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Neverwhere or Stardust are my 2 favourite Gaiman books but you should also try The Graveyard Book or American Gods - hope that helps

She told Alex that the teeth he spent thousands on getting whitened were actually yellow!!! And yes, Vinnie got told he put on weight - half a stone or something like that CW, this was from yesterday's episodes I think - I saw the clips today and laughed my hat off at the charades

Day Of The Dead

Comfort Food - Kate Jacobs 2/5 Blurb from Fantastic Fiction "Shortly before turning the big 5-0, boisterous party planner and Cooking with Gusto! personality Augusta 'Gus' Simpson finds herself planning a birthday party she'd rather not - her own. She's getting tired of being the hostess, the mother hen, the woman who has to plan her own birthday party. What she needs is time on her own with enough distance to give her loved ones the ingredients to put together successful lives without her. Assisted by a handsome up-and-coming chef, Oliver, Gus invites a select group to take an on-air cooking class. But instead of just preaching to the foodie masses, she will teach regular people how to make rich, sensuous meals - real people making real food. Gus decides to bring a vibrant cast of friends and family on the program: Sabrina, her fickle daughter; Troy, Sabrina's ex-boyfriend; Hannah, Gus's timid neighbor; and Carmen, Gus's pompous and beautiful competitor at the Cooking Channel. And when she begins to have more than collegial feelings for her sous-chef, Gus realizes that she might be able to rejuvenate not just her professional life, but her personal life as well. . . ." This was a birthday present from someone who really should know what sort of books I like to read by now but as I didn't want to seem ungrateful I started (and finished) this today. I've previously read The Friday Night Knitting Club by Jacobs which I thought was okay but I'm thinking I won't be rushing out to get any of her other books. I really struggled to enjoy this book, I didn't really "get" any of the characters and it all just seemed a bit too convenient - especially the ending where everything got tied up with a neat, pretty bow. It's a nice, light read but not my cup of tea and all too predictable in parts.

It was part of Nicola's challenge from the tree of temptation - she had to say something to each of the housemates and then kiss them She told Dane he looked like Danny de Vito, told Stephanie she had a bush on her head and that Jonas looked like Roland Rat!!! I missed what she said to Vinnie though.

Best bits for me so far - Dane & the chilli/nightmare incident and Nicola telling Ivana she looked like a big fat orange, priceless! Vinnie is starting to believe his own hype so personally I hope he doesn't win, I'd like Dane or Stephanie to win now

Fireflies - Owl City

I started this last night - not bad so far

An apple

Welcome to the forum Kai

I've read the first trilogy and I'm on the last book in the second trilogy. I quite like them, they're nothing spectacular but if you like this sort of book you'll love them

The Magicians - Lev Grossman 4/5 Blurb from Fantastic Fiction - Quentin Coldwater's life is changed forever by an apparently chance encounter: when he turns up for his entrance interview to Princeton he finds his interviewer dead - but a strange envelope bearing Quentin's name leads him down a very different path to any he'd ever imagined. The envelope, and the mysterious manuscript it contains, leads to a secret world of obsession and privilege, a world of freedom and power and, for a while, it's a world that seems to answer all Quentin's desires. But the idyll cannot last - and when it's finally shattered, Quentin is drawn into something darker and far more dangerous than anything he could ever have expected... I quite enjoyed this one, not the best written book in the world but it was a little bit different to all the other adult Potter-esque books available out there! One minute Quentin - depressed, obsessed with his best friends girlfriend and the Fillory books by Christopher Plover - is on his way to an interview for Princeton and the next he's at Brakebills College of Magical Pedagogy wonderinh what on earth he's going to do in the real world after graduation. The first 2 parts of the book are fantastic, following his progress through college and the trials they all go through. I loved the special fourth year project where they all had to fly to Antarctica and the surly professor waiting for them at the other end (and yes, you find out why he's like that) It's once Quentin and his friends Eliot, Alice Janet, Josh and Penny are in the real world that things seem to start going spectacularly wrong and also where the book goes off the rails a bit. The group end up in Fillory on a quest but this section seemed rushed and there was sometimes too much detail crammed into certain sections. The ending was quite obvious really but still left things complete. Thumbs up for The Magicians, as long as you're not expecting anything highbrow and a big improvement on his last book

Doctor Zhivago

"Werewolf boy Jake proves a far more charismatic rival despite actor Lautner

I saw the blurb on her website when it went up, typical though that Europe's always an afterthought for these things. Did I read somewhere that they're only doing a small print run to start with?

Happens to us all!

You didn't forget, you were dazzled by his fine-ness

Until casting is confirmed I'm ignoring all rumours about films he may be in, he's linked to just about everything at the moment and unless they clone him, just not possible Having said that, I've just read Water For Elephants too - not quite sure if I can picture RP or not. And our boy may be hairy but he's still looking mighty fine

Will the graphic novel be available in the UK though? I just had a look on Amazon to see how much it was going to be and couldn't find it.

Eclipse score news! Howard Shore (LotR score) has been confirmed for Eclipse http://twilighters.org/2010/01/22/eclipse-movie-composer-confirmed-howard-shore

http://www.popsugar.com/7135322 Mr P's latest look! Latest news about the Breaking Dawn film(s)- may be delayed even further because RP "might" be cast in the film adaptation of Water For Elephants.

I read a really scathing review of the graphic novel somewhere, basically saying it wasn't worth the paper it was printed on! Will try & find it again and post the link

Great review Paula! It sounds really familiar to something I read a couple of years ago which - annoyingly - I can't remember the name of and can't find in my book journal but I've just reserved this at the library

It can be played on a multi-region dvd! And more good news, my Japanese source says that his friend's wife's copy of Twilight has English subtitles so she thinks New Moon will too. He also said she mentioned that a lot of the promotional stuff was also in English too Methinks I need her email address...

Now why can't we get something like that with all the extras??? You'd think they'd realise that UK fans would appreciate the "pretties" just as much as anywhere else!!!