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isw · 19/09/2012 23:25

Hi, DD is about to go into hospital for a week. I need some nice easy reading for my kindle, mauve binchy type things but I have read all them. Something I can dip in and out of but with no nasty surprises. Kind of fluffy but well written.
Thanks

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CandiceMariePratt · 20/09/2012 00:31

I'm halfway through The woman who went to bed for a year by Sue Townsend, is very easy reading

elkiedee · 20/09/2012 02:31

Have you read Cathy Kelly?

elkiedee · 20/09/2012 02:34

The Choc Lit sells most of its books for £1.99 for Kindle, and Sue Moorcroft's All That Mullarkey is currently free.

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DuchessofMalfi · 20/09/2012 07:54

Katie Fforde - lovely feel-good romances.

highlandcoo · 20/09/2012 08:58

If you like getting into a set of books by the same author, try Adriana Trigiani's Big Stone Gap series - very readable and quite absorbing.

And Elizabeth Jane Howard's Cazalet Chronicles are excellent. I've read them several times.

Hope all goes well for your DD.

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elspethmcgillicuddy · 20/09/2012 12:28

Another vote for adriana trigiani. It's like a cup of hot chocolate then a hug in a book! Very feel good.

isw · 20/09/2012 16:55

Thanks! Have read the Sue Townsend one. Think I have read most if Cathy Jelly but will have a look at her new one. Will have a look at the others tonight. Loved ya ya and fried green.
Keep em coming ;)

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isw · 20/09/2012 16:57

Nannie diaries -does it mention kids and "normal" life ?

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isw · 20/09/2012 16:59

Which Trigians should I start with?

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DuchessofMalfi · 20/09/2012 17:23

The Book of Summers - Emylia Hall. I read it recently. An easy read, but not an altogether happy ending - more of a hopeful ending.

notnowImreading · 20/09/2012 17:26

Another vote for the Cazalet books - very short chapters so great for picking up and putting down. The first one is 'The Light Years' and is set in the 30s.

Mellower · 20/09/2012 17:29

Shopaholics are very funny and lighthearted! I like Katie Fforde too, havent read any of them for a while! Might see if there are any new ones.

How old is she? If you don't mind me asking.

isw · 20/09/2012 17:33

Noooo big stone gap not on kindle :(
Don't think will be able to handle nanny diaries.
Read all shopaholic books
Just downloading The Light Years and book of summers

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BillyBollyBandy · 20/09/2012 18:12

Any Marian Keyes
Any Philippa Gregory
Have you read the "Call the Midwife" series?

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littlemefi · 20/09/2012 18:20

I love any chick lit, can recommend Sheila Flanaghan and Patricia Scanlan as well as Sophie Kinsella, the shopaholics author. All fairly lighthearted and frothy!

isw · 20/09/2012 20:02

Sorry Mellower she is 4.5
Hmmm Katie Fforde looks a bit too easy, not enough to loose yourself in iykwim.
Think I have read all Marian Keyes. Call the midwives sounds a def no, cant handle "gritty" medical based stuff. Think I have also read all flanagan, scanlan and kinsella!

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HoleyCow · 20/09/2012 20:06

You must get the Kate Morton books - Forgotten Garden, House at Riverton and The Distant Hours. All excellent and on Kindle special now on Amazon. Good luck in hospital.

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