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i know lots of books can change the way you think and feel about a subject but have any fundamentally changed your life?

i cant wait for strictly come dancing too, and the x factor live shows. hopefully there will be another series of the book quiz on bbc4 soon too. oh and anything chrismassy... i cant wait for some fabulous christmas cooking shows!

well this will be my first christmas in my new flat and even though there will only be the three of us i would love to make some extra special treats. i have christmas lunch sorted but would love some recipes for some buffet type snacks or smaller meals around the holidays. can anyboby help?

Did anyone else read this as a child? When I was ten I was given all six books in one gorgeous volume and I would absolutely love to own it again as it was without doubt my most favourite series in the whole world! I know you can buy them new but it just isn't the same... can anybody help?

ooh the more difficult the better, i like a good challenge! i must admit though i do prefer cookbooks that arent just recipe books but have lots of talk in them too. something wherer they talk you through the principles behind the food would be amazing:D we do get the barefoot contessa on uk food, i think she is pretty fantastic. oh and american iron chef is awesome!

lol yeah notes from a small island i think is amazingly funny and will be a little piece of home for him

to be honest i have yet to read mansfield park (and sense and sensibility) but im going through a bit of an austen crush at the mo so ill let you know when ive finished them:smile2:whereabouts in gateshead are you? im from jarrow xxx

hi sorry for late reply. im starting approaching literature next february and im pretty excited about it. i did creative writing this year and i really hated it so im looking forward to getting back to what i enjoy! the only thing im not especially happy with is the number of lit courses. i dont particularly want to do shakespeare because of the residential school so it looks like i might have to do another non-litereture course....

i love french food and was just wondering if anybody knows any really good french cookbooks they could recommend?

in bed, in the bath, standing up in the kitchen, snuggled up on my sofa, on the bus, online, in the garden, in the park, on the beach, in waiting rooms...gimme a book and wherever i am is my new favourite place (although i must admit if i have to choose just one place then it has to be my lovely, snuggly, soft, pink bed )

yes feast is divided into sections, although i must admit when im reading it i very rarely make it past the christmas section:Dhas anybody tried her festive ham recipe? by the way i think nigella's making chocolate mousse on her show tonight so chocoholics stayed tuned! xxx

well i have to admit i found great expectations fairly hard going so i think ill give that one another whirl in a month or two. pride and prejudice was spectacular; i read three othar jane austen novels just after pride and prejudice (northanger abbey, persuasion, and emma) and although i enjoyed them it really elevated P&P in my esteem...everything was just a little bit better in this novel:the dialogue, the pace, it wasn't claustrophobic like emma.and of course elizabeth bennett is wonderful...surprisingly modern and witty and by far the most spirited austen creation.

as long as the recipes keep working i dont really mind...i find it quite funny actually. and some tv cooks are so boring

ooh i wish it was a man....actually the one on the new cover would do

i often experience that with jilly cooper novels (i usually only remember the naughty bits ) but i must admit i have lots of fun re-reading her... im tempted spend my whole saturday morning in bed with the man who made husbands jealous. bliss!

me too, i especially loved her crimbo programmes last december. i hope they repeat them again this year. i suppose ill be waiting in vain wishing for a christmas-only cookbook from nigella... it would be good tho! im determined to try her festive ham recipe when i get the chance

ooh i like the burgess/kesey classic idea... i guess all the beatnik writers would count in that case. defintely naked lunch by william s. burroughs (needs a few readings to fully appreciate i think) and on the road by jack kerouac. but then again i think its a very personal thing, for example i found memnoch the devil so much more profound than interview with a vampire. so i guess the fame of a book must count, or at leastits status as a cult-classic. is 1984 (george orwell) too prosaic...?

thank you all so much! ive been on a coupla forums so far but this one is so friendly:D its pretty hard having friends and family who dont read... hi echo, im due to start the romantics in feburary. im almost finished this years course (im doing open university) i have been doing creative writing and i loathed it...! im definitely a better reader than writer. but im really excited about next year cos ive just recieved my reading list: pride and prejudice - jane austen woman in white - wilkie collins frankenstein - mary shelly hard times - charles dickens the color purple - alice walker othello, king henry v, as you like it - shakespeare father and sons (insert russian name here!) i cant wait to get stuck in

oh my god it was amazing...the caramel croissant pudding was to die for! the only book i have so far is feast so if anybody has any recommendations that would be great ) xx

black parade- my chemical romance. and i fully intend to get the 'new' fallout boy album asap....

just thought id introduce myself properly from what ive read so far it seems like a lovely, friendly place ) im into all kinds of book really, most pop. fiction, thrillers, horrors, mysteries, romance, biogs, anything thats really funny, informative or classic (im in the middle of a literature degree at the moment so i get to read all kinds of things i havent heard of before and i just love getting recommendations from new people....hint hint!!) oh and i know it sounds strange but theres nothing i like more than curling up in bed with a good cookbook. nigella and tessa kiros are particularly comforting. i really hope i get to chat with more of you soon xxx

hy everyone, im brand new im pretty stunned that i didnt find out about this site sooner as im a book addict but i thought id say hi ('hi') and get to know a few people on here. and what better way than being nosy? id have to say mine was enid blyton's mallory towers series... i cant tell you how jealous i was of those girls and their midnight feasts, ginger beer and parentless train journeys!

has anybody bought the new nigella book yet? i wouldnt mind some feed back on it because im sorely tempted to just stck it on my crimbo list and buy the sumptuous-looking hardback version of domestic goddess in the mean time