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We are having fish kebabs tonight. We had wholemeal sub rolls at lunch time filled with pastrami, lettuce and cucumber with mayonnaise.

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I have just postd a review of Kate Adie's autobiography if anyone is interested.

This is definitely going on my TBR list. I thought it was a true story, I read that somewhere. Has anyone read "The Painted House"? That is a fantastic read, quite away from his normal genre.

The Kindness of Strangers

I have just finished reading Kate Adie's autobiography "The Kindness of Strangers", which I really enjoyed. I will be reading "The Mighty Heart" next.

I would go for The Innocent Man. I have read a lot of John Grisham books and the synopsis makes it sound like a story worth reading. Not quite the usual Grisham pattern, but that is why it would be my choice. Another of his books "The Painted House" was also away from his usual genre and was a really great story. I havent read any Peter James books, but the blurb makes it sound just like another murder mystery.

Has anyone started this yet? I was going to make it my next read, but my OH decided to start reading it before Christmas and he hasnt finished it yet . So I will have to read something short, so that I can start reading it when he finishes it. In the meantime, I will be watching the TV programme.

Am still reading "Kindness of Strangers" by Kate Adie (her autobiography. It has taken me a while to get into her style of writing which moves around quite a lot. Once I had got used to that, I began to enjoy it. There are particular parts I have really enjoyed and found absorbing, I will elaborate more when I do a review (promise!!) .The end is in sight, another couple of nights I should think.

I have just discovered this on my bookshelf. I bought it a couple of months ago and then just forgot it. Its A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth - 1474 pages!!!! Has anyone else read this?

I second that. I discovered my TBR contains no less than 25 books and there are loads of other books I want to read. I am determined to get that list down.

I looked at the reviews for The Interpretation of Murder and agree with most of the comments made, so I dont think its really worth me just saying the same things. Kate Adie's biography is very funny at times and at other times I find some of the stuff she says very hard to believe. Have just read a chapter where she is reminiscing about her years in Sunderland, which rang a lot of bells with me. My mother was born in this part of the world and I spent quite a bit of my childhood there, especially during WW2.

I bought The Eagles new album for my OH for Christmas and The Scottish Dragoon Guards album.

Maureen, thanks for that. I will try and do a review of The Interpretation of Murder. Did you enjoy it. I am enjoying Kate Adie's biog so far. She writes how she speaks, clipped and clear, but she has a great sense of fun so the humour is evident throughout. I am into her early days so far. I understand she has written a further book, so may seek that out at a later date.

The most I can read at one time is 2.

Wish you'd let me know!!!

Cold in Florida, surely not!!!

Thanks Madcow. I did enjoy it, just disappointed.

Just decided to read Kate Adie's autobiography "The Kindness of Strangers", will be starting that tonight when I go to bed.

This is my first review, please treat me gently The Devil

I have finished "The Devil's Feather" by Minette Walters which I enjoyed although I found the end a bit of a let down. I will endeavour to to a full review. I havent decided which will be my next book, need to review the pile.

Thanks for that review Echo, I will definitely try and fit that book into my reading pile. I loved Jane Ayre, so I am sure I will like this one too.

As you probably know Iris Murdoch suffered from this dreadful disease. I have her last book "Jackson's Dilemma" which I found very hard to get into. Apparently it was affected by her deteriorating mental condition. It must be devastating for Terry Pratchett's family, especially as he is still relatively young.

I look forward to that

I have just finished The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rudenfeld which I enjoyed very much. I would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in/understands Psychoanalysis particularly in relation to Freud. The early chapters were hard to get through unless you have. Once I got into the story I really enjoyed all the twists and intrigues and puzzles especially the twist at the end. I also like the detective who carried out the investigation into the murders, without whom no solution would have been reached I dont think. I have now started "The Devil's Feather" by Minette Walters (one of my favourite authors) which involves a female war correspondent in first off Sierra Leone and then Iraq where she is kidnapped briefly. Following this she has a "break down" and hides herself away in the English countryside. During her travels she has encountered a sexual psychopath of whom she is absolutely terrified ................... the story continues.