Janet

Aliona is leaving SCD. My hubby is going to be gutted! I suspect... Steve may not be!

I'm very pleased for Jay. I really didn't mind who won between him and Kellie - they both danced exceptionally well! Kay will be ecstatic!

This is absolutely true of the book club I belong to!

If Karen Hardy ever became a judge I would have to seriously consider not watching. She's simply dreadful on ITT.

I also hope it's faithful to the book - I love the book (and Jeff Wayne's musical version). Thanks for the heads-up.

Thanks. I finished my book last night so I'm going to start it today. I've read/listened to quite a few Christies this year - they've all been good.

I wasn't a huge fan of the person who went (they were okay, but not my favourites by any stretch of the imagination) but I also thought the other couple should have gone!

I chose that for Book Club so I'm going to be starting that when I've finished my current read. I bought the paperback and then typically a week later it went down to £1.49 on Kindle! Ah well...

Thanks. I will look forward to Christmas even more now! I know what I shall be doing when the others are having a nap! xx

There is!

It was lovely to see you and Alan this morning on our way 'up North'. I'm *so* sorry I put my foot in it in Waterstones! xx

Thank you for the Christmas card. I really must get round to writing mine - I'm very late this year!

Thank you for your Christmas card. I haven't written mine yet! It's not like me at all!

Thanks - I will check them out. I don't want to reread 'Kes' so even if it's not perfect at least it's one for the county. Yes, definitely read it. It's a great book. I listened to an audio book of it in the summer and I'm now listening again with my husband (we have the week off and will be doing a fair bit of travelling) because I want him to experience the book before he sees the adaptation.

I read it a couple of years ago for Book Club. It's the only Waters I've read so far, but my Mum is a big fan so I've had the others in mind for a while

Wow, I (obviously) didn't see that coming! Well, then Helen ought to go...

Kellie was my favourite dancer from last night - just for the sheer fun of it. Wonderful. Jay was great, but the rumba isn't my favourite dance. I think the bottom two may be Anita and Helen... with Helen going. I was going to say Kellie and Helen, but Kellie has just been saved as I type this, thankfully! ETA: I was right about Helen!

I have an audio version but I've not actually listened to it yet! I always intend to, but then I end up reading it. I shall never tire of it, and it's one of those tales that will never date - it's something that is still relevant today. I have many DVD versions too, and yesterday I watched a modern version of it ('Eddie' Scrooge is a loan shark) which is not a perfect adaptation, but nevertheless I really like it. I haven't seen it since it was first shown on TV many years ago - I wish they'd release it on DVD. Enjoy your listening.

So is Fingersmith, which I bought!

Oh, that's frustrating. Maybe a local library might have a copy? I finished my annual re-read of A Christmas Carol this morning. Such a wonderful book. I bought Fingersmith by Sarah Waters on Kindle yesterday as it was on offer and I've had it on my wish list for several years. I will leave it until the new year to read it.

Spooky

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I've no idea what's happened. I posted from my mobile yesterday and it looked okay on there. The line appears to be outside my post so I can't edit it. How odd!

Swap the words around and play with spotty a bit! It's also a film Kiss me Quick relates to the seaside - you used to be able to buy hats with that phrase on them in tacky seaside towns, and sticks of rock come from the seaside! It was rather tenuous!