Kylie
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I know what you mean. I just sent you a pic and you might notice that I drew a player holding something at the wrong end.
It didn't look like that in my mind! Had to fix it. -
The covers of Alexander's books are always tempting .. but I haven't bought one since early on in the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series because, though I enjoyed them, I didn't enjoy them enough and you have to draw a line somewhere or there'd be no room at home to swing a cat
I came to the same conclusion about the books, but unfortunately it came after I'd bought about 10-15 of his books. I've given them all to my Mum now.
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Great review, Poppyshake. Sounds like they definitely wouldn't let me stay there though (and I'm not so sure now that I would want to - apart from the cockroaches, there's a hierarchy among the residents - that's not for me).
I recently 'liked' Shakespeare & Co on Facebook and now I see their updates and am continually jealous of the various things they have going on there.
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Hahaha! I only just saw this so I have indeed seen Einstein. I think your drawings are marvellous and much more creative than mine.
I knew it had something to do with the hair, but I was trying to think of a particular hairstyle rather than an actual person. As soon as I saw E = I knew it who it was.And don't worry about waking me. I have strange hours these days. I tend to stay up all night and go to bed mid morning!
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Bless you but I'm glad you saved your money .. you should have bought it for yourself though
No way! I didn't enjoy it that much!
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Hi Paula
How are you?It's good to see lots of reviews again.
I enjoyed your reviews of Lindqvist and the Harper Connolly books. I noticed in the review for the 3rd book you mentioned it was the last instalment. Did you know there is a 4th book?
I've been contemplating getting the Walking Dead for my brother. I bought the TV series for him but I'm not sure if he's watched it yet.
It's a shame that the 2nd Beth Revis book wasn't as good as the first. I still haven't read Across the Universe yet. Do you think I should bother with it?
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How does it compare to the film Kylie? The film was a Disney one if I remember rightly and I got the feeling it was toned down for juniors, even though I haven't read the book.
I haven't seen the movie, but given it's a Disney flick, I wouldn't be surprised to find they've toned it down.
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Completely coincidentally, I bumped into (literally, we were in a confined space...) Stephen Fry today at Tower Bridge.
Oh wow! I'm so jealous!!! Did you talk to him?
I finished Every Thing On It last night. I misplaced my copy of Literary Trivia about a week ago, but I finally found it yesterday, so I'm back to reading that now.
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I watched Kinky Boots last night. A great movie - really underrated, I think.
I also watched Premonition with Sandra Bullock. It wasn't too bad.
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That's typical Kylie - everyone else is going "Oooooh, chocolate!", and you're "What books did you get?"
Anyway:
Great Expectations, Anna Karenina, Huck Finn, Moby Dick, The Lost Estate (Alain-Fournier - no, me neither
), Journey's End (R C Sherriff), Diary of a Nobody, Emma, The Woman in White, Gatsby, 1984 and Candide (which has a rather snazzy strip-cartoon style jacket introducing the characters and plot. Rather nice).And, for the sake of completeness, 2x each of: White chocolate with strawberries, Milk chocolate, Fruit and nut dark chocolate, Dark chocolate with raspberries, Dark chocolate with ginger and orange, and Orange milk chocolate.
Hehe. Well, the chocolate topic had been covered so I was just asking the next logical question. For the record, I love chocolate about as much as I love books.
I'm envious of the chocolate with strawberries and raspberries. Frankie gave me some Finnish chocolate like that once, and it was delicious. For some reason we don't get chocolate like that here, unless maybe from specialist chocolate shops.I have The Lost Estate on my TBR pile.
It's supposed to be quite good. That's a very fine selection of books you received!I've read most of Shel Silverstein's Every Thing On It. Great book.
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Mr Blandings - such a funny film. I think that was what The Money Pit (with Tom Hanks) was based on.
Yep, it was.
It's been a while since I saw The Money Pit.I watched Death Race last night. It was such a guy flick.
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Many thanks to those kind people at Divine Chocolate, who've just sent me 12 Penguin Classics.
Wow, lucky you! I hope you'll post the titles you received.
