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That makes you, me, my OH and Darren Gough wrong then, at least based on last nights performance anyway. (DG was in the stadium watching, tweeted that Heskey was having a shocker, unlike all the pundits and commentators on telly who kept saying Heskey was the best player on the night )

Title: Dead Witch Walking Author: Kim Harrison Publisher:Voyager Rating: 2/5 Synopsis (from waterstones.com): Rachel Morgan is a white witch and runner working for Inderland Security, in an alternate world where a bioengineered virus wiped out a great deal of the world's human population -- exposing the existence of the supernatural communities that had long lived alongside humanity. For the last five years Rachel has been tracking down law-breaking Inderlanders in modern-day Cincinnati, but now she wants to leave and start her own agency. Her only problem is that no one quits the I.S. Marked for death, Rachel will have to fend off fairy assassins and homicidal weres armed with an assortment of nasty curses. She's a dead witch walking unless she can appease her former employers by exposing the city's most prominent citizen as a drug lord. But making an enemy of the ambiguous Trent Kalamack is just as deadly as leaving the I.S. Review: I hadn't been intending to start another supernatural series of books, as I'm already engrossed in far too many, but I was out for the day and close to finishing the book I had with me, and picked this one up from a charity shop to tide me over until I got home. Although it is set in the US, there was something about it that made it seem more global than the other series of books I've been reading. I think perhaps it's because the Sookie Stackhouse and Anita Blake series are both set in southern states, whereas Harrison has set her book in a big city, Cincinnati, and it gave it a more urban and cosmopolitan feel, which I liked a lot. However, on the whole, I though the story itself wasn't anything out of the ordinary in this genre and the characters didn't really grab me. One thing that probably also put me off was the typeface and the size of the book. I can't quite put my finger on why, but I found it difficult to read, and the book was slightly smaller but thick, which I found made if hard to hold comfortably, and I think this had an adverse affect on my enjoyment of the book in general. I certainly won't be dashing out to by the next one, but if my TBR pile ever diminishes to next to nothing, I might consider picking up more of the series.

I've not considered that one, but now you've mentioned it, I loved listening to the music during the film, so I might have to check it out.

I didn't watch the whole game last night, but from what I saw, I'd have to agree with JCW. I've never been a fan of Heskey, he doesn't seem to have much vision on the pitch, from what I've seen of him he tends to end up on his backside way too often, and he's a bit of an ungainly lump of a player. Last night didn't seem to be much different to usual. I should say that I don't watch a lot of football, only the big international tournaments and the odd game from La Liga, so I'm not exactly qualified to judge, but my personal and humble opinion is that Heskey shouldn't even be in the squad. I saw the tail end of the first half and the whole of the second half, and the two players that impressed me most were Lennon and Johnson.

She Moves In Her Own Way - The Kooks

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Alone On A Wide Wide Sea - Michael Morpurgo

Obviously Pirate Canoe or dinghy?

Around The World In Eighty Days (but it has to be the David Niven version )

Qufu, China

Haven't updated for a few days, but I've read the fourth Vampire Academy book, Blood Promise and the new Sookie Stackhouse book, Dead In The Family. Had a day out yesterday which included a visit to a bookshop and came home with: Dead In The Family by Charlaine Harris Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead Devil In Disguise by Julian Clary Brooklyn by Colm T

Loved the episode (although I still think Vincent and The Doctor was better), great fun, cheap to make but looked great, and I love James Corden and wish he could be in it every week! Especially in Confidential as he was really funny, and it was probably the best episode of Confidential so far this series.

I'm not sure I would qualify comedians as not writers (that's not worded very well, I know ). Most comedians write their own material, some write material for others, and even write scripts for film, television and radio. Writing novels is just another type of writing rather than them being non-writers, so I'm not surprised to see the likes of Ben Elton, Jo Brand, Jenny Eclair or David Baddiel as the author on the front cover of a book.

Back To The Start - Lily Allen

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She has been found safe and well http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/us_and_canada/10291246.stm

There was a more recent film of it in 1995 directed by one of my favourites, Alfonso Cuar

But at least we'll get the DVD of Eclipse in between (now will be able to do the first three films as marathon viewing ) and we know we've still got two more films to look forward to!

I read the book about 20 years ago and don't really remember it very well (unusual for me) but I was quite bored by it and glad to get to the end. There's actually another thread about it here --> http://bookclubforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=8602

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