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Shirley's reads of 2014
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Jan 05, 2014 04:34AM
1. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier (library) Readalong.
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Ah! Someone else who has just posted their 5th read of the year. I hope you savoured and enjoyed yours as much as I did mine :)Have you decided your reading order for February yet? I think we are both reading Rebecca ,and also both reading The Grass is Singing, and I can't decide which to read next...
Jean wrote: "Ah! Someone else who has just posted their 5th read of the year. I hope you savoured and enjoyed yours as much as I did mine :)Have you decided your reading order for February yet? I think we are..."
Yes, I did, thanks!
I'll be reading "The Grass is Singing" next. I'm not going to re-read Rebecca, much as I love the book (!) but I will be joining in the discussion about it.
I will set up a thread for The Grass is Singing in in the readalongs thread.
Ooops - misremembered slightly, sorry! :)
Snowdrops, grass, flowers... I had begun to wonder if there was a theme here before your previous entry, Shirley! :DYou finished Middlemarch with plenty of time to spare, then? :)
Shirley wrote: "8. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (kindle)"I finished this a week or so after you - what did you think?
Beth wrote: "Shirley wrote: "8. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (kindle)"I finished this a week or so after you - what did you think?"
Hi Beth, sorry, I've only just seen your comment. I enjoyed it, I gave it 3 stars. Did you like it?
Shirley wrote: "Beth wrote: "Shirley wrote: "8. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (kindle)"Yes, I liked it quite a lot - I think I gave it 4 stars. I love to garden so all the stuff about plants and flowers was interesting to me.
Storming through your daily reads here, Shirley :)
Jean wrote: "Storming through your daily reads here, Shirley :)"Ah, yes, but I had the two of them on the go for a while on the kindle!
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That one looks quite interesting.
Alannah wrote: "Shirley wrote: "18. A Commonplace Killing by Siân Busby (kindle) Book Club."That one looks quite interesting."
Yes, I thought that too, but it wasn't great, just average I would say, although it does paint a very interesting and bleak picture of post-war London.
I've just bought that on Kindle Shirley! Is it good?
Jean wrote: "I've just bought that on Kindle Shirley! Is it good?"yes, some of the stories are really funny!
Oh good, I seem to remember Pink said that too :)
Yes, just finished, need to gather my thoughts and I will add my comments to the readalong thread. Really enjoyed it.
Me too :) It's still in my mind a day later...
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30. The Lie by Helen Dunmore (my bookshelf)31. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (library) Fiction Group Read
33. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (library) Group Classics Read 34. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (library) Recommendation Swap
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