Kell

Spicy chicken with Jersey Royal potatoes and a medly of steamed veg including baby carrots, baby sweetcorn, green beans and spinach - delicious! Hubby will be having waffles with his chicken coz he doesn't eat veg. Grrrrrr! Doesn't know what he's missing, he doesn't!

Well, I can tell you it's not 4 years in the future - that's coming right up in "real time". Loads of good stuff coming up (I'm in line with the US viewers, so I'm slightly ahead of the UK - ooh, it's good stuff!).

4 years in the future? I've not seen a trailer like that. I've seen the trailer showing the aftermath of the "natural disaster" (I'll not give any details in case anyone hasn't got that far yet, except to say that it's all REALLY good!).

I tend to like the villains a fair old bit myself. But, as crime-fighters go, I rather like Logan "Lazarus" McRae frmo the series of books by Stuart Macbride (starting with Cold Granite). He's one of those perfectly flawed guys who has a million and one problems of his own and still has to deal with the day-to-day grind of being a police detective. Great stuff.

I've actualy seen several different film versions of The Jungle Books and Im' wondering how (or if) any of them will measure up to the actual books. Has anyone else seen any of the films AND read the book already who would care to comment? I always like to think about how well (or how badly) a book translates to other mediums...

I've not started yet, but it's next on my list of books TBR. I'm interested in the "wild child" angle. I know that Disney has a tendency to sugar-coat things, so, although I loved the film as a child, I'm not setting much stock in their version of the stories. Looking forward to discussing this one with everyone!

It's not a manual, KB - it's a collection of poems and stories - one for each day of the year.

I thought very early on in the series that a certain other character would play a major part in the finale and was very pleased to discover that I was right. In case anyone hasn't read it and knows this, I'll put it in spoiler code:

They also have a Sherlock Holmes Museum at Mr Holmes' home on Baker Street. In the most recent Stuart MacBride novel (Flesh House), two real people bid a large amount of money to become victims in the book. The money was donated to charity. It must be such a kick to be killed off by a really good crime writer!

I'm another one who carries a book wherever I go, but sometimes, when I know I've only got 5 minutes, I can't be bothred to get it out and will pick up a waiting room magazine and laugh at how out-of-date it all is because it's been sitting there for the best part of a decade.

I have to agree with both this and The Hobbit. I couldn't read any of them. I love the story, I just can't stand the writing style - 10 pages describing a field then 3 pages of songs is just too much for me - get on with the story already! If all the songs and extraneous description had been cut out you could have combined The Hobbit with all three volumes of The Lord of the Rings to make a fairly decent novella! Strangely, my non-reader hubby disagrees with me on this one - he loved both.

Well, I tried to watch an episode of this and had to turn it off after less than 10 minutes because I couldn't stand the Gods-awful narration which seemed to be constant and incredibly twee. Not for me, I'm afraid.

Tiger, I think you might really enjoy Wolf Girl by Theresa Tomlinson - I read it a couple of years ago and loved it. Another one that might appeal if you like historical crime fiction is Morality Play by Barry Unsworth - it's very unusual and very, very good. There's also a marvellous Tom Marlowe trilogy by Chris Priestley that consists of Death and the Arrow, The White Rider and Redwulf's Curse. I adored them all when I read them. Again, they're historical crime fiction - a little Sherloch Holmes-y. Then there's the wonderful Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton which is a bit like a Da Vinci Code for teens. Set in Stone by Linda Newbury is excellent, but you might want to leave that one another couple of years as it's aimed at the older end of the teen market and deals (very tactfully) with some adult themes. The Rainbow Bridge by Aubrey Flegg is actually 2nd in a trilogy, but also works well as a stand-alone work (I've not read the other two in the series). Orphan of the Sun by Gill Harvey is set in ancient Egypt and is very well-written, as well as being a very good story! Hitler's Canary by Sandi Toksvig is set during WWII and is surprisingly good. I wasn't expecting such a riveting read from this comedian as I'm not a fan of hers, but she's a much better serious writer than she is a satnd-up comedienne! The Cleopatra Curse by Katherine Roberts is an action-packed tale set in ancient Egypt - it's fast-paced and exciting from start to finish. The Medici Seal by Theresa Breslin is another intriguing mystery. Ithaka by Adele Gerasis the tale of The Odyssee told from the point of view of the women left behind. The Angel Stone by Livi Michael jumps back and forward between modern-day Manchester and the same city in 1605. Hearts of Stone by Kathleen Ernst is set during the American Civil War and focuses on a fmily torn apart by the war. Witch Child and Sorceress by Celia Rees are both very, very good and deal with a young girl accused of witchcraft near Salem. The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwickis another mystery and is packed full of twists and turns! The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson is gorgeous - I loved this one. The Spur on the Plate by Maureen Rylance is a short novella set in Scotland in 1529. I'm pretty certain you'll enjoy most, if not all, of these ones, Tiger. And in a few years time, I'd really recommend Simon Scarrow to you - his Roman Legions series is excellent. (And although I've linked all the titles to my reviews of these books, you don't need to worry about plot spoilers - have a look and see if any of them appeal to you!)

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Depends on what kind of thing the particular 15-y-o is into. Myself, I was into horror - especially vampires - so things like Dracula and Frankenstein were perfect for me.