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Congrats @Nollaig This might sound very sophisticated and pretentious but I spend most of the weekdays in my city flat, then weekends in a country cottage. It's not as it might seem though, just my life. Anyway I'll be going to the country a day early this week as a load of logs for the open fire is being delivered and lucky me is going to have to put them all in the log shed! Life's never what it seems

I thought you might win but no ......

Cry Me A River ~ Julie London (and many more)

Your journal looks fantastic!

Hi Nollaig, I read as the mood takes me but generally SciFi/Fantasy or Crime/Mystery. If something catches my eye it doesn't really matter what the genre, I'll read it though. One that sticks out is Shining Levels by John Wyatt. It is his memoirs of a man working and living on the fells around The Lake District

Attempting to wake my world listening to Logical Revelations by Uriah Heep and vast amounts of coffee

You might enjoy Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Cycle. 31 books over ten cycles, some 3 some 4 book long but all integrated into a brilliant Fantasy If you like Urban Fantasy, Charles de Lint's Newford series along with his Ottawa And The Valley series are excellent. Happy Reading

Farenheit 451 is a brilliant read and I also have Something Wicked This Way Comes on my shelf unread. Enjoy

I truly wish I hadn't grown up, the world is a very unpleasant place plus of course I would not have had my memories torn apart on my reread

As this will probably be my last book of January, this gets it's own spot. Dead Famous by Ben Elton Set in a Big Brother type TV studio a murder is committed but no-one can work out who-did-it, including the housemates! I love Elton's satirical style which I know is not for everyone, he chooses popular themes then rips them apart in his own inimitable way. This is certainly not his best yet still is an entertaining murder mystery full of satirical observation.

As an old Trekkie ( I was around for TOS) I'm struggling to get into Discovery. I know it has a long way to go but the reminders of previous series is almost to much. Still it is Star Trek and something I just have to watch. I've also watched the early episodes of The Orville and they've been entertaining.

I remember loving The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings as a teenager. I went back to them recently (I'm now in my mid 50's) and they just aren't the same as my memories of my first read. I even find the film's disappointing!

Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein I just had to reread this after finishing Old Man’s War as I felt it had similarities to Heinleins book. In the acknowledgements, Scalzi mentions his memories and thanks to Heinlein as his inpsiration. Rupture (Dark Iceland #4) by Ragnar Jonasson I love a bit of Nordic Noir and especially the Icelandic writers. They seem to be able to bring an atmosphere to their writing plus a gripping storyline, this being no different. Planet Of Exile (Hainish #2 or #4 depending on where you reasearch lists) by Ursula K. Le Guin Another simple yet compelling story of racial misunderstanding and tensions set in an alien world. DNF A Sudden Appearance Of Hope by Claire North I enjoyed The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August but this just confused and frustrated me

Blood Red Roses by Uriah Heep

I'm happy to let Kylie win too

Happily whiling the day away with M*A*S*H season 6. I am more than slightly addicted to M*A*S*H, I have all 11 seasons on collectors edition DVD's and I probably watch 1 season a week on a rolling from 1 to 11 then start over.

After The Gold Rush By Neil Young, Love this album and it's been far too long since my last listen

Don't Eat The Yellow Snow by Frank Zappa

It's not that I don't read fantasy. I making my way through Raymond E Feist's Riftwar Cycle, I've now got The Prince Of Blood on my 'next' shelf. This is book one of the third cycle, Krondor's Son and I've loved the first two cycles, The Riftwar Saga and The Empire trilogy. I'm also a big fan of Ian Irvine who writes massive tomes but I just cannot get my head around Martin's way of writing. It seems as if the books end up in publication without any real planning and the whole joke about who he kills off next is totally lost on me. As for his refusal to carry on writing, or at least publishing, the next book I'm lost. It's almost like he is fumbling around hoping someone will finish it for him.

This is only my second book by her. I acquired the Hainish Cycle as a complete set in a second hand bookshop a while ago. I read Rocannons World last year. They are quite short reads and are easy to carry as spare books. (I am regularly away from home). I find her quite entertaining if a little predictable but her work deserves to be read as she often has ideas that are very different from the norm. Plus of course, along with Andre (Alice Mary) Norton, was one of the few women in an entirely male dominated genre at the time.

A Song Of Ice and Fire I've only read the first two, A Game Of Thrones and A Clash Of Kings but I think they're awful! I quite enjoy discussing them though because I just didn't get them yet almost everybody I know raves about them (and the even worse TV show!) Hopefully I'll eventually find someone that agrees with me;)

It may be a strange world but it is a wonderful one

I suppose 1600 is about average, among my reading friends my TBR is on the low side but then I only count books I've bought, my wish list is an entirely different thing whereas I know quite a few that count TBR and Wish list as one. It's the only way

Thank you

As a newbie I don't want to win