Rosie

great read,fireball - Susan Hill has a new ghost story out called 'The Man in the Picture' - wonder if it is as scary as 'The Woman in Black'?

I can resist, it's hard, but I can do it. Mainly I don't have the money to buy the books I would like so I just like to browse. I really love book shops, like being in them looking at the books on the shelves and imagining what I would buy if I could afford it; if they have a coffee shop to sit in even better. I make a note of what I really want to read and then order from the library - but then, I love libraries too:D

All over the place:lol: Two bookcases in the sitting room full of mine and husband's non fiction books. More books in the little bedroom where the computers are. My fiction books are in the spare bedroom where there is shelf unit on the wall and a free standing bookcase as well and that is after taking loads to a charity shop and selling some at a car boot sale. There is also a pile of waiting to be read ones at the side of the bed.

Silent Witness QI Who do you think you are Great British Journeys Stuart Maconie's TV towns Michael Palin's New Europe History Detectives Looking forward to Rebus starting next week:)

As it is one of my very favourite books I would recommend A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr

This has been difficult but here are mine in no particular order:- Sydney Carton

I love it when it is warm enough to sit out in the garden and read - not done that so much this summer, also I like to sit in a chair near the window where there is plenty of light and I read in bed for half an hour or so before going to sleep:)

I think because most of Dickens's books are fairly wordy and lengthy that they would be more suitable for adults than children - many of them were serialised as stories in newspapers I think - maybe someone else can verify this - so were probably aimed at an adult readership at the time. Having said that I remember reading both A Tale of Two Cities and Oliver Twist at secondary school when I was 11 or 12. I don't think it matters what age you are when you read them - welcome to the site:)

This is very difficult but my personal choice from the ones I have read are:- If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller The Hours by Michael Cunningham Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Know what you mean - I've enjoyed books like 'The Food of Love' by Anthony Capella, 'On Rue Tatin' by Susan Loomis and 'Chocolat' by Joanne Harris. I also love reading Nigel Slater - I enjoyed 'Toast' and I like dipping into his 'Kitchen Diaries':)

P.D. James is a wonderful writer. I love her Adam Dalgleish novels. I enjoyed her last one 'The Light House' but agree with you that 'Death in Holy Orders' is one of her best:)

The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps Michel Faber Cannongate Books Ltd. P/back 2002 ISBN 1 84195 328 8 Synopsis 'Tired of nightmares in which she meets a grisly end, Sian decides she needs to get out more, so she joins an archaeological dig at Whitby Abbey. What she finds is a mystery involving a long-hidden murder, a man with big hands and a fragile manuscript in a bottle. Faber

Not people, mostly outdoors - gardens, flowers, trees or buildings or parts of them like doorways, windows or roofscapes. I like colours and textures too. Your photos are great I particularly like the textured object and the bowl of peppers:)

As well as reading I enjoy - walking, researching my family history, writing short stories and poems (haven't done that for a while), visiting museums, blogging and I love taking photos:)

Sounds interesting - I can't wait to start 199 Steps by Michel Faber the next book on my TBR pile after the one I'm reading now - then I may look out for The Crimson Petal and the White. PDR - you may be interested to know that there is a '5 minute interview' with Michel Faber in today's Independent - I enjoyed reading it:)