madcow

Hello and welcome.

I do too Nici, The Ladykiller was the first one of hers that I read and I've been hooked since. Before that I never touched that sort of genre (hope that is the right word for it) and now I love a good criminal read

Been a bit naughty today and ordered The Runaway by Martina Cole, it's supposed to be signed too. Now just need a copy of The Graft and I've got the lot

Hello and welcome Chris.

I'm loving it so far, thanks to you this is another new author to keep tabs on!

Finished Oryx and Crake and really enjoyed it. Before joining BCF I would never have looked at this sort of book, glad I did it was an entertaining read once I got into it. Next: Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride This shouldn't have been his case. Not on his first day back. But the rest of Aberdeen's CID were either off on a training course or getting pissed at someone's retirement bash. So here was Detective Sergeant Logan McRae, heading up a major murder inquiry and praying to God he didn't screw it up before he could hand it over to someone else. Welcome back...

We had a picnic today. Yes it was raining and we sat in the car and ate it, all good fun though.

Hello and welcome Frida. Nice to meet you.

I've put Rebecca on hold for the moment as Oryx and Crake is due back at the library so that takes priority, and it's also a very good read.

I've noticed that with some of the books I have borrowed lately!

I have not written in my books since i was younger. In fact i have just found about half a dozen that have my name, address and telephone number in them! It doesn't matter about those because they will not be going anywhere, i have fond memories attached to them. I also have a few books that were given to me as presents from my mum that she has written a message on the inside.

Hello Fiona and welcome, I'm sure you'll love it here.

sorry Michelle

I'm normally a one book gal, but at the moment i'm reading two. Only because I left my book at work the other day so I started reading another one and now I can't put either one down till they are finished!

Thanks babes, I'll call round Tuesday evening to pick it up, if thats ok?

I'm half way through Rebecca and really enjoying it. On the strength of it I have reserved a compilation of 4 D Du M books in one, Jamaica Inn, Frenchmans Creek, My Cousin Rachel and the 4th one is Rebecca.

Samr here

I've reserved a copy of The Crimson Petal and the white from the library. Looking forward to reading it.

Another one for the 'wish list', sounds like a good read.

It's also on my TBR mount.

Hello and belated welcome Maggie. The question I have for you is... When you have finished writing your books do you have somebody who goes over it to 'prove' read it? i.e. check for grammer, punctuation and spelling. Or do you check it yourself as you go along? I know its a bit of an odd question but it is something which intrigues me and i keep forgetting to ask! I enjoy TVAOEL very much (I remember Caulderstone's being talked about when I was younger) and look forward to reading more of your work in the future.

May's chunky challenge was Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs. At 497 pages it was (IMO) close enough to pass for a chunky one!

Hi Sally and welcome.

I can't really add anything else to this thread that is any different. I enjoyed the book and although it took me a while to work a out the 'baby' thing I certainly did not see the ending coming.