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Help - which of these bought but unread/un-got-into books should I make the effort with?

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BalloonSlayer · 09/12/2010 13:02

I have been enjoying lots of books lately but am now a bit stuck. Don't want to buy anything new so I thought I ought to read some of the books I have bought but not got into (or even opened) over the past few years:

Can anyone recommend any of these:

I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World - Francis Wheen
A Tale of Two Cities - Dickens
Dear Fatty - Dawn French
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
The First Casualty - Ben Elton
Eleanor of Aquitane - Alison Weir

I am happy to try to do the same for anyone else if I have read anything on their "meh" pile.

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BitOfFun · 09/12/2010 13:11

Mumbo Jumbo is excellent.

kreecherlivesupstairs · 09/12/2010 13:09

I've read and enjoyed Dear Fatty and the first casualty. I read angels and demons, can't say I enjoyed it.
Put them in a circle on the table and spin a pencil to decide?

Poledra · 09/12/2010 13:08

I really enjoyed Eleanor of Aquitane - I like Alison Weir's writing, and I am very interested in mediaeval history, so it was a shoo-in for me Grin

Of the others on your pile, I have only read a Tale of two Cities, and I have to admit I am not a great admirer of Dickens - find him really hard to get into.