I went into Bath yesterday and whilst on the way there in the bus, I finished Cider with Rosie. So I went to the pdsa shop and gave them my Laurie Lee book and bought a Beryl Bainbridge book called "According to Queenie".
I thought from the cover it would be the perfect book for me. Alarm bells should have rang when Margaret Atwood is praising it up to the heavens on the cover (I detested the Blind Assasin).
I am sort of enjoying it, but the characters are very vague and it jumps about a lot. I keep thinking that any minute now it will get going. But it doesn't. Has anyone else read anything by her? Apparantly some of her books have been made into films, but I have no idea which they are.
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I loved Blind Assasin. I'm shocked that someone else doesn't like it. Although, I'm always shocked when someone doesn't agree with me. I'm reading "The Other Boleyn" right now, and I'm enjoying it.
I;ve read soemthing by beryl bainbridge but I forget what , I don't like historical books unless there are alot of men in tight britches in them
The other boleyn girl is on my books to read list.
heh, I'm reading too much to list...primariliy though I'm reading The Woman in White.
Don't post any spoilers rosa. I loved the Moonstone and will definitely read the Woman in White.
Just read some God awful book called Two Women. Allegedly all of Martina Coles books have the same storyline with different characters...I won't bother further.
i'm reading food optimising by slimming world.
usually i have 2 or 3 books on the go at once but i'm having a rest at the moment.
I insist that everyone reads the book of lost things by john connolly and then grees with me that its excellent
i am reading the widow of the south by robert hicks. i am enjoying it but can't quite find enough time to get totally engrossed. however i did a little research and it is written from true life happenings during the american civil war. quite interesting.
Suthan. I've been there. Green days red days. Cheating days....I have been to every slimming club known to man and am still two stone overweight.
Verity, I've read a book of hers on holiday once. It was about 2 gangster brothers one of which was gay. For on the beach reading, I didn't hate it.
Am adding the window to the south and the book of lost things to my list.
I'm working my way through the Lindsey Gordon series by Val McDermind at the moment...They are ok but nowhere near as good as the Wire in the Blood series. I picked up "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night" and the Abortionists Daughter" in the charity shop the other day but I shall save them for my holiday!!
I've never even heard of Beryl Bainbridge (sorry) but I LOVE the name!
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