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Hello all.
What do you think about doing an online book club again? I did enjoy our go at it last yr.
For any newbies basically we pick a title from a given selection and you get a month to read it. you can discuss it as you go (as long as the plot isnt spoilt) and at the end you reflect on it and write a little post about it. If you are dead keen you can always read all 3!
What do you think?
These are this months titles- which one would you like to choose?
"Twenties Girl" by Sophie Kinsella
Synopsis-
Lara has always had an overactive imagination. Now she wonders if she is losing her mind. Normal twenty-something girls just don't get visited by ghosts! But inexplicably, the spirit of Lara's great aunt Sadie - in the form of a bold, demanding Charleston-dancing girl - has appeared to make one last request: Lara must track down a missing necklace Sadie simply can't rest without. Lara's got enough problems of her own. Her start-up company is floundering, her best friend and business partner has run off to Goa, and she's just been dumped by the love of her life. But as Lara spends time with Sadie, life becomes more glamorous and their treasure hunt turns into something intriguing and romantic. Could Sadie's ghost be the answer to Lara's problems and can two girls from different times end up learning something special from each other?
"Tea Time for the Traditionally Built: The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency"
Synopsis-
It is a troublesome fact on which even Mma Ramotswe and her assistant Mma Makutsi agree: there are things that men know and ladies do not, and vice versa. It is unfortunate, for example, when Mma Ramotswe's newest client is the big-shot owner of the ailing Kalahari Swoopers, that one thing lady detectives know very little about is football. And when the glamorous Violet Sephotho sets her sights on Mma Makutsi's unsuspecting fiance, it becomes exasperatingly clear that some men do not know how to recognise a ruthless Jezebel even when she is bouncing up and down on the best bed in the Double Comfort Furniture Shop. In her attempt to foster understanding between the sexes and find the traitor on Mr Football's team, Mma Ramotswe ventures into new territory, drinks tea in unfamiliar kitchens and learns to trust in the observational powers of small boys. And, as wise and warm-hearted as his heroine, Alexander McCall Smith reminds us that we must dig deep to uncover the goodness of the human heart.
There is another one I cant recall the title- but will get back to you!
Jenni xxhow to be a velvet bulldoser
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Hi Jenni
Think it's a great idea. I was wondering what had happened to the book club, but knew you had enough on your plate and didn't think anyone else would want to take on the task!
Anthea x
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Jenni, sounds good, love to have a go. Let us know when it gets up and running x BARBARA
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Good idea Jenni.
I read the last two......enjoyed "American Wife" but wasn't too keen on "the Suspicions of Mr Whicher".
Doreen xx
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Sounds brilliant Jenni; I really enjoy a good book  Lyn x
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Oh I am pleased you think it is a good idea
This is the 3rd option
"return to sender" by Zoe Barnes
The double christening of her sisters' two kids gets Holly Bennett thinking. She would seriously love to have a baby one day, but for the first time in ages being adopted has become a stumbling block for her. Does she want to start a family of her own when she doesn't even know who she really is or where she's come from? With an on-off boyfriend who she's swiftly falling out of lust with, Holly decides to move back to her home town to be near her adoptive family. Who knows, it may be the change she needs to get her life back on track - and the place to be if she wants to begin tracing her roots. But these roots prove trickier to trace than Holly has expected. That is, until she hires her own oh-so-sexy private investigator to take charge...
A light hearted, easy read with a nice bit of hunky man thrown in for good measure!
Have a think on which one you would like
Jenni xxhow to be a velvet bulldoser
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That sounds good, i could do with losing myself in a good book. I've not read one since last year! dawnybee
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Sounds good!!! I love reading.
Deb x
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I loved "American Wife", absolutely brilliant. However, I now have 6 books piled up (pressies from various odds and s***) still to read - Andrew Marr "History of Modern Britain", Chistopher Reid "A Scattering", Herta Muller "The Passport", Audrey Niffenegger "Time Traveller's Wife" and Jeffrey Archer's re-written "Caine & Abel" so I guess I'll be back with you when I've got through all this stuff!
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Ooh, Jean, I have just picked up a copy of the time travellers wife!!!
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I read it a few years ago before it bacame really popular - it's fascinating.
Julie
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I thought about having a go at "Twenties girl" first, I have got the time travellers wife somewhere too....
which one would you like to have a go at?
Jenni xhow to be a velvet bulldoser
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Hi Jenni "Twenties Girl" sounds like a good starting point Jenni. I've just finished a book so am all set to start a new one! Lyn x
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Sounds like a great idea! As a South African I think I'll go for the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency ... I recognise all the places in Botswana so beautifully descibed. Supposed to be studying though so I'll have to sneak it in Joanna
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Twenties girl gets my vote
Clare x
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"Twenties Girl" gets my vote as well, although I have mixed opinions about Sophie Kinsella, but I'm willing to give her another go Anthea
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