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Awesome! I still can't afford it any time soon but it's good to know there are copies out there.

I forgot to mention that over Christmas I got this: http://shop.mbmsystems.de/images/product_images/popup_images/320_0.gif It's a hologram bookmark, the animation shows how the image moves when you tilt it side to side. It's also got random facts about Sputnik 1 on the back I saw it in a hardware shop of all places, and there were other bookmarks, rulers, postcards done in the same style.

The Way You Make Me Feel - Steps (one of my all time favourite songs!)

Apple Nutri-Grain Thank god there's only 3g of fat in each one, compared to the 15g of your average chocolate bar! I'm getting through these like they're not making any more!

My username? It's my actual name, which you well know!

!1111/!?//..???111//!!!!???oneone. Are you a dinosaur that popped up in the modern world? Also, a modern dinosaur that popped up in the modern world would go a bit like Cloverfield. Excitment and happiness? I know the kind of excitement and happiness guys who've said it ME have been referring to It makes me think of that cartoon with dinosaurs going 'rawr!' and it says 'it means "I love you" in dinosaur' - I think it's really cute ^^ Haha no problem, I just went back and looked at your photos again and seriously. What are these lotions and potions and where do I get them?!

29? Are you the Nicola who added me on Facebook today? I assumed you were, coz of all the BCF mutual friends. If that IS you, I have only this to say: 29?? TWENTY-NINE?!?! TWO NINE??? YOU LOOK TWENTY ONE!!! Man if I look that good at 29 I'll be delighted with life!!

Ooooh Michelle I can't wait to hear what you think of it when you've finished!

I had a chicken & lettuce sandwich and a fat free youghurt but since it was my dinner only coz I skipped lunch, I'm still hungry and am now munching an apple Nutri-Grain bar and a chocolate wafer too

I was sure there was too, but I had a look and couldn't find it. Mine is just my first name, like many of the other Mods. I changed to it when I started getting involved with reviews and interviews directly on here so I wouldn't be saying to authors/publishers 'Nollaig a.k.a Roxi' because that doesn't exactly sound professional

I've customised the forum banner to match my blog and put it as a picture link as the footer.

I had one already today!

Chicken and lettuce sandwich and a fat free vanilla yoghurt with chocolate sprinkles.

I've started 'The Magicians'. It's been a while since I read a pure fantasy book with magic of the groundless Harry Potter variety, so I don't know what I'm going to think but so far I'm liking it. It has enough expletives to suggest it shan't be a children's book, which I definitely like, and all the critical praise includes the words 'smart' and 'intelligent' which is a very good sign.

Just having breakfast so I just had a bowl of Cheerios and am now having a strawberry Nutrigrain and a cup of juice.

It's here in hardback but it's rather expensive, which is why I haven't bought it. Also, I love that Merlin's name is Merlin, and I also loved Vyvyan's name. I knew a guy in real life named Merlin. He was cool.

Same as Cali. I had three choccie wafers earlier (naughty I know) and my tummy is gurgling. Which means that now, significantly smaller quantities of chocolate make my stomach unhappy,which is a Very Good Thing, as it'll make me eat less. Strawberry Nutrigrains for the win.

No problem, I'm glad you liked it I haven't read the complete collection of letters, but since they're both gathered and edited by Merlin Holland I personally want both books, and I imagine they'd serve anyone well as a complete set and a reference point set.

He's brilliant. I think it's quite a sad song, considering it's subject matter.

*Raises hand* I haven't read it! I'm not sure why, I've wanted to since before the movie, I just never got around to buying it.

The French would do a great job with it. I'm not sure who is doing it though.

Yeah, I want the complete collection myself just to have and delve into, but I'm glad I have this for a shortish read.

You have brilliant taste my dear. NOW you need to go google pictures of him, because he is drop - dead - gorgeous.

Oscar Wilde: A Life In Letters edited by Merlin Holland Synopsis from Cover: A Life In Letters is a concise, incomplete collection of Oscar Wilde's letters carefully selected as the best collective representation of the man. Compiled by his grandson, Merlin Holland (also responsible for the complete collection of Wilde's letters), the book features as few interruptions and explanations as possible from Holland, in order to allow Wilde's character speak for itself. Cited as the closest thing to a memoir of Wilde in existence, the 400 or so chosen letters illustrate all aspects of his personal, social, financial and professional life, from the young starry eyed student to the disgraced artistic aesthete stripped of wealth and reputation. Among his correspondants are publishers, rivals, writers, associates, family, and the well known names of Ada Leverson, Robert Ross, Frank Harris, and Lord Alfred (Bosie) Douglas. The only thing missing are his letters to Constance Lloyd, his wife, as most of those have apparently not survived. The variety of correspondants offers, amidst the contrast of public persona he wore, an occasional glimpse at the truth underneath. The authentic intelligence and deep interest in both his areas of study as well as the issues of his time are clear not only in his carefully articulated, professional address, but also in his excited, poetic rambling letters to friends and family. Some of my favourites included: an early letter regarding a trip to Italy which he wrote to his father as a student - it includes his illustrations and discussion of various art and decor he saw; a letter to a publication supporting the arguments by a woman about the rediculous nature of corsets and restrictive clothing, and some letters to friends regarding a college grade - he made a show in public of not bothering to see what it was but secretly he was dying to find out, which he admitted to friends. The later years are, of course, less happy, and though I was never a fan of Bosie Douglas and his treatment of Oscar (relying on him for upkeep and never returning the care), it's very difficult not to be taken in by Oscar's powerful emotions. His heart is clearly poured into everything he writes to and about Bosie. He knows himself they are his undoing, but he also points out, particularly after the loss of everything in prison, that the only thing worse than losing everything is being alone. The choice of letters is by no means sympathethic to Oscar however; both his views and those of his oppositional well-wishing friends can be understood . Instead, these letters clearly illustrate the trials, both literal and figurative, of one man who was indeed a genius of wit, aesthethics and mind, but who was also just that - a man, complete with faults like all those who relinquished their ties with him. It is an endearing, enlightening, intimate and unbiased insight into the man behind the mask wrought wholly of his own words. Being accessible at only 370 pages (versus the 1200 odd in the complete letters) this comes highly recommended as a concise portayal for anyone who doesn't just want facts about the man, but who wants the passion, genius, and flaws within him. 10/10

AHHHHHHHHH!!!! EPIC SONG!! What do you think? It's bloody genius is what I think - the absolute trademark of Mika's style, dark, corrupt, controversial things sung in a happy pop style to nursery rhyme music!