Lilywhite

ahhh go on then, seen as you're my mum

I'm quite excited now as Lesley Pearse ~ Hope arrived in the post this morning in all it's hardback glory (it's massive). I have put it beside my bed and I have told myself not to read it until I have a) read my library books, caught up on my OU stuff and c) made a dent in my tbr pile. Although, by reading it first it will be a huge part of my tbr pile gone as it is so big...... Hmmmm

This was a first for me and I had to try really really hard not to get any books. I just sort of wandered without taking anything in, otherwise I would have had another handful to bring home.

Unfortunatley Icecream, we do have a lack of Chinese places unless you know where to go and there isn't one near the train station I know of. They are opening a Japanese restaurant just at the top of the train station though, they are even flying in trained Japanese chef's.

i do feel a bit funny.... maybe I should sit down with a book

There was a major miracle in Preston today. I managed to go around the library and the car boot and not pick up any books at all.

I just found this one IMDB, it's not Rainbows, it's PS I Love You, being made into a film. Has quite a few high profile names in there too. PS I Love You

This sounds brilliant. I have always paused over TGWTPE in the library but never actually picked it up but having read this review I think I may give this one a go. I love these kind of books. Thanks Poppy

I have The Constant Princess to read but as soon as I have read that I shall be looking into getting this one

Right now, the first 5 favs I can think of are.... Rebecca ~ Daphne Du Maurier Memoirs of a Geisha ~ Arthur Golden My Sisters Keeper ~ Jodi Picoult Eragon ~ Christopher Paolini Stuart: A Life Backwards ~ Alexander Masters This is in no particular order and there are more, but I could only think of this off the top of my head.

Absolutley loved TOBG, brilliant. Another cracking story from Philippa Gregory that had me engrossed from first to last page. I picked up a couple of books from the library the other day, although I forgot to update my list so here goes. Hidden ~ Paul Jaskunas and Love in the Time of Cholera ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez both of these books were just random picks off the shelf so I'm hoping they are good. I also picked out a random book for O's that I might also read before I let him take it back. I have been reading my OU work today and I do have more to read this week but I am hoping to make a start on Love in the Time of Cholera ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez very soon. Florentino Ariza has never forgotten his first love. He has waited nearly a lifetime in silence since his beloved Fermina married another man. No woman can replace her in his heart. But now her husband is dead. Finally - after fifty-one years, nine months and four days - Florentino has another chance to declare his eternal passion and win her back. Will love that has survived over half a century remain unrequited?

I stumbled upon the website for this book a while ago and completely forgot that I was really interested in reading it I obviously didn't write it down lol It looked fab from the site and it really had me hooked, then I slept and forgot all about it. Thanks for reminding me about it, I'm glad I'm not going to miss out now.

from what I remember it does. Great stories too. Hope you enjoy them.

I finished Her Rightful Inheritance tonight, not my usual book but I did want something different! I liked the story but didn't find it overly compelling, I did see it through to the end though. I'm now going to have a read of The Other Boleyn Girl Mary Boleyn catches the eye of Henry VIII when she comes to court as a girl of fourteen. Dazzled by the golden prince, Mary's joy is cut short when she discovers that she is a pawn in the dynastic plots of her family. When the capricious king's interest wanes, Mary is ordered to her friend and rival: her sister, Anne. Anne soon becomes irresistible to Henry, and Mary can do nothing but watch her sister's rise. Anne stops at nothing to achieve her own ambition. From now on, Mary will be no more than the other Boleyn girl. But beyond the court is a man who dares to challenge the power of her family to offer Mary a life of freedom and passion. If only she has the courage to break away - before the Boleyn enemies turn on the Boleyn girls...

I finished reading Blood and Water this evening, I wasn't particularly taken with this book although it was quite an interesting story and very easy to read. I've now decided to read Benita Brown ~ Her Rightful Inheritance as I was looking for something different from what I've been reading recently and this was closer to the top of my TBR pile than any others. Orphaned as a child and the product of a mixed marriage, eighteen-year-old Lorna Cunningham has been brought up by her wealthy grandmother, who neither loves nor likes her. When she meets the sensitive and intelligent Edwin Randall she is delighted to have finally found companionship and shares his passion to do something to improve the terrible conditions in the Newcastle slums. However, their deepening friendship is overshadowed by her infatuation with the handsome but unscrupulous Maurice Haldane, who is engaged to her cousin Rose. When her grandmother dies, a family secret is revealed that will change Lorna's life forever, but will she be able to break free of the past and see where her true happiness lies?

