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Watched This Means War and The Proposal - seen both before, neither are any where near the best of their ilk, but I have a soft spot for that sort of big budget, big names, cheesy romcom. Also watched an old black and white classic - The Happiest Days of Your Life with Alistair Sim, Margaret Rutherford and Joyce Grenfell, which was just delightful.

My other half has just been out for a walk and got back just after I'd had a shower ... I think he was wetter than I was!

The weather is miserable, so I intend to stay in, bake a cake and read my book … just what weekends are made for.

Bucketing down again today.

About halfway though 2am at The Cat's Pajamas so hoping to finish that one today.

I know what you mean about the sugary feel to The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud, but I did enjoy it. I read it quite a long time ago now, but I loved the description of the town and the community, but the other thing that does stick in my mind were the sections with Tess on the yacht, which I thought were very evocative and brilliantly described.

Finished Mystery In White yesterday, and am now reading 2am at The Cat's Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino.

I love that Chris Riddell is the current Children's Laureate in the UK. It's become such a valuable role in the promotion of books and reading for children of all ages, and Chris has said he is dedicating his laureateship to championing creativity and, in particular, to visual literacy. He posts a new sketch everyday on his Tumblr blog too. http://chrisriddellblog.tumblr.com

First plot details of The Girl in the Spider's Web released http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/22/lisbeth-salander-is-back-first-plot-details-of-the-girl-in-the-spiders-web-released

Umm … where did I mention a bathroom??!! I'm over halfway through Mystery In White now. Pretty good, although would still be more enjoyable at Christmas!

You're welcome. We looked in six boxes before we realised we had two copies and one was on the shelf in the bedroom!

Found it! My edition is from 1985 ISBN is 0140430016 Contents page says: Introduction 7 Biographical notice of Ellis and Acton Bell 30 Editor Preface to the new 1850 Edition 37 Wuthering Heights 45 Notes 369 Bibliography 373 The last page of the story is on page 367

My copy is in a box somewhere so I can't look it up, but you can get it on the Penguin Classics site - http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/books/wuthering-heights/9780141439556/

I've started Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon, although maybe the wrong time of year for it, as it's a Christmas mystery! Snow and everything

It's very British weather today … changes every 10 minutes!

Thanks for the info Janet, I'll look into it in more detail. I think if I had them, I'd still wear my normal vision lenses for being out and about, driving, etc., and just switch to the varifocals when at work and at home in front of the computer and television, and for reading, but I guess I really need to just try them for myself and see how I get on.

Lunchtimes just aren't long enough … I have just one chapter left of The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag as I ran out of time during my break! I'll be picking it up again very shortly, so should finish it off this evening.

Sunny but not too warm.

I'd second the suggestion for Mary Hooper books - especially Newes from the Dead.

I've worn contacts in the past, but I'm not sure I can be bothered with them anymore, but glasses are just such a nuisance! I may think about it now I have the extra reading glasses, as presumably I could wear contacts for normal vision and just add reading glasses on top of those? I'll have to ask the optician about it next time.

Just got soaked getting from the car in to the house - it's raining cats and dogs out there!

Unfortunately, I already do have reading glasses! I've had them for just over a year now, and although the reading with them is easier, I find it incredibly annoying having to change between the two pairs all the time, but I've been a bit put off varifocals, as they are not only really expensive, but my friend has just got a pair and found them impossible to get on with, so it was a waste of money. I suspect I'll find that when I next get my eyes tested, the reading glasses will need to be changed again.

They're not top of my wish list, and the first one was actually bought for my OH as a gift, and as he wants to read them too, we'll get the paperback editions at some point. OH is a slow reader and has plenty to read at the moment, and I've still got quite a big TBR, so I don't think it'll be that soon.

Been at work all day and just got home to see that the match had finished. I've only seen the score, so don't know if it was a bad England performance, a great one from the Aussies, or a combination of both. Not sure if I'll see any "highlights" but 1-1 in the series now … it's going to be an interesting summer!

That's a good plan! I also plan to have a bit of a cull when we get them out of storage too, and there will be a big pile going to the charity shop, which always cheers me up. It's also been a bit of a bonus, as I've sorted out all the books that Kay lent me and kept them separate, and am happily reading my way through those now so that I can give them back and they don't get lost in the storage boxes! I've also now got the small pile of my own books that were in the book jar (that OH hasn't already put in storage) on top of the piano which I can see directly in front of the chair I sit in to read, and I can move onto those once I've finished Kay's books. I'm finding it harder to read some paperbacks as the typeface is just too small for me, and I'd like to move towards a higher percentage of ebooks for my Kindle, but I feel guilty doing that while I've still got this pile of paperbacks in front of me, so this is a great incentive to finish them off now.