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"my cousin rahcel" readers

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FluffyMummy123 · 06/06/2007 10:05

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ahundredtimes · 06/06/2007 13:02

Is okay. Is allowed

bundle · 06/06/2007 13:01

sorry hundred

ahundredtimes · 06/06/2007 13:00

Bundle too? What's the matter with you all? Am shocked.

ahundredtimes · 06/06/2007 13:00

Grumpy - really? Oh dear. Is dark, I suppose.

bundle · 06/06/2007 12:58

ditto re: losing will to live re: Bad Blood

started Little Friend when pg with dd2, not a good idea, left it after only few pages

may try again (did with To Be Loved, by Siri Hustvedt and it WAS worth it, that was a great book)

JoolsToo · 06/06/2007 12:58

OMG! Valley of the Dolls - that takes me baaaaaaaaaaaack

I loved it, oh and Peyton Place!

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FluffyMummy123 · 06/06/2007 12:56

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GrumpyOldHorsewoman · 06/06/2007 12:54

My sister bought me Bad Blood.

I lost the will to live about halfway through.

ahundredtimes · 06/06/2007 12:48

Enid, NO is not Dave P type thing. Oh no. Is very literary memoir about Lorna Sage who grew up to be Angela Carter's best friend and academic powerhouse dontcha know. Is funny and odd and tender and strange.
Kitsch 70s books? Okay, will have a think.

Boco · 06/06/2007 12:15

So Cod, what do you think - did Rachel do it? I loved the book but can't cope with uncertain endings. Rebecca is great too - makes you want to motor to London with a travel rug on your lap.

Like Donna Tartt - little friend was good, long and meandering but enjoyed it.

Enid · 06/06/2007 12:08

oh I liked teh Little friend

sorted out all my books at the weekend and am having craving for 70s/60s kitsch like Valley of the Dolls and James Bond

Enid · 06/06/2007 12:07

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its not like dave peltzer is it? or flowers in the attic?

I think I think it is which is why I have never bought it

ahundredtimes · 06/06/2007 11:36

Enid - oh no no no, have never read any of those Is wonderful. Is memoir, but good.

Zog · 06/06/2007 11:35

Thanks BBB

BishyBarneyBee · 06/06/2007 11:35

taht's it - was shit - gave up halfway but could of been me being intolerant. Took her long enough to write - maybe living up to secret history was too much.

JoolsToo · 06/06/2007 11:32

The Little Friend?

that was dd's critique also

BishyBarneyBee · 06/06/2007 11:31

donna tart secret history was god but did not liek the new one.

BishyBarneyBee · 06/06/2007 11:30

restless good

rebecca good

am reading 'villa in italy' for book group. 'tis boring and shit.

JoolsToo · 06/06/2007 11:30

Bad Blood www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Blood-Memoir-Lorna-Sage/dp/1841150436/ref=pd_bowtega_2/026-0540868-0041262?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181125753&sr=1-2

there is a Bad Blood by Linda Farnstein - maybe that is the unworthy one?

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FluffyMummy123 · 06/06/2007 11:27

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Enid · 06/06/2007 11:26

Bad Blood

is it not a family suffering/chick lit monstrostity??

JoolsToo · 06/06/2007 11:26

just read the synopsis on Amazon - it has good reviews but the storyline doesn't grab me

Zog · 06/06/2007 11:23

I haven't read any DDM and want to pick one for my Book Club - which would you recommend?

JoolsToo · 06/06/2007 11:18

donna is another on me shelf - dd's cast off

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FluffyMummy123 · 06/06/2007 11:17

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