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December's challenge - The Sign of the Cross by Chris Kusneski

Quite enjoyed Sign of the Cross - aliitle like Da Vinci but easier to read Now starting Susanna Gregory - A Killer in Winter

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I keep a TBR list on here but on the whole I'm very good at remembering. As for where I keep those books, I like to keep them on the shelf. Each one is generally kept with those of the same author or sets. Years of habit! I also have about 10 books on the computer desk because I have run out of shelf space and no matter how I arrange things I can't sqeeze them in. My library books are kept in a seperate pile near the computer desk. Hello and welcome!

That book was just so boring - I gave up, not something I do lightly Moved onto Chris Kuzneski - Sign of the Cross. Very good so far

Now starting Chantel Thomas - Farewell, My Queen

I adore Italian food - it is one of the main influences in this house. Curry is also a strong contender - DH has a variety of recpies that he uses. Occassional Chinese. Having said that - we are quite content to eat English fayre

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A third through Jill Mansell - Thinking of You

I very rarely use a dictionary - if I don't know a word I try to work it out in context

I usually hols the book in my left hand, so that my right is left free for drinks, nibbles or the computer mouse Recently if I try to read in bed I end up falling asleep

I'd say easily 450 - 500 books. About 75-100 reference / text including cookery books. Like many on here I would not part with them - it has to be very disappointing to end up on Green Metropolis. Thats excluding Tiger's and her brothers.

Just started Tracy Cavelier - Fallen Angels

I quite enjoyed The Tenth Circle

Well said Echo! I also like to read challenging books and like to learn something new - those who have been on here since the beginning of this forum know of my love for the classics, historical fiction and up to trying something new. But like a lot of other people on here I like to escape into a world of my own, read for the sake of pure pleasure and to destress. I certainly do not think that this type of reading should be scorned - it has it's place in society and that those who do look down on this are the ones with a problem. If this attitude is adopted with the younger generation then it is hardly surprising that youngsters lose the will! Reading should be enjoyed for the pleasure of the written word and thoughts / ideas of the author. What is more important is that people keep reading as it will still expand their horizons no matter what the genre

I've quite got into her books recently - our library often has her books in. So far I've not been disappointed

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Maureen - I quite enjoyed this one. For me I think that it showed just how easy it is for people to make assumptions and make wrong accusations. I thought I had the murderer sussed from quite early on - but I was wrong. Have you read it and if so were your thoughts

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Are you working in a kitchen that is too warm? When working with a certain type of pastry (pate sucree) it seriously hates the kitchen warm. Are your hands too hot as this may have an effect. Also are you overhandling the mixture? Don't forget that flours vary with each bag and absorb different levels of water - try adding only part of the water at a time - like bread and pastry, you don't always need the full amount. I like the idea by Poppy

Just starting Catherine Shaw - The Riddle of the River

Wow Andy!! The whiskey jellies sound interesting! I had a humble marmite sandwich made with homemade brown bread

Now reading Nicci French -The Red Room.