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dad will be pleased

It wasn't a bad book, it just didn't blow my socks off. I reserve a 5 rating for absolutley fantastic books, so a 4 is great, a 3 is ok, a 2 below par and 1 is poor. I still really enjoyed it although it was slow in places. Hope you enjoy it too

Very pleased with myself today as I managed to pick up a copy of Alias Grace on the car boot for 50p, was very good not to root around some more and come back with many many more.

{giggle giggle} ahem, I don't know what you mean..... ahem {snigger}

I'm glad you think so Wrath, it's great to see so many people stick arund and participate

They were OK, very pulpy. Which was great for me as I wasn't looking for anything too intellectual to get me through the day. Very corny but funny none the less.

I will be paying for it next week though Might as well get the reading in while I can.

Today I made a start on Joe Hill ~ Heart-Shaped Box 'Buy my stepfather's ghost' read the e-mail. So Jude did. He bought the dead man's suit, delivered in a heart-shaped box, because he wanted it: because his fans ate up that kind of story. It was perfect for his collection: the genuine skulls and the bones, the real honest-to-God snuff movie, the occult books and all the rest of the paraphanalia that goes along with his kind of hard/goth rock. But the rest of his collection doesn't make the house feel cold. The bones don't make the dogs bark; the movie doesn't make Jude feel as if he's being watched. And none of the artefacts bring a vengeful old ghost with black scribbles over his eyes out of the shadows to chase Jude out of his home, and make him run for his life ...

So, an update I think. Whilst I have 5 minutes to spare. Friday I read An Open Vein ~ J.M.Warwick Saturday I read Guilty Pleasures ~ Laurell K Hamilton Anita Blake may be small and young, but vampires call her the Executioner. Anita is a necromancer and vampire hunter in a time when vampires are protected by law--as long as they don't get too nasty. Now someone's killing innocent vampires and Anita agrees--with a bit of vampiric arm-twisting--to help figure out who and why. Trust is a luxury Anita can't afford when her allies aren't human. The city's most powerful vampire, Nikolaos, is 1,000 years old and looks like a 10-year-old girl. The second most powerful vampire, Jean-Claude, is interested in more than just Anita's professional talents, but the feisty necromancer isn't playing along--yet. This popular series has a wild energy and humor, and some very appealing characters--both dead and alive. Sunday I read The Laughing Corpse ~ Laurell K Hamilton Harold Gaynor offers Anita Blake a million dollars to raise a 300-year-old zombie. Knowing it means a human sacrifice will be necessary, Anita turns him down. But when dead bodies start turning up, she realizes that someone else has raised Harold's zombie--and that the zombie is a killer. Anita pits her power against the zombie and the voodoo priestess who controls it. Notice to Hollywood: forget Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Anita Blake is the real thing. Monday I read The Circus of The Damned ~ Laurell K Hamilton The third novel of Hamilton's Anita Blake series has the petite necromancer fighting a giant cobra and a rogue vampire, Alejandro, who wants her for his human servant. Anita is still resisting the advances of Jean-Claude, St. Louis's master vampire, but she does need him on her side, if not in her bed. Anita's reluctant involvement in the odd goings-on at the supernatural Circus of the Damned introduces her to Richard, the werewolf of her dreams, and Larry, her powerful but nervous partner in zombie-raising. Tuesday I read Twighlight Children ~ Torey Hayden From the author of the phenomenal "Sunday Times" bestsellers "One Child" and "Ghost Girl", comes a startling and poignant memoir of three people's victimisation and abuse - and their heartbreaking but ultimately successful steps to recovery, with the help of Torey Hayden, an extraordinary teacher. Two children trapped in a prison of silence and a woman suffering in the twilight of her years - these are the cases that would test the extraordinary courage, compassion and skill of Torey Hayden and ultimately reaffirm her faith in the indomitable strength of the human spirit. While working in the children's psychiatric ward of a large hospital, Torey was introduced to seven-year-old Cassandra, a child who had been kidnapped by her father and was found dirty, starving and picking though rubbish bins to survive. She refused to speak, so Torey could only imagine what she'd been through. Drake, by contrast, was a charismatic four-year-old who managed to participate fully in his pre-school class without uttering a single word. Then, there was Gerda, eighty-two, who had suffered a massive stroke and was unwilling to engage in conversation with anyone. Although Torey had never worked with adults, she agreed to help when all other efforts had failed. As you can see I have been a busy girl

Oooh please do Louise, I'm intrigued now and now nothing about it at all.

