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Thanks, Mau - I think I shall have to start collecting them for my godson soon. I remember my cousin being very into them when he was younger...

I loved the gun training sequence! Cpt Jack was SOOOOOOOOO hot all through that bit! *swoon* He can give me some gun training any time he likes!

Who's it by, Mau? I'm always interested in kids' books - I have 3 neices aged 1 1/2, 6 & 9, & a 4-y-o godson, so books are always a good idea!

I love this!

Nope, I find Tolkien impossible to read - I refuse to wade through 16 pages describing a field before having another hobbit song & only THEN getting 5 minutes of action - it's just not on! I love the stories & I loved the films, but the books were just far too dull for me to continue. I couldn't even read The Hobbit - I got 3 chapters in & threw it across the room - & this was in preparation for a theatre production of it - LOL! I remember reading a play in school called Unwin, Wittering & Zigo. I can't remember who it was by, but it was about a bunch of pupils (I think it was an all-boys school) who have a new teacher to replace the one who misteriously died recently. If I remember correctly, it transpires that the lads pushed him off a cliff or something like that. Of course, I may be misremembering that, or I may have dreamed it, in which case, I may write it mmyself!

If you roast the red peppers & then add them to the basic butternut squash recipe, it's absolutely mouthwateringly delicious. Expecially if you serve it with a dollop of creme fraiche - such a winter-warming treat!

Ooh, Bagpuss, I make BNS soup all the time. I use a little nutmeg in mine & it's lovely - one of my faves!

I just hated it - it put me in such a bad mood with the main character for whom I was supposed to feel sympathy. I had pretty reasonable expectations due to the fact that The Time Traveler's Wife had "This is the next The Lovely Bones" on the front of it & I had adored that one. This was nothing like it & from my point of view it had nothing to like.

1. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 2. The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason 3. Falling Sideways by Tom Holt 4. High Society by Ben Elton 5. Things We Knew Were True by Nicci Gerard None of them remotely lived up to even my most meagre of expectations - incredibly disappointing all round.

I'll be reading Notes at some point this month for the Posh Club. I did start reading it a while back & couldn't get into it, so I got shot of it. I've just arranged a swap to get another copy back - LOL!

Ooh, it's a toughie that one! Lets see, in no particular order... The Stand by Stephen King Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman The Sacred Art of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis (I know that's seven books, but my copy is an omnibus edition - LOL!)

I've just ordered a copy of Bitten & Smitten...

Dying Light was excellent - just a tad better than Cold Granite even! Very impressed - I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for anything else written by Macbride! Will be starting on The Secret Purposes by David Baddiel for the BCF Reading Circle today...

There are a few series I love: Discworld series by Terry Pratchett Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong Eagles series by Simmon Scarrow Sukie Stackhouse / Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris The Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell Harry Potter series by J K Rowling Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis When I was a kid I also loved the Mallory Towers series by Enid Blyton & wished I could go to a school like that, although if I'd actually been sent to an all-girls boarding school, I would have been very miserable indeed! I've read the 1st Nursery Crime Division book by Jasper Fforde & very uch enjoyed that, so I may well continue with that series, & I have the 1st in the Thursday Next series (also JF) on my TBR shelf, so that's another couple of series to get into...

Did anyone else have Flash Cards when they were little? I used to love those even when I was tiny - I think they were one of the main factors in my learning to read so early - we used to play with them all the time.

Yes, don't forget The Bromeliad (the trilogy name for the Nomes books) - they're lovely - very funny too.

I was "sounding out" words from picture books when I was two & by the time I was three, I was happily reading to myself out loud whenever I got the chance - I think it was me showing off being "grown-up" to the adults - LOL! By the time I was in school at four I was reading very easily & furious when they tried to make me read Peter & Jane books which I felt were far too easy for me (& they WERE!). By the time I was in my last couple of years at 1st school, they were having to get books from the middle school for me to read, & by the time I was in middle school, I was starting to read high school books. We moved to Aberdeen when I was almost 11 & I was reading books that the Standard Grade classes were studying, so I guess I was reading about 3 or 4 years above my age. When I started secondary school, I was immediately made to do more detailed book reports using the template for the 3rd & 4th years. I wrote so many of them I won a prize at the end of 1st year. Unfortunately, they didn't really think very hard about the prize & gave me a copy of What Katy Did which I'd read when I was about 7, so I was rather put out. Now, of course, I wouldn't turn my nose up at that book at all!

LOL - I only wish! But I have the feeling someone may have already bought it for me, even this far in advance (most likely my Mam) & I'd hate to upset them by having it already & ruining their surprise...

I am absolutely DYING to get my mitts on a copy of The Boleyn Inheritance, but I've been told I'm not allowed to buy any more books at all before Xmas, so I'm hopeful that I'll get it then - but I hate having to wait!!!

Am now reading Dying Light by Stuart McBride, the sequel to Cold Granite which I read a short while ago. This one's just as gritty so far & I'm absolutely loving it - McBride is definitely an author to watch in the future!

Yes, Interview is first, followed by The Vampire Lestat, then Queen of the Damned. I can't remember where it goes after that, but I think it's Tale of the Body Thief then Memnoch the Devil...

I take it you've read all the other ones too, DWMG? I'm a huge fan - can't get enough of them. I have the 1st one in paperback, but I've managed to get all the others as prezzies, so they're in hardback & they all sit, looking lovely on my shelf together. I'm certain there'll be at least one more - they can't just introduce a fab new character & then not do anything else with her later on - so I think that when I find out when the publication date is I shall re-read all the others again before I get it - just to keep everything fresh & up-to-date.

I'm eagerly awaiting 10pm for the next episode. And I agree about the hand - I was thinking that too...

Ooh, i've read Plague Sorcerer, Tiger - I quite liked that one. I'd be interested in hearing more about Frankie, Peaches & Me, though, as you seem to have liked that one an awful lot - sounds very good to me. Got a lot of reading done, didn't you?!

LOL - I thought it sounded familiar, but it wasn't till I realised that Westall wote The Cats of Seroster (I knew about Devil on the Road for sure) that I remembered about him writing Blitzcat too - sheer luck, rather than good memory. Hope you'll enjoy The Unadulterated Cat - I loved it!