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I didn't like Kellie's dance this week either, I'm not a big fan of the quickstep although she did it very well but I don't really like the old-fashioned ballroom type dances. I agree with Kell about Helen, she doesn't do it for me either, she's good technically but as the judges said there was nothing special about her Charleston - I think her platinum blond hair and all the make-up gives her a doll-like image, and I just can't warm to her! The same with Katie, she's improved a lot but I've always thought she was a bit of a poser, even when she used to read the news, but to be fair she's not bad at all but I don't think she'll get to the final. I think Peter will go next, he's probably the weakest and most inconsistent dancer of those left, and I think it will be Georgia, Jay and either Kellie or Anita in the final. Loved Jay's salsa, I think having the extra dancers gave the routine a bit more depth as well, and he finally looked like he was enjoying himself!

I had to scrape the car a couple of times over the weekend, but now it's much milder but rainy.

I watched Wayward Pines and quite enjoyed it, thought it was a bit like Twin Peaks (which I gave up on after about 4 or 5 eps) and also Lost.

Never heard that claim before! However I just looked it up on Wiki and it does say that, yes Alistair McLean owned it for a while, although it doesn't say when.

Oh yes, what a dance, and Jay's Salsa was fab too - and finally some decent music choices! They were the two best dances, Helen's Charleston was good but very traditional and I think after Georgia's dance last week we're all expecting more than a bog-standard Charleston, she always seems to resemble a doll to me, I think it's the platinum blonde hair, she's good but I just can't warm to her. I thought Jamelia was the most improved this week but it was pretty inevitable as to the outcome, still maybe Peter will go next?

I read this earlier this year and really enjoyed it, just the right amount of spooky although I thought the ending felt a bit rushed and was a bit of an anti-climax. I did like the way she made the castle a character in it's own right, and loved Sholto, plus of course the hunky Alex

I'm surprised To Kill a Mockingbird has got so many characters, maybe a lot of them are fairly minor? I tend to only go by main characters, I'd have put Game of Thrones out in front as well!

Lovely tree, looks really pretty

Hi and welcome.

Yes NW is a very under-rated actress, but finally getting some much-deserved recognition (especially as she seems to be in practically everything at the moment). AbielleRose, apparently there's a sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding coming out.

I think the singers are terrible, sometimes I wish they'd just use the original recordings. The orchestra are good but the main male and female singers are awful!

I read The Jester years ago, it was OK, typical Patterson, short chapters, easy to read. I've read the first Outlander and have the others on various book piles, they're all so huge!

Yep, and when she did that somersault sort of thing over him, I think my heart was in my mouth....how did her wig stay on as well, must have been superglued

I was thinking the same as Kell, the dance off was fairly predictable and I think Jamelia will probably go next week. I agree that Kevin and Kellie's costumes were hideous, and like Craig I was in two minds about the routine (and choice of music!) and wouldn't have been surprised if they'd been in the dance off again, but they managed to be good enough to get away with it t his week. I wasn't that impressed with Helen's tango either, pretty non-descript. But once all the good dancers are left I think there will be some shock departures.

I'm surprised no one has been discussing last night's show, but surely Jeremy must be in the dance off after his latest performance, possibly his worst yet. He's had a good run but enough now! My faves last night, I think, were Peter and Georgie, but I wish they wouldn't use dry ice, how can anyone see their footwork with that stuff swirling around? And yet again some terrible music choices.

It's dark here by about 4.00/4.30! I really hate the dark mornings though Good luck with your exams.

Pigs in blankets here are usually mini sausages wrapped in a strip of bacon, and often served alongside the Christmas turkey. I tried Marmite once and thought it was vile

Greggs do sausage rolls, I know as colleagues have them for lunch sometimes!

Very mild here too, but grey skies nearly all the time.

Hi Inver I read Elizabeth Pringle earlier this year and loved it too, great setting (I hope to be going there on holiday next year, fingers crossed) and a good story although the "legacy" wasn't difficult to guess. Normally I don't buy books written by "celebrity" authors but I thought it was very well-written, if perhaps a little over-descriptive at times, and I felt the storyline with the sister didn't really go anywhere and felt a bit contrived, but overall these were minor quibbles, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

It was an interesting night - finally Peter seemed to be back on form after a couple of disappointing weeks, I think it is time for Carol to go, and Helen's rumba seemed to have very little actual dancing in it. Jeremy's tango to Go West - again the choice of music was bizarre to say the least. I thought the AT was disappointing, the lifts were great but I can see what you all mean now about him not showing emotion, the AT should be fiery and precise - technically it wasn't bad but emotionally it was nothing. I thought Anita and Georgia were the best two, loved the jive and Georgia went into her samba like a rocket, a couple of little wobbles (slight over-balancing) but she carried on. I'm afraid Katie and Jamellia were fairly forgettable, wouldn't be surprised to see Jamelia in the dance-off yet again. And yes the props are becoming really annoying and intrusive.

Hello Shelfy and welcome.

Me neither, woo hoo, best of all the Scandi shows. Did anyone watch The Legacy? Another Danish show but based on a family, so a bit like an upmarket soap opera, it has the guy who played the army sergeant in the second series of The Killing (Danish version), that was also brilliant.

One of my friends had a gorgeous book a few years ago, before the whole adult colouring craze took off, which had loads of lovely Celtic designs in. I've always found colouring very therapeutic myself, but haven't got any books yet.

Rain for most of the last few days, although we had thick fog on Sunday and Monday - I think the next few days are meant to be pretty gloomy and rainy. But it's very mild though.