Jump to content

JudyB

Advanced Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,147

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by JudyB

  1. JudyB
    About 7 pages of The Life You Want by Emily Barr - too many distractions during my lunch break at work!
  2. JudyB
    One of the best films I've watched this year - a good way to spend a rainy Bank Holiday Monday with choritzo chicken cooking away in the oven.
  3. JudyB

    Hello - thanks for your message. Things are good with me - how about you? Been up to much? take care

  4. JudyB

    Hi Janet - thanks for leaving a message. Things are good with me - I haven't visited here for a while as I've found it hard to settle to reading but now am in the middle of a good book and have regained the reading habit. Hope things are well with you. Take care

  5. JudyB

    Hi Paula - thanks for leaving a message. I'm well. For some strange reason I've found it hard to get back into reading since Christmas but I'm halfway through A Small Part of History which I'm thoroughly enjoying so looks like I've regained the reading habit - thank goodness. Hope things are good with you. Take care x

  6. JudyB
    I've read 42 books this year. My top 3 are: What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn Worldwide Adventures in Love by Louise Wener The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer Most disappointing was the Blackest Bird by Joel Rose
  7. JudyB
    Thanks for that Michelle - I enjoyed reading such an interesting interview. It's definately whetted my appetite.
  8. JudyB
    Last night's Little Dorrit - I'm outraged that it was cancelled.
  9. JudyB
    Mine too.
  10. JudyB
    Another book that sounds good Michelle and another one for my wishlist
  11. JudyB
    This sounds good - I've found it interesting this year to read books which cover the Spanish Civil War of which I knew very, very little prior to reading these books. If I remember rightly Guernica features in The Return by Victoria Hislop.
  12. JudyB
    Sundried tomato sausages, mash and loads and loads of cabbage fried with onion, chilli and ginger - yum!
  13. JudyB
    I love skate - it's quite a new one for me too. One thing I thought I hated because I had only tried it pickled out of jars is beetroot. Now that I've tried it fresh either raw or roasted (with horseradish added) I love it - it's so tasty.
  14. JudyB

    I think living in the country is the best way to learn a language. Do you think in French? I'm not studying other languages but I lived in Germany for 3 years a long time ago and so I can scrape by in German.

     

    Yes wonderful memories of Paris - getting German measles (very cosmopolitan!), getting left at the airport entrance when it was time to go home (I was only 14 and thought I'd never see home again) and in my anxiety nearly causing a security scare by leaving a 2 foot chocolate rabbit at the x-ray machine. As you say it depends who you stay with - I'm glad I went though as it was a fantastic experience.

     

    Did you enjoy London? I love visiting it - we stayed in Kensington last year and it was great having so much within walking distance. I'd love to live there just for a year.

  15. JudyB
    I suspect Nicola's motivation was being able to provide the camp with a decent meal - she was so focused. Poor Joe though. I retched just watching them, it was excruciating.
  16. JudyB
    I agree with Roland and Sue totally - that is the only complaint. I'm so scared I'll miss it in the week and in my mind it is perfect for a Sunday night. OH finds that the half hour is over all too quickly - I think an hour lets you really get into it properly.
  17. JudyB

    I stayed in Paris fr 10 days when I was 14 with a penfriend I'd never met before (interesting experience) and have in recent years been to Brittany 3 times. I'm keen to see other areas of France though. Your English is very good - where did you learn it?

  18. JudyB
    6Music and Radio 1 (depending on who's on)
  19. JudyB
    It's the highlight of my week (although I am pleased to see the return of Lead Balloon also). Everything about it is wonderful, the scenery in particular - the Clelland's house is amazing. I think Dickens dramatises really well - all those characters and sub plots and of course the BBC are the best people to do it.
  20. JudyB

    Sounds stupid but I wasn't sure if you were a student of French or a student who is French - now I know - lol. What do you study? I love France myself and am waiting to begin studying French at A level (this is what our 16-18 year olds study once they have completed their GCSEs at 16).

  21. JudyB

    I've been very good and put it away until next year. Worked today but as I love my work it's been an enjoyable way to spend the day. Hope you're having a nice weekend. How long are you in France for?

  22. JudyB
    Just wondering whether they were using reverse psychology tonight by praising him.
  23. JudyB
    Another point about Great Expectations is that the opening scene is set on the misty Kent marshes - might be nice to read a book set in the county in which you live. Must also mention the gothic element of Miss Havisham and Satis House. http://www.thecompanysheffield.co.uk/productions/greatexpectations/settingofgreatexpectations.php The above webpage might whet your appetite!
  24. JudyB
    Great Expectations is wonderfully atmospheric but one of his shorter novels. I'm a big fan of his books but find them very wordy and so feel I need to make extra time to read them. They are worthwhile reading though often entertaining and full of memorable scenes that come to mind during everyday life. My favourites are Bleak House and Dombey and Son. Hope you enjoy whichever you choose to read next.
  25. JudyB
    Liver fried with onions and bacon served with mash and cabbage - gorgeous:D
×
×
  • Create New...