Kell
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I've not read any of the Sharpe books, but if Napoleanic wars are what you're looking for, Simon Scarrow has a sereis set during that period:
Revolution series by Simon Scarrow:
1. Young Bloods (2006)
2. The Generals (2007)
3. Fire and Sword (2009)
4. The Fields of Death (2010)
I haven't read them yet, but I have the first three waiting n Mount TBR and I adore his Romans series, so I'll most probably like these too.
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Dale was convinced that Mycroft (before we found out who he was) was Professor Moriarty and had even convinced himself that his car's license plate, which featured the letters "TPM",was significant and stood for "The Professor Moriarty", which I thought was quite clever of him to come up with, so he was miffed he was wrong, but I was delighted at Mycroft's inclusion!
ETA: I'm rather tempted to look for my copy of Sherlock Holmes stories and give them a good reread asap. I know I have a hardback copy of The Return Of Sherlock Holmes on my shelves somewhere... I'm pretty sure I'll have others too if I look for them!
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Ah, that explains why I saw the number 4 being bandied about. Thanks.
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Has anyone had a look at the Science Of Deduction site that's been set up as part of the Sherlock stuff?
There's a mystery to solve on there. At the moment, we have a coded message:
DSPCWZNV T LX HLENSTYR JZF
And a clue:
A Roman Emperor will help you work out what this means.
Anyone got any ideas?
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Argh! I read somewhere that there were four episodes! Now I'm all upset! Still, I hope they'll make more of them as 3 will clearly not be enough...
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I've just started reading this and at only 4 chapters in, I'm already enjoying it.
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Did anyone else watch this tonight? Dale and I watched it and were very pleasantly surprised - we BOTH loved it!
I was especially pleased to see they kept to the spirit of the originals, even going so far as to have Watson invalided back to Blighty after being shot in Afghanistan (yes, the original Dr Watson was shot there too, and in a military capacity as well!).Now very much looking forward to watching the 2nd episode next Sunday night, and episodes 3 and 4 the following Sundays. I hope they do more of them as well!
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Gladiator by Simon Scarrow is one of a series of books, but you'll want to read the others first so you get the most out of it. It's an excellent book, but then the whole series is excellent.
1. Under the Eagle (2000)
2. The Eagle's Conquest (2001)
3. When the Eagle Hunts (2002)
4. The Eagle and the Wolves (2003)
5. The Eagle's Prey (2004)
6. The Eagle's Prophecy (2005)
7. The Eagle in the Sand (2006)
8. Centurion (2007)
9. The Gladiator (2009)
10. The Legion (2010)
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Kell, the little avatars are really cute! Can I commission you to make some special Reading or BCF ones, to offer on the forum?
Of course.
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Part of Simon Scarrow's Roman series is set in Britain in 42AD. Check out the first three books - they are primarily concerned with the ROman invasion of Briatin during that period. The whole series is excellent though.
1. Under the Eagle (2000)
2. The Eagle's Conquest (2001)
3. When the Eagle Hunts (2002)
4. The Eagle and the Wolves (2003)
5. The Eagle's Prey (2004)
6. The Eagle's Prophecy (2005)
7. The Eagle in the Sand (2006)
8. Centurion (2007)
9. The Gladiator (2009)
10. The Legion (2010)
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It's actually an idea I spotted about a year ago but done in French knots and with only the braille letters, but I thought it might be nice to design a series of different greetings with a simple border and do the braille in beads.
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I designed and stitched a very quick card as it's my wedding anniversary on 1st August. I'm hoping hubby will like it. The beads are arranged so that they spell "I love you" in braille. He's not blind, it was just an idea I had for a series of card motifs and I thought I'd stitch it for him as it's not a girlie design.
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Yes, but you did the bulk of it and all the worrying over your new baby.
You should see quite a few of them popping up - I had many requests for them and they're all different. -
1. Who was your favourite character and why?
Probably the CHeshire Cat. I actually find him slightly sinister, but always wished he got more page time as he's such a fun character with his appearing and disappearing.
2. Was there a particular part you enjoyed/disliked more than the rest?
When the Queen of Hearts tries to have the Cheshire Cat's head cut off, but can't because his body has vanished, leaving them with nothing from which to sever his head - LOL! I also always loved the Caucus Race with all the animals running round to dry off and then expecting Alice to provide everyone with a prize each at the end.
