Chrissy

Page 249 for those of a page number inclination!

I love it, although my first thought was that I would have to have special slippers worn just on the stairs! It took me a minute to orientate myself, that first shot threw me a little!

Sometimes I want to read literature, sometimes I want to read a book that has a good tale to tell, but not necessarily a 'brilliant' book. I am being tugged along by this one, and am happy to go!

I agree, I hate it when with a miniscule amount of pondering the hero heroine has the answer.

Page numbers just don't bother me. When I did my degree I used them as a reference point for notes etc, but personal reading? I only notice if I haven't a bookmark handy and need to remember where I was. I also find that my mind registers page shape rather than number, so if I want to look back at something in the book I'm reading than I will find it by seeing the page again. Just realised how weird that actually sounds.

Just a quick quicky thing. I got the Acustraps in a chemist, but I just saw these,,,, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Design-Go-Acustraps/dp/B000LN3PL2

Oh yes, wasn't it fascinating? It's difficult to know what to say about it, isn't it? I found the science regarding his Alzheimers riveting, but it was also so emotional and heart rending, not only for him, but for the people he encountered. I found myself sympathetic to the candid admission from the daughter of a fellow PCA sufferer that she had a momentary "Yes!" moment when TP revealed his condition, knowing it would bring publicity, money and research in a way that a non celebrity sufferer couldn't. I found Mr Pratchett to be a really thoughtful and intelligent man, but he lacked any cloying piety thank goodness! As he says of his PCA himself; it's an 'embuggerance'!

To the artist formerly known as KB! Can I recommend Acustraps? I was always unwell on boats until I got these. My symptoms would range from a nauseous sloshing sensation to the full blown....well you know where I'm heading with this. These strap things are fab. You measure three fingers down from the crease where your hand meets your wrist, then you firmly strap the velcro wristband on with the knobbly bit smack in the middle of your inner wrist. Do this before you get on the boat/ship, and DO NOT take off until you are back on land. I did 4 Channel crossings in December and was able to read, eat, drink (coffee), chat - you know, I was normal.

...head off and find Spot so he could actually.....

Hiya bartleby!

I can read on boats, buses, coaches, trains and planes, but not cars. I can briefly look at a map, but even then I have to be quick. Strange really, when it is absolutely no problem on/in any other form of transport.

Bookworm44, what I love about yours is the room on them to fill in with more books! Oooh, the endless book buying.......

...pondered his fate and remembered fondly the time he......

Can you guess? Oh Ok.......... From the river, it looked as if two suns were setting over London. ~ The Shakespeare Secret by J.L. Carrell

We didn't mean to watch it, but the telly was playing up and we could only get BBC 1 clearly! OMG! It was funny. Les Dennis - he had the perfect attitude, and I'm surprised he didn't go further. Dick and Dom? I love The Blues Brothers but I cannot bear these two I'm afraid. Robert Webb? Stunning! I'm tuning in on purpose next week!

A bell rang in my head when I saw this thread title. I HAVE THIS! It was lurking on one of my many TBR shelves! I've got my bookmark and I'm going to dive right on it. Dexter is officially on hold!

....Flossy the Nessie of the South! Her war cry sounded.....

Tonight I will be making a Shepherds pie, made with fresh shepherds! Actually scrub that! It may be a Cottage pie - I can never remember the difference!

......clearly a motto such as this requires that the bearer has evil colours, not.....

I had not heard of either this book, or the author. Avoiding the spoilers, it looks as those this has really caught everyone's attention. Oh darn, Amazon here I come.......

I always thought of CF as being books written in recent (after WW2) years that was not classified by any other genre title. I suppose that absolute definitions of genres don't interest me as such when I am chossing a book to read outside of my Crime & Thriller comfort zone! Boy, you really do learn something new every day!

Hiya Batty! Love your forum name!

Yep, small village, great fish 'n' chip van though! It was Yuhummmmmmm! I would hate to drive a F'n'C van though - country lanes and hot fat!

Hiya Emma!

Hiya Bee / Belinda!