I'm Back ......to Reading Books Again ;)

[kylesmum]

I've decided to while away the short, drab wintry days by resurrecting an old pleasure...reading.

I'd love recommendations.

I have read all Maeve Binchy and Marian Keyes (apart from her new one) , that kinda gives an indication of the type I like.

I also don't mind true stories/autobiographies.

I struggle with books where I have to use my imagination..in any form.

I'd be ever so grateful to hear of any books you'd recommend :)

[Cloverjo]

You might like Mary Wesley. I loved all her books, except The Camomile Lawn. No idea why I didn't like that one.
Also, Anne Tyler is very good. Ladder of Years is my favourite.
I've just read Rebecca Front's book, which you might like. It's a quirky mix of funny things that have happened to her in her personal life and work. I really enjoyed it.

[anjlegs]

Penny Vinceni. The perfect heritage

[kylesmum]

Thank you both.

I haven't heard of nor clearly read any of the books so I shall booklist them.

I can do a book in a couple of days...haha get me,so bring them on anyone else !

So appreciated. I shall report back !

[vulcan42]

Do you like detective stories? A friend of mine who is an avid reader and not computer literate, having read the first novel in the series of Simon Serrailler (detective) by Susan Hill, asked me to order the next eight books in the series, so my friend is obviously hooked. Worth a try perhaps?

[shaneystar2]

Elizabeth Jane Howard recently wrote the last novel in the Cazelets family saga shortly before she died .I'm a crime novel junkie as a rule but I reread them all ( years since I read them )and then the new one and throughly enjoyed them .
If you like Maeve Binchey then you may like
Rosamund Pilcher
Susan Howatch
Penny Vincenzi
Joanna Trollope

[quizbag]

Try Cathy Kelly. Jodi Picoult and, for something light, Jill Mansell

[MargoTester]

Try Jo jo Moyes. A friend put me on to her and I have since read most of her book and enjoyed every one. Have a look on Amazon. I too love Maeve Binchy and Marian Keyes , just finished her new one - not as good as some of hers I thought.

[MargoTester]

Agree with Shaneystar -rosamund pilcher The shell Seakers is a great book.

[shaneystar2]

Crime without the blood and guts is a lovely series by Alexander McCall Smith.
The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency,set in Botswana .

[kylesmum]

Wow !! You guys are the best...seriously !

You have all delivered and then some. I couldn't have wished for anything more.

I'm going to download every recommendation. I am sated !

Amazon here I come. I shall report back ...would be rude not to plus I like a bit of interaction when I read a book.

Why isn't there a book club on AB?

I'd give you all best answer xx

[murraymints]

all the rebus books are good !

[Captain2]

...as usual on this topic, I'm in complete agreement with murraymints (must be a new one due soon..... please!)

[murraymints]

I beleive there is one due Captain..he usually fetches up at my COSTCO t sign them !

[bunkmoreland]

If you enjoy Maeve Binchy and Marian Keyes books,you will definetely enjoy Patricia Scanlan's books.

[DTCwordfan]

If you want something more serious, historical and cultural, then 'Mecca: The Sacred City' by Ziauddin Sardar - an excellent city which shows how destructional the Saudis have been and turning Islam into being monotheistic rather than the pluralist nature it once had, partly because of the diversity of the Hadj. It will also give you insights to current Muslim thinking.....

[murraymints]

captain.The beat goes on... collected Rebus stories....should be around very soon was scheduled for Autum, but not seen it yet myself !

[DTCwordfan]

'Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place' - Philip Marsden - this is good too.

I quote:

"Why do we react so strongly to certain places? Why do layers of mythology build up around particular features in the landscape? When Philip Marsden moved to a remote creekside farmhouse in Cornwall, the intensity of his response took him aback. It led him to begin exploring these questions, prompting a journey westwards to Land's End through one of the most fascinating regions of Europe.

From the Neolithic ritual landscape of Bodmin Moor to the Arthurian traditions of Tintagel, from the mysterious china-clay country to the granite tors and tombs of the far south-west, Marsden assembles a chronology of our shifting attitudes to place. In archives, he uncovers the life and work of other 'topophiles' before him - medieval chroniclers and Tudor topographers, eighteenth-century antiquarians, post-industrial poets and abstract painters. Drawing also on his own travels overseas, Marsden reveals that the shape of the land lies not just at the heart of our history but of man's perennial struggle to belong on this earth."

[shaneystar2]

I'm also looking forward to this which I've reserved at the library .
It gets good reviews .
Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[atalanta]

I have just read "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett. A most unusual plot, and most unusual characters.

[Captain2]

MM - sorry got roped into preping dinner. Thanks for that information - added it to my Xmas wish list - just in case :-)