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Started Shakespeare on Toast by Ben Crystal this morning. Surprisingly easy to read, informative and entertaining too.

I'm really enjoying it, although I think some of the showstoppers are now getting a bit ridiculous … who on earth bakes a three-tier cheesecake?????

Reading The Tent, The Bucket and Me by Emma Kennedy … it's bloody brilliant!!!! She's about the same age as me, and as a child, my earliest holidays were camping in the UK, so I can totally relate to all the stories. It's so funny, and I'm just loving it. Can't believe I've waited this long to start it, especially as I loved her children's books so much, and it's not completely brightening up my week.

I can only find the same book as you, Janet, it's the first in a series but it doesn't closely match the description given, so I'm not convinced. Sorry, can't find anything else.

Rubbish start to the week … bought my tea at the shop and put the lid on the cup, only to pick it up and find the lid wasn't on properly, and the scalding hot tea spilt over my hand, so spent 20 minutes with my hand under cold water. Fortunately, I think I got to it quick enough and although it's a bit swollen and very red, it hasn't blistered, so I think it'll be ok. It'll teach me to double check the lid is on properly in future though. Let's hope the rest of the week is better!

Haven't watched a single bit of the one day games … I'm a five day test girl at heart

Finished The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge today - it was a corker! Will definitely be reading her other books in the future. Not sure what I'll read next … will have a look at my TBR to see what takes my fancy.

I've stated two books - I'm about 80 pages into The Lie Tree and really enjoying it already, but only had my Kindle with me for a while yesterday, so also started The Tent, The Bucket and Me by Emma Kennedy, which has been made in to a television series and is due to be broadcast shortly, so I want to try and read it before it starts!

The BBC are filming a five part drama of Love, Nina by Nina Stebbe, adapted by Nick Hornby and starring Helena Bonham Carter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/helena-bonham-carter-love-nina

And the winner is … And Then There Were None declared world's favourite Agatha Christie novel

I finished The Hippopotamus Pool this morning, and I'm just about to start The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge.

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It's getting close to the end of the time period on the Kindle summer sale, and there were some bargains there that couldn't been resisted, so I bought a handful of books yesterday: The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan The Inn at the Top by Neil Hanson Stung by Joss Stirling Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman It was also the first birthday of my local bookshop, so thought it only polite to pop in and buy a book, and came out with a complete impulse buy, The Giraffe's Neck by Judith Schalansky, never heard of it before but it looked a bit different, so thought I'd give it a go. It's not so much their relationship, but each of them as individual characters that didn't quite convince me.

Delighted to see that Robin Stevens series of books have been optioned for television and film adaptation! I've loved the three books in the series so far, and think they could be great on screen. http://www.thebookseller.com/news/stevens-boarding-school-mysteries-set-big-screen-310183

Black jeans, white long sleeved t-shirt with an olive green short sleeved one over the top.

I finished The Curse of the House of Foskett yesterday. I did enjoy it, but I'm not as enamoured of the series as I was hoping to be. There's something about both March and Sidney that doesn't quite ring true for me, but I'm not quite sure why. I might read the next one and see how it goes, but I've got plenty of other books to read as well as on my wish list that I'd want to read more that the third book of the series, so it might be a while before I think about it. I've gone back to the Amelia Peabody series now, and I'm reading The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters and loving it! I wish I'd bought the entire series when they were all 84p each on Kindle

Good to see you enjoyed the Frances Hardinge book, Noll. I'm going to read The Lie Tree after my current book, but it'll be my first of hers. I can't say I'd come across her before, but one of the authors I follow on Twitter had raved about The Lie Tree, and we've liked a lot of the same books, so thought I'd give it a go. I had no idea she'd written six other books!

Loved this article from A L Kennedy on the Guardian website today Doctor Who rescued me from an airless literary world

WOOHOO!!!! I'm glad you persevered and are enjoying the second half.

My Kindle is the Paperwhite version and each footnote is linked, so I just click on the symbol and the footnote appears in a pop up window. If my old keyboard kindle was still working and I'd tried to read it on there, I think I'd have struggled too.

I've recorded it - will probably watch it tonight.

I read Ayoade on Ayoade a couple of weeks ago - I loved it. You definitely have to get his sense of humour, but I imagine most people who read it will be familiar with him and know what they're letting themselves in for!

Ok, this one tops the list FOREVER. Shelf catering: tourists offered chance to run a bookshop on holiday For £150 a week, AirBnB users are invited to live in – and run – The Open Book store in Wigtown, Scotland

No, not read any of her work before. It was only because I saw another author on Twitter recommend this one that I thought I'd try it. Just realised I've managed to pick up a signed copy too!

Whoops! Forgot I wasn't supposed to be buying any tree books at the moment as we have no shelf space left … came home from a trip to the shops with: The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge Gorilla Dawn by Gill Lewis The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman Also, my pre-ordered copy of Michele Gorman's latest book was delivered to my Kindle this morning - The Curvy Girls Baby Club. Have to admit, I don't usually like romcoms when they start going into the motherhood category, but I'm willing to give this one a go, as I've bought all Michele's other books since she was a guest author on the forum.