Nici

I think it's too grown up for an 11 year old personally. There are some quite rude bits in it! I think I was about 14 when I read it.

I think I will stick to the English classics for a time being until I have read a few more!

Well after writing this over a year ago I should now eat my words! I am on my second one and am really enjoying them!

'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents', grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. Little Women ~ Louisa May Alcott

I started Little Women ~ Louisa May Alcott a few days ago and am really enjoying it. It seems to be quite a lovely story. I know it is classed as a Childrens Classic but I am enjoying it nevertheless! From Amazon: Little Women has remained enduringly popular since its publication in 1868, becoming the inspiration for a whole genre of family stories. Set in a small New England community, it tells of the March family: Marmee looks after daughters in the absence of her husband, who is serving as an army chaplain in the Civil War, and Meg, Jo,Beth, and Amy experience domestic trials and triumphs as they attempt to supplement the family's small income. In the second part of the novel (sometimes known as Good Wives) the girls grow up and fall in love. The novel is highly autobiographical, and in Jo's character Alcott portrays a strong-minded and independent woman, determined to control her own destiny. The introduction to this edition provides a fascinating history of the Alcotts,and of Louisa Alcott's own struggles as a writer.

I am really looking forward to the Christmas Carol discussions! It's great that so many of us will be reading it!

Recently most of my books are coming from Book Mooch. I seem to be everso succesfull from there! I have two books from there waiting at the post office at the moment which I will pick up tomorrow.

Hello and welcome!

They have been showing snippets of the Christmas Coca Cola advert on ITV this afternoon - the teases!

Devil's 'lady of the night', a series starting on channel 4 shortly.

That trial was grim! Good job I wasn't eating at the time! Robbie stayed up to watch the trial as well and as a typical 13 year old thought it was great! I thought Nicola did very very well, far better than I expected her too. Oh and Dec made me laugh with his 'Tony Blair' remark!

I can't stand Kilroy. But I really like Carly and hope she does well, she has always seemed to be quite a normal 'WAG'.

Whereas I LOVE all the Christmas adverts and get very excited when I see them LOL!

Essex FM in the mornings and Magic in the afternoon.

I haven't read any of his others but I have got Oliver Twist here as I think it will be an easy one to read. I will be starting to read The Christmas Carol on the 1st December.