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  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 10,506 Championing
    I hope you enjoy the book @sheZZa! Like @bonnielassie said, a few pages at a time will turn into the whole book!
  • Tammyjane33
    Tammyjane33 Online Community Member Posts: 755 Pioneering
    I love reading self help books when I can. 
  • Waylay
    Waylay Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 966 Trailblazing
    edited July 2019
    No progress on any of my books lately. No concentration. Have "read" "The Book of Bunny Suicides" (comics, dark dark dark humour). Had it years ago, but housemate brought a copy home last week. Made me *snortlaugh* multiple times.
  • pollyanna1052
    pollyanna1052 Online Community Member Posts: 2,015 Championing
    The Keeper of Lost Things was really entertaining
  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 10,506 Championing
    @pollyanna1052, I read that book last summer and loved it!
  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 10,506 Championing
    Hi everyone! I go on holiday next week (very excited!) and would love to take a book with me. Do any of you have any recommendations?  o:)
  • April2018mom
    April2018mom Posts: 2,863 Championing
    edited September 2019
    Chloe_Scope said:
    Hi everyone! I go on holiday next week (very excited!) and would love to take a book with me. Do any of you have any recommendations?  o:)
    I read Once in a Lifetime yesterday! It is good. This book is about a sixteen year old girl called Flossie who experiences heartbreak and learns from it. Very funny! I give it 8/10. Recommended if you love romance. I was at the library yesterday and saw it. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/39402892-once-in-a-lifetime
  • pollyanna1052
    pollyanna1052 Online Community Member Posts: 2,015 Championing
    I ordered Billy Connolly`s biography from the library. It`s in ! Looking forward to reading about the Big Yin!
  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 10,506 Championing
    Thank you @April2018mom and @pollyanna1052!
  • April2018mom
    April2018mom Posts: 2,863 Championing
    Has anyone heard of the 50 book challenge? We should do that next year and see what happens!
     
    For more book recommendations- check out this link https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/what_were_reading/3646570-50-Book-Challenge-2019-Part-Six
    This is a long detailed list of what other people in Britain are reading. 
  • pollyanna1052
    pollyanna1052 Online Community Member Posts: 2,015 Championing
    pollyanna1052 said:
    I ordered Billy Connolly`s biography from the library. It`s in ! Looking forward to reading about the Big Yin!
    I`m now reading BILLY by his wife. it`s very good. Oh he did suffer from awful abuse......about 5 chapters in now....didnt know he was a fully fledged folk singer....more to learn
  • April2018mom
    April2018mom Posts: 2,863 Championing
    I need some children’s book recommendations! Any suggestions will be appreciated. The twins are nearly 3 now so books written for the 2-3 age bracket are preferred please. 
  • pollyanna1052
    pollyanna1052 Online Community Member Posts: 2,015 Championing
    April2018mom said:
    I need some children’s book recommendations! Any suggestions will be appreciated. The twins are nearly 3 now so books written for the 2-3 age bracket are preferred please. 
    Do you get chance to visit the library? They have a wonderful array of children`s books
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 16,671 Championing
    @April2018mom In case you haven't come across it, 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle....  children can put their fingers through the holes that the caterpillar munches through. Then there's, 'Where's Spot? by Eric Hill; the great illustrations in the early Tony Ross books, also those illustrated by Richard Scarry, 'Each Peach Pear Plum' & 'The Jolly Postman,' both by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Classics such as the Beatrix Potter books, Dr Seuss, & Michael Bond's Paddington Bear.
  • April2018mom
    April2018mom Posts: 2,863 Championing
    chiarieds said:
    @April2018mom In case you haven't come across it, 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle....  children can put their fingers through the holes that the caterpillar munches through. Then there's, 'Where's Spot? by Eric Hill; the great illustrations in the early Tony Ross books, also those illustrated by Richard Scarry, 'Each Peach Pear Plum' & 'The Jolly Postman,' both by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Classics such as the Beatrix Potter books, Dr Seuss, & Michael Bond's Paddington Bear.
    Thank you! 
  • April2018mom
    April2018mom Posts: 2,863 Championing
    What books would you recommend for a 22 year old adult? I have visited my local library and browsed at bookshops but am struggling to find something new to read. 
  • Swordfish
    Swordfish Online Community Member Posts: 53 Empowering

  • April2018mom
    April2018mom Posts: 2,863 Championing
    Swordfish said:

    Is it good?
  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 10,506 Championing
    Morning @April2018mom, what ind of books do you like to read? 
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 16,671 Championing

    Hi @April2018mom if you're after fiction, my favourite author is Robert Goddard. I'm not sure what category he would fit in, but his novels are compelling, & also well-written, with so many 'twists in the tale.' His earlier novels I consider the best. If you're after light reading, Santa Montefiore also writes well; again I would say her earlier books are better.


    Iain Pears is an author who surprised me; I enjoyed his art world mysteries, but couldn't put down 'Stone's Fall' which was so completely different. As with many authors I find some books great, & others not so good.


    If you like 'crime' novels my favourite author is Peter Robinson. I also like Simon Beckett (who writes about forensic anthropology).


    Just mentioning the authors whose books I intend reading yet again. There’s also Katherine Neville’s ‘The Eight,’ Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s ‘The Shadow of the Wind,’ C.J. Sansom’s ‘Winter in Madrid’……..to name just a few!


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