Best reads - Club Together Book Club?

RowenaBCAMC replied on 03/01/2014 12:47

RowenaBCAMC

Posted on 03/01/2014 12:47

I'm just about coming to the end of Deborah Moggach’s book, Heartbreak Hotel. I found it a very enjoyable read and very amusing. But what should I read next? Any recommendations?

I also wondered if anyone would be interested in a Club Together book club? According to a member survey earlier last year, reading is the most recurring leisure activity whilst caravanning. I know I’m a book worm and I’m sure there’s a few of us out there who enjoy a good read. Anyone interested or any suggestions?

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nelliethehooker replied on 26/12/2020 21:49

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Posted on 26/12/2020 21:49

WN an extra thanks from OH, as I went to look at LJ Ross and found Longstone at 99p, which nearly completes the set, just last 2 to wait for now!!

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Wherenext replied on 27/12/2020 18:34

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Posted on 27/12/2020 18:34

Went back in to finish off today and found Martin Cruz Smith's latest book The Siberian Dilemma on sale for £0.99. I think Moulesy mentioned reading it a while back and I've been keeping an eye out for it on and off since.

nelliethehooker replied on 27/12/2020 20:47

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nelliethehooker

Caravanner from Cumberland

Posted on 27/12/2020 18:34 by Wherenext

Went back in to finish off today and found Martin Cruz Smith's latest book The Siberian Dilemma on sale for £0.99. I think Moulesy mentioned reading it a while back and I've been keeping an eye out for it on and off since.

Posted on 27/12/2020 20:47

The list seems to be changing day by day, so perhaps it's worth going to it regularly.

Cornersteady replied on 29/12/2020 12:46

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Posted on 29/12/2020 12:46

Another Christmas present and a few lines really resonated with me:

All humans are stupid when it comes to learning formal mathematics. This is the process of taking what evolution has given us and extending our skills beyond what is reasonable. We were not born with any kind of ability to intuitively understand fractions, negative numbers or the many other strange concepts developed by mathematics, but over time your brain can slowly learn how to deal with them.

I wish I had realised that when I first started teaching!

Anyway highly recommended and a good read whatever your mathematical ability is.

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Wherenext replied on 29/12/2020 15:50

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Posted on 29/12/2020 15:50

I actually like Maths, except when some plonker borrows library books before me and writes an "s" after Math when the story is set in America but that's beside the point and I'm glad to get it off my chest, so I'll keep an eye out for this. Thanks CS.

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Cornersteady replied on 29/12/2020 16:08

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Posted on 29/12/2020 15:50 by Wherenext

I actually like Maths, except when some plonker borrows library books before me and writes an "s" after Math when the story is set in America but that's beside the point and I'm glad to get it off my chest, so I'll keep an eye out for this. Thanks CS.

Posted on 29/12/2020 16:08

A pleasure, we once had a group of US maths teachers visiting, they asked students if they liked math? In Class after class they were met with blank puzzling looks.

They finally worked it out and one of them said I guess your students don't use the word math, I said as it was a catholic school that to them math is a service they do in church.

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Tinwheeler replied on 29/12/2020 16:31

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Campervanner from Cornwall

Posted on 29/12/2020 16:08 by Cornersteady

A pleasure, we once had a group of US maths teachers visiting, they asked students if they liked math? In Class after class they were met with blank puzzling looks.

They finally worked it out and one of them said I guess your students don't use the word math, I said as it was a catholic school that to them math is a service they do in church.

Posted on 29/12/2020 16:31

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

brue replied on 29/12/2020 16:55

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Posted on 29/12/2020 15:50 by Wherenext

I actually like Maths, except when some plonker borrows library books before me and writes an "s" after Math when the story is set in America but that's beside the point and I'm glad to get it off my chest, so I'll keep an eye out for this. Thanks CS.

Posted on 29/12/2020 16:55

I'm used to hearing "math" with so many Canadians in the family but one that I always roll around on my tongue is "aluminum." That books looks good Corners. I like the cover design too!

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moulesy replied on 30/12/2020 11:05

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Caravanner from Wiltshire

Posted on 29/12/2020 12:46 by Cornersteady

Another Christmas present and a few lines really resonated with me:

All humans are stupid when it comes to learning formal mathematics. This is the process of taking what evolution has given us and extending our skills beyond what is reasonable. We were not born with any kind of ability to intuitively understand fractions, negative numbers or the many other strange concepts developed by mathematics, but over time your brain can slowly learn how to deal with them.

I wish I had realised that when I first started teaching!

Anyway highly recommended and a good read whatever your mathematical ability is.

Posted on 30/12/2020 11:05

Just spotted this book on Kindle Daily Deal and snapped it up!

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