Lucybird

Hia Stefan, to the forum

Welcome Angelstar. I like Mitch Alborn too, but I haven't read Tuesdays with Morrie yet, it's on my wishlist.

Radio 1

Heroes series 1, the best series

Oh just though, before I forget new ratings Alice in Wonderland 4/5 The Perks of Being a Wallflower 5/5 I still can't find my copy of To Kill a Mockingbird, I really do not know what I have done with it. I may clear out my bookshelves this weekend (I've been meaning to for a while) then I might find it! Is it just me or does the list here have more books on it?

I've heard lots of people raving about The Hunger Games which makes me think maybe I should take a look but the synopsis doesn't really grab me. It sounds a bit like Battle Royale.

Really?! People are rubbish.

Tuna hotpot, but I don't think I put enough tuna in

This is pretty as is this except it's only the 1st volume. And just for the sake of ita signed first edition. (The first one I found with pictures, the most expensive on there is going for £56390)

I remember there being a book that was about letters written to Judy Blume. I had presumed this was called The Gospel according to Judy Blume, but have just searched and it's actually called Letters to Judy.So you may well be right Chesil, it makes sense anyway

tYeah I get what you mean. I don't know if I really want to read it again though.

Started The Elegance of the Hedgehog- Murial Barbery.

A Flake

Well I'm looking forward to the next Jasper Fforde 'One of our Tuesdays is Missing' but that's not out till the end of February, and Waterstones need to start having Something Rotten in stock so I can read the 2 previous Thursday NExt books before then.

I don't get why Cather in the Rye is so much more famous. I guess maybe it was the first of its kind?

Sweet and sour chicken

Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty. A guilty pleasure.

Synopsis Charlie is a freshman. And while he’s not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can’t stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up. Review. I really really liked this. It’s been compared to Catcher in the Rye and I can see why, it has a similar tone and both have a teenage boy speaking. However I didn’t feel like I related to Holden whereas Charlie reminded me quite a lot of myself in high school (but more so). Of course me going to an all girls school made me even more innocent than him… I related quite well to him. I suppose mainly it was his thing of not getting involved, just watching that felt like me, I had my friends but I was a bit of a loner. I liked the characters a lot too. I think probably Sam was my favourite, I can imagine being friends with Sam. She seemed to be the one who cared most for Charlie too and actually the one who was trying to help her. I liked Bill too, he was like the perfect teacher. One who actually cared for his pupils and wanted to get the best out of them rather than just getting them through the exams. It’s a very quick and easy read but really has some substance, it doesn’t really loose anything for it. I suppose I would change something and that would be to see a bit more about how the surprise revelation affected him, but having said something in a way everything we had read showed that. 5/5 My sidebar tells me that there is going to be a film of The Perk of Being a Wallflower, written by Chbosky himself. Seeing as he is writing it I think it could be really good. Apparently Emma Watson and Logan Lerman will be in it. Lerman looks pretty close to how I imagined Charlie, maybe a little more pretty boy but Watson isn’t how I imagine any of the female characters, maybe she could be Charlie’s sister but I certainly cannot see her as Sam.

Have finished The Perks of Being a Wall Flower