Marie H

I've never heard of Grimwood before, and the plot you described was bonkers, indeed . Mmmmm, I usually avoid Science Fiction like the plague, but this seems to have some sense of humour, at least

I hope you enjoy your Christmas, with your short stories at least. A Christmas Party and a Wedding - Dostoevsky​ sounds interesting, I had a look at Wiki and it sounds just I was expecting for Fyodor, being an awkward guest at a party . Hope you enjoy the stories .

Don't break my heart - UB40

Truth - New Order

I did French at 'O' level, but could never speak as a conversation, but most 'word knowledge' I glean are from other books, newspapers etc. Words are wonderful

Yep, I do sometimes use gesundheit when people sneeze . I love the word maelstrom, but usually in reference to chaotic life habits, things going wrong etc. French words like ennui sound, have meaning and feel great to say ! I love words!! I had to google besserwisser recently, it's such a great word!

Yes, very, very impressive stats.

Please. please,please, let me get what I want - The Smiths

Bildungsroman is a wonderful term, it says a lot in just one word . I "hoard" German words, in my head, just for the right moment to use them . It was great using schadenfreude once, and probably never have the chance again.

If only . I can see it now...*fades to new, shiny book in the book stores* The Howling Man - Great stuff - a fairy tale meets Rambo.... Marie H, Book Club Forums ... ...

Both of us feeling nervous of this book now . I think that it will be good, as it has been recommended by quite a lot of people .

Oh dear me, me and my filthy mind...

Frankie, what have you been doing on your birthday,to learn the meaning of starkers? .... . Rather cold weather for activities like that . Do Finnish police officers write that word in their notebooks?

You have a great list there Brian, especially Dracula - Bram Stoker Brighton Rock - Graham Greene Emma - Jane Austen To Kill a Mockingbird - Lee Harper and these are absolutely classics: The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro Germinal - Emile Zola Life of Pi - Yann Martel Lord of the Flies - William Golding One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez and I have there on my TBR too A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli Frankenstein - Mary Shelley Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy Oryx & Crake - Margaret Atwood The Book Thief - Markus Zusak One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Dead Souls - Nikolai Gogol The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells Hope you have a good reading year .

Hope that you enjoy all of your TBR list, these 3 are spectacular . I have Pamuk's The Museum of Innocence on my TBR list, as I loved his My Name is Red. Happy Reading

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Song to the Siren - This Mortal Coil

A-HA! That was what I heard on the radio a few days ago, but I didn't hear all of the episode, and the voice of Sook sounded really odd , but now I know that it was Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory .

Will I ever learn?.....I do try....sometimes .

I have bought a copy of Geisha . I hope you like Snow Flower, as it was such a gripping story.

Oh, it's just my stubborn, prejudiced unconscious mind . So I have now bought a copy .

In the Gold Dust Rush - Cocteau Twins

Stonking haul Julie ! Fifteen books....wow.... . Oh, if only I have a time machine...

Someone, Somewhere in Summertime - Simple Minds

Excellent review LauraLoves . It is sad, and very shocking, that these things have happened, and happen even now .