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Hello

How are you?  Have you had a good week?

Having not really read anything much for a while I've had a really good week where I've been buried deep in some good books. I've finished Marian Keyes' new one "This Charming Man". It took me a little while to get into - I think because I was only reading it in 10 minute chunks - but once I got going it really lived up to the author's usual standard. I like Marian Keyes' books, mainly because the characters are well- rounded and easy to identify with, and whilst being very funny they also contain a lot of quite serious and emotional issues. I'd thoroughly recommend it to you.

I've also just read Kate Morton's "The Forgotten Garden" (it won Richard and Judy's Summer Read in 2007).  In a similar way to the Marian Keyes book which flitted between the stories of the 4 key characters, this switches between three eras and the three characters, Eliza, Nell and Cassandra.  Although I have to confess to having partially guessed the twist at the end there were still other bits that I didn't see coming and it was fairly un-put-downable!

Anyhow, I've now moved on to "The Accidental Time-Traveller" by Sharon Griffiths. It's billed as appealing to fans of Life on Mars etc and whilst I'm not totally convinced of that so far (the characters seem a little flat - although maybe I've just not got into it yet) it does seem to be quite an interesting concept.  I'll let you know what I think when I finish it.

In the meantime, don't forget to keep telling us about what you're reading - either on the discussion boards or by sending a review.

Happy reading - until next time

Suzanne