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inspire me, I Desperately need good book to read., no horror, something fairly recent.....................

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katierocket · 11/07/2005 22:10

Really want a good read but need inspiring. Hate horror, don't want anything really intellectual. here are some of my favourite books in no particular order to give idea of what I like.

Secret History
Wild Swans
Memoirs of a Geisha
Anything by Donna Leon
Pursuit of Happiness
Perfume
Wuthering Heights
Driving over lemons
Crow Road
The Beach
I don't know how she does it
anything by Marian Keyes

help please, otherwise I will be forced to try and finish sh*te cecelia ahern book 'where rainbows end' which is making me want to bite someone.

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spacedonkey · 12/07/2005 19:12

ks, get hold of A Pedant in the Kitchen

sorry to nag but you'll love it

MrsGordonRamsay · 12/07/2005 19:12

Was he a painter Tamum ??

fishfinger · 12/07/2005 19:12

am ploughing through MAo at the moment

thought the time travelelrs wife was shitey

fishfinger · 12/07/2005 19:13

a pendant light fitting?
arf!

ks · 12/07/2005 19:13

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tamum · 12/07/2005 19:13

ks, have you read Emma Brown? I recommended it earlier- not as good, but quite Wilkie Collins-like, so maybea good one for you?

I love E.J. Thribb, no idea he was still going

(Sorry katierocket, will shut up now)

tamum · 12/07/2005 19:14

No, a poet, MrsGR. That narrows it down a bit...

ks · 12/07/2005 19:14

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MrsGordonRamsay · 12/07/2005 19:14

Was he a painter Tamum ??

MrsGordonRamsay · 12/07/2005 19:14

oops patience

spacedonkey · 12/07/2005 19:15

Julian Barnes

it's a must-read for all pedants

tamum · 12/07/2005 19:15

You could type it in capitals, next time

MrsGordonRamsay · 12/07/2005 19:16

So a poet and then a painter

ROFL

This girl is a cliche

MrsGordonRamsay · 12/07/2005 19:17

I could just idly post her Biog with the relevant names in bold

That way you would be absolved

ks · 12/07/2005 19:17

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tamum · 12/07/2005 19:19

If you search for the word poet here that should tell you all you need to know

tamum · 12/07/2005 19:20

What do you want with a coyp anyway, ks? Actually, I have bought a few second hand books on there and they've been pretty well-described. I think the feedback system works fairly well.

MrsGordonRamsay · 12/07/2005 19:20

I had done, that is why I was offering to absolve your conscience

tamum · 12/07/2005 19:21

How kind

MrsGordonRamsay · 12/07/2005 19:22

Nicely worded

Note it doesn't say she is living husband number 4

She now (2005) lives in Amsterdam with her present husband (she divorced from Robbie Duff Scott). He was no 3.

OH thank you for this thread I am PMSL

ks · 12/07/2005 19:23

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MrsGordonRamsay · 12/07/2005 19:27

KS

Lisa has been through men like the rest of us go through wine..........

Read the link, I just thought it was the funniest thing.

tamum · 12/07/2005 19:31

Ah, but he was married to my boss, wasn't he, so she could indeed have been a painter and decorator (or a plumber, I get mixed up sometimes)

ks · 12/07/2005 19:41

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MrsGordonRamsay · 12/07/2005 19:44

I will shut up so