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Maeve Binchy books always have a million characters too! i see the similarity :) hope you are enjoying husbands secret now !

although having read again what you wrote.....yes, Cecelias mum does share a job with Rachel in the school office and yes, Tess 's Mum i friends with Rachael :)

Carol wrote: "Hi! Carol from South Wales here thoroughly enjoying my new Kindle Fire. I'm a big Jodi Piccoult fan but read mostly anything and have just started reading The Physics of the Dead by Luke Smitherd. ..."

Happy New Year Carol! welcome to our group :)

i was exactly like this Terry!! Confused at the start but stick with it because it all comes together brilliantly!
Don't want to give too m,uch away but they are all completely seperate families at the start :
- Cecelia and her Husband John Paul have 3 daughters and live in Sydney - John Paul has written the letter to Cecellia.

Tess lives in Melbourne with her Husband Will and they run a business with her cousin Felicity.

and then there is Rachel who works in the school office in Sydney.

i hope you can stick with it because i really enjoyed it in the end - and just so you know she opens the letter about half way through!! :)

so good !! I love his voice.. I often have this on late at night when I'm reading in bed ...bliss :)

I started last night... not good for late night reading! :)

my new years resolution..see The Killers live!!!

and love The Fray :)

love this song! :) always gets me dancing while I'm doing my housework!

well...I finished last night.
I did find this book hard at the start...I think the introducing of the 3 main characters and then all those connected to them made it hard to follow, but then about half way through I started to see how everything was coming together and then the build up to the climax...and what a brilliant ending!
Really enjoyed it :)

Brian wrote: "thank you for the invite Kate. hope everyone had a great holiday season. I'm Brian, from New York. I enjoy reading classics, historical fiction, nonfiction, shakespeare plays, and others."

hi Brian :) I've never read a Shakespeare ..just seen them acted.... a pretty challenging read i would have thought! I have visited his grave though :).they are Shakespeare crazy in Stratford!

LouiseH wrote: "Hi,

New member here. Just found the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ app on my Kindle Fire (what can I say, I'm a bit hopeless with apps) and decided to create an account.

Still getting the hang of navigating around t..."

hello Louise :) great to have New members!!

Terry wrote: "Hi Kate!
I just received the book yesterday and would start reading tonight, but the 1st episode of the 4th season of "Downton Abbey" is starting in 1/2 hour! I can hardly wait!!
Do you follow thi..."

i love a bit of Downton :)

I'm half way through Husbands secret now and really enjoying it!

mmmm...I'm not sure about this one - finding it quite terrible actually which is very disappointing as I loved one of her other books.

Terry wrote: "Happy New Year!

Just ordered this book and I should have it by Friday.

I also downloaded the book discussion outline for "The Husband's Secret" on my kindle app - that should be interesting!"

Happy New Year Terry :) Hope you had a great Christmas and it's not too cold over there in NY!

I started this over Christmas but had to read in short bursts as so busy so found it difficult to get into!
Today I am finally sitting down for a proper long reading session...the rain is pouring down so a perfect day for reading :)
Have you started it yet? I will also check out the book discussion on my kindle - never looked at that before.

Has anyone read the new Bridget Jones book? Mad About the Boy I love Bridget but haven't managed to read this yet!

Craig wrote: "Whoops just added that to the wrong thread.. Sorry!"

That's ok :) have as relaxing a Christmas as you can with 2 year old twins! And happy reading!

I love a good love story

‘I miss him with every breath and heartbeat. He should have been my happy ending. Instead, he is the sad beginning to my story.� Olivia and Luca Felicone had known each other nearly all their lives, but when they fell in love as teenagers and eloped to London, they broke the hearts of those closest to them. Luca’s parents run Marinella’s restaurant, the colourful hub of life in the otherwise bleak north-eastern seaside town of Watersford, and his mother, Angela, has never forgiven Olivia for causing such a rift in her beloved family. On a freezing January night Olivia’s life is shattered when she learns that Luca has been killed in a car accident on the M1. She is left with nothing, and after suffering from weeks of overwhelming grief, she abandons her job and returns North to where Luca has been buried in Watersford, just to be close to him � even though she knows she will not be welcome at Marinella’s. Olivia’s chance meeting with Luca’s married twin brother, Marc, leads to the realization that he is experiencing a loss almost as painful as her own. Their desolation draws them into an affair which both know has no future, but fills the space where Luca should be. It is a course of action that can only spiral out of control, and when it does, the consequences are both explosive and cruel. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE is a beautiful novel that portrays both the innocence of childhood, and the dynamics of love and loss with deftness and sensitivity. It is, above all, a stunning debut from an author with a unique and natural narrative voice.

How is everybody's Christmas preparation going? I love Christmas - 2 weeks off work for me and lots of opportunities to curl up with a book - and lots of yummy food!! :)