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If you want a book that will make you laugh, cry, scream, shout at then I recommend A MILLION LITTLE PIECES by James Frey. It's a fantastic book that both men and women will enjoy.... and it's a TRUE story!! There is even talk about making it into a film!! If you have a teenager dabbling in drugs then get them to read it too.... I can promise that they will be so affected by it that they will stop!!

Answer as a man by Taylor Caldwell. I am hoping to read soon, after my birthday, a book about the history of the East Suffolk railway. :-) Joy

Hi Deb, im nearly finished the Da Vinci Code and have thoroughly enjoyed it. Ive also just started the last book in Stephen Kings Dark Tower series cos i couldnt wait. If youve not read any of his Dark Tower books i would recommend them, the volumes are as thick as bricks but once you start you cant put them down.

its a very exclusive novel im reading. may be a bit high brow but its called readers wives!

I'm reading a Bernard Cornwell novel called Battle Flag. Not intellectually challenging, but exciting.

can't keep up with it Paul.... there's a different chapter every week. And the illustrations are all different too, it's a bit of a distraction!

Not read any of hers yet, but keep meaning to. There's just so many already on my list!

Have just got back from Dorchester and I popped into Ottackers and bought the Dan Brown Da Vinci Code and two others of his in a three for 2 offer.Also went into The Word and picked up Eats Leaves & Shites which is a runner up by a different author to the Eats Shoots and Leaves,which really appealed to me. STOP MENTIONING GOOD BOOKS I CAN'T AFFORD ANY MORE, bOOKWORM rOSE

i tend to read anything by terry pratchett and most fantasy sci-fi books, books by terry brooks, sword of shannara etc. are my favourites very like lord of the rings and co.

I'm reading Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything at the moment, which is excellent but hard going at times.. am about 2/3rds through. I've also bought his "notes" books (of which I can't recall the ttiles but one is about England the other America) which I'll read next, unless I decided on something a little lighter in between !!

Iused to be a real enthusiast of Patricia Cornwell,but I have found her recent books far too dark.I did wonder about her own mental stability when I saw her program about Jack the Ripper. I liked the Bernard Cornwall trilogy Harlequin etc.very good I also feel that our own Dorset writer Minette Waters is a bit written out now-disappointing.She was as good as Patricia Cornwell but not so hung up on the intense gory descriptions. Rose

I have also just started to read the Da Vinci Code - so far so good! My Partner has been raving about it for weeks!!! Said it is fantastic!!! lol

Read Short History not long ago - so interesting! Will def put Da Vinci Code on my list. Rose - just finished the Eats Shites and Leaves (after reading the Shoots one) some v funny bits in it. Also the Timewaster Letters are v silly. Forgot to recommend the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith - make sure you read them in order! Maz. XX

The Da Vincie Code is living up to the hype. I'm 1/4 of the way through and can't put it down.

I'm reading The Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan, on book number nine at the moment. Heather

A book I would recommend, for a good laugh, is "Ladies of Letters Log On" - can't remember the author, I picked it up in the library and found it a hoot. Both sexes would enjoy...... Apparently they made a Radio 4 prog on it which I missed. If repeated I must listen, Patricia Routledge is, apparently, one of the stars.....a friend in Seattle heard it!

The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown. I enjoyed it. Although thee was a full page article in The Mail this week contradicting a lot of what was written.

I'm reading for the third or fourth time 'The Shipping News' by Annie Proulx. I love it. Even my teenagers have read it. I saw the film which wasn't as good but still enjoyable. I read all the Lord of the Rings as a teenager and loved them as well as the recent films. Maz, I read the Life of Pi and The Curious Incident..... and would agree with you about both. Another writer I like is Jane Smiley; my husband says he only finds me books with prize stickers on the front!!!! What a shame we don't have our own library - what is the Da Vinci code about? Sounds like I should read it.

Oh Helen, yes!! I read The Shipping News last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. Another good one was White Oleander - although I can't remember who wrote it. Again good film too, but not as good as the book. I used to read things like Susan Lewis and Olivia Goldsmith, but recently I'm reading more 'grown up' stuff! Also a lot of non-fiction. We have some great looking traveller's tales and biographies in the library - just not enough hours in the day! Maz. XX

Hi Deb, I'm reading a deadly boring technical book on Digital Photography and Brian Keenan's 'An Evil Cradling' at home. Read Keenan's book ages ago--still gripping second time round though. At work, I spend my breaks with a book--at the mo, it's 'The 9/11 Commission Report'. It's gripping in parts, but incredibly long-winded in others, so today I gave myself permission to skip a few pages! After that it will be Bill Clinton's biography.