I loved reading Out and when I saw this one on the bookshelf I knew I would have to get a hold of it (or fight mum off it ) I will definately be getting a copy in the near future.

You're quite welcome KW, just keep on a writing them and I'll keep on reading

Well, due to the monumentally busy day I had at work I managed to start and finish this one today. I was impressed with this book, although I did think it started a bit slow. The story did progress well and I love the way you end up almost as confused as the character about Kane's motivations. Very tense and a great page turner. Not sure what I will pick up next, will decide in a bit.

I managed to finish Brother Grimm today, mostly whilst at work (tee hee). I really enjoyed this book, I especially liked the intricacies in the plot, the twists and turns to keep you on your toes. Just going to make a start on J.M. Warwick ~ An Open Vein by our very own K.W. Looking forward to this one He's a doctor, of course I trust him. Or I did, once. I haven't eaten since yesterday. He had scrambled eggs and toast fro breakfast. The smell seeps at me from beneath the locked door. The gnawing in my stomach never goes away but it's not from lack of food. Up until yesterday, I've been able to eat. Until yesterday, I was able to do almost anything I wanted within the two thousand square feet of this place. Things are different now.

oh yeah, I forgot about that one too

Good to hear this Tiger, I will definately get around to reading it soon. See, now you have us all intrigued Nice to see you back though

I loved that book, shed a tear now and again but on the whole it left me with a warm glow inside. He has a great way of writing and I'm looking forward to getting hold of his other books.

OOpppps, just found two more books hiding on my shelf that have yet to be added to the TBR Mountain. Raider's Tide ~ Maggie Prince and Childhood Interrupted ~ Kathleen O'Malley

Right, well. I finished garden of the dead but didn't really enjoy it that much, the story was OK but it just felt like it was lacking in depth. A bit of a no brainer really. I did make a start on Brother Grimm ~ Craig Russell which I am enjoying but I had to do some OU work for the past week and a half so no 'real' reading got done. The OU work is done though and all handed in so now I can get back to my ever-growing TBR pile. Whilst I have been working away, thr following books have found their way onto my bookshelves Strait ~ Kit Craig, Beautiful Child ~ Torey Hayden, Dead Witch Walking, The Good, The Bad and The Undead, A Fistful of Charms ~ Kim Harrison and Heart-Shaped Box ~ Joe Hill Brother Grimm ~ Craig Russell A girl's body lies, posed, on the pale sand of a Hamburg beach, a message concealed in her hand. 'I have been underground, and now it is time for me to return home...' Jan Fabel, of the Hamburg Murder Squad, struggles to interpret the twistged imagery of a dark and brutal mind. Four days later, a man and woman are found deep in woodland, their throats slashed deep and wide, the names 'Hansel' and 'Gretel', in the same, tiny, obsessively neat writing, rolled tight and pressed into their hands. As it becomes clear that each new crime is a grisly reference to folk stories collected almost two hundred years ago by the Brothers Grimm, the hunt is on for a serial killer who is exploring our darkest, most fundamental fears. A predator who kills and then disappears into the shadows. A monster we all learned to fear in childhood.

me too KW, because I want to get my mitts on it next

Ooops, forgot to update this one. I started reading William Broderick ~ The Garden of The Dead about three days ago. I've nearly finished it, although I still don't have an opinion either way yet. It's an OK story but I don't feel I'm getting anything from reading it.

I stayed up late last night and finished The Deep End of The Ocean, I was a bit worried when I started it that I wasn't going to enjoy it as the first few pages where a bit long winded, but after the first 100 pages I was really into the story. A good read, but it is quite long at just over 500 pages. At times, it's not one you can read in small bursts but the story is simple enough that it doesn't take a lot of mental capability to follow.

Was slightly naughty today and got 3 new books but they were 3 for £5 in the Works. I bought Elizabeth Chadwick's The Greatest Knight, The Champion and The Marsh King's Daughter. Not so bad and at a fraction of the cost of the books I bought from Borders yesterday, the cost of which I won't divulge in case we have some faint hearted people around.

I hope she enjoys it quickly so she can pass it over to her other star to read

It is And a massive thank you to KW for helping me out with the book. You're a star and I'm sure mum thinks so too.