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Anything by P.G.Wodehouse, particularly Jeeves and Wooster and I second Bill Bryson books.

Thanks Kylie .....I've just changed it again but I'll probably go back to it sometime. Yours is lovely ....another Van Gogh?

It's got to be!!

Haven't read any Charles Dickens either, they seem to put David Copperfield on TV ad nauseum and it's totally put me off. Although 'The Lord of the Flies' has a pretty strong message, I found it unsettling with quite sinister undertones. I don't think you'll miss too much by not having read it Paula I'm embarassed not to have read 'The Lord of the Rings', although I've made a start by reading 'The Hobbit'.

Send In The Clowns ~ Judy Collins

Aint No Sunshine ~ Bill Withers

I loved this book too and have read it a couple of times. I'm sure you'd love the movie too Pont, it's got Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche and Kristen Scott Thomas in it. It sweeps back and forwards from the amazing scenery of the deserts of Northern Africa to the countryside of Italy. This left a lasting impression on me. I really should look out some more books by him. Glad you enjoyed it

I love CaliLily's latest one

Watch That Man ~ David Bowie

Unfortunately, Bronwyn had a rough start to life. In March 2007, at 9 months old, she bolted out our front door and got hit by a car. ... (expains a lot) unfortunately Bronwyn spent the first 5-6 hours running up and down the stairs (we were on the top floor) to get the bathroom on time ... Unfortunately Bronwyn was not a great shot with the camera but she nailed a few. Unfortunately, Bronwyn died by her own hand in 2006. This was a tragic loss to art in Australia, as her career had blossomed ....

And The Band Played The Star Spangled Banner ~ Garrison Keillor

Band of the Hand (It's Hell Time Man) ~ Bob Dylan

I'm reading The World According To Garp now. There's something compulsive about his books, once you start, you can't put them down.

Dragged out some old LP's, cranked up the stereo and listened to Frankie Goes To Hollywood ~ War. War-huh. What is it good for? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!

I second Out of Africa. Although non-fiction, you may enjoy The Flame Trees of Thirka by Elspeth Huxley which tells of her childhood in Kenya. This is the review from Amazon In 1913, at the age of six, Elspeth Huxley accompanied her parents from England to their recently acquired land in Kenya, "a bit of El Dorado my father had been fortunate enough to buy in the bar of the Norfolk hotel from a man wearing an Old Etonian tie." The land is not nearly what its seller claimed, but Elspeth's parents are undaunted and begin their coffee plantation. Her mother, a resourceful, adventurous woman, "eager always to extract from every moment its last drop of interest or pleasure," keeps an eye on Elspeth's education but also allows her extensive freedom. Through Elspeth Huxley's marvelous gift for description, early twentieth-century Kenya comes alive with all the excitement and naive insight of a child who watches with eyes wide open as coffee trees are planted, buffaloes are skinned, pythons are disemboweled, and cultures collide with all the grace of runaway trains. With a free-wheeling imagination and a dry wit, she describes the interactions of Kikuyus, Masais, Dutch Boers, Brits and Scots, mixing rapid-fire descriptions with philosophical musings. It is a mixture that suits her land of contrasts and unknowns, where vastly different peoples live and work side by side but rarely come together, like an egg beater whose "the two arms whirled independently and never touched, so that perhaps one arm never knew the other was there; yet they were together, turned by the same handle, and the cake was mixed by both."

I recently finished A Widow For One Year, thanks to an excellent recommendation from Pontalba. I thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking out for another of his books too. http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/5939-pontalbas-2010-reading-list/page__view__findpost__p__220472

Run Like Hell ~ Pink Floyd

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Foundling by David Gray off his new album of the same name. I just LOVE David Gray Great lyricist as well as musician. At the feet of love A foundling in the reeds

lol Chrissy. STAY STRONG I voted 'haven't read it, never intend to'. Weakened and watched New Moon, spent most of the film rolling my eyes .....apologies to die-hard fans.

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Saunter Jeans or skirt?

It's Probably Me ~ Sting

Granted ...... but it develops an entire life of it's own. Soon it's a jungle resembling Max's room in 'Where the Wild Things Are' complete with monsters. Not only do you now have monsters to contend with but future gardening has to be done with a machete. I wish my house would redecorate itself

This one of Eliza's is lovely Awake. Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet one. Choose the day and choose the sign of your day The day's divinity First thing you see. Jim Morrison - The Doors 1963 - 1971 And this one by Chrissy When it's dark baby, there's a light I'll shine, and if you're lost, I'm right behind, cause we walk the same line.