Lucybird

Middlesex is brilliant. I read it earlier this year.

Ugly Betty

I tried Treacle Tart after reading about it in Harry Potter, was quite tasty. I was the same when reading Chocolat. Luckily I don't like wine otherwise it might have been the same for Blackberry Wine.

This is on the list of most banned books for last year. One of the reasons given was homosexual themes. Maybe I'm not remembering clearly but I didn't think there was any homosexuality in My Sister's Keeper?

Yes, you're on the thread about the book! It's different from he film but still very well worth the read.

Still reading The Swan Thief and really enjoying it but not finding it hooks me as much as The Historian did

Great haul, Frankie. I'm especially jealous of the Haruki Murakami books

MasterChef

Watched Juno yesterday. Gotta love that film.

Wow Kylie...that list is bigger than my whole TBR pile!

I like the sound of American Wife, Ruth. Am adding to my wishlist

They are good Laura but for holiday reading 1 wouldn't last long. They're nice and relaxed and easy though

Sunday roast of course! Chicken this week.

Hia Kelly. to BCF.

I ahte them and get so annoyed...yes I still kept reading after the first one. There's a part of me that wants to know what happens.

I loved The Historian so I'm hoping to enjoy this one too. Trying not to get my hopes up too high though because I don't want to be disappointed.

Hia pohrottie. to BCF

It was a long while ago that I read it. I remember thinking it was true because of the ending, but I can't remember why that was!

Do you think that Life of Pi is 'true' or a tale considering the ending?

Have now started The Swan Thieves- Elizabeth Kostova

Glee

Synopsis (from amazon) If you think your family relationships are complicated, think again: you haven't seen anything like the ones in Bon Temps, Louisiana. Sookie Stackhouse is dealing with a whole host of family problems, ranging from her own kin (a non-human fairy and a telepathic second cousin) demanding a place in her life, to her lover Eric's vampire sire, an ancient being, who arrives with Eric's 'brother' in tow at a most inopportune moment. And Sookie's tracking down a distant relation of her ailing neighbour (and ex), Vampire Bill Compton. In addition to the multitude of family issues complicating her life, the werewolf pack of Shreveport has asked Sookie for a special favour, and since Sookie is an obliging young woman, she agrees. But this favour for the wolves has dire results for Sookie, who is still recovering from the trauma of her abduction during the Fairy War. Review I can't say this has been my favourite in the Sookie Stackhouse series. I enjoyed it well enough but it didn't seem to reach up to what I expected from the last book. It didn't really follow on from where the last book had left off very well, and there had been some promising storylines there. Eric's maker turning up just seemed to detract from the overall storyline, a bit like the a filler in an anime- entertaining in itself but not very important in the grand scheme of things. There was a good chunk of Eric-ness at the beginning (which I always enjoy) but he was disappointingly lacking- despite how things had stood in the previous book. I also found there was little real action in this book, stuff happened but the expected action was rushed into the last few pages- it was almost like Harris realised she had built up too much to deal with and had to get rid of some of it. Again I was surprised about the err...intimate...details in this book. Really why does it still shock me? I think this one was a little more graphic, but if you wanted you could probably miss those parts without ruining the story. Still worth a read but Dead in the Family is certainly not the best in the series. I find it amusing that an advert for True Blood just came on the TV. 3/5

Enchanted. It wasn't the best but quite amusing in parts.

Finished Dead in the Family.

I heard about that Laura. Surely if you're bothered by the noise you wouldn't buy a house next to a school?!