Catherine Isaac

[Daisy]

This author is new to me, and I've just read two of her books back to back - "You Me Everything" and "Messy Wonderful Us". Both started very gently, but gathered pace. They are basically love stories, but with lots of twists and turns in the story, some lovely descriptions - part of "Messy" is set in Italy, and "You Me" in the Dordogne, and love can take many forms.

Her latest novel, "The World at My Feet" is due out on the 18th March, and I think it will be on my Kindle before the 19th. So looking forward to reading it.

[Gemini]

It's great when you find an author you enjoy and look forward to new releases.

[Oma]

Haven't heard of her Daisy but I will certainly look out for her books now

[Daisy]

Oma - I'm not doing very well on classics but I am making a point of trying new modern authors. Both of these books dealt with serious moral dilemmas but there was also humour and a lightness of touch as well. I really enjoyed them.

[Plantaholic]

I have put the two books on my list in audible, they sound like good stories

[Grauntie Mag]

Thanks for the recommendation Daisy. It’s always a good thing to hear about different authors. I shall investigate. I have also failed on the classics front. I have a beautifully bound centenary edition of Ivanhoe I have been promising myself I would read. I took it from the shelf, admired it, then put it back!

[Daisy]

Plant - yes, it's not often I can't work out the plot but with both of these I failed!

Grauntie - I'm sure a beautiful book like that should be admired on the bookshelf. You wouldn't want to risk sullying it - imagine if you spilt your coffee (or wine ) all over it. As for reading it in the bath, you would have to not put any water in to be safe.

[Grauntie Mag]

Oh Daisy, you do me good! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Daisy]

Grauntie - I'm just saying it's ok not to read a book that is classic, or one of those books we "ought" to have read! Last year (or the year before, can't remember) I decided I was going to read ALL of Jane Austen's books - it was some sort of anniversary for her. I got about 10 pages into Emma and was so bored I couldn't face any more of it, but felt guilty. Everybody loves Jane Austen, don't they! Other grans on here told be in no uncertain terms I shouldn't be wasting my time with books I'm not enjoying and to ditch them. Perhaps if we could get Jane and Ivanhoe together they could disappear off into the sunset and never been seen or heard of again!

[Grauntie Mag]

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A book that was recommended to me as a ‘must read’ was ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ It went on the ‘wierd’ pile after approx 10 pages. Has anyone here managed to read it? I can’t help wondering if I missed something.

[Daisy]

I haven't read 'Fear and Loathing' so can't comment, but even authors we generally like can let us down. I've read quite a few books by Marian Keyes and enjoyed them, but one - The Brightest Star in the Sky - really disappointed. I couldn't get into it at all. It remained unread on my bookshelf until it was rehomed to a charity shop!