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Nici

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  1. I heard on the radio this morning that a new person is going into the house tonight so I would imagine Davina will be doing that.
  2. Yep I am watching as well Michelle. Awful girl and she comes from Essex Tsch
  3. Yep I agree HandD, I would have walked away.
  4. Macaroni cheese
  5. Iv'e just copied this straight from my blog, as Michelle tagged me with this. 1. Who is your all-time favourite author, and why? That is a very hard question and not one I think I can answer. I like such a variety of fiction that to pick one author would be too difficult! 2. Who was your first favourite author, and why? Do you still consider him or her among your favourites? My first favourite author was Virgina Andrews and the Flowers in the Attic series. I don't know why I started reading these books but I still have them on my bookshelf 17 years later! 3. Who
  6. I haven't read any Stephen King since The Stand which was ages ago so I quite fancied one of his books. Shouldn't really be reading it though as I have four review books and eight of your books here as well.....
  7. WOO HOO! *Does a little dance* EDIT: You are too quick for me Michelle!
  8. Right I have decided on Stephen King - Bag of Bones Synopsis from Amazon: When Mike Noonan's wife dies, he is drawn to their summer home in the town of Sara Laughs. He finds the town in the grip of millionaire Max Devore, who is hell-bent on getting custody of his deceased son's child. Kyra and her mother turn to Mike for help, but there are sinister forces in their way.
  9. Just finished A piece of cake and my review if here Not sure what to start now so off to look at my bookshelf!
  10. Synopsis from Amazon This is the heart-wrenching true story of a girl named Cupcake and it begins when, aged eleven, she is orphaned and placed in the 'care' of sadistic foster parents. But there comes a point in her preteen years - maybe it's the night she first tries to run away and is exposed to drugs, alcohol, and sex all at once - when Cupcake's story shifts from a tear-jerking tragedy to a dark, deeply disturbing journey through hell. Cupcake learned to survive by turning tricks, downing hard liquor and ingesting every drug she could find while hitchhiking up and down the California coast. At just sixteen, she stumbled into the terrifying world of the gangsta, dealing drugs, hustling and only just surviving a drive-by shooting. But, ironically, it was Cupcake's rapid descent into the nightmare of crack cocaine addiction that finally saved her. After one four-day crack binge she woke up behind a dumpster. Half-dressed and half-dead, she finally realized she had to change her life or die on the streets - another trash-can addict, another sad statistic. Astonishingly, Cupcake turned her life around and this is her brutally frank, startlingly funny story. Unlike any memoir you will ever read, "A Piece of Cake" is a redemptive, gripping tale of a resilient spirit who took on the worst of contemporary urban life and survived it. It is also the most genuinely affecting rollercoaster ride through hell and back that you will ever take. My thoughts: Well the one word that comes to mind is 'WOW'. I finished all 540 pages in under four days which for me is quick! I normally don't like this type of book as I just cannot read about sexual abuse in children and luckily although there was some in this book it was written about very well and not in too much detail. The book is mainly about Cupcake's battle with every drug going. Also as the book was set in the ghettos of America it is just so different to anything I have ever known. A truly inspiring book but I can't say too much about it as I wouldn't want to ruin it for anyone else. I would definately recommend this to everyone to give it a go.
  11. I saw that too Judy. I also thought No time for goodbye sounded good. I think I will have to look for it in Tescos!
  12. Sorry to double post....... But who do you think will go Mario or Alex? Personally I think Alex has to go as I can't stand people like her. (Sorry handd!)
  13. LOL! That made me laugh!
  14. Aw Michelle that means such a lot. Thank you. :hug:

  15. Nici

    Hello Paula, I'm ok thanks. Just feeling grumpy! It just feels now as if it is one thing after another.... xx

  16. Big mushrooms with stilton cheese to start with, then chicken casserole with dipping bread and then bread and butter pudding with apricots and honey served with custard. Yum!
  17. New photo added in the 'me and mine' album, taken today. :)

  18. I stopped reading Lost and Found yesterday as it wasn't really my type of book and instead I am now reading A piece of cake - Cupcake Brown and I am already 123 pages in as it is really good! Synopsis from Amazon This is the heart-wrenching true story of a girl named Cupcake and it begins when, aged eleven, she is orphaned and placed in the 'care' of sadistic foster parents. But there comes a point in her preteen years - maybe it's the night she first tries to run away and is exposed to drugs, alcohol, and sex all at once - when Cupcake's story shifts from a tear-jerking tragedy to a dark, deeply disturbing journey through hell. Cupcake learned to survive by turning tricks, downing hard liquor and ingesting every drug she could find while hitchhiking up and down the California coast. At just sixteen, she stumbled into the terrifying world of the gangsta, dealing drugs, hustling and only just surviving a drive-by shooting. But, ironically, it was Cupcake's rapid descent into the nightmare of crack cocaine addiction that finally saved her. After one four-day crack binge she woke up behind a dumpster. Half-dressed and half-dead, she finally realized she had to change her life or die on the streets - another trash-can addict, another sad statistic. Astonishingly, Cupcake turned her life around and this is her brutally frank, startlingly funny story. Unlike any memoir you will ever read, "A Piece of Cake" is a redemptive, gripping tale of a resilient spirit who took on the worst of contemporary urban life and survived it. It is also the most genuinely affecting rollercoaster ride through hell and back that you will ever take.
  19. Aw thanks you! x

  20. Filled pasta and roasted vegetables (carrots, brocolli, cauliflower and mushrooms) and lots of garlic!
  21. Thanks Ann, I am seeing her tomorrow as well as we are all going out for lunch for Fathers Day and also to celebrate mums birthday which is later in the week. :D

  22. Hope you enjoy it Angel!
  23. Nici

    Allergies?

    Poor old Robbie always gets heat rash, he came home from school with it this week. All I tell him is to keep it clean (soap and water) and put savlon on it. It's going now.
  24. Thank you! Lot's of scones, cakes and sandwiches mmmmmmm!

  25. Just popping by to say Hi! :006:

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