Books you've read only because you found them in a holiday cottage.

[SwedishEdith]

Currently reading Nicci Gerrard's 'A Winter House' - hate all the characters but feel compelled to finish it.

Just remembered that I read a David Baddiel one once and cannot remember anything about it at all.

[Tangoandcreditcards]

*sometimes wonder

[Tangoandcreditcards]

I'm afraid I didn't read it but I came across one in a cottage in Norfolk called "You Can't Fax Flowers".

I still sometimes if the story had stood the test of time...

[featherandblack]

Round Ireland with a Fridge. Spent the holiday in a corner weeping with laughter.

[IndigoApple]

The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams. I loved it.

[Givemecoffeeplease]

There is a sequel to The Moon's A Balloon. Bring On The Empty Horses. My gift to you, fellow Niven fans.

[LittleRed28]

Pure Evil, a book about Tracie Andrews by the mother of the man she murdered (road rage liar case back in the 90s). I couldn't put it down, despite it being the worst book I have ever read. This was in a holiday home in Spain, I felt like putting it in the swimming pool to save anyone else from reading it!

[GoblinLittleOwl]

Fanny by Gaslight.(it was a long time ago.)

[holdonaminute]

Another vote for David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon. Not my usual genre at all but i found it really interesting.

[YonicScrewdriver]

And read a few pages of a Jodi Picoult someone had left!

[YonicScrewdriver]

I can't wait for the next outlander book. Reread the whole series on holiday.

[YonicScrewdriver]

Cross stitch is more likely to be known as Outlander after the TV series.

It's perfectly ok to take a book home if you leave another one...isn't it?

[hackmum]

OsloGin: "I may have to look at some of Cartland's oeuvre in the library."

I think one will be enough to give you the gist.

[MiddleAgeMiddleEngland]

tictactoad I was exactly the same! In the cottage we used to rent as a child in cornwall there was a glass-fronted bookcase with a whole shelf of Readers Digests. Bliss. I used to look forward to them each year and even wish for a rainy day I can still remember some of the stories/articles in them.

[PerspicaciaTick]

I spent one summer holiday as a teen in a villa in Portugal. I read 27 Mills and Boon, 3 or 4 books most days. Figured I'd get it out of the way in one sitting.

[IAmLynetteScavo]

I first read "The Other Boleyn Girl" on holiday as a teen after finding it there. It began a lifelong love and I now am lucky enough to have the new Philippa Gregory book arrive on release day every year

[SanityClause]

Ha! That was the first one of hers I read, as well.

I agree you should swap it for some crappy chick lit, so you have time to read it.

[tictactoad]

Not books but I got totally hooked on ancient Readers Digest magazines when I was about eight or nine. Fascinating stuff

[OsloGin]

That's really funny hackmum. I may have to look at some of Cartland's oeuvre in the library.

[DopeyDawg]

Thank you Charlieboo30

I thought it was intelligent and well researched and the time travelling bit was very thoughtfully done.

I shall go to the Library forthwith

[SwedishEdith]

It's 'The Road Home' - I think I'm going to "borrow" it as I won't finish it. I'll leave one in its place.

[hackmum]

Oslo - I remember my late aunt saying that with Cartland, you got "stars, not spice", meaning that if something sexy was about to happen, she'd just place a row of asterisks.

My mum used to read them - they were all exactly the same.

Amusing to read about David Niven - that book must have been around for donkeys' years but I've never read it. Maybe it's time to give it a go.

[Twodogsandahooch]

Madeleine by Kate McCann. Not a literary finest or a particularly cheerful holiday read.

[SanityClause]

I love Rose Tremaine! Which one is it?

I read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in a holiday villa in Greece, once. It was okay, but not really my thang.

[WiIdfire]

I read 'The Hot Zone' in a holiday cottage in about 1997. Wouldnt normally choose non-fiction but this was all there was. A fascinating book about the ebola epidemic in Africa. Really interesting detail about the disease etc - was thinking about it just recently when the current epidemic started.

[PeteCampbellsRecedingHairline]

The Secret History when I was abroad in my late teens. I kept it.

It's one of my favourite books, I don't know if I would have read it if I hadn't randomly found it on holiday.