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The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen

The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold I've heard conflicting reviews on this book, so I was quite interested to read it and see what I thought of it. I actually quite enjoyed this book, despite the fact that I found the subject matter upsetting. I felt that the reactions of Susie's family were so believable. The death of a loved one, especially a child can rip a family apart or bring them closer together. Parents can become obsessed (as Susie's father does), distracted and self absorbed (Susie's mother) as well as simply falling to pieces and becoming depressed (which is often more expected) - people deal with grief in so many different ways. I enjoyed the way the relationships developed within the book, especially Susie's attempts to grow up by sharing experiences with her sisters. There are quite a few things that annoyed me about this book. I felt that the language used by the narrator, Susie, was a little too mature for a girl of 14 - I'm struggling to find an example at the moment, but the tone just didn't seem to fit with my idea of a teenager, even a teenager in the 70s. Also, I didn't particularly enjoy the passage about Susie's heaven - they just didn't seem to make sense in the context of the book, they seemed to shallow and poorly developed and left a strange taste in the mouth. I was aprehensive about reading this book, it's very far removed from the books I would normally choose (and I wouldn't have bought it at all if I wasn't looking for a third book to make up the '3 books for £2.50' in the charity shop), and, one I'd bought it, I read a number of unsatisfied reviews on here. I did enjoy the book, although it wouldn't be high on my list of books to read again!

Flight From Deathrow - Harry Hill This has to be one of the most bizzare books I have ever read! The book reads like on of Harry Hill's stage shows - a basic story that is padded out with random tangents and strange coincidences. The blurb: What happens when you are sharing a flat with Prince Edward and twenty pigmies? When an artificial-foot freedom fighter throws a British-made foot at the chairman of the communist party of China and is bundled off to a mobile prison made by the Ford Motor Company? Just what is Jonathan Aitken's Divas of Rock Show? Will Deng Xiao Ping make it to Tower Records to buy the latest Staus Quo album? What of Lady Di Chinese Restaurant in Walthamstowe which specialises in radishes carved in the shape of British Prime Ministers? Will Andrew Lloyd Webber complete his new musical DOG BREEDER? Will Willie Whitelaw marry his parrot? Will our hero make that engagement at the Gonk factory in Leeds? There are a number of celebrities appearing in situations that only Hill could imagine, and this quite often had me slack jawed in amazement! The book is very funny, but probably not a good read for those who like a story to have a purpose or to be 'realistic'. Basically, if you like Harry Hill, read this book!

Got a little out of order and Harry Hill got accidentally bumped! So, updated reading list: Flight from Deathrow - Harry Hill The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold Tess Gerritsen - Surgeon Black Angel - Graham Masterson Death Dream - Graham Masterson Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell Miracle In The Andes - Nando Parrado The Stars Tennis Balls - Stephen Fry It's Different For Girls - Jo Brand A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby Sick Puppy & Skin Tight - Carl Hiaasen omnibus Native Tongue & Striptease - Carl Hiaasen omnibus Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? - Phillip K Dick The Abortionist's Daughter - Elizabeth Hyde The Throat - Peter Straub Lisey's Story - Stephen King Divorcing Jack - Colin Bateman Gasping - Ben Elton I think that's all at the mo. Need to read faster so I can buy more books! The next ones I want to buy are - A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Balck Pencil by Christopher Brookmyer and The QI Book of General Ignorance (if that's what it's called). There are more, but I can't remember at the mo.

Johnny and the Bomb - Terry Pratchett

Girls Night Out - Kathy Lette

Mad Cows - Kathy Lette

Well, this year the food certainly didn't disappoint and was, perhaps, better than last year (although slightly similar perhaps!). We had: Chilli, Roast Pork, Roast Goose, Game Pie (hare and pheasant), Roast Chicken, Home made chicken soup with chunky veg Amazingly, I've actually managed to lose 3lbs over Christmas - miracle!

I enjoyed this book, thought that it was a very good idea, but was a little fragmented in parts. Anyway, I've leant the book to my 14 year old cousin and she'd promised to e-mail me her thoughts on it. The only words she's said about it so far are "Weird, very weird".

I've never read any Pratchett before, but I'm about 40 pages into Johnny and the Bomb. It's a bit early to give much feedback, but I'm not hating it! It seems a little disjointed to me so far, I'm sure it will all come together though. I'm also really annoying myself by trying to work things out rather than just read the story - I hate working things out before they happen, and I fear it might be more of a problem for a young person's book!

I moved this to the specific book forum - seemed more appropriate

Hiya, welcome to the forum. I think the book you're asking about is by William Wister Haines, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. Hope this helps! Jo

Turbulent Priests - Colin Bateman

Maid of the Mist - Colin Bateman

Me neither!

Me too - I hated Paige at the end of Stolen, but she really grew on me!

This is on Sunday 17th December, Sky 1. Can't remember the time, I'm afraid.

Don't give up, I felt that way, but they do come back in Industrial Magic and have a whole story of their own again in Broken

The book I'm reading at the moment has had me giggling a bit - Maid of the Mist by Colin Bateman.

The Secret Purposes - David Baddiel

Can't believe I missed books off this list! 2 x Graham Masterson should have been between Harry Hill and David Mitchell - added now so that makes 20!

Moved this thread as it is about a specific book.

Why? Is it awful?