I'm currently reading FLAGS of OUR FATHERS by James Bradley. It's the story of the flag raising on the island of Iwo Jima during WW2 by the US Marines. It has been considered the bloodiest battle of the entire war in the Pacific. James Bradley is the son of one of the five flag raisers. His father was a Marine Corpsman - a Navy personnel medic assigned to the Marines. A movie has been made from the story in the book.
Have just finished reading Fen by Freya North and Random acts of heroic love by Danny Scheinmann Usually read James Patterson ,Jeffery Deaver,Patricia Cornwell...also love thr rebus books
Live life to the full, you only get one chance so make it count
dont be to happy coz someone sure to shoot you down
Another Margaret Forster, I love her work.
'Rich Desserts and Captain's Thin' the story of a Quaker Biscuit manufacturer ! ( Carr's Cracker anyone ? )
More social history and true lives ! I love it .
Trinkie
ps Tuesday with Morrie - another great little book !
Ian Rankin 'Black and Blue.' It's my second Rebus of the year.
cape locum et fac vestigium
Once the original Grumpy Owld Man but alas no more
THUD - Terry Pratchett. Also rediscovered James Herriot recently.
The Bruce Trilogy by Nigel Tranter absolutely fantastic, just finished it and wish I had read it years ago.
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Im reading a cook book called "in a cajun kitchen".
Although it is a cook book, it also has lots of the authors family stories from way back in Louisiana, so it covers a time and place i just love.
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St Kilda by Charles Maclean
South with Endurance - Shackeltons Antarctic Expedition 1914 - 17 .
With photographs by Frank Hurley. The definitive record. Various contributors. A big book full of amazing photographs and selfless heroism.
“The junior’s encyclopaedia of computing”.
It’s the only one of its kind I could find which had pictures.
Who's phenomenal? ...I am!
I'm reading, Camp 165 Watten by Valerie Campbell
I have the final "Rebus" book on the coffee table...can't bring myself to pick it up as I don't want to get to the end. Also have "Rhett Butlers' People" to start.
I am currently reading, American Prometheus, The triumph and tragedy of J.Robert Oppenheimer.
just finished reading 'my lovely bones' it made me cry!
we should start a book swap club.
I've just had a month where I was non stop reading (I used to read alot but dont usually read so much now), managed to get through quite a few.
How to Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints) by Kathy Lette, it was absolutely brilliant, and completely unpredictable. pretty good for a book I picked at random in an offer at Tesco. Would recommend it to anyone.
Also just finished reading the Flowers In The Attic series by Virginia Andrews. I think I was reading each book in a day and a half, and with trying to fit that in around college, I think that's a pretty good acheivement. I've already told my friends about it, and one of them wanted to borrow them. It's just a shame I lent them to her because now I want to read them all again!
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