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Janet

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  1. Happy birthday - hope you have a fab day. :)

  2. Did anyone see the Comic Relief - The Apprentice last night? I think the funniest bit was when Jack Dee said the person who put the chairs in the boardroom should be sacked! Gerald Ratner must surely go? The new series starts on Wednesday 25 March on BBC1 at 9pm - I can't wait!
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    Happy birthday, Kay. Hope you're okay. :)

  4. I'm so sorry I missed your birthday - I hope you had a great day. :)

  5. Oh my goodness, I totally missed your birthday. :( I must get better at checking the calendar. Hope you had a great day. :)

  6. Kylie - one of the best things to do is to read the play alongside listening to an audio version. Also, (and I've tried searching on Yahoo.com.au to no avail) if you can find them in Australia, the Cambridge* School's Shakespeare books are excellent too as they give an explanation of what's going on for each page. ETA: *Or the Oxford School's Shakespeare!
  7. I *love* Othello! I didn't study Shakespeare at school (although I was involved in the school's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and had therefore decided that Shakespeare was rubbish. I studied Othello for GCSE at the grand old age of 39/40 and adored it! I've studied Henry VI Part 3, Richard III and The Winter's Tale in depth since then (loved them all - and in the film, Laurence Olivier's camp Richard was a triumph!) and plan to read as many as possible myself in future.
  8. I used to and now I don't! However, if the same person does both, then doesn't that basically make their opinion null-and-void when it comes to surveys?
  9. Why would you want to do both? One is for if you like it, and one for if you don't!
  10. It's easier to use the 'search' facility than to look manually. You'll find it in the dark blue tool bar under the banner at the top for the forum.
  11. I've noticed that most of the Penguin Classics cost
  12. You need to check out this site - it's ace! The Sly Fox and the Little Red Hen!
  13. My copy is 144 pages long. It's the same with Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men - a fantastic, concise novel which also has 144 pages.
  14. I wish I could do that - for me, throwing-up seems to be part of the healing process and I hate being sick too (mind you, I don't know anyone who doesn't).
  15. Thanks Michelle. I've only just finished the first chapter but I'm liking the writing style so far.
  16. I'll take quality over quantity any day! I've just read a book that was 107 pages long and thought it was fantastic.
  17. I've just started The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. I decided to read something out of my comfort zone and this is it! I never read sci-fi. I guess I'm cheating slightly because I read it at secondary school (such a long time ago!) but I've just finished the first chapter and have no recollection of the story at all - and I watched the 80s TV version too! I know it's being remade for the BBC this year so wanted to read it before that's released. This is also part of my 'reading through the decades challenge' published in the 1950s.
  18. I read both The Dare by John Boyne and All These Lonely People by Gervase Phinn this morning. These titles are both part of the Quick Reads series, released as part of World Book Day and are
  19. This book is part of the Quick Reads series, released to coincide with World Book Day on March 5th. The books are priced at
  20. The Memory Game by Nicci French The
  21. Finished The Memory Game by Nicci French this morning. 6
  22. Ah no - I can see where you're coming from but it's actually Jason Merrells (Cutting It/Waterloo Road/Lark Rise to Candleford).

     

    I'm into 'Lark Rise...' in a big way and JD (his character) and Dorcas (Julia Sawalha's character, who is also in my avie) are my big 'Ship/Fandom (whatever you care to call it) of the moment. They need to get together, dammit! :D

  23. Please do not make posts about commercial sites

  24. I was going to say the same as Michelle - you've described here my exact same symptoms (except that throwing up usually (but not always) comes first) - right down to the ravenous bit!
  25. 1. What do you normally have for breakfast? I'm making an effort to eat breakfast at the moment as I often skip it - breakfast of choice is either Weetabix or Oat So Simple (the plain one) at the moment. 2. What is your favorite breakfast? Indian food that we've had the night before heated up - but we don't do it very often - about twice a year!
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