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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
Currently reading 3 books... whether my brain wants to shift into gear dictates which I read at any given moment.
Holding the Dream - Nora Roberts (proper chick lit and escapism). Is the 2nd in a trilogy so I've more brain blah after this one is done.
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
I'm really late to the party with this one but I'm enjoying it. Brain needs to be in gear though  |
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"Currently reading 3 books... whether my brain wants to shift into gear dictates which I read at any given moment.
Holding the Dream - Nora Roberts (proper chick lit and escapism). Is the 2nd in a trilogy so I've more brain blah after this one is done.
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
I'm really late to the party with this one but I'm enjoying it. Brain needs to be in gear though "
I love Nora Roberts Trilogies The key was my fav set |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"Currently reading 3 books... whether my brain wants to shift into gear dictates which I read at any given moment.
Holding the Dream - Nora Roberts (proper chick lit and escapism). Is the 2nd in a trilogy so I've more brain blah after this one is done.
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
I'm really late to the party with this one but I'm enjoying it. Brain needs to be in gear though "
And the third is my bathroom book... Lord of the Rings. That's just over and over and over  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Currently reading 3 books... whether my brain wants to shift into gear dictates which I read at any given moment.
Holding the Dream - Nora Roberts (proper chick lit and escapism). Is the 2nd in a trilogy so I've more brain blah after this one is done.
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
I'm really late to the party with this one but I'm enjoying it. Brain needs to be in gear though "
American Gods is a great read! They made it into a pretty good series too (Netflix or Prime i think) |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I'm reading a fellow fabbers recommendation ... The Paper House... Its pretty good 
I just finished the murmuring bones, which was excellent
I'm on a waitlist for 'what happened to you' by oprah winfrey |
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"Currently reading 'The Ethical Slut' and really enjoying it. Normally I am a fiction reader, so this is outside my norm, but it's so interesting and is really making me think
MJ x"
I've ordered this one to have a peruse |
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Currently reading the Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse.
It's an interesting premise but not well executed. The characters are badly written and not at all engaging, and it's a real slog to get through it.
I keep hoping it's going to improve but I'm about three quarters of the way through it and there's no signs of it getting better! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I just finished a beautiful novel called Open Water. Thoroughly enjoyed every single page and related to much of it too.
Then I read James Baldwin’s Dark days on the train two days ago.
Planning to start The Beautiful and The Damned next.  |
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By *an1978Woman
over a year ago
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Just about to start a book I got as a blind date with a book at the bookshop 
"Those who are loved" by Victoria Hislop.
Blurb:
A gripping new novel by Sunday Times number one best seller Victoria Hislop is set against the backdrop of the German occupation of Greece, the subsequent civil war and a military dictatorship, all of which left deep scars. |
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"Currently reading 'The Ethical Slut' and really enjoying it. Normally I am a fiction reader, so this is outside my norm, but it's so interesting and is really making me think
MJ x
I've ordered this one to have a peruse"
I'd like to read this too |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I read a really brilliantly written, but very raw book called 'the first day of Spring'... Has anyone else read it?
It was recommended to me by a FWB but it feels a bit bleak for me."
You need to be in a very good place to read it... It's brutal, but very well written |
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"Currently reading 'The Ethical Slut' and really enjoying it. Normally I am a fiction reader, so this is outside my norm, but it's so interesting and is really making me think
MJ x"
Enjoyed this very much. Hope you do too OP. |
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Currently reading The Crysallids by John Wyndham. I didn’t think I’d enjoy it but I am. Need to get it finished in time for book club meeting next week. My next book is my own choice All the Young men by Ruth Coker Burks.
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"Currently reading 'The Ethical Slut' and really enjoying it. Normally I am a fiction reader, so this is outside my norm, but it's so interesting and is really making me think
MJ x"
I've only made it to chapter five, I found it a bit of a slog if I'm honest. It was recommended by a lot of people and I got it free. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I read a really brilliantly written, but very raw book called 'the first day of Spring'... Has anyone else read it? "
Nope. This is far too dark!! Literally a heavy heavy read. Not enjoyable. Had to put the book down. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I read a really brilliantly written, but very raw book called 'the first day of Spring'... Has anyone else read it?
Nope. This is far too dark!! Literally a heavy heavy read. Not enjoyable. Had to put the book down. "
It's brutal... It put me in a downward funk for two weeks and made me cry.. I don't cry  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"By my bedside, I have "Texts from my dog" & "Why men hate women". I like to mix it up 
Oh i fancy the texts from my dog.. Is it funny?? "
It was a gift and my kids and I have all read it multiple times - very amusing |
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I've just been given a copy of Mark Manson's 'The Subtle Art of not Giving a Fuck' - a counterintuitive approach to living a good life.
I can't remember the last book I read - a military biography probably Battle Scars by Jason Fox and it was good - I'd initially read it to see how other people cope with PTSD. |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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I've been inspired by a discussion with someone from here.
So right now I'm rereading One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez. After, in celebration of the centenary, I'm going to dip into the haiku of Jack Kerouac. I love the art form anyway and it seems a fitting tribute.
After that, Sandman, in preparation for the new series.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"How emotions are made by Lisa Feldman Barrett. I love learning about how our minds work
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I enjoyed this. Currently on my second listen of The Gendered Brain by Gona Ripon. I wanted to listen again after re-playing The Blank Slate by Stephen Pinker - a lot of common ground but some pretty significant differences of opinion from two experts on their field.
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