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For some bizarre reason, I read this as "I have some dark blue sparkly nail polish that I plan to EAT on Christmas eve." Sometimes my brain does funny things when translating what my eyes are seeing!

I just caught this story and am shocked!

I was a bit naughty today - I was buying a book for Xander's Xmas and, because it was part of the 3 for 2 offer and I already had a couple of other books for him, I HAD to choose two for myself (so I chose ones that are not on my Xmas wishlist). I came away with two very unusual sounding boks that caught my eye: Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter by A E Moorat There were many staff at Kensington Palace, fulfilling many roles; a man who was employed to catch rats, another whose job it was to sweep the chimneys. That there was someone expected to hunt Demons did not shock the new Queen; that it was to be her was something of a surprise. London, 1838. Queen Victoria is crowned; she receives the orb, the sceptre, and an arsenal of blood-stained weaponry. Because if Britain is about to become the greatest power of the age, there s the small matter of the demons to take care of first... But rather than dreaming of demon hunting, it is her love for Prince Albert that occupies her thoughts. Can she dedicate her life to saving her country when her heart belongs elsewhere? With lashings of glistening entrails, decapitations, and foul demons, this masterly new portrait will give a fresh understanding of a remarkable woman, a legendary monarch, and quite possibly the best Demon Hunter the world has ever seen . . . A E Moorat weaves a seamlessly lurid tapestry of royal biography, gothic horror and fist-gnawing comedy as he lifts the veil on what really took place on the dark and cobbled streets of 19th-century England. Triumff: Her Majesty's Hero by Dan Abnet Sir Rupert Triumff. Adventurer. Fighter. Drinker. Saviour? Triumff is a ribald historical fantasy set in a warped clockwork-powered version of our present day - a new Elizabethan age, not of Elizabeth II but in the style of the original Virgin Queen. Throughout its rollicking pages, Sir Rupert Triumff drinks, dines and duels his way into a new Brass Age of Exploration and Adventure. I'm going to start reading Triumff tonight in the bath as I love the idea of a 21st century Elizabethan age!

I love WSS - gorgeous Romeo and Juliet story, great music, great choreography - what's not to like? I went to see a production of Chicago at the theatre earlier this month with my sister and it was awesome - Gary Wilmot was wonderful in it.

ANYTHING Susan Boyle sings is a song ruined! Yes and yes - can't stand either one of those. I also hate Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams and Brown-Eyed Girl by Van Morrison. I will leave any party, pub or club that ever plays them - even if I haven't finished my drink!

Aw, Ned - you slay me!

Sowing the Seeds of Love by Tears For Fears makes me sick to my stomach - I feel phyically sick and if it's not turned off immediately, it has been known to make me retch, I hate it so much! I also can't stand We Wish You a Merry Christmas - I once went carol singing round a street of 164 houses and after the first dozen houses everyone got sick of deciding which song to sing next so they sang that at every single door. By the end of it, I felt sick, dizzy and headachy. I have never been carol singing again and never will, and if I hear that song it brings it all back and makes me feel ill. I once quit my job over Christmas Wrapping by The Shop Girls - I was working in a shop and the Christmas CD got stuck with that one track on repeat for the best part of an hour. I went in to see the manager, handed in my name badge and said, "I can't work under these conditions," walked out the door and never went back into that shop ever again.

Ned, you are a sick genius!

Ahahahahahahaha! I am just about WETTING myself at that one!

I am ROLLING on the floor over that last one - LOL!

Oh, THAT is hilarious!

I simply have a major crush on Robert Downey Jnr - that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

I like the books I've read and am DYING to see this film!

I finished Dracula The Undead by Dacre Stoker the other day and rather enjoyed it. Am now reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (for January Reading Circle) and Halfhead by Stuart B Macbride.

I've only read The Talented Mr Ripley which I loved. It was also made into another film in 1960 called Plein Soleil (aka Purple Noon) starring Alain Delon, which was wonderful. That film was actually my first experience of it (I was working in an arthouse cinema at the time and got to see it for free - it was part of our French film festival). It was a while before I got round to reading the book, but I watched the Matt Damon version around the same time.

Who is it by? I know I haven't read it, but I'd like he name of the author and a little info on it.

This year I think I'll keep a note of my Wish List seperately and also keep a note of where I find the recommendations that persuade me I want to get hold of certain books. If there's no name next to them, it's because I already wanted them, mostly because they're by authors I already read, love and collect. THE ONES I WANTED ANYWAY: Kelley Armstrong - The Reckoning (DP 3) Kelley Armstrong - Waking the Witch (WotOW 11) Kelley Armtrong - Angelic (novella) Kelley Armstrong - Tales of the Otherworld (collection) Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (Bill Amberg Classics Collection) Seth Graham-Smith - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Steve Hockensmith - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls Frank Miller - 300 (illustrated novel) Alan Moore - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (illustrated novel) Terry Pratchett - Once More* With Footnotes Simon Scarrow - The Fields of Death (Revolution 4) THE ONES BASED ON REVIEWS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND MEDIA: Richard Castle - Heat Wave (Vladd) Richard Castle - Naked Heat (just because!) Cornelia Funke - Inkheart (watched film) Joanne Harris - Sleep Pale Sister (Wyrdskein) Joanne Harris - Blueeyedboy (found via research on Sleep Pale Sister) Susan Hill - Howards End is on the Landing (chesilbeach) Seth Grahame-Smith - Abraham Lincolm: Vampire Hunter (random search) Peter Van Greenaway - The Medusa Touch (found via random search) Haydn Middleton - The King's Evil (Mordred Cycle 1) Haydn Middleton - The Queen's Captive (Mordred Cycle 2) (re-read) Haydn Middleton - The Knight's Revenge (Mordred Cycle 3) Marie Phillips - Gods Behaving Badly (iamnotreal) Alex Scarrow - Time Riders (email from Scarrow site) John Steinbeck - The Acts of King Arthur and His Knights (Vinay) Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell - Wyrmeweald (BCF Blog) Matt Thorne - Cherry (BCF Reviews Blog) T H White - The Once and Future King (Vinay)

Done. And thank you Kylie. You wouldn't be able to post on my new thread yet though as it's closed till 1st January, so NOBODY can "mess with my flow" as you so nicely put it.

See, I HATED the film, I thought it was rather slow and missed out on much of the emotion of the book. Then as soon as I realised they'd changed the ending I switched off and didn't watch the very end as I was so furious!

I've been told I do. It's funny though, from being about 14 or 15 I looked OLDER, but I looked the same age till I hit 25 and then my aging seemed to slow down. Last year when I said to a colleague that I'd been with my hubby for 8 years (which I had at the time - we'd just passed out 8th anniversary at that point), she said, "Oh, you were high school sweethearts? How lovely!" I then had to tell her we didn't meet till I was 20 and we didn't get together till I was 22 - she thought I was 26! I was well chuffed! Not long before that another colleague (a very cute male one) thought I was the same age as him - he'd just turned 24 at the time and I was 30. THe smile never left my face all day!

Good news for me - I got asked for ID when buying cigs for hubby (they have to ask if they think you're under 25) - I'm 33!

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