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I saw the film last week and really enjoyed it. I'm very interested in reading the book now, just to compare with how the story should have been told and how it should have ended.

Hi and welcome

I must admit, I forgot about my Librarything and spent ages updating it again I promise to look after it more in 2008

I've read about half of what I read last year but it's been more quality over quantity. I too enjoyed Michel Faber Crimson Petal and The White.

I got the Paulo Nutini album because humming bits of his songs was driving me crazy. Good album though

It is Nici and it looks very interesting too I'll let you know what I think.

Waiting to Arrive My Wish List Elizabeth Chadwick ~ The Winter Mantle, The Scarlet Lion, Shields of Pride, A Place Beyond Courage, The Falcons of Montabard, Bride Fire Philippa Gregory ~ The Favoured Child, Meridion Jodi Picoult Michelle Rowan ~ Bitten and Smitten Gregory Maguire ~ Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Lost Carrie Vaughn ~ Kitty and the Midnight Hour, Kitty Goes to Washington Karen Chance ~ Touch The Dark, Claimed by Shadow Kim Harrison ~ Every Witch Way But Dead Mandasue Heller ~ The Club, Tainted Lives Robert Neill ~ Mist Over Pendle Kate Mulholland ~ A Cry Of Innocence Mary-Janice Davidson - Undead and Uneasy Philip Carlo ~ The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer Jennifer McMahon ~ Promise not to tell

'Mount To Be Read' (82) Christopher Paolini ~ Brisingr Trudi Canavan ~ The Priestess of the White Trudi Canavan ~ Last of The Wilds Trudi Canavan ~ Voice of The Gods Stephen King ~ Christine Stephen King ~ Everything's Eventual Stephen King ~ Needful Things Stephen King ~ Pet Semetary Stephen King ~ Nightmares & Dreamscapes Stephen King ~ Insomnia, Stephen King ~ IT Stephen King ~ Cell Stephen King ~ Misery Stephen King ~ The Stand Stephen King ~ The Bachman Books Stephen King ~ Lisey's Story Terry Pratchett ~ The Light Fantastic Tess Gerritsen ~ Body Double Tess Gerritsen ~ In Their Footsteps Tess Gerritsen ~ The Bone Garden Tess Gerritsen ~ Stolen Mick Foley ~ Mankind Have a Nice Day Philippa Gregory ~ Wideacre Philippa Gregory ~ Virgin Earth Philippa Gregory ~ Fallen Skies Philip Pullman ~ Northern Lights Philip Pullman ~ The Amber Spyglass Jean Plaidy ~ The Lady in the Tower Bram Stoker ~ Dracula G.P. Taylor ~ Shadowmancer G.P. Taylor ~ Wormwood Sarah Waters ~ Fingersmith Joanne Harris ~ Coastliners Elizabeth Chadwick ~ The Loveknot Elizabeth Chadwick ~ Shadows and Strongholds Elizabeth Chadwick ~ The Greatest Knight Elizabeth Chadwick ~ The Champion Elizabeth Chadwick ~ The Marsh King's Daughter Elizabeth Chadwick ~ The Conquest Elizabeth Chadwick ~ Daughters of The Grail Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee ~ Dhampir Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee ~ Thief of Lives Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee ~ Sister of The Dead Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee ~ Traitor to The Blood Kelley Armstrong ~ Exit Strategy Liz Maverick ~ Crimson City Torey Hayden ~ Beautiful Child Torey Hayden ~ Silent Boy John Boyne ~ The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas Markus Zusak ~ The Book Thief Sam Enthoven ~ The Black Tattoo Jonathan Nasaw ~ The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw ~ Fear Itself Jonathan Nasaw ~ 27 Bones Kit Craig ~ Strait Kim Harrison ~ Dead Witch Walking Kim Harrison ~ The good, The Bad and The Undead Kim Harrison ~ A Fistful of Charms Karen Moline ~ Belladonna John Connolly ~ The Book of Lost Things Jeanne Kalogridis ~ Burning Times Mitch Albom ~ For One More Day Sarah Waters ~ Affinity Mary Janice Davidson ~ Undead and Unpopular Raven Hart ~ The Vampire's Seduction Raven Hart ~ The Vampire's Kiss Eva Stachniak ~ Dancing With Kings Slash: The Autobiography ~ Slash with Anthony Bozza Suzanne Dunn ~ The Sixth Wife Vicky Halls ~ Cat Counsellor Dorothy Koomson ~ Marshmellows for Breakfast Stephen Foster ~ Walking Ollie Christie Dickason ~ The Principessa Nora Lofts ~ The King's Pleasure Natsuo Karino ~ Out Mandasue Heller ~ The Pact Martina Cole ~ Faces The Boleyn Inheritance ~ Philippa Gregory The Charmer ~ Mandasue Heller Michael Faber ~ Under The Skin James Bradley ~ The Resurrectionist Poppy Z Brite ~ Exquisite Corpse Libba Bray ~ A Great and Terrible Beauty

