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Post by anne on Jun 6, 2010 9:43:29 GMT
I'm indulging in traditional detective mysteries at the moment - my daughter has introduced me to Louise Penny who writes about a small community in Canada, a bit Agatha Christie_ish but she writes absolutely beautifully about the landscape and people.
Louise Penny - Fatal Grace; followed by The Cruellest Month
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Post by suze on Jun 7, 2010 13:32:34 GMT
I've been mainly reading the two new anti-cancer books and then recipe books to inspire me to get back into the strict diet ...
I ordered a Madhur Jafrreys that hasn't arrived yet, but I saw it at our friend's house and thought it would be a good buy .. . looking forward to getting it!
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Post by jane on Jun 9, 2010 20:41:03 GMT
I've just finished Genesis by Karin Slaughter ... great read if you like gruesome crime!
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Post by suze on Jun 9, 2010 21:18:03 GMT
Gruesome she is, I had to give her up!
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Post by anne on Jun 10, 2010 8:25:58 GMT
I get a bit muddled with the American forensic crime writers .. so I haven't read Karin Slaughter all the way through a book, but do like Patricia Cornwell.
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Post by suze on Jun 10, 2010 10:14:39 GMT
they are both grim, but slaughter is worse, there is clue even in her name!
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Post by jane on Jun 10, 2010 16:49:38 GMT
I'm not sure what it says about me but when I'm in the mood those are the kind of books I like the most!
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Post by Pauline on Jun 12, 2010 16:18:28 GMT
'Recollections of a racketeer. Smuggling Hash & Cash around the World.' by Patrick Lane.
Quite interesting. He has been all over the World & done lots of stuff. With any biography really is that there is always a new thing to learn. For instance, I didn't know about Snail farming, but he has done that among other things. I have learned a new thing about drugs. Well not that new, as I had an idea anyway. (I've just deleted what I typed as it was sad) ..................
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Post by anne on Jun 12, 2010 16:44:33 GMT
I like to listen to audio books while I walk my daily 10,000 steps. Just finished The Minotaur by Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell). One of the main 'characters' is a large country house (bit like Little Stranger by Sara Waters), which pleases me, love rather modern Gothic stories. It was a little bit implausible though - people didn't really care about each other much, which isn't realistic.
Now listening to The Rapture by Liz Jensen - the first chapter got me into an 'oh my gawd Gladys, just get on with it!' frame of mind. It's a psychological thriller/ecological disaster novel .. so with luck it will get better.
Reading another Louise Penny at bedtime - The Cruellest Month.
Various art books and magazines ..
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Post by suze on Jun 12, 2010 17:31:16 GMT
Some John Grisham ... Runaway Jury, not really into it, yet, but expect to get into it soon, he is such a good page-turner usually!
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Post by suze on Jun 20, 2010 11:13:06 GMT
Finished the John Grisham .. it was OK, but a bit frustrating! Now I am reading Theodore by Stella Duffy This has come to me as a gift by an interesting route. I have made friends with a woamn called Leah on the internet, cos we both have cancer. (She is a member of this forum now too) and we are friends on facebook. I was just browsing through her photos on facebook when I saw a face I recognised as an author that I like and who I have heard speak at Arts Festivals in the past. . .. Stella Duffy ... ... I wrote all gushy to leah: Your are mates with Stella Duffy !!! and she replies, more than mates, she is my sister-in-law! WOW and then the latest book is in the post and I have it to read. Lovely! Thanks very much LEAH! xxxxx
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Post by sam on Jun 22, 2010 15:27:24 GMT
Loving the link to Stella. I always knew I had friends in high places. (Well, friends who have internet friends who are related to people in high places).
<Waves at Anne> Hope you're well.
I have a lot of family in Canada and can vouch for the beauty of the country. I might look into that author… is there one you can recommend by her?
As for the answer to the thread - I’m reading Paul McKenna “I Can Make you Think” at the moment. Obviously, I know he can’t make me thin… however he is helping me to re-programme my mind, and unpick my unhelpful relationship with food.
His four basic principles:
When you are hungry, EAT Eat what you want, not what you think you should Eat CONSCIOUSLY and enjoy every mouthful When you think you are full, STOP EATING
He pads his book out with a lot more evidence-based findings, and research – but the principles really are as simple as that. I’ll let you know how I get on. Today is day three of the new me… she says, having been a new me hundreds of times before. Lol.
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Post by julietilsed on Jun 22, 2010 16:17:33 GMT
I've just finished Holy Cow by Sarah Macdonald. It's an account of an atheists tour round India as she searches for a greater personal understanding of the meaning of life and death. I found it interesting and informative and could probably say it improved my limited level of undertanding around Indian spirituality. However dementia and being commited to being superficial means I have instantly forgotten most of what I read. Last night I moved on to Ian McEwan's Solar. By the way am I the only person who gets Ian McEwans name mixed up with Ewan Mc Greggor? I think I probably know the answer to that!!
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Post by anne on Jun 22, 2010 16:18:38 GMT
<waves back at Sam> Louise Penny is definitely bedtime or relaxation reading, but well written nevertheless. She writes in a series about her character, Inspector Gamache, the first book is Still Life (which I haven't read yet) and the second is 'A Fatal Grace' followed by 'The Cruellest Month', which I have read and enjoyed very much. Did I say she is one of those authors who makes the landscape sound almost like a person? However, regarding Canada, my very favourite author, from any genre, is the short story writer Alice Munro who you may have heard of. These are truly hefty short stories mind you, maybe about 50 pages long on average, move at a very slow pace and full of detail about life in small rural Canadian communities - centring on relationships, and moving time from the present to the past and back in a very dreamlike fashion - and then she'll hit you with a realisation that something awful, or funny or life changing has happened. My favourite collection is 'The Progress of Love', it's a few years old but one of her best known. My current reading - well I had to give up the Liz jensen just as the book was getting interesting - some of these audio books just don't work, physically don't work ... very frustrating. I'll read it later on in the usual fasion. Right now it's Notwithstanding by Louis de Bernieres - just delightful collection of short stories centred around an eccentric English village (can you tell I like short stories?)
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Post by anne on Jun 22, 2010 16:22:07 GMT
hello Julie, I didn't see you there. I've never read any Ian McEwan, he's one of those 'I really should get aroundtoit' writers. Hope it's good. Yes, see what you mean abuot Ewan McGregor. Do they look alike as well?
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