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What are garlic fries? they sound nice! Sausage and mash for me! Comfort food because I'm ill!

"He stood on the edge of the abyss, staring down." Blood Hunt- Ian Rankin

Dont look Now- Daphne Du Maurier Read these short stories very quickly as they were just so wonderful. Cant tread to re-read "Rebecca" now! What I loved is that nothing she writes in this story is ever obvious and no character is ever less than brilliantly drawn. none of the endings in these stories are obvious- there are two stories with quite shocking "twist" endings but others end completely differently just as you are expecting a shock ending

Act Of God-Graham Phillips Few know that the face on the famous death mask of Tutankhamen is not his at all. This book reveals an historical mystery which overturns Ancient Egyptian chronology, and also provides evidence that the Parting of the Red Sea and Plagues of Egypt in the Bible are accounts of actual events Really enjoyed this non-fiction book- dragged a little in the middle section but overall couldnt put it down. I love all things ancient egypt and found that aspect of the book fascinating- equally fascinating is the story of the european explorers who "discovered" the hidden tombs and mummies. It explores a discovery of a mummy interned in a very unusual way for an egyptian mummy (the body is male but positioned like a female, all traces of their name removed, all pictures which would have guided the person in the afterlife removed) and links this to a short period in egyptian history where traditional worship of their gods were all abandonned in order to be replaced by the worship of a single god "Aten" by the Pharaoh seemingly without any challange. The central premise which is that an actual event ( I wont give it away!)led to the short lived change in egyptian religion and also led to the events described in the bible such as the exodus and the plagues. Its a very interesting argument but btied together a little too neatly to fully convince. Really recommended

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Welcome Lexi!

Stallion Gate- Martin Cruz Smith n a New Mexico blizzard, four men cross a barbed-wire fence at Stallion Gate to select a test site for the first atomic weapon. They are Oppenheimer, the physicist; Groves, the general; Fuchs, the spy. The fourth man is Sergeant Joe Pena, a hero, informer, fighter, musician, Indian. These four men

I like the sound of that!

That is hard! I bet I will want to change my answers later Favourite Band: The Killers Favourite Singer: Paul Weller Favourite Song: Heard it through the grapevine- Marvin Gaye Favourite Album: The killers-Hot Fuss Least Favourite Band: The pussycat dolls- or heavy metal Least Favourite Singer: Michael Ball ! Least Favourite Song: My humps by Fergie. WHY? or anything by Akon

Mine started to itch when I read your post! I hate all the loan/ injury lawyer adverts!

I want to see "W" and I have also got a love film dvd that I have had for a month- a vampire one with Josh Hartnett. I'm too scaredy cat to watch!

Sauasage and roast vegetable pasta

Always on the look out for a new crime writer! will add this to my bookmooch list!

Hi Nellie They are great books and Rebus is a classic detective! The first one is Knots and Crosses and to be honest that didnt blow me away but I read the second and I was hooked. They are worth reading in order as there are themes such as Rebus's relationships with his family running through all the books. There is a list on IanRankin.net and the new editions alos have the series number on the back I liked the books he writes as Jack harvey too!

I remember being on a plane and embarassingly sobbing to Moulin Rouge! not sure if it was the film or the fact we were at the airport hours and hours and I was shattered! The airport didnt even have duty free or a book shop!

I've never eaten oysters or prawns- just something about them puts me off. My younger brother has just tried eggs for the first time at 25! Luckily I'm not that fussy!

Hopefully she'll be back on form for the next installment! I have read the first three- I'm very tempted to buy the next one but I have such a big TBR pile I think I should put a dent in that first!

Hiya and welcome! You will love it!

Phillip Pullman- Northern lights triliogy

"The Cell at leavenworth was four feet by eight, barley large enough for Joe to sit at one end of an upended pail, but there was room in the dark for a circle of figures." Stallion Gate- Martin Cruz Smith "In the Early days of 1904, the wealth American lawyerand ameuteur egyptologist, Theodore Davis,was leading an archeological expedition in Egypts valley of the kings, just across the nile from the ancient city of Thebes." Act Of God:Moses, Tutamkhamun and the myth of atlantis- Graham Phillips

I love Donna Leon! Her books make me want to move to Venice!

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Welcome!

Macraoni and cauliflower cheese- comfort food for this cold weather!