I'm looking forward to giving this a go too Liz

I have read this book but it was about ten years ago (aghhhhhhh time check, that made me feel old) I can't remember too much about it but I know it scared the pants off me and it was also my first King book. I'm gonna get hold of this soon, despite my TBR pile not getting any smaller

The Shining Terrible events occur at the isolated Overlook Hotel. It's a place where the guests are deceased but not necessarily departed, high in the wintry Rocky Mountains in the off season. A family checks in so the father can write, and terror lurks behind every door. Their son, who has psychic powers but does not know he has them and does not know how to use them, struggles to hold his own against the forces of evil that are driving his father insane. I hope you all enjoy this one

My name is Kat and I'm a book-a-holic I dont really watch tv anymore so my time I use for reading which I find much more satisfying. And sometimes I suprise myself by how fast a book goes by, especially when I'm enjoying it. BTW, I buy more than I read

My apologies honest. It's not like my TBR pile gets any smaller you know besides, I blame RISI for this latest one, oh, and the library for putting it out on display where I would blatently see it.

I am glad you enjoyed it, very well worth persevering with. If you are interested the next part of the book is called Eldest and should be available in paperback soon. Unfortunately the final part of this trilogy hasn't been written yet as Christopher has been busy with the film but I know I am looking forward to it very very much.

I'm now reading Blood and Water ~ Lucy McCarraher as seen on RISI At 45, Mo Mozart has struggled to bring up her first two children as a single mother and, now they've flown the nest, she's concentrating on maintaining a career while being a good wife to her second, younger husband, Jack, and mother to their little daughter, Lily. With the help of yoga, meditation and her close group of girlfriends, Mo feels she's at last getting the balance of her life right. Until, that is, Jack's highly strung twin sister asks her to help trace their birth mother, Caitlin, whom Jack wants nothing to do with. Her involvement in the search triggers turmoil in Mo's life, exacerbated by the onset of menopausal symptoms, Jack's involvement with someone else, and an old vagrant woman who unleashes unwelcome, supernatural encounters. The hunt for Caitlin is a compelling journey of clues and dead ends, coincidence and revelation, that exposes much of the grief involved in teenage sex and adoption. It is set within a wry and authentic portrayal of the complex lifestyle which so many contemporary women lead, and against an evocative depiction of London's historic Crystal Palace district. Each of the acutely drawn characters has personal issues, all of which raise questions about spirituality and sexuality, motherhood, relationships and family bonds. Forced to use all her professional skills, personal contacts and psychic gifts to locate Jack's biological mother, Mo gains a deeper understanding of herself in the process, and unearths unexpected information about her family and the intimate lives of her best friends.

well, I decided to start reading A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian this afternoon as it was on the top of the pile. I'm about 100 pages in (hardback version) and so far it's quite amusing. Great light story, well written, with historical memories thrown in for good measure. I would recommend this if you are after a light read, not quite chick lit but amusing none the less. For years, Nadezhda and Vera, two Ukrainian sisters, raised in England by their refugee parents, have had as little as possible to do with each other - and they have their reasons. But now they find they'd better learn how to get along, because since their mother's death their aging father has been sliding into his second childhood, and an alarming new woman has just entered his life. Valentina, a bosomy young synthetic blonde from the Ukraine, seems to think their father is much richer than he is, and she is keen that he leave this world with as little money to his name as possible. If Nadazhda and Vera don't stop her, no one will. But separating their addled and annoyingly lecherous dad from his new love will prove to be no easy feat - Valentina is a ruthless pro and the two sisters swiftly realize that they are mere amateurs when it comes to ruthlessness. As Hurricane Valentina turns the family house upside down, old secrets come falling out, including the most deeply buried one of them all, from the War, the one that explains much about why Nadazhda and Vera are so different. In the meantime, oblivious to it all, their father carries on with the great work of his dotage, a grand history of the tractor.

actually the sun is streaming through the windows today. I did have my scarf on but it wasn't too cold and the car boot bit is covered in Preston, which helps. Managed to get two books from the library, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian ~ Marina Lewycka and Blood and Water ~ Lucy McCarraher which RISI has been plugging at me all week.

yep I agree, I finished this one last night (and I didn't even cry). I'm glad I picked this one up as it was nothing like I expected (there I go judging books by there covers again ) Off to the library and car boot today to see what I can find.