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    A Bestseller You Hated

    Ditto!
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    A Bestseller You Hated

    The Da Vinci Code...
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    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    Her mind is a haunted house. - The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam
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    What Did You Read in August

    Tribe - Bruce Parry Girl Missing - Tess Gerritsen How Clean is Your House? (ahem, yes, really). The Man With the Dancing Eyes - Sophie Dahl Bit of a slow month for me...
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    Which books did you read in July?

    The Wilderness - Samantha Harvey (LOVED this!!) The Return of Reginald Perrin - David Nobbs The Cranes That Build The Cranes - Jeremy Dyson Milly Molly Mandy Storybook - Joyce Lankester Brisley Jasmyn - Alex Bell The Ascent of Rum Doodle - W E Bowman The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo...
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    Which books did you read in June?

    Cupid's Dart by David Nobbs Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi Guide to IVF - Kate Brian Coal: A Human History - Barbara Freese Q&A - Vikas Swarup Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts The Enchanted Wood - Enid Blyton Street Boys - Tim Pritchard My Sister's...
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    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    I don't buy many books now I work in a library, but I recently bought for my children for Christmas: Tabby McTat - Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Milly Molly Mandy Storybook - Joyce Lankester Brisley Paddington Bear - Michael Bond I've borrowed from work: 206 Bones - Kathy...
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    Where are you? (in the book you are reading) - please read 1st post

    A house with books nailed to the ceiling, in Afghanistan. (The Wasted Vigil - Nadeem Aslam)
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    Italo Calvino

    I've had If on a Winter's Night a Traveller sitting on my bookshelf for a few years and never seem to get around to reading it, although it intrigues me!
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    Utopias and Dystopias

    Utopia - Thomas More Brave New World - Aldous Huxley Children of Men - PD James The Chrysalids - John Wyndam The Time Machine - HG Wells Lord of the Flies - William Golding Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell The Republic - Plato Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt...
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    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    'You are happy, aren't you, Martin?' said Elizabeth. 'Wonderfully happy,' said Reggie. The Return of Reginald Perrin by David Nobbs :)
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    Cozy Favorites?

    I haven't read it but friends suggest Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day I think I might give Miss Read a try next time I'm at work - sounds like the sort of book that should be read when it's rainy outside and you just want to curl up with a hot drink and a slice of cake.
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    Which books did you read in June?

    Cupid's Dart - David Nobbs Tipping The Velvet - Sarah Waters Off By Heart - Daisy Goodwin Coal: A Human History - Barbara Freese Q&A - Vikas Swarup Wolf-watching - Ted Hughes Wodwo - Ted Hughes Crow - Ted Hughes Street Boys - Tim Pritchard My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult The...
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    Which Books Did You Read In May?

    Mums@Home - Sophie King The Best of Paul Gallico The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House - Kate Summerscale The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin - David Nobbs A Long Long Way - Sebastian Barry Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi Little Face - Sophie Hannah
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    Which books did you read in April?

    The Almost Moon - Alice Sebold My Life In My Hands - Alison Lappa Spellbound - Jane Green Summertime - Raffaella Barker The Secret Scripture - Sebastian Barry Cider With Rosie - Laurie Lee The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly Be Near Me - Andrew O'Hagan The Bridge: A Journey Between Orient...
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    Reading Circles/Groups

    Sorry for the delay in responding to this... We were a group of good friends first and foremost and we all have similar interests - reading, art, theatre etc so it made sense for us to have a reading group. We are all busy so don't get together as often as we like but we always put a date in...
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    Where are you? (in the book you are reading) - please read 1st post

    You're right - it could do with some editing but it is a fascinating read. I read Q&A by Vikas Swarup a few weeks ago so wanted to read something else about Bombay.
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    Where are you? (in the book you are reading) - please read 1st post

    I'm in Bombay... Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts.
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    Anyone read any good True Crime books lately???

    The last true crime I read was In Cold Blood (about three years ago now). I've just started reading The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscales, which is a true account of Detective Jonathan Whicher solving a murder case at a stately home in the 1800s. The...
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    Which Was the Last Book You Read in One Sitting?

    The Diving Bell and The Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby. Not a long read, but remarkable and amazing.
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