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nudge up for latecomers! Ann Glos

Are there any more? We vote tomorrow, don't we?? Dee x

especially for Ann :-)) Black Swan Green by David Mitchell It's a dank January in the Worcestershire village of Black Swan Green and thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor -- covert stammerer and reluctant poet -- anticipates a stultifying year in the deadest village on Earth. But Jason hasn't reckoned with a junta of bullies, simmering family discord, the Falklands War, an exotic Belgian emigre, a threatened gypsy invasion and the caprices of those mysterious entities known as girls. BLACK SWAN GREEN charts thirteen months in the black hole between childhood and adolescence, set against the sunset of an agrarian England still overshadowed by the Cold War. Wry, painful, funny and vibrant with the stuff of life, it is David Mitchell's subtlest and most captivating achievement to date. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling (as I'm sure most of us will be reading it anyway this month!!) Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry must somehow find within himself the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear or hesitation the inexorable path laid out for him. In this final, seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectactular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited. The spellbinding, richly woven narrative, which plunges, twists and turns at a breathtaking pace, confirms the author as a mistress of storytelling, whose books will be read, reread and read again. Maz. XX

Just Dawn, Kaz and Alaina to make suggestions, I have PM'd them all but not heard anything back yet. Ann Glos

No problem at all Dawn, didn't want you to miss out that's all. Ann Glos

Apologies for the late entry - had visitors! Dawn Two Little Girls In Blue - Mary Higgins Clark When The Frawleys return home from a night out, their 3 year old twins are gone. The police found the babysitter unconscious and a ransom note for $8million. Steve's global investment company puts up the ransom money but only 1 twin is recovered with a note saying that the other child was inadvertently killed. However at the girl's memorial service, her twin tells her mother that Kathy is communicating with her and wants to come home. The Hard Way - Lee Child Jack Reacher faces a case so disturbing that the truth eludes him. He has to sweat the details and work the clues. Then what started on a busy New York Street explodes 3000 miles away in the English countryside. Reacher is striding alone, armed and dangerous.

Awwwwwww Maz got in there first - I was gonna choose Harry Potter too! I will definitely be reading it - Is anyone going to queue for it at midnight? I thought there have been lots of good choices this month and many I would like to read... therefore just one from me: The First Casualty by Ben Elton A gut-wrenching historical drama set in Flanders 1917 during the third battle of Ypres. Douglas Kingsley is sent to investigate the murder of a British Officer..... as the gap between legally-sanctioned and illegal murder becomes even more blurred Kingsly quickly learns that the first casualty when war comes is truth. Sorry am late with this! Kaz :o))

Hi Ann sorry I've not been in touch, i'll have to bow out this time I'm afraid I've been going a bit mad on Ebay trying to get the books from last months suggestions so I've still got those to read yet! I currently have 7 books sat in my bedroom waiting to be read. I have only just started The Memory Keeper's daughter! If there is one book i could suggest it would be the book i have just read by Maureen Lee called Stepping Stones it is the first book she ever wrote and it is really good Alaina

In case anyone want to read a synopsis. ann Glos