Well it certainly is good reading weather.  I am reading
"State of the Union" by Douglas Kennedy...so far so good.
Before that read "Forever Today" by Deborah Wearing - you may
recall seeing the tv programme about this book.
I have actually been doing more knitting than reading.  Am off
to NZ in the morning for a surprise birthday.... don't like the look of
the NZ weather reports right now - coldest weather since 1972!
Lyn.

Have just finished reading The Historian by Elizabeth Kazko,A big
book about Dracula,set in modern times and a good read.In some ways
it reminds me of the Da Vinci Code in that it is a thriller with a
spooky twist. Enjoyed the Lovely Bones as well
Jill

I am so glad someone else has enjoyed Debbie Macomber.

I have just finished elm tree quilts Circle of Quilters. I think it is the
latest one and I think I enjoyed it the most with the individual stories of
people.

I am reading one called "Saving Graces" will post the author later but am
enjoying it.
I enjoy some mystery, but love a good story line and characterizations. I am
not much for blood and guts and murder and stuff that I tend to watch on the
news, so would probably have a more gentle taste in books than some.........
but I often grab ones that have been on the New York readers list and find
some interesting ones that way.........I also tend to go along and grab the
new ones.

My find of the week last week was two new Charlotte Van Allan......look
under A.
I have not seen any new ones in our library for yonks and she really is a
favourite author of mine.
Am looking forward to hopping into bed soon to finish Saving Graces.
Glenice.
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From: Sue Lancaster

I loved the Shop on Blossom Street and A Good Yarn..
Talked to a lady in a wool shop in Ballarat...she has the books and loans
them to her costumers..
The first 3 Elm Creek Books...the library does not have No 4..
So I will keep searching the secondhand book stalls..
Debbie Macomber has become a favourite author..
Just loved most of your recommendations..
Bye and Happy reading and some stitching...from Sue in freezing Ouyen

I've just finished The Final Solution by Michael Chabon, a short novel at
125pp but not really a quick read, if you want to get the most out of it. It
concerns an elderly beekeeper who has once been a famous detective, a small
boy and a missing parrot. It really is quite delicious but with a bite, so
not your usual detective story.

Nothing else remarkable to report, just more murder mysteries. The Hound of
the Borders by Peter Tonkin, starring one of those marvellous figures of
fiction who can fight, fence, act, deduce things and still have a bit of
energy left over to woo the girl. The hero is part of the court of Elizabeth
I, though this one is set in the Borders where he grew up. His brother is
found in the branches of the great oak below Arthur's Seat, apparently dead
of fear, while around the trunk are great scores, as if something huge has
clawed the bark. Is it the Barguest, the frighteningly huge hound of the
borders? Or something more sinister? A fun read, if you can suspend
disbelief long enough. There's an earlier one set in London, which I must
seek out.

Shakespeare's Christmas, by Charlaine Harris - a rare American one, whose
heroine is a house cleaner/Girl Friday with a complicated past. The series
seems to be set in a small town called Shakespeare, but most of this one
occurs elsewhere, when she goes home to be her sister's bridesmaid and,
along with her luscious new boyfriend, becomes involved in a stolen baby
case. Bodies galore result before the right eight-year-old is identified,
but the interesting characterisation saves a fairly ordinary plot line.

The Cross Legged Knight by Candace Robb - another in her series about
one-eyed Owen Archer and his herbalist wife, set in medieval York.
Meticulously researched as usual, so the details ring true. Someone appears
to be attacking the ex-Chancellor, first in person and then by burning down
his house with a couple of people in it, and Owen is charged with keeping
him safe while identifying the culprits. Of course, things are not so
straightforward! I really like her books, though they are not as
well-written as some others.

That's it from me! Next is one of the Dangerous Davies series, which I see
is now on ABC TV. I borrowed it by chance, not having read any before, and
then realised the TV series was about the same character.

Cheers
Nola at Epping in sunny Sydney

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Hi All
Well now that Im finally settled Ive managed to read a couple of books -
both have been recommended from the group I think.
Firstly Gang of Four by Liz Byrski - an excellent book that I really
enjoyed.
THe Olive Sisters - which was not bad either.
And the latest Diana Gabaldon - Snow and Ashes I think - good but very long.
And my darling new husband has just read the Da Vinci Code and Angels and
Demons = he loved them both!!!
Hugs
Di
Hugs
Di
from the bowles/cain family who is blessed

A Good Yarn - follow up to the Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie
Macomber.  Light hearted reading that has me tempted to try knitting a
pair of socks now.

The Mitford Girls - as the blurb says "a Biography of an Extraordinary
Family".  Related to Winston Churchill but acquaintances of Hitler.

Gardens of Delight - another Erica James easy read.

Singing Bird - forgotten the author's name but really enjoyed this
easy read.

How to Murder Your Husband - Kathy Lette - jury out on this one but I
know that my husband was nervous enough to secretly read a few
chapters just in case he should really be worried.  (no handy hints so
far).

The Women's Weekly Cupcake Book - (a mothers' day present) .. on that
note I think it is time for a cuppa and a little something!

