Best reads - Club Together Book Club?

RowenaBCAMC replied on 03/01/2014 12:47

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Posted on 03/01/2014 12:47

I'm just about coming to the end of Deborah Moggach’s book, Heartbreak Hotel. I found it a very enjoyable read and very amusing. But what should I read next? Any recommendations?

I also wondered if anyone would be interested in a Club Together book club? According to a member survey earlier last year, reading is the most recurring leisure activity whilst caravanning. I know I’m a book worm and I’m sure there’s a few of us out there who enjoy a good read. Anyone interested or any suggestions?

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JayOutdoors replied on 02/05/2019 20:36

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Posted on 02/05/2019 20:36

Just read Ben Macintyre's The Spy and the Traitor. Found it a good read. Cold War spy - well written, easy to follow despite the many names I could not pronounce.

Wherenext replied on 02/05/2019 21:48

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Posted on 15/02/2019 20:24 by nelliethehooker

Just found, for £1 in the Sally Army shop in Stockton, Hilary Mantel's Bring up the Bodies the sequel to Wolf Hall, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Hope this one is just as good.

Can recommend A Man with one of those Faces by Caimh McDonnell, the first in a trilogy of 4 books!! Go figure!! There's also a free short story about one of the main characters...Good Deeds and Bad Intentions.

Posted on 02/05/2019 21:48

Just started reading the second book in the series, The Day that Never Comes. All good so far.😊

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Wherenext replied on 09/05/2019 15:48

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Posted on 09/05/2019 15:48

Finished the book, Nellie, and enjoyed it. I don't normally take to books that contain too much swearing but this one seemed to resonate with the Dublin I know and bump into on occasional family visits and none seemed gratuitous and the humour certainly helped.

Have to try and keep an eye out for the other 3 books in the trilogy. (Yes folks, there are 4 books in this trilogy.)

nelliethehooker replied on 09/05/2019 19:59

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Posted on 09/05/2019 15:48 by Wherenext

Finished the book, Nellie, and enjoyed it. I don't normally take to books that contain too much swearing but this one seemed to resonate with the Dublin I know and bump into on occasional family visits and none seemed gratuitous and the humour certainly helped.

Have to try and keep an eye out for the other 3 books in the trilogy. (Yes folks, there are 4 books in this trilogy.)

Posted on 09/05/2019 19:59

Glad that you enjoyed it. If you sign up to the authors web site there are a couple of free books on there, with characters from the "trilogy" in them. Well worth the price!!

nelliethehooker replied on 09/05/2019 20:07

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Posted on 09/05/2019 20:07

I've just completed the first 4 of the DCI Matilda Darke series, by Michael Wood, which I did enjoy. These are all set in Sheffield and I guess use actual locations. Should be perfect for all those from the area that like crime fiction with actual places used.

PS. 3 of the four are at 99p at the moment and the other at £1:49, so a real bargain.

moulesy replied on 14/05/2019 17:44

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Posted on 14/05/2019 17:44

For fans of Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole series, I've just finished a very different offering called "Macbeth". Very cleverly written, a detective story which shadows the Shakespeare play all the way. Worth a read, but, if you know the play, the ending will come as no surprise!

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nelliethehooker replied on 14/05/2019 22:10

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As we have been somewhat restricted since OH broke 3 toes we have done a lot of reading last couple of weeks among others I have just read Patrick O Brian's Post Captain for the third time,read the entire series of 20 twice and get more out of them every time.

Posted on 14/05/2019 22:10

Love those books, AD. Do you have The Final Unfinished Voyage? That's the only one in the series that I've not got.

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Posted on 14/05/2019 22:10 by nelliethehooker

Love those books, AD. Do you have The Final Unfinished Voyage? That's the only one in the series that I've not got.

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JayOutdoors replied on 18/05/2019 09:44

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Posted on 18/05/2019 09:44

Enjoyed reading 4 books in the 'Kingmaker' series by Toby Clements. Edward Fourth era. Novels follow 2 runaways from same priory (male & female) and their life together during this period. Legitimacy of Edward is central to the books.

Picked up Lambs to the Slaughter by Sally Spencer which I find well written so far. Detective/mystery novel based in Lancashire. Will probably look for others by this author featuring Monika Paniatowski.

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