SueK

looking forward to crispy duck and pancakes in about half an hour.

I've got the Kindle keyboard and the Kindle Fire HD which I was lucky to get for Christmas. I still like the Kindle keyboard for daytime reading (and less battery use) but the Fire is great for evenings and bedtime without loads of lamps on. I got myself a keyboard to fit the Fire which is great as I can now use it as a mini laptop.

I'd be interested to know what you think of this. There was a programme on TV last year (Part of the "Imagine" series) about Ian Rankin and a video diary of him writing this book. I've not read any of his Rebus books but this sounds quite an intriguing book.

Just finished a Kindle Single called Broken Voices - a very good ghost story - and now reading The Ambassador's Daughter by Pam Jenoff.

I watched this and found it enjoyable. My only beef was the American guy was difficult to hear sometimes. But it looks promising.

A lot of people have been making a mound of money out of this - tour companies taking people to Mexico; people renting out bunkers - they're laughing all the way to the bank. My daughter's future mother in law has been stocking up tins of food in her larder - it's absolutely stocked floor to ceiling. If the world ended what would happen to the tins and, more importantly, did she remember the tin opener

Thanks for your help julie. I'll give that a go when I get home tonight. Presumably I need wireless on, on both devices? (Not sure what a doohickey is but it's a lovely word!) I'll let you know if it all syncs up.

I'm a great fan of Elizabeth Chadwick and have read most of her stuff. I've got one or in my TBR pile that I haven't read yet but plan to next year.

I got given a Kindle Fire HD as an early Christmas pressie and I love it. I've downloaded iPlayer app and have watched some programmes - very clear it is. Does anyone know how I sync book locations with my Kindle keyboard. I know there is a way to be able to read the same book either on Fire and Keyboard and you can ask it it to go to the same page - but not sure how to do it. Very grateful for advice from any techie peeps.

Still wading through The Cleaner of Chartres by Sally Vickers. It's an OK read. Bit of a mix between Chocolat and Amelie.

I'll be interested in what you think of this book Kidsmum. I like Helen Dunmore, having read the Betrayal and the Siege.

I'm reading The Cleaner of Chartres by Sally Vickers at the moment. Not sure about it yet as it's a bit of a slow starter but quite a quirky little book.

This is one of my favourite books of all time! I think a lot of course depends on the translation and the Hayward/Harari one of 1958 is reckon to be the best. Some other translations are very clunky and don't do justice to Pasternak's poetic style of writing.

Ooh I don't know .... bung a bit of ketchup on them and serve with a few chips, they won't know! Seriously, I've never owned a slow cooker, as I'm not sure about temperatures whilst I was out at work. I like to know that my casserole is bubbling up before I turn down to simmer. Can you do that with a slow cooker?

We're not a million miles from Hastings and we always have fish and chips at the Blue Dolphin. You are absolutely right, they are the best in the area.

I don't think Barbara Erskine writes in an historically chronological timeline. For instance Hiding from the Light deals with Matthew Hopkins (Witchfinder General) in Cromwellian times, to Jesus' time in Times Legacy and her latest deals with Saxon times in River of Destiny. The link Chesilbeach provides is her publishing timeline.

Well I suppose our favourite takeway meal is Indian - we usually eat it once a week. My favourite restaurant meal is Carvery or French. We both steer clear of Thai because as you can imagine my OH says they're usually rubbish here!! (but then he was a Thai chef back there).

I've just finished a gem of a book by Norman Collins (he of London Belongs to Me) called The Husband's Story. Well worth reading - his books are being republished by Bloomsbury. I've now started on a little know Nevil Shute book called Pied Piper.

I was very sad to hear this yesterday. I've grown up with Dad's Army and I still watch the repeats on BBC 2 on Saturdays - they still make me chuckle. Don't panic .......................... RIP Jonesy xx

I finished "The Conductor" by Sarah Quigley and although it was a slow starter I actually ended up enjoying it. I'm now reading a gem of a book by Norman collins called "The Husband's Story" and hoping to get a start on "The Citadel" by Kate Mosse soon.

Good for you June, I'll keep my fingers crossed that you are successful. I've enjoyed working 4 days a week since the beginning of the year now. My company are making up to 1,800 people redundant over Europe but my boss has just told me that my job is safe. So I'm very pleased to hear that. I could retire but I don't want to just yet - especially as my daughter is getting married next year and we all know how much a wedding costs!!

Yes, and what was even better was I picked up that book for 50p in the Oxfam and raved about how I'd got such a lovely bargain. You might like "The Return of Capt John Emmett" by Elisabeth Speller, if you like evocative World War I books.

I'm after the Fire too. But mostly for reading as it's backlit, unlike the present Kindle where I need to have a small torch perched over it for reading in bed/low lighting etc. It doesn't have as many apps as say the iPad but then there are only so many you would want anyway in my opinion. I had thought about the Paperwhite but feel there are too many mixed reviews.

I tend to agree with you Claire. I find that Faulks unwittingly puts a distance between his characters and his readers. I felt no great empathy for Stephen or Charlotte Grey for that matter. However, I thought the second in the Birdsong trilogy, The Girl at the Lion D'or to be exactly the opposite and I felt very deeply for the heroine in that one - it's only a small book but very well written. I have tried reading some of his books since but haven't felt the same about them and "One Week in December" I gave away without finishing it.