jewell
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I have never read any of his work but i think i have two of his books on my TBR list.
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Welcome to the forum.
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Possibly. I might even stroke it ever so gently, like so... If it was any other book i might be very worried!
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I used to listen to him a lot. To my shame, I didn't realise he was still around, (sorry Clement...just hadn't heard you mentioned lately). I'll have to get a copy as I think I'd enjoy it. He was always very sharp, and dry! Thanks for recommending it
It's funny, coz not long after ypu posted this he passed away. I may have a read of that autobiography. I think he's brilliant. I listened to him on the radio show 'Just a minute'. I love that game.
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Aren't they great? I have read them more than once.
I have never read a book i have laughed so much at. The humor is right up my street. Problem is, me and my OH, seem to be reasoning and quoting and joking like him at the moment!
I've lost count of the times I've read "Hitchhiker's", which is probably why I'm having to replace my poor bedraggled books with a snazzy (and hopefully sturdy) leather collector's edition of the whole thing. Hurry up, postie
!!I bet your going to sit, hold and just look at it when you get it, aren't you?
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I have just finished my GCSE's this year and I had to read Romeo & Juliet, Of mice and men, Lord of the flies and Inspector Calls.
I enjoyed them all except Inspector Calls.
That's a shame. I really enjoyed An Inspector calls. I have a copy of it on my shelf.
I've just remembered Blood Brothers. I love that!
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LOL cats are pretty cool to read with. Its like they know its a time to focus or something.
My tomcat, Silver doesn't! He thinks it's time to sit on the book i'm trying to read and meaow!
I used to have a female cat called Harley and she always sat on my knee and slept though.
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I have put together my TBR list to help me keep track of what books i have bought, what books i want, and to stop me trying to read (and buy) every single book that's recommended on here. There are so many good books!
I never used to have a TBR list. But then i never belonged to a book club and now i want to discuss and try out the recommendations i see on here (within reason!) with fellow members. So i started writing them down and found i had scribbles all over my house on little pieces of paper. Then i put them all in one place on the computer and the list just started getting bigger and bigger. That's why, now i have a TBR list put together on here. I can finish the list i have put together and then make another when i've finished. Thus it stops me from going a bit to crazy and spending all my money on book after book, and then going to the liabary and getting loads out. I can just try to finish my own list in my own time.
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I went to town today and there was a food festival being held in the square. Loads of hot grub was being made in stands. It was great coz it was so wet and quite chilly today. I had Paella. Mmmmm.....Comfort food.
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I tend to read what i want, whether the books popular or not. In fact there are a lot of well known books on my TBR list at the moment that, although most people have read some if not most of them, i have only just thought to give them a try. And that's because of the good reviews i have since seen on here.
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Doctor Who (circa the early Tom Baker years, the Davison years and series two and three of New Who!).
Totally agree. I love this tune and have it as my mobile ringtone.
Star Trek: Deep Space NineYeah, i think it's good but nowhere near as beautiful as Voyager theme tune in my opinion.
I also love the superhero tunes. Superman, etc.
I loved the Quantum Leap tune although it is a little cheesy.
That's all i can think of at the mo.....
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I can say, even though i am only half way through the Hitchhikers series, that i can see myself reading them again. They are just so funny and there's so much to take in!
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Oh the ending to that really was sad
the idea of never seeing someone again that you love, especially as they only discovered it as well
Finished The Time Traveler's Wife today, another emotional ending.
I found i this quite emotional. It was funny actually. When i read it i was during a time i was feeling low and my mother-in-law saw me just as i had been reading the end, and i was in tears. She was really concerned because she thought i was crying because it was a bad day. I showed her the book (the real reason for my blubbering) and she started laughing!
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Welcome to the forum Emm!
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I find hearing kids throwing tantrums in the middle of a supermarket annoying, but i can kind of forgive them as they're just kids. But what really bugs me is when the parents give in to it all the time! As if that makes it better! They're only going to do it all the more because not only did they get away with it, but they got a reward! Or it bugs me when the parents just ignore them as they are causing havoc running around, and almost knocking some old dear to the ground! Argggh.
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I did a three course meal for my my in-laws. 1) Goats cheese on crusty bread with pear chutney 2)Tuna meatballs with spagetti 3) Lemon Pana cotta (i think thats how it's spelt!) It all went down well, but i need to get the portions right as we struggled to move after!
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to the forum shelley!
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:006:Hello and
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I have just finished reading A Room with A View.
Again, as this is quite a popular book, i won't do a full review. I will just say what i particularly liked about the book.
I have to say i really enjoyed this one. I liked all of the many colourful characters. The story was delicate and sweet. The plot was quite slow moving in places, but i felt it only added to the picture of a group of people leisurely touring Italy. It captured the atmosphere of a beauifull country. It's slow pace also mirrored Lucy's growing into maturity. If it had gone a faster pace i think it would have lost all that, and become just another mushy, wishy washy mush story. Rather than the deep feeling love story that it is.
It isn't just a love story. To me it was a lot more about life and passion (in which admitedly romantic love features), and how we should be true to our feelings. In the book it talked a lot about being 'muddled'. About lies and decieving yourself, and about truth. I think it's wonderful how the lifestyle in Italy contrasts to the English of the day, who to often, put social airs and decorame, before true feeling and real life. The Heroine, Lucy, goes on a journey to learn this. She almost manages to lie to herself and convince herself, she feels nothing for the Hero. But a lovely and sometimes brutaly honest man (and interestingly, more 'prim and proper' members of the party critisize him for this honesty of feeling) helps her to wakes up to herself. The book mentions at this point that 'she saw to the bottom of her soul', and was no longer able to decieve herself.
Clever, brilliant, funny. In fact the more i think about this book, the more i love it. 9/10
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It may be somewhat ironic after Amethyst's post, but one thing that annoys me to no end is incorrect use of apostrophes. Thankfully you don't see much of this in books; but the general population - hopeless. I recall my English teacher telling me 98% of the British population could not use an apostrophe. I don't know his source, but it wouldn't surprise me the least. One particularly daft student in my class used to sprinkle apostrophes a little bit everywhere - sometimes next to random s's in the middle of words. Needless to say, I nearly strangled him.
We'd get on well then. I drive people crazy with my constant use of
commas.
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Since at the moment all i'm doing is editing posts at the moment, i thought it would be a good idea to send this to keep it's place on the board.
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This is not the best thread to be on at this time of night. It's making me want to eat, eat, eat!
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I found out of all the Jane Auten books, emma was the most difficult. I think to a large degree, the main character is meant to be quite idle because thats why she has nothing better to do than matchmake.
For a book that has some action in it, Charles Dickens is really good. And i found the goings on in Far From The Madding Crowd good for that too.
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I am going to make a chick pea and veggie bake with garlic bread and feta cheese.
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