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Thank you. Well I don't know a lot of people, and certainly don't have any friends, but I take solice in the things I can, like my books, or this forum, or now and again in spending time with my family, but the majority of my time is spent looking after my own family (OH and my two baby girls). I think I will have to pick up your book one day soon. I think it would take a lot of research to do a good job on such a book, because mental health conditions are so very complex, however, they are all to do with brain functions and which parts of the brain are working better than others etc, so it is not hard to understand if you look in the right places and do enough reading. Michelle, which are the three books you mentioned?

Don't worry about the long reply. I am interested mental health issues too. I know someone I have a lot of dealings with who is bi-polar, though she is not good at managing it, and my OH has been diagnosed with every condition from manic depression to schizophrenia. The doctors seem to come up with a new word every time they see him. Being his carer, I also have to take time to understand these things, though he tells me most of it himself.

Decisions relating to genre are very hard to make, as so many cross over. It is the same with music. Each idea is born of another and everything intermingles. If you asked whether I had read any horror, I would say no, because the Raven Hart books wouldn't spring to mind as horror, but thinking more about them , they do have some very scary events in them, though they come across on the whole as more romantic than horrific. I guess when all is said and done I would expect to find them in the horror section. Where else would they go? I was going to say maybe we could try to define a set of rules for each section, but I know that that is impossible for many books.

Tonight I got creative and marinated some meat with spices, yoghurt, and other things using a recipe from the tv, and served it with rice mixed with mint, onion and carrot, with lettuce and tomato on the side. It was delicious.

This sounds like my kind of book.

1984 is a good read. It would be good to discuss it if the two of you get round to reading it.

I am interested in hearing people's thoughts on this book, when it has been read.

I am about half way through, but already I can see Sarah starting to grow up. It certainly is a good account of moving across the country, with all the hardships endured.

I am half way through. It is a great book. I will share my thoughts when finished.

No, the closest thing I have eaten is probably Zebra. I ate quite a few different meats in Africa, so I would probably give it a try. We had cod, chips and veg tonight.

Welcome:)

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome:)

I was wondering when you posted whether you would see the twist Maureen. I cheated and read an article on this book that had the ending in, but I might get the book one day.

Yes, please do. It would be good to discuss them.

Well Linda, Emotional Geology sounds great to me, when you put it like that! If females characters were all great looking stereotypes with no depth, they would be very boring in deed. Who is like that in real life? And show me a woman who has not drunk any alcohol whatsoever in pregnancy. OK, so maybe there are a few who have managed it, but what I am trying to say is that life is never so perfect that anyone can be goodytwoshoes all the time, and books are supposed to be an escape, but not dull. It is these things that make characters. I don't like characters that don't do anything but what is expected. I'm sorry if this response seems cut a little short. The baby is crying and I can't think, so I must go and see what the children are doing to each other.

Wow, thank you Echo!

I too must disagree wholeheartedly about Lord of the Rings. Like Echo, this is my all time favourite book. How can you dis such quotes as, "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us"? The scene between Smeagol and Deagol shows two wonderful characters. The fellowship story shows a gripping journey full of friendship, betrayal, and great scenes such as Boromir's death, and the end of all things. The books would not be the same without the descriptions. Tolkien created a whole new world, and a beautiful world full of character at that. I love Tolkien's world, his real, and not so real characters, and his sheer brilliance.

Michelle, I am just like that. I used to love books for the stories, for example, I read Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban in one night because it was scary and mysterious and I had to get to the end of the story to find out what happened. Now though, I am wanting to read books to find out what happens with characters, how characters are formed, and how they interact with each other and grow through time. I NEED to know what happens with them, because I often relate with them in some way and have to know how they handle things or how they evolve.

You are in for a treat Gyre. I might be buying this one soon, along with some other books I want.

Orwell is certainly a great writer. He gives readers a lot to think about. I will take a look at Gissing too.

Now, there is something annoying. I don't have a dentist either, and neither do the girls, because there aren't any. We have been on a waiting list since Katie was three months old. Ahem, anyway, I am not very intelligent, so I only see obvious things. I have seen one or two things others haven't such as the two secrets in The House at Riverton, or . I have started to understand characters a lot more recently though, so maybe that will change. Kell, I too knew

My Mum went ot where Heartbeat is filmed last year. She said that all the shops are real shops, and the garage is a gift shop. She brought me back some very nice fudge.