Chrissy

I solve crimes from bed.

Tin-tin?

Yep! That's the fella! Over to you pickle......

I thought this would be a timely inclusion for this thread. The bolded and enlarged verse is the one that will probably be recognised by most in the UK. For The Fallen by Laurence Binyon With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears. They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted; They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. They mingle not with their laughing comrades again; They sit no more at familiar tables of home; They have no lot in our labour of the day-time; They sleep beyond England's foam. But where our desires are and our hopes profound, Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight, To the innermost heart of their own land they are known As the stars are known to the Night; As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain; As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, To the end, to the end, they remain.

Right book, wrong name!

No, sorry LM. But a blinding guess, I like your thinking! I was fairly uncertain about my clue, so I will give an extra one later if no one else can get it from this.

I found the old thread! If you look here Mitch, you'll find an old thread where the query was about books on madness. There are quite a few suggestions there, so hopefully you'll fins one or two that are both relevant to your search, and that give you the chills!

The immediate (fiction) book that springs to mind is Ken Kesey's 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'. I'll ponder this some more, because I'm sure this query has come up before, but I cannot find the relevant thread.

My mojo is on holiday again, so I am patiently waiting for it to return. In the meantime I am buying books at a rate of knots, so when my mojo returns I'll have plenty to keep it occupied.

Guardian to the ghost's boy.

Flora Poste from 'Cold Comfort Farm'?

Happy Anniversary Julia. We're glad you found us!

For 'Y' perhaps Richard Yates, the author of 'Revolutionary Road'.

I haven't read this one, but I have read another book by Paul Auster, and he can be quite a tricky author to read.

A Home Of Their Own by Garry Jenkins? It's about the many dogs that have passed through Battersea Dog's Home. If you want any recommendations for doggy fictional books then there are a few titles out there that our members can name.

I have been thinking about this, but as I don't consider myself at the end of my reading life, I will probably get around to reading all I'm meant to before I leave for the great bookshelf in the sky.

Ok here's a question for you all. Did you like the character of Snape as you read the books, or did you like him when you understood what he had done? You see, I didn't like Snape. I often felt sorry for him, but I did not at any point like him. Despite 'getting' his issue with Harry and his general cr*ppy attitude toward most people, he was essentially a bully who abused his postion as a professor to bully both Harry and Neville. He made poor Neville's life a misery. What was his excuse there? A little extra question......Do you think Neville should forgive his bullying in light if the revelations in the last book?

Hello stranger! Good to 'see' you. How long has it been? Darn that real life business! Read any good books lately?

Tears Of A Clown ~ Smokey Robinson

Alan Alda as Hawkeye ~ definitely! He also appears to be a lovely person in real life.

Despereaux?

The Gingerbread Man?

1) My Dad had bees (and bee hives) until he retired. I have a 'thing' about bees ~ I just adore them, despite having been stung a number of times. 2) The best gig I ever attended was Kirsty MacColl supported by James Reynes. Small setting, appreciative and small crowd and stunning acoustics. 3) I am one of life's fretters, although I have learned to internalise. 4) My ambition when young was to be a vet in Africa, or a nightclub singer with a sequinned floor length dress. 5) When my husband and I got together I KNEW I had to marry him, as we were meant to be.

Yes! Your Go, your go! (I can't think of a way to avoid the clue giver having to respond. Anyone got any way around that?)

Can't stay in the moment.