Liz

After being given the complete Morse set of books for Christmas, I'm going to start with the first book and try and work my way through the series in order (not all in one go, though), rather than reading them from here and there like I have done so far. LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK Colin Dexter The death of Sylvia Kaye figured dramatically in Thursday afternoon's edition of the Oxford Mail. By Friday evening Inspector Morse had informed the nation that the police were looking for a dangerous man - facing charges of wilful murder, sexual assault and rape. But as the obvious leads fade into twilight and darkness, Morse becomes more and more convinced that passion holds the key.

Have finished the fourth of Michael Palin's travel books. This one was slightly different to his previous ones as it was more about Hemingway's life and the places he lived in and travelled to. I did enjoy this one, though. It has encouraged me to try one of the two Hemingway books that I own sooner rather than later. His books will definitely be moving nearer to the top of the TBR pile.

I read About The Author last month. I thought it was quite good in places. What did you think about it?

I prefer it when I don't know the gender of the author. It probably seems a bit silly, but I find it quite fun to try and guess from the subject and style of writing whether it's written by a man or a woman.

Hope you feel better soon.

Yet none of his plans for 1933, outlined in a letter to Arnold Gingrich, publisher of a new magazine called Esquire, seemed to include his native land: "I go to Cuba in a small boat April 12 ti fish that coast for two months in case I go to Spain to make a picture, if not, for four months then to Spain. Go from Spain to Tanganyika and then to Abyssinia to shoot, Will be back next Janurary or February." Hemingway Adventure Michael Palin

Going to move away from Peter Cook, I think. Am going to start....... Hemingway Adventure Michael Palin One hundred years after the birth of Ernest Hemingway, Michael Palin set out to discover the man behind the legend. Travelling through the forests and lakes of North Michigan to the First World War battlefields in Italy, from Paris to te sites of the Spanish Civil War, Michael Palin encounters unique events such as the running of the bulls in Pamplona and the and the infectious madness of the Fallas festival in Valencia. And in Cuba, bar-hopping, marlin fishing and daiquiris help unravel some of the myths surrounding Hemingway's life

Finished reading How Very Interesting late this evening. Really enjoyed this one. Was better than the previous Peter Cook book. There were some very good interviews in it. Some were a bit dull, but the majority of them were good. They went through more or less everying he did using interviews and essays about his work.

Hiya. Welcome back.

Wow! That sounds like a fab job! It must be fun. I did think about going to a bookshop for my Work Experience week last year. Couldn't find anywhere that did it so I went and worked in a Library instead. That was quite good.

My sister is reading The Historian at the moment. I think she's struggling with it a bit as she started it end of Nov/beginning of Dec, and she is half way through it. She's letting me borrow it after her.

Ah, that always happens to me.

Not more books!

I keep a notebook of the books I read and just a quick note on what I thought about them. I keep a list on here just to let the members know which books I've read, if I liked them and which I have and are planning to read.

Finished the Peter Cook biography this evening. Wasn't too bad. I think I prefer the Cook biography by Harry Thompson, though. That talked about Peter Cook's ups and downs, not just his down times, which you sometimes felt this biography did - especially nearer the end. I should imagine it's because it's by his ex-wife, and so it will be a little biased in certain areas, especially with their divorce. Now it's got me in a Peter Cook mood so I'm going to read the other Peter Cook book I had for Christmas. How Very Interesting: Peter Cook's Universe & All That Surrounds It Edited by Paul Hamilton How Very Interesting cotains interviews with those who worked with Cook during his long and varied career and who saw him as an inspiration: his colleagues, collaborators, co-writers, producers, directors, fans and friends.

I was pouring brandy down his throat to keep him warm. For all its good and bad points - the lowest being The Con Man, of course - it wasn't fair that almost all the series had been lost to posterity, and if I could have a word with The Man Upstairs to ask for one sketch to be saved I'd have to say Lengths. Without a doubt. Peter Cook's Universe & All That Surrounds It Edited by Paul Hamilton

:D The paperback is not much better, either.

Jolly good. I'm looking forward to getting round to reading this now.

Yep, that is a main point as well.

That is really annoying. I get that sometimes when I'm writing an answer. If I take too long writing it up then when I go to submit I'm logged out. Have to start all over again. I've started to just write out the reply on Wordpad and then just copy and paste it in and submit.

I've seen the film, which wasn't too bad, but I'm hoping the book is going to be better. But it's not a very big book. I thought it was going to be a lot bigger than about 350 pages.

I know. Isn't she just a star! :D

When we had a charity dress-up day at school where you had to come as a character from a book, a lad in my class came as Mr. Strong. He wore this huge cardboard box painted red that was as big as he was. He kept getting stuck in the doorways. My Maths teacher came as Mr. Bump and was wrapped up in loo roll.

Hardbacks look nice on the shelf, but I tend to go for paperbacks. I find them easier to read and they're not as heavy or as awkward to carry around. Although, it is nice to have a read of a hardback every now and then, like I am at the moment. There was one book, though, where I bought both types. It was the Monty Python autobiography. I bought the hardback of it because it had photographs on every page which was great to go through and look at. I then bought the paperback of it so that I could read it and take it around with me - the paperback only had a few photographs in it. The hardback would have been too much of a hassle to read from.