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Should I Stay Or Should I Go? ~ The Clash

Dance Me To the End of Love ~ Leonard Cohen ahh ....that explains it then. If you nod off mid-song, we'll understand

I Just Wondered, Did You Ever ? ~ Nancy Sinatra (I'm beginning to think you never sleep, Lord Napsack)

Go Your Own Way ~ Fleetwood Mac

Take The Long Way Home ~ Supertramp

What's Going On ~ Marvin Gaye

When I looked up The Help, I came across this article, which could have been straight from the novel. Maid sues saying 'The Help' is humiliating ...... http://abcnews.go.co...ory?id=12968562

Everything's Gonna Be Alright ~ Bob Marley

Jesus Is Just Alright ~ Doobie Brothers

Who Knows ~ Jimi Hendrix

I'm definitely going to watch it soon. That's really great to hear Pont. It's funny how each state in the US is quite different in their attitudes and character. When I think of Texas, New Orleans, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida, all in the far south, I envisage quite diiferent things. But then I come from such a small country, I don't think I quite grasp the distances between

This sounds great !! *goes off to check if it's in the library* Sigh, 169 days wait. They only have one copy in our WHOLE area!! Oh well, gives me a chance to read some of the other books on my ever increasing list

Wow, no wonder you had trouble with some of the words! We're pretty familiar with Aussie-speak in NZ because we use a lot of the same words but I've only ever heard 'grousest', 'snags', 'chiack' and 'jarrah' from that list. Even if I don't read this book, I will remember the quote you are using as your signature Bree. It is so very true.

Awwwww Poppyshake, your's is so YOU, all those spotty dots, cuppa in one hand, book in the other.......what could be more fitting !! Mine is called Caperucita roja which I think is Little Red Riding Hood. This is a bigger version http://www.ediciona.com/caperucita_roja_sospecha_algo-dirpi-41198.htm

The Bucket ~ Kings of Leon

I'm not sure if you mean mine or Poppyshake's VF, but if mine ....thanks

Supermassive Black Hole ~ Muse

Have you seen the movie Kay? There are some wonderful characters in the book and I'm just wondering if the film captures them in the same way.

Who was your favourite character and why? I liked several of the characters in this book. I loved Cassandra, she's very kind but also very witty in her writing. Topaz is delightful, a lovely unselfish stepmother but also quite unconventional in what she wears (and doesn't wear on occasion ) Steven is very likable too. They are all quite stoical in the face of dire poverty. Although not featuring prominently, I grew fond of the Vicar and also Mrs Marcy, the local librarian and school teacher. 3. Was there a particular part that you enjoyed or disliked more than the rest? I particularly liked the earlier part of the book, where the girls go to collect fur coats they've inherited and come home on the train and get mistaken for a bear. Topaz dyeing everything green and communing with nature. I love their eccentricities. I felt it slightly dragged for me nearer the middle, where Cassandra was unhappily in love. Was this the first book you've read in this genre, or by this author? Has it encouraged you to read more? This is the first Dodie Smith book I've read, I can't quite think of another book that would precisely fit this genre. Maybe Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons?? Loved that too. Same sort of eccentric humour perhaps. I am now going to read Dear Dodie by Valerie Grove, a biography of her life because she sounds such a fascinating character. 7. Overall, did you find it an enjoyable experience? Definitely. And it's a book I'm sure I will re-read at some stage.

Shadow Of the Sun ~ Audioslave

The Help ~ Kathryn Stockett A really excellent book, finished it at 2am this morning, just couldn't put it down. Hard to believe that such rascist laws still existed in the 60's in southern USA. And the repercussions if you broke them were often horrific.

Another one has just caught my eye. I love this one of Bree's and it's so very true ..... The strong are there to look after the weak, son, and the weak are here to teach the strong. ~Cloudstreet

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith I really enjoyed this book, I loved the eccentricities of the family and the humour. Cassandra, the narrator, writes in a delightful way and is a very lovable character. It is a story of first love and at times there was a little much teenage angst for me, but it was in context and it's a book I would happily read again. I'm shortly going to read a biography about Dodie Smith as she sounds a very interesting person.

What whetted my interest about this book was a comment by his stepson, that Lewis considered pride to be the greatest sin. Not the natural pride we feel in doing something well, but the sort of pride that makes us think we are better than others. This is an excerpt that I found very thought provoking http://www.btinternet.com/~a.ghinn/greatsin.htm

Eclipse ~ Pink Floyd