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Waiting to Arrive My Wish List Kelley Armstrong ~ Personal Demon (Women of the Otherworld book 8) Kelley Armstrong ~ Living with the Dead (Women of the Otherworld book 9) Kelley Armstrong ~ Frostbitten (Otherworld book 10) Kelley Armstrong ~ Waking The Witch (Otherworld book 11) Kelley Armstrong ~ Spellbound (Otherworld book 12) Kelley Armstrong ~ Tales of the Otherworld (Otherworld Novella) Kelley Armstrong ~ Angelic (Otherworld Novella) Kelley Armstrong ~ Counterfeit Magic (Otherworld Novella) Kelley Armstrong ~ Forbidden (Otherworld Novella) Kelley Armstrong ~ Made To Be Broken (Nadia Stafford book 2) Kelley Armstrong ~ The Reckoning (Darkest Powers book 3) Kelley Armstrong ~ The Gathering (Darkest Powers book 4) Martina Cole ~ The Family Maryjanice Davidson ~ Undead and Unworthy (book 7) Maryjanice Davidson ~ Undead and Unwelcome (book 8) Maryjanice Davidson ~ Undead and Unfinished (book 9) Maryjanice Davidson ~ Naughty or Nice (book 2) Maryjanice Davidson ~ Dead and Loving it (book 3) Maryjanice Davidson ~ Dead over heels (book 4) Michele Bardsley ~ Wait til your Vampire gets home (book 4) Michele Bardsley ~ Over my dead body (book 5) Michele Bardsley ~ Come hell or high water (book 6) Michele Bardsley ~ Cross Your Heart (book 7) Michele Bardsley ~ Must Love Lycans (book 8) Amy Molloy ~ Wife, Interrupted LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez an Da Erfs N Stuffs Philippa Gregory ~ The Red Queen Tom Cox ~ Under The Paw: Confessions of a Cat Man Alison Weir ~ The Lady in the Tower Truman Capote ~ Breakfast at Tiffany's Emma Donoghue ~ Room Eden Maguire ~ Arizona Eva Ibbotson ~ The Secret Countess Bernard Shaw ~ Pygmalion (Penguin Classics) Libba Bray ~ Rebel Angels Libba Bray ~ The Sweet Far Thing Elizabeth H. Winthrop ~ December Gregory Maguire ~ The Next Queen of Heaven Gregory Maguire ~ Matchless (A Christmas Story) Lesley Pearse ~ Belle Jodi Picoult ~ Compasion Jodi Picoult ~ House Rules Jodi Picoult ~ Harvesting the Heart

