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[carieoates]

Hello TML. Are you back or just visiting?

Carie@carieoates ..that post of @TML13s is from Sept 2013 not 2014 sadly.. X i know she pops by occasionally and sometimes PMs but havent seen her here for ages..how are you@TML13? X

[carieoates]

Carie@carieoates ..that post of @TML13s is from Sept 2013 not 2014 sadly.. X i know she pops by occasionally and sometimes PMs but havent seen her here for ages..how are you@TML13? X

Oh bummer, didn't spot that. Usually do, thanks.

Easy mistake to make Carie@carieoates as its September all over again! X
Not enjoying the nights drawing in ...are you?
did you see the fab moon last night..i read that tonight's a supermoon AND harvest moon,but i' m not sure it can get bigger and better than last night!

I love Jenny Colgan's books. I made some of the Christmas recipes out of the cupcake cafe book last year and told her on FB, Christina Jones is another fab author if you want something light and funny. She writes about antics of village life in the Hubble Bubble series of books and I am always laughing out loud.
I have just finished Distant Hours by Kate Morton and loved that too. set in two time periods it flits between the two stories and it was great.

Sorry to have caused confusion @carieoates I wanted to mention the Roosevelt special on the same thread as SD and I mentioned him before.

On the topic of books: Does anyone know the mystery series by Jim Kelly set in the Fens? I've read a few now and am really blown away by the characters and setting. Here's an interview with Kelly about the Fens with a blogger http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/ ... the-paper/ Sometimes you almost have to laugh out loud in spite of the seriousness of the plot.

Have any of you Aussies read Liane Moriarty? She is a fabulous chronicler of modern womanhood, and her books are all set in Australia. =) I just finished her new one (Big Little Lies) this week!

And Kate Atkinson's books-- I'm reading her first Jackson Brodie mystery (Case Histories) now. I definitely recommend Life After Life if you haven't already read it!

[Debs]

Thank you for all the recommendations, I'm always keen to find new books. I get a bit greedy when I find a good book and tend to devour it as I would a bar of chocolate and not stop until I get to the end!
I also tend to read entire series of books one after the other and have done a couple of times recently when I find a good one. I always feel a bit bereaved after I have finished a really absorbing one and it normally takes me a few days to find another one! Anyone else have that feeling of loss?!

Hiya peeps!!!

I am very well, thank you so much! Away from Athens at the mo and enjoying Bob's second book. I have Jenny Colgan's "Christmas at the Sweet shop " next and then Nancy Mitford's "Love in a cold climate". Any book based in London or any place in Britain is deffo a fave of mine!

[Debs]

Thank you for all the recommendations, I'm always keen to find new books. I get a bit greedy when I find a good book and tend to devour it as I would a bar of chocolate and not stop until I get to the end!
I also tend to read entire series of books one after the other and have done a couple of times recently when I find a good one. I always feel a bit bereaved after I have finished a really absorbing one and it normally takes me a few days to find another one! Anyone else have that feeling of loss?!

Hi@TML13! X
Love in a cold climate is brilliant!
@Brand-ie judging by Tv progs we've talked about,we have similar sense of humour so will look out for Hubble Bubble series..
Love Kate Atkinson's Behind the Scenes at the Museum,but not her detective books as i dont enjoy crime/ mysteries @ewoodwor
Her short stories book Not the End of the World is v good
Great to see this thread revived @Marybeth x!

@CandiceMarie I have Christina Jones as a friend on FB and she is brilliant on there too. Then again I have mainly authors and comedians and all are great.
@ewoodwor If you like Laine Moriarty I can also recommend Rachel Hore and Kate Morton. Both brilliant too. I also love Diane Chamberlain. Her books often make me gasp and cry.

Speaking of books, I just got an email that I won a special copy of Sophie Kinsella's first Shopaholic book and a signed bookplate. I am SO happy, Sophie is my favourite!!!

@TML13 Hi sweetie lovely to see you pop in to say hello
I almost thought you'd done so last week then noticed the date.
Speak soon enjoy beautiful Athens
Well done on the bonus book win how very exciting for you.x

Yes nothing so sweet, even if it's 7 am and you've been awake all night in rapture. No! Not that sort of book or rapture