Currently Reading Read and Rated 44. Stephenie Mayer ~ Twilight (4/5) 43. Carole Matthews ~ It's a Kind of Magic (2/5) 42. Silent Boy ~ Torey Hayden (4/5) 41. If I Am Missing or Dead ~ Janine Latus (3/5) 40. Banquet for the Damned (2/5) 39. Keeping The Dead ~ Tess Gerritsen (3/5) 38. Second Glance - Jodi Picoult (4/5) 37. The End of Mr Y - Scarlett Thomas (3/5) 36. Helpless ~ Barbara Gowdy (2/5) 35. Eldest ~ Christopher Paolini (5/5) 34. The Memory Keepers Daughter ~ Kim Edwards (unfinished 1/5) 33. The Outcast ~ Sadie Jones (4/5) 32. No Time For Goodbye ~ Linwood Barclay (4/5) 31. Quiver ~ Peter Leonard (2.5/5) 30. Nothing to Fear ~ Karen Rose (2/5) 29. Natasha Mostert ~ Season of the Witch (4/5) 28. Faith ~ Lesley Pearse (2/5) 27. Blood Ties ~ Sam Hayes (3/5) 26. Count to Ten ~ Karen Rose (3.5/5) 25. I'm Watching You ~ Karen Rose (4/5) 24. Dead Lovely ~ Karen Fitzgerald (4.5/5) 23. The Story of a Marriage ~ Andrew Sean Greer (0/5) 22. Karen Rose ~ Die For Me (3.5/5) 21. No Humans Involved ~ Kelley Armstrong (5/5) 20. Kelley Armstrong ~ Broken (3/5) 19. Celia Haddon ~ One Hundred Ways for a Cat to Train Its Human (5/5) 18. Kelley Armstrong ~ Haunted (4.5) 17. Jodi Picoult ~ Nineteen Minutes (4/5) 16. Being Emily - Ann Donovan (2.5/5) 15. AA Theory Test Questions 14. Highway Code 13. AA How to Pass your Theory Test 12. Belle De Jour ~ The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl (3/5) 11. Belle De Jour ~ The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl (4/5) 10. Boy A ~ Jonathan Trigell (Book Ring) (4/5) 9. Forget Me Not ~ Mandasue Heller (3/5) 8. Lesley Pearse ~ Hope (2/5) 7. Tess Gerritsen ~ The Mephisto Club (4/5) 6. Tess Gerritsen ~ Bloodstream (3/5) 5. Kathleen O'Malley ~ Childhood Interrupted (3/5) 4. Tess Gerritsen ~ Life Support (4/5) 3. Elizabeth Chadwick ~ Shields of Pride (3/5) 2. You Can Run But You Can't Hide: The Life and Times of Dog the Bounty Hunter ~ Duane Chapman (5/5) 1. Christie Dickason ~ The Firemaster's Mistress (3/5)

Wow, I haven't updated this in a while. Whilst I was on holiday I read The Boleyn Inheritance ~ Philippa Gregory which was a fantastic read. I really enjoy these books and this one was no exception. From the bestselling author of 'The Other Boleyn Girl' comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of Henry VIII, and the one woman who destroyed two of his queens. The year is 1539 and the court of Henry VIII is increasingly fearful at the moods of the ageing sick king. With only a baby in the cradle for an heir, Henry has to take another wife and the dangerous prize of the crown of England is won by Anne of Cleves. She has her own good reasons for agreeing to marry a man old enough to be her father, in a country where to her both language and habits are foreign. Although fascinated by the glamour of her new surroundings, she senses a trap closing around her. Katherine is confident that she can follow in the steps of her cousin Anne Boleyn to dazzle her way to the throne but her kinswoman Jane Boleyn, haunted by the past, knows that Anne's path led to Tower Green and to an adulterer's death. The story of these three young women, trying to make their own way through the most volatile court in Europe at a time of religious upheaval and political uncertainty, is Philippa Gregory's most compelling novel yet. Since I've been back I've not had much time for reading but in the odd ten minutes or so that I've been able to snatch I've been reading The Firemaster's Mistress ~ Christie Dickason In the troubled year of 1605, Papist plots are rife in the gaudy streets of Shakespeare's London as the fifth of November approaches ! Francis Quoynt, Firemaster, is recently returned from Flanders and dreaming of making fireworks rather than war. Instead, Quoynt is recruited by Robert Cecil, First Minister, to spy on Guido Fawkes and his fellow conspirators. Meanwhile, Sir Francis Bacon is scheming for high position and spying on Quoynt. Kate Peach, a glove maker, was Quoynt's lover before war took him away. Now living in Southwark, she is brought into grave danger. She is a secret Catholic. A fugitive Jesuit is concealed in her rooms. While Francis hopes to prevent the death of King James I and everyone in his parliament, Kate will have to save herself ! Now I'm off to start my 2008 list.... see you there

We are having a roast dinner with lots of chocolatey things for dessert

O's and I are having a glass of sparkling semillon with a drop of Archers. Very festive

Mmmmm sounds delicious. I've never had the courage to make a carbonara myself, but I love to eat it when I'm out. I may have to try this one out. I saw Jamie Oliver cook one on tv too and it looked so good I wanted a carbonara for weeks afterwards.

