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Bec's Reading Log

Keep track of what you read in 2012. One thread per member, please.
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SonjaMarie
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Post by SonjaMarie » Fri September 21st, 2012, 2:30 am

[quote=""Madeleine""]The TV version of "Mr Whicher" was actually pretty good, so it might be worth catching. I remember wishing that the book was more like the TV version![/quote]

I'm hoping this will be on DVD available through Netflix some day.

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Post by rebecca » Sat September 22nd, 2012, 1:56 am

[quote=""Madeleine""]The TV version of "Mr Whicher" was actually pretty good, so it might be worth catching. I remember wishing that the book was more like the TV version![/quote]

I didn't really watch it because I'm not particularly interested in crime thrillers...The only crime show I did watch was Prime Suspect but then again Helen Mirren was simply brilliant....I do remember buying DVD's of another Victorian crime show for my late father it was ummm 'Garrows Law?' Something like that, he really enjoyed them.

SM- I just wondered if your local library perhaps lends out DVD's of popular TV shows? Just a thought.

Bec :) PS: I'm also a fan of Silk :D A really good show.

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Post by SonjaMarie » Sat September 22nd, 2012, 2:14 am

[quote=""rebecca""]
SM- I just wondered if your local library perhaps lends out DVD's of popular TV shows? Just a thought.
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On Vashon, are you kidding?! HAHHAHA! Seriously, no, not an option, that wouldn't be the kind of DVD they'd get.

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Post by rebecca » Sun September 23rd, 2012, 3:55 am

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]On Vashon, are you kidding?! HAHHAHA! Seriously, no, not an option, that wouldn't be the kind of DVD they'd get.

SM[/quote]

I live in a small town and one of the reasons I love Amazon is because I can buy stuff there which isn't available here. But it is getting better as business communities learn in order for them to keep in the race they have to lift their game.

Good luck.

Bec :)

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Post by rebecca » Sat December 8th, 2012, 2:02 am

Berlin at War by Roger Moorhouse 4/5 A good non fiction read

The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau 4/5 A solid enjoyable read.

We Have Always lived In the Castle by Shirley Jackson 4/5

The Book Thief by Markus Zasak 0/5 I hated it!

Missing You by Louise Douglas 3/5 Readable

The Love of My Life "" "" 3/5 Readable

The Lion, the Lamb, the Hunted: A Psychological Thriller [Kindle Edition] 3/5
I figured out the end before I finished it.

Miss Moseley the Matchmaker [Kindle Edition] 3/5 Readable

To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn [Kindle Edition] 3/5 Readable

A Train in Winter by Caroline Moorehead 5/5 Harrowing read N/F

The Second Last Woman in England by Maggie Joel 5/5 Excellent read.

The Casual Vacancy by J.K Rowling DNF

Wicked By Gregory Maguire DNF-A few bricks short of the yellow brick road for me. :p

After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell 2/5> I wonder if this is simply not one of her better novels? :confused:

Poets Cottage By Josephine Pennicot 4/5

The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes 4/5 A Good read

I will probably be able to finish Me Before You...But it depends on just when we will be moving house. Hopefully before Christmas!! :eek:

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