lunababymoonchild

Written In Bone: hidden stories in what we leave behind, Sue Black

Just finished The London Vampire by Lynn Shepherd. Absolutely marvellous!

I don't think that they are necessary, either. Used them in the past but not now.

Met the surgeon today and am much reassured. Pre-surgery assessment next and then, surgery.

Thank you. It means a lot to me

Lynn Shepherd, The London Vampire

It's good

I have started Lynn Shepherd's The London Vampire, being in a Victorian, Gothic, vampire kind of mood. It's marvellous!

Read Under Ground by E S Thomson, the sixth Jem Flockhart. As good as the others and just what I needed.

Thanks everybody

Date for surgery, 16 November. I'm both terrified and looking forward to it in equal measure.

The Melancholy of Resistance has been parked for a while and I've started The Woman In Me by Britney Spears.

Things are improving, I'm a lot more comfortable now, managing my condition and sleeping better.

Don't have a date yet. It'll be weeks though as specialist surgeons need to do the job.

Am now out of hospital. No pain, which is the main thing. Seriously uncomfortable but looking forward to a night in my own bed. Now I wait for surgery.

I am in hospital. Without going into details, it's bad - to the extent that it's never been seen before and therefore is going to be a multi-disciplinary approach. This will take weeks. Meanwhile, I'm completely out of it. A care package will need to be put in place. Not read anything at all recently. Obviously I rather would be reading. See how it goes. Meanwhile,thank you for having me, you've been a joy. I'll do my best to get back.

I'd say so.

Well, first of all can I help with you being sad? Secondly never feel guilty about buying books, they are good for you and that's a proven fact. The only trouble I have now is the space to put them because the TBR went out of control years ago. And I have just managed to find some space…………Also I think that there are certain books that just need to be read on paper, my current Krasznahorkai for example.

I read the Zweig and thought it was brilliant.

Aw thank you Poppy. I saw the doctor yesterday and he says it's not serious but requires blood tests. I fully intend to be back as soon as possible.

Aw thank you itsmeagain, very nice of you to say so. Don't stop, I will be back.

Hi Poppy and itsmeagain. I'm not feeling well so I'll bow out of this, temporarily, as inspiration (if I ever had any!) has deserted me and I don't feel like struggling with it. I WILL be back, sooner than later (it's nothing serious, just feeling a bit meh). Please carry on in the meantime without me, I very much look forward to seeing where the story goes.

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

accent and the sound of his voice. Not to mention his angle, I felt that he always had an angle and I wasn't going to like it. 'No, it's not Bob Gallstone' the other voice said in a rather hurt tone. 'It's Pythagoras, I have a cold' She explained. Oh good grief! Pythagoras, not what I wanted at that precise moment in time. Why had I switched my 'phone on? And more to the point, how did I get from Cheryl Choke and Patty Puke's excellent all potato establishment in Wigtown to the side of the Thames? I must be losing my mind, I decided, when ................

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac