poppy

Missing Person ~ Split Enz (lol. I was just listening to this last night)

Glad someone else recognises his talent

Girl With One Eye ~ Florence and the Machine

Bette Davis Eyes ~ Kim Carnes

Wild World ~ Cat Stevens

nervous

Wow Kell! I see what you mean ...that's awesome!!

Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress ~ The Hollies

All Along the Watchtower ..... Bob Dylan original, Jimi Hendrix cover. Love both versions I Shot the Sherriff .....Bob Marley original, Eric Clapton cover. Hard choice Cocaine .....JJ Cale original, Eric Clapton cover. I've always loved JJ Cale's version the best. A Little Help From My Friends .....Beatles original, Joe Cocker cover. I love Joe Cocker's version (not a Beatles fan *runs for cover*)

Madman Across the Water ~ Elton John (love this song ....this is the sort of music Elton used to make before he went so commercial. Bernie Taupin writes some amazing lyrics) http://www.dailymoti...he-water_people

Piglet

Wandering Eye ~ Fat Freddy's Drop

Love in a Cold Climate and Pursuit of Love are both novels, but if you read Nancy's biography you can see clearly where she gets many of her characters and events from. Linda, I think is based on herself. She had a long standing affair with a French man (de Gaulle's Chief of Staff) and although it doesn't follow her exact life, there are many similarities. She uses her family and friends, not always very flatteringly, freely in her stories. They really are very funny, she has a wicked sense of humour. I think it would be a pretty rare person who wasn't moved by A Monster Calls. It's not a long book, and once you start it's pretty compulsive (started one night, finished it in the morning).

I was a little disappointed with The Pursuit of Love, I couldn't really connect with the main character Linda, at all. Although there was some of Nancy's very witty writing, it didn't captivate me in the same way Love In a Cold Climate did. It may be I just wasn't in the mood after reading so much of the family's antics, I'm not sure. I've now just finished reading A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. I highly recommend this book. A very sensitively written book from the perspective of Conor, a 13 year old boy, whose mother has cancer. I don't often cry when reading books, but this book is very moving. I think the main theme would be the fear of loss and how the monster helps Conor come to terms with what he is experiencing. A book I think everyone, young and old, should read. The book includes quite striking black and white illustrations of Conor's monster.

Fat Bottomed Girls ~ Queen

Walking On the Moon ~ The Police

Knocking At Your Back Door ~ Deep Purple

The Bitch Is Back ~ Elton John

Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) ~ Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel

If you read anything set in medieval times, I imagine all the guys would have had long hair.

People Are Strange ~ The Doors

hallelujah

Eeyore

People Are People ~ Depeche Mode

Bloody Well Right ~ Supertramp