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Post by Marian on Dec 2, 2005 15:02:46 GMT
Out of Cathy Kelly, Marian Keyes and Maeve Binchy which book is your favourite and why?
Cathy Kelly - Someone Like You and Best of Friends.
Reasons for the first were that I strongly identified with the characters and the second was just so heartbreaking.
Marian Keyes - Sushi for Beginners and her latest (can't for the life of me remember the title) love all her books but these two stick in my mind
Maeve Binchy - Tara Road, Scarlett Feather and Quentins just so well written and she really sucks you into the scenes.
Lets hear it from you gals!
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Post by claire on Dec 2, 2005 15:18:21 GMT
For me.....
Maeve Binchy - Circle of Friends. It the first book I'd read written by her and I loved every minute of it, way better than the film. I also loved The Copper Beach and Evening Class.
Marian Keyes - Rachels Holiday,it was just so hilarious.I've enjoyed all her books though.
Cathy Kelly I find this one a little harder. I think What She wants comes to mind first and Someone Like You
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Post by Marian on Dec 2, 2005 15:21:15 GMT
The Cathy Kelly Book I like least is Just Between Us found it hard to identify with any of the characters. Loved Evening Class as well
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Post by claire on Dec 2, 2005 15:27:51 GMT
I can't really remember that Cathy book. The others just stuck in my mind
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Post by Marian on Dec 2, 2005 15:56:21 GMT
It was the one with the Millar girls the mum and three daughters. I should identify with that since I have two girls of my own and a new foster daughter lol
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Post by claire on Dec 2, 2005 19:32:15 GMT
You do fostering, good for you!
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Post by Oonagh on Dec 2, 2005 23:04:26 GMT
Ah i would love to foster!
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Post by Oonagh on Dec 2, 2005 23:06:50 GMT
Cathy Kelly- Has to be woman to woman my favourite. this was the book to make me start reading adult books.
Marian Keyes- Lucy Sullivan is getting married
Maeve binchy- The Glass lake or circle of Friends
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Post by Marian on Dec 4, 2005 11:24:33 GMT
Yes W to W was a great read it was the first book I had read like that as well.
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Post by susanmay on Dec 6, 2005 16:30:39 GMT
Cathy Kelly - Always & Forever.
Marian Keyes - Lucy Sullivans Getting Married
Maeve Binchy - The Glass Lake.
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Post by tatty on Mar 3, 2006 20:05:37 GMT
i have never read Cathy kelly before but i have 'woman to woman' i was a bit apprehensive to read it but the posts on here about it has changed my mind thanks girls
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Post by megan on Mar 7, 2006 11:51:45 GMT
My Favourite Maeve Binchy is 'Light a Penny Candle'
My Favourite Marian Keyes is 'Rachel's Holiday'
And I have only read one book by Cathy Kelly, which I didn't enjoy very much. (About a newly married couple returning from American ( I think) to live in some tiny village in Ireland. And the girl discoved that she was pregnant. Another woman, a mother, died of cancer in the book.)
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Post by susanmay on Mar 7, 2006 12:20:28 GMT
I think that book was called 'Best of Friends'. I haven't read it yet.
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Post by megan on Mar 7, 2006 13:02:14 GMT
Yes, that's the one Susan. 'Best of Friends' rings a bell!
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Post by geraldine on Oct 18, 2006 10:06:49 GMT
Maeve Binchy - The Copper Beech, Firefly Summer, Circle of Friends, Tara Road, Light a Penny Candle, Echoes. Oh, is there a Maeve Binchy i didn't like?
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Post by Oonagh on Oct 18, 2006 10:20:11 GMT
the glass lake is one of my favourites of maeve Binchy
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Post by jofromoz on Oct 19, 2006 1:22:53 GMT
I loved the Glass Lake too, and Circle of Friends....love the movie too.
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Post by tamnz on Jun 23, 2007 4:07:49 GMT
oooh, I'm new on here & saw this thread & just had to post!
Maeve Binchy: Evening Class ( though I love Tara Rd & Quentins nearly as much!)
Marian Keyes: Sushi for Beginners ( Rachels Holiday, a very close second!)
Cathy Kelly; so many....Woman to Woman, Never to Late & Someone Like You
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Post by Angie on Jun 24, 2007 14:12:29 GMT
Maeve binchy i think Circle of friends..
cathy kelly what she wants & woman to woman
marian keyes Angels... and the under the duvet books..loved them...
its hard to pick a fav when you like them all....lol...
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Post by fionnuala on Jun 24, 2007 14:26:49 GMT
Maeve Binchy - Circle of Friends, The Copper Beech and Tara Road. (I tried to read her latest one Whitethorn Woods but just couldn't get into it!)
Cathy Kelly - Woman to Woman and Never too Late
Marian Keyes - Rachaels Holiday (Favourite), Watermelon, Last Chance Saloon, Sushi for Beginners and her latest one Is there Anybody out there.
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Post by EmmaH on Jun 25, 2007 16:01:33 GMT
Maeve Binchy - Glass Lake and Tara Road
Marian Keyes - all of them but esp Watermelon and Sushi for Beginners
None of Cathy Kelly's stick out in my head at all Im afraid and i have read more than one. Sorry!
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Post by susanmay on Jun 25, 2007 17:39:42 GMT
Can't get my head around a Cathy Kelly book myself, Emma. I tried reading 'Past Secrets' for the second time but gave up.
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Post by fionnuala on Jun 26, 2007 1:25:33 GMT
What's your favourite book by Patricia Scanlan girls?
I loved Promises Promises and Mirror Mirror the best and also really enjoyed Franscesca's Party.
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Post by Mary on Jun 26, 2007 7:56:07 GMT
It has to be City Girl for nostalgic reasons. this was one of the first 'chick-lit' or 'pop-lit' books that was set in our own world rather than reading American or UK based novels.
Though I was only in my teens when I read this, it was the first time I began to think about writing myself!
Thanks to Patricia Scanlan and those other fab Irish girls who followed...
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Post by claire on Jun 26, 2007 12:14:12 GMT
I loved both the Promises/Mirror and City girl/lives/women series
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Post by Oonagh on Jun 26, 2007 14:49:44 GMT
i did too!!
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Post by charlene on Jun 27, 2007 21:36:29 GMT
I still havent read city series I must get around to it also have Francesca's Party
Fav Marian Keys Anybody out There and Lucy Sullivan
Not read a Cathy Kelly book yet I have a couple not got around to them either.
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