It's only fairly recently out, I think - ah, copyright 2004, but I think it
was just in time for Christmas, so not much more than a year old. I remember
it coming out because there was a lot of noise in the media over her honesty
about his drinking and the damage it did to their relationship. She says in
the book that many people didn't realise he was drinking so heavily during
the making of the Morse series, until he stopped and his personality went
back to being happy and optimistic. So I think some people were shocked to
find out about it at all, and some felt her honesty tarnished his image in
some way, on the principle of never speaking ill of the dead.

I've certainly enjoyed his work over the years, and it was interesting to
see him as a person through her eyes.

>I remember her in the Rag Trade. Anyone else remember or are you all too
>young?
It rang vague bells when she wrote about it in the book, that's all. She's a
very interesting lady in her own right.

Cheers
Nola

Thanks Nola, I will look out for The Two of Us. I like some biographies. I
have not long finished reading the biography of Carlotta. That was different
and not a bad read but I have read a lot better.
MargaretA



> I finished The Two of Us, by Sheila Hancock, the John Thaw biography,
> though
> it's really about both of them.

> one we both like, has a loft,
> read studio!
Are you sure he doesn't have it earmarked in *his* mind for a workshop?

The mobius scarf sounds interesting. Is it done on circular needles by
twisting the knitting , the way we all used to when we were learning as
children? Or as a long strip that's twisted when it's seamed?

I finished The Two of Us, by Sheila Hancock, the John Thaw biography, though
it's really about both of them. I enjoyed it much more than I expected to. I
tend not to read biography of modern people much, but this has been an
excellent exception. The diary entries from when John's cancer was diagnosed
until a year after his death are brutally honest about the pain she felt,
and they are interspersed with biography, beginning with their childhoods,
and their lives apart, including previous marriages, until the present. I
can really recommend it, even if you hated Inspector Morse or don't usually
read biography.

Cheers
Nola

Looking for somehting in Kmart to read over coffee and found these two in
the series

Unead and Unwed
Undead and Unemployed
Undead and Unappreciated
Author is Mary Janice Davidson

According to the publisher blurb on the back

...wonderful Undead series of romantic comedies answers the burning question
of what would happen if Carrie Bradshaw ever met a vampire...

Liked the first one so much I went back and picked up the second -
apparently the third is either available of coming soon - couldn't see it or
I would probably have picked it up too!

Ellen Sheerin
Computer Coordinator
Asquith Girls High School
Stokes Ave, Asquith NSW 2077
Ph: 9477 6411
Fax: 9482 2524

Hi Booklovers,

I've just finished (started yesterday afternoon!!) "Valley of the White
Gold" by Tony Parsons.  A good read if you like stories about life in
the country.  Set in the 1970s in the Mudgee area (NSW). Need to go
search out his previous titles now.

Another author in the same vein is Rachel Treasure.  I think she has
only written 2 books and I read them a while ago. They are "Jillaroo"
and "The Stockmen".

Last week I read Jennifer Chiaverini's latest - Circle of Quilters.
Rather better than her last one as it has introduced some new
characters which could develop. She was getting a bit 'same old, same
old'!!

Hugz
Bev in North Richmond
Save the earth - it's the only planet with chocolate!

> I also loved the Doc Martin series - my 85 year old mum loved it also,
> because he was cranky...
>
I too am a Doc Martin fan

My latest fiction reading has been

Star Sullivan - Maeve Binchy
The Quilter's Daughter - Wanda E Brunsetter) Both quilt related
Wedding Ring -Emilie Richards                     )
The Constant Princess - Phillipa Gregory
OnOff - Colleen McCulloch (I am a big fan of hers)
Village Feud - Rebecca Shaw

I am also reading The Prester Quest - Nicholas Jubber and God's Secret
Agents - Alice Hogg both of which are non fiction

Timothe Mansfield
Kapiti Coast NZ
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> I am currently reading a book by Barbara Hambly - A Free Man of Colour.
I can really recommend this series! I have read them all to date and am
impatiently awaiting the next. I have even bought some of them, as I've seen
them in shops, and I have an active policy of not buying books unless I am
sure I want to reread them.

Speaking of which, I bought Tim Moore's Do No Pass Go in a sale last week. I
read it form the library a while back and really enjoyed it. Moore decides
to follow the Monopoly board around London, and he starts out by throwing
dice (or getting innocent passers-by to throw them), to decide where to go
next. It's a fascinating mix of history and contemporary "travel" with some
very funny bits thrown in. Definitely one to come back to, later.

Cheers
Nola

What on earth is this silly message about..........is Yahoo playing games.
??
  You are a member of that group........did you send this, or did it just
come through.
I am sending it to you in case you did not send it or see it.
Am up with cramp..........bugga
Had spa with epson salts.  Maybe I have to drink them.........hopefully it
will abate soon.
hugs
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Just finished Kate Lette's new book "How to Kill Your Husband"   While I
was in Sydney, DH had to go and collect my books, and the girls gave him
a hard time over this one, also that he had to cough up $3 because it
was "on request"  I enjoyed it and had a good laugh, recognized myself
and everybody's husband in this one.  He is brining Jodie Picoult's
"10th Circle" home unless he forgets...better not!!