~V~

Ah. So I'm not missing anything then?

I'm envious of all these people mentioning Borders. They sound great and I've never been in one as far as I know

You can get Oxfam books online too http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/Browse.aspx?catalog=HighStDonated&category=Books

Don't take these things for granted though

The one here closed down years ago. It was a great shop but the fiction shelves were only one and a half full bookshelves. Strange as he bought anything off me. The market has a few blokes who sell second-hand books but I won't use them as they are fussy about what they buy. I took a suitcase full of books down to one once and he only wanted three!!!! So I put them all back in the case and gave them all to Oxfam instead. I buy my books from; Tesco (when it's a 2 for

That was my favourite for a long long time as a teen - it's a great book Didn't the TV show put you off him though?

I read it and didn't realise I hadn't seen the film until I was partway through. Best way round isn't it? Anyway, you should read it. It's marvellous. Such a shame she never wrote more really (apart from some unpublished scribblings that have now been published) I don't think anybody could be disappointed with this book

Read the book. Don't bother watching it Or watch it as a 'normal programme' rather than the televisual experience it's been hyped as and then read the books way in the future

I doubt you'll hear it was minging

I just avoid anything with David Jason in it. Never have I seen a man quite so satisfied with himself

Well most men over forty are one or more of the following: * Lovely but married/in a long term relationship * Gay * Bitter about women from a recent divorce * looking for somebody to look after them * Have let themselves go. Big time * Bossy, wanting to tell me how to live my life * A total player Or you can find somebody lovely and then find out that he 'has the children every weekend'!!!!!! So, I'm sure you can see my problem. Plus I bet you can add every man you know into at least one of those categories

Bless. And loves baking.

It's hard to find a man older than me who still has anything about him

Your OH didn't get you one?!?!? Muggle that cake is so cute, how old is your grand-daughter (she asks hoping said Grand-daughter is not 23)

I've got mixed feelings. I've only just read the book so it's all pretty fresh in my mind. There were a few cases missing (the missing husband, the Patel girl, the doctor who was good and bad and others I can't recall off the top of my head, the secretary isn't really as described, there is no camp crimper and she had another 'Gentleman friend' who also asked her to marry him (the Doctor I think) But it did very much have the essence of the books and was lovely TV. Can I also say that I thought the gangster chap was very lush in his specs

Yep. Or the opportunity to sell yet more greetings cards.Bah!

I don't know (is it a quiz?) but they deserve a prize. Something understated like the Nobel Prize for Literature. Or something.

I'm kind of with you Andy, I like something to flow rather than read the flowery ramblings of a writer who maybe should have been a poet

It's ok, I'm a bit anal about spoilers. I even avoid writing any in my blog as I've had several books spoilt for me on here by people posting stuff in random threads, such is life I suppose.

I meant the usual terrestrial pace, I'd class the BBC3 one as 'ahead of time'

Not sure about anybody else but if I haven't yet seen a TV programme when it's aired, then I avoid threads about it like the plague It's a different matter if it's a downloaded show or similar I suppose

It makes me smile how the North Americans are so big on 'holidays' and 'tradition' it's all so quaint

I'm a huge fan of hers as you probably know and know exactly which book you mean. There was a massive furore at first I think because of ... well, you know

Yeah, I stopped reading these quite a few years ago too. But for those of you who love her, you should try the first book of that type 'The Valley of the Dolls' by Jacqueline Susann - it's excellent. Or for a similar read but maybe a little 'better' 'Princess Daisy' by Judith Krantz. There's a scene in that I can still remember clearly despite reading it when it was first published around 25 years ago