I agree Muggle, I've tried some of the more expensive wines we sell and sometimes they're just not that great. I have been pleasantly suprised at some of the less expensive wines I've tasted too. The great thing about my job is I get paid to try them so my knowledge is expanding. I do think I've got a long way to go though, so I better keep tasting

I started and finished The Color of Magic ~ Terry Pratchett but it took me ages because I've been working sooooo much. I really enjoyed it even though I have heard some negative things about his earlier works. A great introduction to the discworld and a couple of it's greatest characters. Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the Discworld. Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant idiot. Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. It plays by different rules. Certainly, it refuses to succumb to the quaint notion that universes are ruled by pure logic and the harmony of numbers. But, just because the Disc is different doesn't mean that some things don't stay the same. Its very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the arrival of the first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. But if the person charged with maintaining that survival in the face of robbers, mercenaries and, well, Death is a spectacularly inept wizard, a little logic might turn out to be a very good idea...

It always has been and always will be The Shining by Stephen King. Frightened the pants off me when I was 12 and is still scary to this day. I love it!!

I love a good fantasy yarn and some of my favourites are LOTR, The Hobbit and Eragon by Christopher Paolini.

I picked up The Color of Magic by Pratchett to tide me over but I didn't even get to page 50 before I put it down again. I'm just so frazzled at the moment.

I have lost my reading mojo I'm only finishing books because I need to not because I want to and it's taking me so much longer. I have so many wonderful books on my shelf but can't really be bothered with them at the moment. It's so frustrating.

Well I won't be reading any more books by Ann Cleves. This was quite frankly, boring. I couldn't wait to finish it and the only reason I persevered was so it didn't beat me. From about a third of the way in I lost all interest and the remaining characters I just didn't care about. It's a shame because it looked so good. I've now started reading The Taken ~ Sarah Pinborough from our bookring. She's a beautiful little girl, only ten years old with pretty blond curls. Why, then, does she strike such terror into all who see her? Because she died thirty years ago—a horrible, agonizing death in the middle of a raging thunderstorm. Tonight the storm has returned... and so has she; to exact revenge on those responsible for her death. But there is more to the storm that carries her than even she knows, and as innocent Alex battles to save those she loves from the vindictive ghost of Melanie Parr, she discovers that terrible folklores can sometimes be true. Sometimes, there are worse things to fear than death.

The second book landed on my doorstep this week. I have this one on my watch list to buy when it comes out. I'm very excited

I read Raven Black last year and thought it was OK, I just picked this one up on a whim. I hope it's good.

I finished this today at work and I loved it. Another brilliant piece of work by Martina Cole, and a bit epic if you ask me. Very gritty and violent but not in an over the top way. I do love her books. Now I'm going to start a book I got from the library last week Ann Cleeves ~ Hidden Depths A hot summer on the Northumberland coast, and Julie Armstrong arrives home from a night out to find her son murdered. Luke has been strangled, laid out in a bath of water and covered with wild flowers. This stylized murder scene has Inspector Vera Stanhope and her team intrigued. But then a second body - that of beautiful young teacher Lily Marsh - is discovered laid out in a rock pool, the water strewn with flowers. Now Vera must work quickly to find this dramatist, this killer who is making art out of death. Clues are slow to emerge from those who had known Luke and Lily, but Vera soon finds herself drawn towards the curious group of friends who discovered Lily's body. What unites these four men and one woman? Are they really the close-knit, trustworthy unit they claim to be? As local residents are forced to share their private lives and those of their loved ones, sinister secrets are slowly unearthed. And all the while the killer remains in their midst, waiting for an opportunity to prepare another beautiful, watery grave ...

Having moved all my bookshelves back into place now, I finally managed to get my hands on Close ~ Martina Cole so I've made a start on that one. So far so good Highly acclaimed for her hard-hitting, uncompromising and compelling writing, as well as her phenomenal Number 1 success, Martina Cole is the only author who dares to tell it like it is. After the recent runaway success of THE TAKE, Martina's new novel, CLOSE, is the story of the women who are left behind. Set in London's dark and violent gangland, this novel tells the tale of a gutsy mother and her two sons, and their lives in and out of jail. With her characteristically haunting writing and visceral subject matter, Martina Cole, has written yet another compulsive bestseller.

Good old PG brewed for ages and a tiny drop of milk. No sugar, I'm sweet enough