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    Angel's Books 2010

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    How did you like Twenties Girl, Angel? I think it's Kinsella's best novel, really funny and witty :)

     

    I've only just started it as I kept falling asleep last night! What I have read promises to be good - will let you know, I do like her books though

    Angel's Books 2010

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Whilst on holiday I managed to get a fair bit of reading done

    Mink Elliott - The Pi**ed off Parents Club

    Alison Weir - The Captive Queen

    Tracey Chavalier - Strange Creatures

    Richard Montanari - Kiss of Evil

     

    Now I'm just about to start Mary Higgins Clerk - The Shadow of your Smile

    Joanne Harris

    in General Fiction

    Posted

    Five quarters of the orange is really good

    I'm reading that one at the moment.

     

    Lollipop Shoes is on the TBR pile. So far I've enjoyed all her books. I just need to get The Evil Seed and Blackberry wine

    Allergies?

    in General Chat

    Posted

    I suffer from contact dermatitis which is a nightmare in my job as a nurse and I've been warned several times that I am at high risk of developing a latex allergy - potentially life threatening if that develops. So I have to have special gloves ordered for me. I have to take an antihistamine everyday and if I get a flare up take a much stronger one along with steroid creams. I have to use a thick barrier cream 3-4 times a day

     

    I am allergic to

     

    -copper

    -nickel

    -cobalt (this is in print, ceramics, make up, gold jewellery and a whole host of everyday things, )

    -biological wash detergents

    -normal plasters

    -most brands of makeup - I can't wear any foundation, fancy creams. I wear minimal eyeliner, eyeshadow on special occassions and hypoallergenic mascara

     

    At least I'm cheap to run against most wives which gives me more to spend on books and stichy things :D

    Cross stitch

    in General Chat

    Posted

    Mine arrived the other day as well and there were just a couple of things missing. Just a cube of 'thread heaven' missing and a piece of fabric. 30+ 6 thread Anchor, 6 Anchor Marlitt (4 thread) 6 DMC satin floss, 7 Caron threads, perle cotton white and black in nos. 5, 8 and 12, 3 packs needles, 3 Kreinek gold thread, and 2 x14 count aida.

    Angel's Books 2010

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Virgin Widow is a must - as every bit as good as Philippa Gregory. A name to look out for in the future I think. This book is about how Anne Neville eventually became Richard III wife

     

    Ken McClure - Dust to Dust

    Historical Fiction

    in Historical Fiction

    Posted

    Maybe a stupid question but is there a 'master' of historical fiction, an author who is widely regarded like Stephen King is for example, in the horror genre, within historical fiction?

     

    I guess it largely depends on the era but are there prominent authors to look out for? Historical fiction is becoming more and more 'my thing' by the minute.

     

    The really good ones are:-

    Jean Plaidy

    Elizabeth Chadwick

    Bernard Cornwall

    Philippa Gregory

    CJ Sansom

    Alison Weir

    Jeanne Kalogridis

     

    There are some newer ones that I am discovering -

    Anne O'Brien

    SJ Parish

    Kate Mosse

    Ken Follett

    Cross stitch

    in General Chat

    Posted

    I used the same site as Kell and I got

     

    33 Anchor 6 stranded cootons

    6 Anchor 4 stranded Martlitt

    3 Kreinik Gold threads

    7 Caron flower threads - Waterlily range

    3 lengths of pre-cut aida (14 & 18 count)

    Anchor perle no 5 x3

    Anchor perle no 8 x3

    Anchor perle no 12 x3

    Needles - cross stitch and beading

    Thread conditioner and a couple of other bits and pieces

     

    All in all -- 66 items for

    What vexes you?

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    There are several crimes that should be punished and I don't think that we should be lenient at all.

    - leaving a book open on a table- use a bookmark

     

    - not turning the page nicely, just pushing it over roughly - the pages should be turned from the top right hand corner one page at a time

     

    -writing in the margins - should be banned by law

     

    - deliberately cracking the spine - how would you like your spine cracked, not nice eh

     

    - turning a page whilst resting the book on your belly causing the page to bend or even tear at the bottom - go on a diet or use those hands to lift the book prior to page turning - doesn't take alot of effort

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