~Andrea~

Hi Steve - just caught up with your thread! Enjoyed reading about your jury service but how disappointing you didn't get to see a case!

Ah that's great news Frankie! Being happy where you live is so important. Great that you'll be closer to your friends too

Hmm - I might be interested in this, if I can find a suitable book

Yes I thought that was a bit far-fetched.

Did anyone watch this last night? I thought it was really good. Suranne Jones was excellent, but then she usually is. I'll be looking forward to this every week!

I enjoyed your review of Just One Damned Thing After Another. I've added it to my wish list. I love the title actually. It's intriguing for that alone

Thanks everyone Frankie no I didn't make it up but I'm not sure where it comes from. Someone here will know no doubt EDIT: Background – amazeballsPromotion of the expression amazeballs is mainly attributed to US TV personality and gossip-columnist Perez Hilton, who used the term on his well-known blog back in 2009. Though Hilton's use of the word met with some hostility, it later began to trend on Twitter, prompting him to post a series of 'victory' tweets regarding his successful expansion of the lexicon. According to some sources however, amazeballs did not originate with Hilton and was in fact coined by fashion blogger Elizabeth Spiridakis who, along with a couple of workmates, had some years earlier cooked up the practice of adding the suffix -balls to various adjectives as an in-joke. (from http://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/amazeballs.html)

The Book Thief is Amazeballs and I can feel my mojo coming back

I thought that. They must be running out of ideas. I loved Nadja's one though, with the can of soda hovering over and pouring soda everywhere.

I love the sound of Microadventures! I probably need some microadventure in my life. That sounds amazing, yet also scary (creepy crawlies? cold?) Let us know if you do it! Another one for the wish list.

Totally, sometimes a book can really affect your mood. Yes it is my first read It's been on my wish list for a while.

Aww that sounds so cute I always swipe a few blackberries when I'm out on my walks. Totally free snack!! Wow that sounds amazing. How nice to get free eggs like that!

I've started listening to The Book Thief and reading The Road Less Traveled. I'll probably dip in and out of Dark Places.

Station Eleven sounds really good. I've just added it to my wish list

Wow sounds like she'd be right at home here

I haven't heard of the book but it sounds good and Helena Bonham Carter is a fantastic actress. I will look out for it.

Finding Dark Places a bit dark for my mood right now and haven't been getting on with it very well. Bought 2 books on the weekend: The Book Thief (audio) and The Road Less Traveled.

You're right. Slumps are just temporary we'll be back on track before you know it Thank you You don't like the sound of Gone Girl then? One thing I would say is I think she is a great writer. Her prose is great.

Good news that you got rid of the flatmate. Definitely sounds like the flatmate from hell! LOL! Wow. Just wow! So anyway are you going to date him

Yea it's good isn't it. You're right. The only way IS up Thanks Frankie. Sorry to hear you're in a slump too We can both slump together

So THAT's where mine is! I'll have some strong words to say to it when it shows its face again

Thank you

I've started reading Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. It will probably take me forever as my reading mojo is AWOL at the mo, possibly because everything in my life seems to be going badly right now

Great review of Feed. Sounds like an interesting idea but taken too far.

I was worried about the book being scary but it actually wasn't too bad. Just very gripping and mysterious. His books are often very creepy but this one the least so perhaps.