Janet
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Hello.
I'm having a good day, thanks. It's been dry (thankfully) and the children and I went to visit friends in Bristol who we only see in the school holidays, and then Abigail spent her birthday vouchers (she was 11 a few weeks ago) in New Look on the way home.
They've been so very good so far. Despite Luke being nearly 14, he's still happy to let her hang around with him when he's not off with his mates. I hope they manage to remain friends!
How're things with you?
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Hello and welcome to the forum.
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Well remembered! Gosh - that was quite a while ago now. It's nice to have you back.
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Yup two - a boy who is 13 and a girl of 11. They're good kids - fingers crossed that lasts through their teenage years!
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Hi.
I'm having a very lazy day today (have been avoiding my ironing and working on my family tree instead) and the children are being very good, despite the bad weather meaning they're stuck inside!How are you?
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I read it a few years before I discovered this wonderful place, so sadly not. What did I do before BCF?! Have you read her Gentlemen and Players? It's very different to Five Quarters but was great too. I have Coastliners on my 'to read' pile - it's been there for a couple of years - I really must get round to it.
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Radio 2 (and I think Terry's great - he's consistently the most popular breakfast show DJ so he must be doing something right!) mostly, with a bit of Radio 4. If I'm in the kitchen where I have DAB then I often listen to Planet Rock.
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I loved that too.
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Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson The ‘Blurb’ Innovative in style, its humour by turns punchy and tender, Oranges are not the only fruit is a few days ride into the bizarre outposts of religious excess and human obsession. It’s a love story too. This is a semi-autobiographical novel, loosely based on Winterson’s childhood/teenage years. Jeanette’s mother has a “mysterious attitude towards the begetting of children; it wasn’t that she couldn’t do it, more that she didn’t want to do it. She was very bitter about the Virgin Mary getting in first…” This is a novel about religion and sexual awakening. The story deals with Jeanette’s feelings of confusion over her love for God and the conflict between that, and her developing feelings towards females. Her mother, a staunch evangelist, doesn’t like sex, in any of its forms and so when she discovers her daughter’s attraction to the same sex, she and the church decide action must be taken to stamp it out. This book, which won the Whitbread Award for a First Novel in 1985, is both funny and poignant and was an enjoyable read. The paperback is 171 pages long and is published by Vintage. The ISBN number is 978-0099935704. 7/10 (Read August 2008)
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I've just read the semi-autobiographical Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson. A quick read and very enjoyable - 7/10
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Oooh - I bought The Bridges of Madison County a few weeks ago because it's my oldest friend's favourite film and I've never seen it!
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Ain't that the truth - it happens to me too!
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Oh yes! I haven't had a migraine for 2 years *touches wood* I used to get them a lot as a teenager but they've become far less frequent with age - but I do avoid eating cheese when I have a headache, just in case.
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I felt exactly like that after reading her book Fen!
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The Rain Before It Falls by Jonathan Coe. Lovely - 8/10
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The Rain Before It Falls by Jonathan Coe The
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Hello and welcome to the forum. I think your English is very good. It's certainly better than my French.
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Hello and welcome to the forum.
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Hello and welcome to the forum.
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Hello - welcome to the forum.
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Hello - welcome to the forum.
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I'm a cheeseaholic!
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I've not read this book but I did read Naipaul's In A Free State which made up of four separate stories. I enjoyed the three shorter ones, but the main story was a bit dull, I thought, so I'd be unlikely to read any more books by him - or anything about him!