'Mount To Be Read' 81 Mitch Albom ~ For One More Day Kelley Armstrong ~ Exit Strategy (Nadia Stafford Bk 1) Kelley Armstrong ~ The Awakening Kelley Armstrong ~ The Summoning (Darkest Powers Bk 1) Kelley Armstrong ~ Men of The Otherworld (Bk 1) Margaret Atwood ~ The Handmaids Tale Michele Bardsley ~ Because Your Vampire Said So! Holly Black ~ Ironside Holly Black ~ Tithe John Boyne ~ The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas Anthony Bozza ~ Slash: The Autobiography Trudi Canavan ~ The Priestess of the White Trudi Canavan ~ Last of The Wilds Trudi Canavan ~ Voice of The Gods Trudi Canavan ~ Magicians Apprentice Gail Carriger ~ Soulless John Connolly ~ The Book of Lost Things Catherine Cookson ~ A Dinner Of Herbs Mary-Janice Davidson ~ Dead And Buried Christie Dickason ~ The Principessa Berlie Doherty ~ Dear Nobody Suzannah Dunn ~ The Sixth Wife Jane Eagland ~ Wildthorn James Elroy ~ Black Dahlia Sam Enthoven ~ The Black Tattoo Stephen Foster ~ Walking Ollie Kathryn Fox ~ Blood Born Elizabeth Gaskell ~ North and South Tess Gerritsen ~ In Their Footsteps Tess Gerritsen ~ Stolen Tess Gerritsen ~ Call After Midnight Seth Grahame-Smith & Jane Austen ~ Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Vicky Halls ~ Cat Counsellor Charlaine Harris ~ Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris ~ Living Dead in Dallas Kim Harrison ~ Dead Witch Walking Kim Harrison ~ The good, The Bad and The Undead Kim Harrison ~ A Fistful of Charms Raven Hart ~ The Vampire's Seduction Raven Hart ~ The Vampire's Kiss Torey Hayden ~ The Sunflower Forest Torey Hayden ~ Beautiful Child Torey Hayden ~ Overheard In A Dream Mo Hayder ~ Gone Mandasue Heller ~ The Pact Susan Hill ~ Mrs DeWinter Chris Jericho ~ A Lions Tale Jeanne Kalogridis ~ Burning Times Stephen King ~ Under the Dome Elizabeth Kostova ~ The Swan Thieves Martin Langfield ~ The Malice Box Norah Lofts ~ The Lost Queen Norah Lofts ~ The Concubine Rosamund Lupton ~ Sister Gregory Maguire ~ A Lion Amongst Men Gregory Maguire ~ Lost Gregory Maguire ~ Mirror Mirror Donald McCaig ~ Rhett Butler's People Karen Moline ~ Belladonna Kate Morton ~ The Forgotten Garden Jo Nesbo ~ The Snowman Jo Nesbo ~ The Devil's Star Christopher Paolini ~ Brisingr Jean Plaidy ~ Castille For Isabella (Isabelle & Ferdinand Trilogy bk1) Jean Plaidy ~ Uneasy Lies The Head (Tudors bk1) Terry Pratchett ~ The Light Fantastic Justine Picardie ~ Daphne Patricia Scanlon ~ Promises Promises Mark Spitz ~ Nobody Likes You Eva Stachniak ~ Dancing With Kings Jonathan Stroud ~ Heroes Of The Valley Astro Teller ~ Exegesis Sue Townsend ~ The Queen & I Willy Vlautin ~ Lean on Pete Freda Warrington ~ A Taste of Blood Wine J M Warwick ~ A Season of Eden Sarah Waters ~ Fingersmith Sarah Waters ~ Affinity Alison Weir ~ The Lady Elizabeth Alison Weir ~ Innocent Traitor Markus Zusak ~ The Book Thief

Currently Reading Already Read 34. Norah Roberts ~ Winter Dreams (2/5) 33. Karen Rose ~ Silent Scream (4/5) 32. Jonathan Letham ~ As She Climbed Across The Table (1/5) 31. Jonathan Nasaw ~ 27 Bones 30. Jonathan Nasaw ~ Fear Itself (3/5) 29. Jonathan Nasaw ~ The Girls He Adored (3/5) 28. Diane Setterfield ~ The Thirteenth Tale (4.5/5) 27.Lesley Pearse ~ Stolen (2/5) 26. Gregory Maguire ~ Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (4/5) 25. Jonathan Stroud ~ The Ring of Solomon (Bartemaeus) (5/5) 24. Roberta Kray ~ The Pact (3/5) 23. Martina Cole ~ Hard Girls (4/5) 22. Liz Jensen ~ The Rapture (0/5) 21. Sara Shephard ~ All The Things We Didn't Say (2/5) 20. Kate Summerscale ~ The Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher (2/5) 19. MaryJanice Davidson ~ Derik's Bane (3/5) 18. Jodi Picoult ~ Picture Perfect (4/5) 17. Libba Bray ~ A Great and Terrible Beauty (4/5) 16. Karen Rose ~ Have You Seen Her? (3/5) 15. Karen Rose ~ I can See You (3/5) 14. Mary Hooper ~ Newes of the Dead (4/5) 13. Natsuo Kirino ~ Grotesque (3/5) 12. Mo Hayder ~ Skin (4/5) 11. The Heretics Daughter ~ Kathleen Kent (5/5) Wines and Spirits: Looking Behind the Label (3 read throughs and a million sticky notes) 10. Various ~ Blood Lite (3/5) 9. Eden Maguire ~ Beautiful Dead: Jonas (3/5) 8. Karen Rose ~ Kill For Me (2/5) 7. Mary-Janice Davidson ~ Undead and Uneasy (4/5) 6. Stephfordy Mayo ~ New Moan (3/5) 5. Jodi Picoult ~ Songs of the Humpback Whale (2.5/5) 4. Tess Gerritsen ~ Girl Missing (3/5) 3. Charlaine Harris - Grave Secret (4/5) 2. Martina Cole ~ The Business (4/5) 1. Joanne Briscoe ~ Sleep With Me (2/5) Read 3 Buy 1 credits: -3 (14 Used)

