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Did you get any books for Christmas?

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MrsDavidBowie · 26/12/2013 07:21

I have a £100 Kindle voucher but ds bought me the new Bill Bryson book...can't wait to get started on that one today.

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Hormonalhell · 28/12/2013 20:45

Mad about the boy - Helen Fielding, love it!

Noggie · 28/12/2013 20:47

Got selection of ten 'winter warmer' books from the book people. Struggled to decide on which one to start with.... Ended up starting 'red dust road' by Jackie Kay and really enjoying it Grin

MrsBartlet · 28/12/2013 20:57

I got a lovely stack of books - 3 Persephone books; a Nancy Mitford novel; Letters of the Mitford Sisters; Anthony Trollope, Last Chronicle of Barset; Joanna Trollope's rewriting of Sense and Sensibility; a collection of essays by Elinor Lipman (who I love!); Laurie Lee Selected Poetry; a Robert Goddard novel; the book for the Georgians revealed exhibition at the British Library which we are going to see in January and a gorgeous coffee table book on Bath. That lot should keep me going for a while!

Jux · 28/12/2013 21:08

LadySnapcase, I had a dictionary like that and another book (can't remember what it was, it wasn't particularly good anyway). With the dictionary, my mum wrote to OED who replaced it.

QueenofClean · 28/12/2013 21:12

I got Keystone by Luke Talbot which I enjoyed...he's also a friend of mine.

And

A phone call from heaven by Mitch Albom. I love his books.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 28/12/2013 21:14

3 history books and This

Skogkatter · 28/12/2013 21:15

The Goldfinch. Brilliant book.

Also got given a selection of nice classics (six books, I won't list them as they aren't particularly exciting reads and are also staples of any classics book selection) which are quite boring imo, but they're good for a nice read before bedtime, or, for the heavier two, a read when I have a lot of time on my hands and nothing to do. They'll be very useful when in waiting rooms, I'm sure.

TurnOffTheTv · 28/12/2013 21:16

Greenbanks by Dorothy Whipple and Eat by Nigel Slater. Just need some quiet time to get stuck in!

ProfondoRosso · 28/12/2013 21:16

A lovely bunch of Stephen Kings, Shirley Jacksons and HP Lovecrafts Smile

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MrsDavidBowie · 28/12/2013 21:16

I loved The Dinner. I also have Tigers in Red Weather by my bed.

Really enjoying the Bill Bryson....a lot about transatlantic flights, but some really interesting stuff about Babe Ruth and Herbert Hoover.

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tassisssss · 28/12/2013 21:17

I am Malala

If you've not read Miranda Hart's book I really really recommend that. I have borrowed it from a pal and it's brilliant.

MaddAddam · 28/12/2013 21:23

I didn't get any books Xmas Hmm despite hinting that I wouldn't mind the whole (or any part of) the Booker prize shortlist.

I've bought myself "The Goldfinch" and the Ruth Ozeki "A tale for the time being".

CinnamonPorridge · 28/12/2013 21:32

Got a gardening manual from dh. Probably a subtle hint Grin

SarahAndFuckTheResolutions · 28/12/2013 22:17

I got Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach, which has been very good so far (just over halfway through). It's a bit of an odd one that I had been ignoring as it sounded like one of those romance books where someone dies. It's nothing like that and I'm very keen to find out what happens in the end.

I also got Dust by Hugh Howey, which I'm pleased about as I loved Wool and Shift.

The Silent Wife by ASA Harrison, which I think is a crime fiction book.

The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell, which I've had wish listed for a while.

And A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki, about someone who finds a diary washed up following a tsunami.

MrsBartlet · 29/12/2013 08:51

TurnOffTheTv - I read Greenbanks earlier in the year and enjoyed it. I got They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple after seeing it recommended on here.

bunnybing · 29/12/2013 11:40

The Luminaries
3rd vol of The Cazalet Chronicles

The Haunting of Harriet by Jennifer button
Little Girl Lost by Brian McGilloway
not started any yet - the latter 2 look to be unknown quantities.

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MrsDavidBowie · 29/12/2013 11:47

Sarah...I enjoyed Kiss Me First, also Silent Wife and The Other Typist.

Has anyone read The Luminaries yet? It's another big one.

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kikidee · 29/12/2013 18:00

I read a Tale for the Time Being earlier this year and loved it. I gave myself the Goldfinch but was also given a lot of books this Christmas by family. I can't decide whether to start the Goldfinch or The Luminaries tonight. Any views?

LCHammer · 29/12/2013 19:02

I haven't read The Luminaries yet but I'd recommend The Goldfinch.

Kasterborous · 29/12/2013 19:12

I got the new Cazalet chronicles one, the Hunger Games trilogy and a Doctor Who one.

JC74 · 29/12/2013 19:17

I got those too Noggie. I've already read The Saturday Supper Club and have a few pages left to go of Set In Stone.

snozzlemaid · 29/12/2013 19:25

Poppet by Mo Hayder.
Brilliantly scary to start. Freaked myself out reading it in bed alone, late on Christmas night.

Chopsypie · 29/12/2013 19:25

I got the bill Bryson one as a gift and also got a new kindle.

I've just finished the night circus by Erin morgensten which was amazing.

I also got the 100 year old man who climbed out of the window for 99p ad throughout enjoyed it.

Will be watching this with interest, amazon keeps recommended the goldfinch but it didn't catch my attention, but reading this thread I might give it a try.

Kasterborous · 29/12/2013 20:26

snozzlmaid I loved Poppet and it is a bit scary, I love Mo Hayder.

AnneWentworth · 30/12/2013 10:10

I got £100 book vouchers and bought myself Beowulf, The Foundation Pit, a book that answers twenty questions about Jane Austen's novels and a memoir of Agatha Christie, a Dorothy Sayers book and a Ngaio Marsh one from the second hand section of the book shop.