RingwoodTree

Thanks for the review, Michelle, and I hope other people will find The Ringwood Tree as enjoyable. For anyone interested, here's a link to my Flickr stream featuring some pictures of characters/props. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ringwoodtree/ And yes. It does get hot inside that bear costume. Very hot!

I used to enjoy visiting the library but recent outings have changed all that. Badly behaved children running amok. Parents who don't give a damn. Staff who won't challenge any sort of bad behaviour. Homeless people who could really use a bath. Coughing, spluttering, with no attempt to use a handkerchief. Mobile phones, conversations held AT NORMAL VOLUME. And now I hear that libraries are planning to introduce piped background music to relax customers!! Ah, good old internet and online shopping. You'll keep me safe from modern Britain!

His short sci-fi stories are always worth the time. Must dig some out again...

I read a lot of Non-F and would recommend "Devil's Teeth" by Susan Casey. Casey is an American journalist who became fascinated by Great White Sharks after seeing a BBC documentary about them. She managed to wangle a rare visit to the Farallon Islands off the west coast of America. Once ther, she hoped to watch scientists tag the big Great Whites...the REALLY big ones, the females! Reading about everything she went through and what did and didn't happen is quite the thrill ride. Hope you enjoy it, but best not to read it too late at night!

I enjoyed and was moved by Sean Penn's film but will now check out the other info supplied here. Thanks everyone.

Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jannsen. Lose yourself in the snow!

Amercian Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Only book I've been unable to finish, and the only book I've ever thrown in the bin! Nasty piece of junk...IMO

That American animated version of The Hobbit. Ooo, it t'were bad.