I received Shel Silverstein's newest book of previously unpublished poems and drawings, called Every Thing On It. Even with my very limited reading time, I've managed to get a third of the way in.
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I watched Chocolat and Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (with Cary Grant) last night.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes is great as well. Rather creepy.
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There seem to be more books of this type "coming out of the closet" in B&N. Here is one that is displayed near 50 Shades in our local B&N.
So this genre will be taking over from vampires, I guess.
Apparently Bret Easton Ellis is in talks to write a screenplay adaptation.
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Great review.
The movie was shown here on TV last night. I've seen it several times but of course watched it again. Have you seen it? It's not bad as adaptations go, although it might be ripe for a remake. I had a bit of trouble with the characters because several of the firemen looked alike, so I had trouble telling the chief apart from others. The one main difference I noticed, which you won't like, is that there is no hound in the movie. 
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I watched The Yellow Submarine.
It has been way too long since I last saw it, but I still remember it well enough to know most of the script off by heart. -
No .. you might need to give me one that's all
No way! I would never sedate you. I will be encouraging you even more.
Well I neverI don't think we're soap dodgers in general .. though it can be a bit whiffy in Tesco's on a hot day 
We might be smelly but look at all the great people we've produced ... Austen & the Brontes and Dickens .. The Beatles & the Stones and the Kinks ... Colin Firth etc etc ... and you've given us Kylie Minogue and Rolf Harris .. that's where being clean gets you
Touche!
I would certainly never kick a smelly Beatle, Kink, Stone or Firth out of my bed. 
You're welcome to keep Minogue and Harris. 
(I don't for a second think that any of you are soap dodgers. It's probably a leftover thing from Dickensian times. Or maybe we completely made it up because, as I said, we like to tease you.
) Take Jasper with you .. there's always a certain amount of wildlife sharing the space also .. though I expect things have improved on that score now Sylvia runs things.Oh good heavens. Jasper would have us kicked out in no time at all. He would probably demolish the whole shop.
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I enjoyed your review.
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Kidsmum, that's a great description.
I'll never look at them the same way again.Just to be clear, I still would really love to read most of the books on that list (particularly the classics), but with a TBR pile of over 1300 (even after the cull
), I know I won't get to these books for a very long time. Have you seen my sig? I've only read 16 books so far this year! As I said, many of the classics I have are kind of old and yucky, and I would prefer to buy spanking new editions to read when I'm ready. I'm a more discerning buyer these days and like to buy books that I can keep long term. This means replacing many of the older books I bought when I was more 'trigger happy' and buying falling-apart editions for 50c. I recently replaced Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone, and I will definitely be buying a nice Vintage edition of The Woman in White because my current edition has minuscule writing. As much as I'd like to read Bleak House, it's not a particularly great loss because I still have several other Dickens' to read.
The Canterbury Tales is another one that will be replaced, but not for quite some time, I suspect, because I find the prospect of reading it rather daunting. I also don't like the edition I have (very old, tiny print) and I would much prefer an edition that has a translation and/or illustrations. I've seen some fairly lavish editions around.
I've heard nothing but good reviews about The Kite Runner, but I just cannot muster the enthusiasm to read it. It just doesn't interest me and I know that won't change any time soon. I'm sure I'll be missing out, but I have so many other great reads ahead that I really have to focus more on the books that I've discovered for myself. Unfortunately, this one will be sacrificed in the name of the good ol' 'too many books, not enough time'.
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Claire, how is it going to work once you get to 0? Are you going to try to buy just one book at a time, or are you going to go mad (like I would) and buy several months' worth of books in one go?
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Nice review. I have the same SF Masterworks edition. It's interesting that any interaction between people is a crime and an invasion of privacy.
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I read a bit more of The Rights of the Reader today.
Best book/books of 2012 so far?
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I haven't read too many books this year and the only books I've scored a perfect 10 were my re-reads of:
Joseph Heller Catch-22
Norton Juster The Phantom Tollbooth
I give few books 10/10, but I'm more generous with 8s and 9s. The books that I've given 9/10 are:
Julie Dawn Cole I Want it Now!
Norton Juster The Dot and the Line
Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society