3. Was this the first book you've read in this genre/by this author, has it encouraged you to read more?
I've read both the Alice books numerous times over the years and enjoyed them every time, but have never felt any particular pull to read any of his other novels.
4. Were there any parts/ideas you struggled with?
Nope. I rather enjoyed that there was nonesense on every page because it was fun nonsense that made a kind of narrative sense, rather than not connecting at all. Each of the stories could be taken as individual stories in Alice's adventures or read as a whole with equal enjoyment.
5. Overall, was reading the book an enjoyable experience?
Yes - it's a fun little book that doesn't take very long to read. It's the kind of thing I expect to be reading a chapter each night to Xan whenhe's just a little older. I hope he'll enjoy it as much as I did.
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If you like books aimed at the youth market, you'll probably love The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo - it's absolutely gorgeous and one of my all-time favourite books. I reread it not that long ago and it's still as magical now as I found it when I read it some 20+ years ago!
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There are two books by Kelley Armstrong about a female ex-cop-turned-hit-woman.
Nadia Stafford series
1. Exit Strategy (2007)
2. Made to Be Broken (2009)
They're pretty good and I'm hoping there'll be at least one more!
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Find one of the Pound Stores (or whatever they're named in your area - there's a whole bunch of them) and rake around to see if they stock any books...
I often pop into our pund shops to have a rummage and often come out with several hardbacks at a quid each - bargain! And you know what? They make great stocking fillers at Xmas - I got everyone an extra hardback book for Xmas last year for minimal cost. It meant I could spend more on other things making the gifts special without going overboard. I'll do the same this year - I stock up when I see good or pretty books for cheap prices and hoard them all as extra birthday and Xmas gifts! I have about a dozen or so sitting in my cupbaord at the moment, all waiting to be given to people...
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I may have just created the world's littlest Pratchett fan! After his bath, I decided to read "Where's My Cow?" to Xan. He loved it so much he immediately shouted "Again! Again!" so I read it again and this time he joined in. He wanted it read again, so I read it as his bedtime story, by which time he was joining in with almost all of it! Of course, I may now have to put up with him shouting "Bugrit!" at awkward moments, but that's an allowance I'm willing to make in theline of Pratchettising him.
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I have a winder, but I've hardly used it. Not only is it easier to get it all nice and neat by hand, but my winder actually has a terrible squeak - LOL!
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I'm still rather miffed about the bobbins. I understand they're closing down and not restocking, but the site said they were still in stock and the items shwoed up on my order on my account (which they shouldn't have done if they were out of stock). Now I have a large stash of lovely Anchor threads and no bobbins to put them on - not fair! I was all geared up for some bobbining and since I'm not feeling great at the moment, that would have been a great way to spend some of my time as last night I certainly wasn't in a very stitchy mood (I couldn't read either), whereas bobbining is a lovely, mindless activity that you can just do while you're watching the telly and not have to concentrate!
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Got my stash order from the place that's closing down - loads of flosses, 3 packs of needles, some 22-count fabric and some 14-count ecru paper (which was loose rather than in a pack, so it's all crumpled - grrrrr! Will have a go at ironing it and see if it makes a difference, but it's pretty much unusable as it is). Typically, the one thing that they didn't include was the 10 packs of plastic bobbins - ironically, the items I needed most! I now have no bobbins to put my new flosses on and probably won't be able to go and get any till next month! Ahh, well...
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Another vote for Pemberley - I enjoyed it a great deal.
Also, Flowers For Algernon. It's been many years since I read it (about 18 or so!), but I remember loving it.
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Ooh - lovely stash! I'm drooling here!
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I still remember a small amount of schoolgirl French - enough to just about get by and also understand Eddie Izzard when he does sections of his shows in French.
I used to be semi-fluent in Turkish but have forgotten almost every word of it apart from counting to 4, saying thank you, and asking "where is the bathroom?"
I can say at least one swear word in at least a dozen languages thoughand often another word or two as well, but nothing to constitute actual understanding of conversations in any of them.
Ooh, and I can say, "Hello! My name is Kell" in Japanese.
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
in The Classics
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I love the film and have seen it many times, so I'm totally picturing Vivien Leigh as Scarlett - LOL!