Recommended Reading during Covid-19

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    #21 Red-Taff., Mar 22, 2020
    Black Diamonds by Catherine Bailey - story of the Fitzwilliams of Wentworth. (the last of the line is the wife of Jacob Rees Mogg.) a good read.

    Also like Val McDermid's books.

    The books I CAN'T read are the Harry Potter books (find them too nonsensical) and those by Hilary Mantel - too intense.
     
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    #22 Red-Taff., Mar 22, 2020
    Have read all three Helen Forrester books. Brilliant description of growing up in poverty stricken Liverpool. It's a wonder she actually survived.
     
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    #23 John Peachy, Mar 22, 2020
    Football Against the Enemy by Simon Kuper is a good read.
     
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    #25 MarioKempes, Mar 22, 2020
    It's a harrowing read at times and makes you appreciate the changes that have been made in society. And to think these times are still within living memory for a very small number of people.
     
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    #26 Redhelen, Mar 22, 2020
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    He was one of my tutors at uni.
     
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    #27 Brush, Mar 22, 2020
    The George Smiley Trilogy, Tinker Tailor, Honourable School Boy and Smiley's People.

    Alternatively, watch the BBC's Smiley's People starring Alec Guiness on YouTube. Unfortunately they took Tinker Tailor off YouTube when the Gary Oldman film came out a few years ago. A perfect Spy and The Russia House were on YouTube last time I looked, also well worth a watch.
     
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    #28 TitusMagee, Mar 22, 2020
    You got taught by the Fuhrer? :p
     
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    #29 Spirit Ditch, Mar 23, 2020
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    #30 Spirit Ditch, Mar 23, 2020

    Talking to my Daughter about the Economy by Yanis. Varoufakis. Very readable book in which he tries to explain a socialist critique of the economy in a narrative a teenager can understand. You might not agree with him but it's an excellent read either way

    Sorry meant to reply to THIS
     
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    #31 RedKen-dal, Mar 24, 2020
    Love and death in the time of cholera. Fantastic book and what a time to crack it open.
     
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    #32 RedKen-dal, Mar 24, 2020
    I also vouch for Black Diamonds
     
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