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Daily Mayo podcast (interview with Bernard Cribbins)

For One More Day - Mitch Albom

The Whole Day Through - Patrick Gale

The Secret River - Kate Grenville

Plus, how can people think Doctor Who is anti-ginger when (as least the last time I looked) Catherine Tate is a redhead and the new companion will be as well!

Daily Mayo podcast (interview with Alice Cooper)

War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

The four stories in this book are about Clay, Jeremy and the other werewolf pack members. There's a new collection coming out this year called Tales of the Otherworld which includes how some of the couples in the series (I won't say which ones as you probably haven't come across them yet) originally got together.

"The fancy dress theme was refuse and waste paper." The Shoe Queen - Anna Davis.

Well I've loved it so far. Best quote so far: "Puke away from the ear, Zoe."

I've just watched the first two episodes back to back, and now watching the third one as well!

Hello!

Nurse Jackie

Title: Men of the Otherworld Author: Kelley Armstrong Publisher: Orbit Rating: 3/5 Synopsis (from blurb on book cover): As a curious and independent six-year-old, Clayton didn't resist the bit - he asked for it. But as a long child werewolf his life is under constant threat. So when enigmatic Pack member Jeremy Danvers saves him, Clayton is determined to protect his adoptive father, no matter what the cost. So begins this gripping collection of four tales chronicling the bloody feuds of the American Pack, and the coming of age of Clay Danvers, a very powerful - and very singular - werewolf. Review: I was dubious about reading this book, because I always felt the strength of the Women of the Otherworld series from Kelley Armstrong was the female characters, but I was happy to be proven wrong. Ostensibly, this is a collection of two short stories, but actually it's two short stories, and two novellas. The first short story centres around alpha werewolf Jeremy's father, then comes the two novellas, detailing how Clay became a werewolf and the story of his childhood, adolescence and integration in to the pack, before the final short story brings the focus back to Jeremy. The great thing about the whole of this book was that it was like reading the authors notebook to a certain extent, as it's basically the back story of the male characters in the main series. It was fascinating to go back into the history of characters I thought I knew well, and understand more about how they came to be the people they are. As I expect from Armstrong now, it was an easy style of writing, and the strong storytelling which makes you want to keep going with the book and never put it down. Pure entertainment.

I started it last night (and ended up going to bed far too late) and then I had to work from home today due to the snow, so I had extra reading time when I'd normally be driving to and from the office!

Just finished Men Of The Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong. Didn't think I would enjoy it as much without the girls, but actually ended up loving it (and at least Jaime made an appearance at the end).

Be Near Me - Andrew O'Hagan

I know it wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but Amanda Ross who was the producer who was the brains behind the Richard & Judy Book Club, is bringing a new series called "TV Book Club" to More 4 starting on Sunday 17th January. (ETA: Original date was wrong (thanks, Janet!) and is now correctly marked as Sunday) Whilst I didn't enjoy or even want to read all the selections on Richard & Judy, and it did get a bit sycophantic, with no-one ever seeming to have a bad word to say about any of the books, it did reinvigorate some people to start/return to reading, and some books that might otherwise have slipped under the radar became bestsellers. I liked the fact that they tried to find a wide variety of books, so there was something for most people to try, and that after the initial success, they tried to find unknown or debut authors. I will certainly be watching, even if I don't agree with all the book choices and reviewers! Anyway, here's the blurb for the show: Will anyone else be tuning in?

Thanks. I've had a look at amazon and I'm now waiting for his next fiction book, Devil In Disguise to come out in paperback this summer.

Hello Cookie

While I agree that the Thursday Next books are a good place to start, I hate to disagree with you, Giulia, but Mr Fforde actually wrote The Big Over Easy first, but The Eyre Affair was officially the first book he had published. After the success of the first few TN books, TBOE then had an extensive overhaul (and now includes some nods to our favourite literary detective) and was published after the success of the first few TN books.

That sounds quite good - I'm tempted to reserve it at the library, but I've already got six reservations in, and a big TBR pile, so maybe I should hold off for a while on that

dinnerladies I couldn't believe it when I got up this morning and saw the result - how on earth did you manage that?

You might be right - one of my friends and I disagree on nearly every book we've both read, but this one united us!