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    #92
    Clare Bear
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    roccabella wrote: »
    marley & me by John grogan is a wonderful book. made me laugh loads

    Awww God did I laugh and cry my eyes out at that book! Brilliant. You have to be a dog lover to get it but if you are, even slightly it's lovely.


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    #93
    Blush_01
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    Being Elizabeth Bennet. If you like Austen, or simply want to figure out how to meet your Darcy (as an Austen character) it's a bit of fun - and a wee bit addictive.

    Far From the Maddening Crowd (Hardy) is one of my favourite books ever, as is North and South (Gaskell). The Book Thief (Marcus Zusak) has a little bit of everything while being very easy to read. Fast Food Nation is really interesting, if a bit disgusting and upsetting. Oryx and Crake, or The Penelopiad (Atwood) are very good, in addition to the ones already mentioned above. Argh, there are loads of really good books out there.


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    #94
    Oryx
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    Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

    The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

    or if you like a rude but funny read,Belle du Jour, Diary of a london callgirl.


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    SQDD
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    Some recent good books: The Time Travellers Wife, The Kite Runner, The Shadow of the Wind, The lovely bones, an old favourite would have to be Captain Corellis Mandolin and if you're looking for an epic book - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, great book.


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    #96
    missmatty
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    'Extremely loud & incredibly close' - Jonathan Safran Foer.

    It's mad but genius and brilliant! Also quite sad. He's an amazing writer...


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    panda100
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    Dizzyblonde wrote: »
    If you like historical fiction there's a great series of books set in Henry VIII's court by Phillippa Gregory.
    Don't be put off by the history bit, they're real page-turners and very light reading. They're stories about people, not historical facts.
    The first one is called The Other Boleyn Girl.

    Ive have introduced all of my friends to the other Boelyn girl and they have all LOVED it.
    Theres a great mix of history,excitment, passion,love,just everything really. Id really reccomend reading the other Boelyn girl before the film comes out :(
    http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/theotherboleyngirl/
    Am so annoyed they picked American,pouty actresses to play Anne Boleyn,one of the greatest English female characters in history!!


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    #98
    kittensoft1984
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    Man Interrupted by James Bailey.

    this is a fantastic book!

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Interrupted-Welcome-Bizarre-Enough/dp/1845960068

    seriously you should read it.


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    #99
    frizzefreckles
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    I agree with those who mentioned Jodi Picoult's My Sisters Keeper and the suggestion for Sinead Moriarty's Baby Trail - I laughed until I cried reading that one.
    Just finished reading Marshmellows for Breakfast which I couldn't put down i can't remember the authors name though.


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    #100
    Sleepy
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    WindSock wrote: »
    The time travellers wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. That was the last book I remember really enjoying.
    Great book and one which sets you apart from the 'chick lit' fans :P

    A book all women should read: 'Man & Boy' by Tony Parsons.

    And everyone should read Douglas Coupland!


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    #101
    deemy
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    The time travellers wife is a great read. It took me a few atempts to get into it a few months apart but once I did I couldn't put it down.
    If you are a dog lover than 'marley and me' by john grogan is a brilliant read. Very very easy reading but funny with a little sadness thrown in.


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    #102
    Capt'n Midnight
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    My not be your taste but try if you like fantasy or satire or comedy try Terry Prachett, lots of laugh out loud stuff and extracts urine from a lot of plot by numbers scenarios.


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    #103
    luckat
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    Most writers have themes that they return to again and again; a lot of writers are formulaic. I like Marian Keyes' books because - nine times out of ten - they make me laugh, and the stories are great, real page-turners.

    She has a new book coming out in a couple of months. http://tinyurl.com/2owm3w

    She also has a blog, which was funny for ages but seems to be going through a thin patch.


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    #104
    keevita
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    Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing, read that recently, quite enjoyed it. Witty, not your usual fluff. And I'm hooked on Tess Gerritsen books at the moment, can be pretty gorey, but really good twists and stuff.

    Just realised that kinda rhymed. Watch this space for a book of my own perhaps... :p


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    #105
    Ginny
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    deemy wrote: »
    The time travellers wife is a great read.
    Ah well was gonna say this, its a fab book, well worth a read!


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    #106
    mollybird
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    oh i so love p.s i love you. i cried and laughed so much. and did the same at the film. i also love patricia scanlan. am reading a kathy kelly book at the moment. it's ok i guess.


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    #107
    Irishshin
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    I love Patricia Scanlon, Melissa Hill, Jill Mansell, Colette Caddle, Marian Keyes.

    Just finished Melissa Hill's new book Before I Forget and I loved it, I love how she has all these twists in all her books.

    Another favourite is Dorothy Koomson, I think My Best Friends Girl was my favourite but her. But her new one Goodnight Beautiful is great too. Very sad though.

    I only read my first Sophie Kinsella recently and choose Can You Keep A Secret to start and it was so funny. I have never laughed at a book so much. I am def gonna start off on the Shopaholic series.

    Also recently discovered Paige Toon, I really loved Lucy In The Sky and Johnny Be Good although not sure on the ending of the latter.

    Anita Notora - Take A Look At Me Know was also a good one.


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    #108
    BroomBurner
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    If it hasn't been mentioned, The Book Thief is a fantastic book


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    #109
    Blush_01
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    Others I'd like to add (if they haven't been thrown into the mix already):

    The Witch of Portobello - Paulo Coelho
    The Little Friend - Donna Tartt
    Sexing the Cherry - Jeanette Winterson

    On the chick-lit end of things:

    Jemima J - Jane Green
    Anything by Marian Keyes


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    #110
    SarahJ
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    Any book by Sheila O'Flanagan really, she's a great writer, and the women are always really strong


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    #111
    F.A.
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    BroomBurner wrote: »
    If it hasn't been mentioned, The Book Thief is a fantastic book

    I second that!

    Also highly recommendable, even though not easy to read:

    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke.

    That book is...different.

    For lighter stuff, the 44, Scotland Street series by Alexander McCall Smith. Just finished the most recent one, very good!


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    #112
    Piste
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    Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a fantastic read!

    Captain Correlli's mandolin is the only book to have had me crying at the end.


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    #113
    chickenhawk
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    Haven't read any of the thread but

    The boy in the stripped pyjamas. You would swear it was actually written by an 8 year old. Brilliant.


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    #114
    bills
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    anything by jodi picoult- especially my sisters keeper.


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    #115
    bensoneb
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    Have to agree with all the posters in relation to Marian Keyes, she's really a tonic!!

    I love Lesley Pearse and would recommend her highly. My favourite books of hers are 'Never Look Back' and 'Remember Me'. She's a brilliant story teller..


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    #116
    Zaph
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    chickenhawk wrote: »
    You would swear it was actually written by an 8 year old.

    That in itself would be enough to put me off ever wanting to read it.


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    #117
    Cmol
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    Zaph wrote: »
    That in itself would be enough to put me off ever wanting to read it.

    No it really is brillaint Zaph! Cant wait to see the movie :)

    Pattie Boyds' Autobiography - Wonderful Today, is absolutely fantastic
    (She was married to George Harrison and Eric Clapton ;))

    Just finished 'Thing I want my Daughters to Know' By Elizabeth Noble and loved it... bawled my eyes out! :o


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