General Chat

The last book l read was Dandelion Soup by Babs Horton. My favourite authors are Agatha Christie and Catherine Cookson, but l will read anything.

A book that glories in the title 'The Much Lamented Death of Madam Geneva' - about the Gin Craze in 18th century London! Tend to read more non-fiction but do enjoy a good novel now and again.

Oh forgot, fave author is Stephen King. Got the last 2 Dark Tower books for Xmas, but can't seem to get to them at the moment. Trouble with working in a library is 1.that I've got no willpower and bring a stack of stuff home every week and 2.all my reserves come in at once and I have to read them cos others are waiting. Apart from that its heaven! Maz. XX

Bev, yes the book mentions more horrors, but it is very intriguing, Lucia

Don't have a favourite author. Like fiction and non fiction. Have read 21 books since Xmas and on my last two which are about Winston Churchill (Winston's Folly and In Command of History). Got square eyes. Aileen

Just reading Unless by Carol Shields. Next is 'under the knife' by Tess Gerritsen. Last 3 I read were the Da Vinci Code, Trace by Patricia Cornwell and the latest Alexander McCall Smith Ladies Detective Agency. Waiting for the latest Sue Grafton too! Maz. XX

Rose - I started off on the Falco books! Have you tried Rosemary Rowe's books about Libertus? Set in Roman Britain, they're not bad. I find Saylor a bit too gritty and gory for my tastes but hes another Roman murder mystery person.

Lucia..Ive seen the pianist and that was bad enough but I can imagine that the book is worse!! or better, if you know what I mean! Bev

Hi Bev, I have just finished reading The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman. It is about his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto. Has anyone seen the film? It is a very harrowing story. I am now reading a local history book about Lilley(where my ancestors are from). I am also half way through Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Lucia :-)

Deanna....Where rainbows End? get the tissues out!! King sized should do it!!

Deanna...that is a real weepie!! im sure I went through a full box of tissues Bev

Did any of you read Patricia Cornwall? I liked her books to begin with but she got very,very dark.Then she did that Jack the Ripper prog.on TV and I thought what a funny benny she was in a disturbing way.I don't read her books now. Dorset's own Minette WALTERS books are good and I like Michael Dibden too. We have a great stall on Bridport market where you can keep recycling paperbacks for about 1.50 as long as they are clean.I take a carrier bag and swap them in for another lot

Just finished Night of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy, love her books have read them all. Also a fan of Marion Keyes, just about to start The Other Side of the Story, also if you want a good laugh read the books of Catherine Alliott, very funny. I have also read a few Patricia Scanlon, Deanna, Two For Joy being one of them. Tricia

Being an insomniac,I read most of the night away.I like good Mysteries and historical novels-If I can get the two combined I'm happy. The Falco-Roman Detective Books by Linsay Davis are good and fun to read-but they need to be read insequence as a theme does run through them all. As it does with the Alphabet Detective Novels by Sue Grafton.I have the whole set of thes and as I finish the last one I can almost begin with the first again.I really enjoy them. At the moment I am reading the Lynly Detective novels and find the watered down TV interpretation of them infuriating.The books are much better Ian Rankin is a great favourite with the Rebus Detective books,and I also collect John Grisham and Michael Connelly.I am afraid I was very dissappointed in the recent Don Browns,they went straight in the carrier bag for the book stall Happy reading everyone-Thanks for some ideas too I like the sound of the Edward Marston books.-Rose

Trust me Baz..I have read both of her books and each one has been fantastic and I am sure that your Mrs will love them! She is due to bring a new one out and I cant wait! Bev

Bev, My missus has just asked me to say thank you for that,and she`s going to try her out. She likes that kind of book Bev, me I`m too busy to read a whole book,and prefer magazines. Baz xx

Baz if you like Martine Cole try an author called Mandasue Heller! She is a new author and is in a similar style to Martine Cole but a little bit more raw..if you know what I mean! She has only done a couple of books but they are brilliant! Bev

Hiya Sue, Martina Cole...My friends wife went to school with her,so I think most of her books are almost factual. My wife has read all her books, and loves them because many of the places she mentions,we can associate with. Baz

I'm afraid that due to short term memory and concentration problems, I only read modern fiction nowadays - you know the sort of light escapism that you don't need to think about! Reading the latest Jill Mansell, but also still dipping into my Christchurch Workhouse book! Mandy :)

I'm TRYING to read Vanity Fair by William Thackeray. 1. The film is out and I want to read the book first 2. I'm named after the heroine Becky Sharpe becx