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Ha! Now that made me laugh! I hate Russian Dolls. They're so full of themselves.

Isn't it.

Noll, I think you would really enjoy a book called Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff. Cack title, cack cover, brilliant, brilliant book. It got my mojo workin'! Try it. I think you would love it. xx

Just to be clear. It was the Techno Whizz who fixed it so that my computer won't allow me to pop onto this thread. And, of course, I'm merely fooling around. Because I'm a pillock.

Yo, Sue. Hope your X-ray went al reet, pet. Welcome back to the boards.

You've got some good reads ahead of you, TNW! Woo hoo!

David Nicholls is a good author, and it surprises me that this one isn't as good. And for one horrible moment, I thought you were being drawn into the Meyers Quagmire!

Didn't Alan Bradley get run over by a tram in Blackpool...?

As did I, my friend. As did I...

I have forbidden myself from reading this thread, actually. I've had some Techno Whizz fix my computer so that whenever I click onto Poppyshake's threads I get a mild electric shock, my computer shuts down and somewhere a kitten dies. Curse you, Poppyshake! Grrrr...

This sounds like an awesome book, right up my street! I'd love to get hold of a copy. What's the ISBN, please. Kylie? xx As for me, I'm absolutely loving The Passage by Justin Cronin. I'm just under a third of the way through (it's a big old book) and keep finding five minutes here and there to pick it up. My mojo's back!

I have begun The Passage by Justin Cronin and already it's a cracking good read. So I'm pleased. Hopefully, it means that I've got my mojo workin'...

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami This, believe it or not, was a bit of a struggle for me to complete. My mojo's not been all that good of late, so this might have something to do with it, but I also feel that I couldn't quite connect as well with this one as I have with the others. Each chapter alternates between Hard-Boiled Wonderland and, you've guessed it, the End of the World. I liked this, because the two stories wove together nicely and kept me from putting the book back on my shelf for further attention when I'm back on my game. As far as Murakami goes, this is slightly more off-kilter than his others (if this is possible!) and I enjoyed the themes running through the entire novel. There is still that familiar clinical feel to it, that somewhat detached quality that makes one feel an observer. He really is a most skilled, poetic author. It's not, however, one I would recommend to someone who wasn't very comfortable with his style and wanted to see what the hoo-hah was all about. I've been recommended The Passage by Justin Cronin, so I'll embark upon this tome and see how this attracts my mojo. I need to get it workin'. 7/10 - a bit of a low one for ol' HM...

Morning Eliza. I'm sorely tempted by In a Strange Room, it sounds like a novel I could really get into. I'll have to go and have a look for it later. Not too keen on the Cole book, mind. Might give it a miss.

Is this exclusively real people we're discussing here, or can we include fictional lads and lasses?