Another of her boo
Joy - thanks for reminding me about Gene Stratton-Porter (it really is Gene,
short for Geneva). My favouritest of all her stories is Michael O'Halloran
which I read a lifetime ago, for the first time and have read over and over
since. Another of her books is Laddie which I really enjoy too.
Anot
My last trip to the library brought home _Hanging by a Thread_ by
Monica Ferris. Her _Framed in Lace_ was mentioned on this list a
while ago, but _Crewel World_ is a better introduction. Though it's
shelved as mystery, I count this series as fantasy -- the needlework
shop not only exists, it
> I belong to a drunken book club (we're a drinking group with a reading
problem).
I've just discovered the books written by Quintin Jardine set in Edinburgh -
present day police murder mystery. I couldn't put the first one (Skinner's
Rules) down till I finished it about 2am on Tuesday. Finished
I have read with interest the books that have been recommended for
reading this summer. Then just yesterday on the news there was film
about Chawton House near Alton, Hampshire once owned by
Jane Austen's brother Edward Jane spent her last years at Chawton.
Now the house is owned by a trust, wh
> I belong to a drunken book club (we're a drinking group with a reading
problem).
> Jana in Michigan
I probably *look* like I'd fit into your club -
just 'smelling the cork' turns my nose so red
it almost 'lights up' like Rudolph The Red-Nosed
Reindeer - add a new twist to that, a
developing case
Two of my favourite books for light summer reading are Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn
Forbes, and Mrs. 'Arris goes to Paris, by Paul Gallico. I have read each of them
several times and never get tired of them.
I also love reading biographies of movie stars. At the moment am reading a biography
In addition to HP, I've just finished Primo Levi's Survival in
Auschwitz, plus A. J. Stirland's Raising the Dead: The skeleton crew
of King Henry VIII's great ship, the Mary Rose. This is a somewhat
popularized book of forensic anthropology (in my next life, maybe
I'll be an archaeologist...) o
I belong to a drunken book club (we're a drinking group with a reading
problem). We're all reading The Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman.
For some reason, this summer I've been reading a lot (usually reserved for
winter time). I finished Harry Potter 5, and 2 books on English Romance/History.
Ca
One of my favourite authors is Ian McEwan. Lovely macabre, twisted stories.
I often wonder how he thinks them up
Edith
North Nottinghamshire
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Good books...hmmm. Good books are like old friends and you keep wanting to
re-visit them, so my list would contain some older books as well. Perhaps
I'll start with some home-grown authors. My all-time favourite Canadian
author has to be W.O. Mitchell. When he was resident author at our
Univers
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