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Post by steve on Nov 2, 2020 14:07:23 GMT
At work I'm listening to the 13th witch by Mark Hayden.
It's like a cross between Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings
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Post by judithl on Nov 17, 2020 19:37:12 GMT
I've just finished Venetia, by Georgette Heyer, and am now reading A Killer in Winter, another Matthew Bartholomew story.
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Post by Anna Key on Nov 23, 2020 17:48:43 GMT
Have treated myself to A Promised Land by Barack Obama. It’s 29 hours on Audible and I listen while walking. At chapter 7 and can honestly say I am really enjoying it. He writes so well. Sometimes autobiographies can be a little dull but this is brilliant. Such a charismatic man. He is self deprecating, finds the good in his political opponents (although we haven’t reached Trump yet) . His Eulogy for John McCain was extremely moving.
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Post by denisewasbabs on Dec 4, 2020 8:43:52 GMT
I've just taken the plunge with Audible, mainly because I wanted to hear the whole Radio 4 Cazalet Chronicles, so that was my introductory freebie. Now listening to Amanda Vickery's History of Private Life.
My last really good physical book was Gareth Russell's Young and Damned and Fair, a biography of Catherine Howard. It's briliant and if you like a good decently-researched bit of Tudor history then I can well recommend this. Plenty of relevant detail without getting bogged down, and his portrayal of Catherine herself is quite objective, without too much "is it possible that" and "Catherine thought..."
Other than that, just re-reading my favourite Barbara Pyms and various esoteric things.
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Post by judithl on Dec 4, 2020 11:01:05 GMT
I feel very sorry for Catherine Howard. Pushed into marriage by her powerful family.
I've been reading The Talisman Ring by Heyer, and am now back in medieval Cambridge with The Hand of Justice.
I love Barbara Pym too, and Angela Thirkell. Her Summer Half is very funny. A world long gone.
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steve
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Post by steve on Dec 5, 2020 11:01:22 GMT
I'm currently reading one that i have to be honest is hard reading the boy in the cellar, about Stephen Smith.
Who was born out of wedlock in the early 1960's and his parent's hid him away in the cellar for thirteen years.
A true story and as I say a tough read
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Post by denisewasbabs on Dec 7, 2020 11:36:51 GMT
I feel very sorry for Catherine Howard. Pushed into marriage by her powerful family. I've been reading The Talisman Ring by Heyer, and am now back in medieval Cambridge with The Hand of Justice. I love Barbara Pym too, and Angela Thirkell. Her Summer Half is very funny. A world long gone. I keep thinking I should try Thirkell, with her PreRaphaelite connections! I recently read Judith Flanders' A Circle of Sisters, made for an interesting read, not just for the women themselves but also a view into the past. |
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Anna Key
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Post by Anna Key on Dec 7, 2020 11:58:54 GMT
I have asked for The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman for Christmas. Sounds good anyway and I understand that Steven Spielberg has bought the rites. Hmmm 🧐
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Post by indigo on Dec 10, 2020 18:50:29 GMT
Yes that´s a really popular one at the moment, Anna. I´m currently reading Florence Gordon by Brian Morton. I´ve only just started but am enjoying it so far and how cantankerous Florence herself is  |
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steve
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Post by steve on Dec 23, 2020 1:01:35 GMT
I've just started reading Tim Peaks autobiography
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Post by denisewasbabs on Dec 23, 2020 10:03:46 GMT
I bet that's a good read Steve.
I'm currently ploughing through Peter Moore's The Weather Experiment; it's a dense read but a fascinating insight into the past.
And - because I've never managed it so far - reading the Bible book by book (!)
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Post by indigo on Dec 24, 2020 10:40:57 GMT
I am reading the most wonderful book, the garden of lost and found by Harriet Evans. It alternates modern with victorian and the characters are so well drawn, and the descriptions so vivid, it is one of the rare books that has made me cry with some of the things that have happened. I love it when a book moves you so much. It has at its centre a glorious painting and a house. I keep scouring to see if it is real it is that well described. I have just read this, Demdike, based on your recommendation, thank you. I enjoyed it, the parts of the story set in the past more than the storyline set in the present. I found the characters and their stories more interesting and haunting. |
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Post by indigo on Dec 26, 2020 18:16:08 GMT
I´m currently listening to and enjoying The Midnight Library by Matt Haig on BBC Sounds.
I´m also reading The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertson which I bought from my parents´ local pub last year and forgot all about until I unearthed it in our garage the other day! It's an historical mystery set in the Belle Époque of Paris in the early years of the 20th century which highlights the extremes of opulence and poverty through the story of Maud, an English artist who is struggling to survive there.
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Post by goodlookingone on Dec 26, 2020 22:14:56 GMT
Yup, but the 15 minute story is difficult to keep alive. 10 instalments are far too long.
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Post by welshteddy on Dec 27, 2020 9:34:29 GMT
I tend to save all the episodes up and listen all at once. I much prefer this to lots of little episodes.
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