What Are We Reading In February?

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What Are We Reading In February?

Postby Ally » 01 Feb 2016, 07:43

I'm reading Don't Wake me at Doyle's by Maura Murphy.
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Re: What Are We Reading In February?

Postby Kaz » 01 Feb 2016, 14:11

Mick bought me an Alison Weir historical biog of Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII's mother. I'm about 40 pages in, it's a long one and quite wordy so I'll be dipping in and out :)
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Re: What Are We Reading In February?

Postby Aggers » 02 Feb 2016, 21:19

I am now re-reading a reference book I bought about 20 years ago,
called Brewer's Concise Dictionary of Phrase & Fable.

It is the most fascinating reference book I have ever come across.
I can open it at any page at random and find the most interesting items.
It's so much more than a dictionary, and contains a wealth of information.

Thoroughly recommended.
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Re: What Are We Reading In February?

Postby Diflower » 02 Feb 2016, 22:54

Aggers wrote:I am now re-reading a reference book I bought about 20 years ago,
called Brewer's Concise Dictionary of Phrase & Fable.

It is the most fascinating reference book I have ever come across.
I can open it at any page at random and find the most interesting items.
It's so much more than a dictionary, and contains a wealth of information.

Thoroughly recommended.


Had it for years :)
I love words :D
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Re: What Are We Reading In February?

Postby Aggers » 18 Feb 2016, 22:48

I recently bought The Complete Works Of Thomas Hardy for my Kindle.

I read one or two of his books years ago, and really enjoyed them, as they
are so descriptive of life back in the nineteenth century, and his use of the
language is so good. Darned good value for money - not much dearer than
a Sunday newspaper.
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Re: What Are We Reading In February?

Postby Kaz » 19 Feb 2016, 08:39

Aggers I love Thomas Hardy! Enjoy reading them again :D xx

The classics can be had very reasonably on Kindle, I got the whole works of Dickens for 99p!!!!
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