A Christmas Carol is one of my absolute favourite Christmas stories so I'm hoping it will get me in the festive mood

The Christmas Books Charles Dickens Dickens story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has proved one of his most well-loved works. Ever since it was published in 1843 it has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas. Dickens other Christmas writings collected here include The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton, the short story from The Pickwick Papers on which A Christmas Carol was based; along with shorter pieces drawn from the Christmas Stories that Dickens wrote annually for his weekly journals. In all of them Dickens celebrates the season as one of geniality, charity and remembrance. Started: 14/12/09 Finished: 24/12/09 Rated: 5/5 Comments: Absolutely adore Dickens. Can't say more than that.

With or Without You Carole Matthews When Jake tells Lyssa it's not working, she knows he's not talking about the toaster - nor is he referring to their fourth failed attempt at IVF. What she doesn't realise is that he's having an affair with a girl at work. Lyssa is faced with two choices - sink or swim - and, after a fairly shaky start, she decides to swim with style... Started: 02/12/09 Finished: 13/12/09 Rated: 3/5 Comments: I enjoyed this book. Light reading with a not-too-complicated plot. A happy ending and all things nice. Will definately be reading some more from Carole.

Such a shame. I loved going to Borders and have probably spent more money in there this year than in Waterstones. I popped in yesterday because I was in the retail park and bought a lovely novelty Christmas tree. Didn't buy any books though because I'm restricting myself until after Christmas. I hope the staff are looked after. How horrible to face this a couple of weeks before Christmas.

This makes me quite sad. I like using the Borders in Preston as it's quite a nice store and they usually have the same offers as at least Waterstones. Although online business is hard to compete with, there's nothing more satisfying than wandering around a shop full of books.

So far it's been a great read. I may be biased because I'm a cat lover but I'm loving this story. Will keep you updated on the progress.

Working in the business, I was thrown in at the deep end as I knew nothing about wines when I started. As the others have said, it's all about personal tastes and perceptions. What you smell and taste may be different to someone else. So the best way to learn is by drinking it. I would say, go with a factual book about regions, grapes etc and try to avoid peoples opinion books. I almost never agree with them and sometimes think we are tasting completely different wines. Maybe keep a diary/blog of what you have tried and enjoyed and you'll probably start finding trends. Completely agree about the Chilean wines as well. Some of my favourites are Chilean and great value for money.

Dewey: The Small-town Library-cat Who Touched the World Vicki Myron On the coldest morning of the year, Vicki Myron found a tiny, bedraggled kitten almost frozen to death in the night drop box of the library where she worked, and her life — and the town of Spencer, Iowa — would never be the same. Vicki was a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm and an alcoholic, abusive husband. But her biggest challenge as the new head librarian in Spencer was to raise the spirits of a small, out-of-the-way town mired deep in the farm crisis of the 1980s. Dewey, as the townspeople named the kitten, quickly grew into a strutting, adorable library cat whose antics kept patrons in stitches, and whose sixth sense about those in need created hundreds of deep and loving friendships. As his fame grew, people drove hundreds of miles to meet Dewey, and people all over the world fell in love with him. Through it all, Dewey remained a loyal companion, a beacon of hope not just for Vicki, but for the entire town of Spencer as it slowly, steadily pulled itself up from the worst financial crisis in its long history. Dewey won hearts and proved to everyone he encountered that unconditional love comes in many forms. Started: 22/11/09 Finished: 01/12/09 Rated: 4/5 Comments: I'll never learn will I? Taken in by the cutest looking cat on the cover with the bad luck story. I loved this book and am not ashamed to say I cried at the end. At least I managed to make it to the end, unlike Marley and Me where I couldn't bring myself to read through my tears. I have to say, the end hurt a little. You learn so much about Dewey that you can't help but feel a little saddened (or a lot in my case). Highly recommended but be warned..... you already know how it will end.

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