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Got a text from the library to say Wicked had come in for me, but I forgot my purse when going to work so can't pick it up till tomorrow. Have just under 100 pages of Head Trip left.

BAFTAs. Isn't Graham Norton looking old?

Alcohol wise I tend to be a vodka drinker, usually vodka and orange. If I was just having one drink though I'd probably go for a Baileys with ice. Caffeine; I could (and have) give(en) up my coffee but I need my tea. My favourite is Twinnings everyday so I would have that one.

It's curry night!

Music and Lyrics

That was a pretty good one. Still not rating this series though.

Thanks Echo. Isn't she lovely and fluffy?

Have about 130 pages of Head Trip left...wish it was over I've lost my mood for non-fiction somewhere in the middle of reading it.

All I could tell was that there were words...I do have a magnifying glass somewhere

I don't think I have i-player on my TV. Doesn't really matter anyway as it's repeated tonight and I can record it.

I couldn't find a magnifying glass but I really wanted to read it!

Thanks Yes he seemed strangely attached to her, I wonder what she's like. I think George and Sam is the one I most want to read, I will almost certainly get that one. I had noticed the Motely Crue one, I thought it was a bit of a strange choice for Rory so I suppose it's explained now! Maybe we should make one a group read? Yes I have read it too, it's not as good as the first but still good. Worth a look at at least.

Went back to Head Trip. Registered a few books on bookcrossing and released one.

I just registered my first book for ages. Am liking the new site but can't work out how to add crossing zones

Yeah sorry JCW I wasn't ignoring you, just would rather watch it on the TV than my laptop. Hmm that sounds rude in type...I don't mean it that way

Thanks, I guess I shall watch it then (but still grr to BBC schedules)

grr I am so annoyed. I was out last night so was going to watch the repeat one BBC3 tonight, only to find it isn't on!

Wow really Mac! I must have misjudged your taste...maybe I can start coming into your thread again and be safe

Oh I've never heard of The Hobbit or LOTR Mac, you must give us a synopsis!

Of course HArry Potter. I also still love Phillip Pullman's His Dark MAterials (which I first read as a teenager). The Boy in the Striped Pjamas is a good one too. I'm sure there are more but that's what I thought of off the top of my head.

The Complete Polysyllabic Spree- Nick Hornby Synopsis (from the back of the book- because it's what I want to say put more eloquently and the synopsis on Amazon, and on Waterstones, and Wikipedia are rubbish) This is not a book of reviews. This is not a book which sneers at other books. This is a book about reading- about enjoying books whereever and however you find them. Nick Hornby is first and foremost a reader and he approaches books like the rest of us: hoping to pick up one he can't put down. The Complete Polysyllabic Spree is a diary of sorts, charting his reading life over two years. It is a celebration of why we read- its pleasures, its dissappointments and its surprises. And above all, it is for you- the ever hopeful reader. Review. First I have to make clear this is not a books of reviews. Despite the synopsis (blurb, whatever you want to call it) saying this I still expected it to be. Yes he talked about how he felt about books but he didn't so much talk about what they were about. I found this both intriguing and infuriating. When I like the sound of books he was talking about I wanted to know more, I wanted more on the content, or a little synopsis or something, but at the same time I feel if that mystery was gone I might not have been so interested, and this way I may read books I wouldn't have usually. I like picking up books outside my usual circle, it's the best way to discover something new you love and to expand your horizons, if you always read the same stuff how much could you be missing that you would love but just don't look at? In that sense it had made me think about my reading (and as I read it as part of The Rory Gilmore book challenge it was in itself a books I wouldn't usually read). In particular it made me think about my approach to reading books I'm not enjoying (the first review in this blog, from my blog thread- so before the Wordpress blog started) was Rachel Ray a book I struggled with but kept reading because I hate abandoning books. I do already have a rule that I have to read 100 pages before abandoning, because I don't think you can really get a feel for longer books before then but maybe I should be a bit more strict in what I call enjoying, there are so many books out there and so little time, why waste time on books you don't enjoy. I was glad when Hornby actually talked about a book I had read (early on he bought a copy of Norwegian Wood, a book I loved, but he didn't read it, and I was disappointed) which was Death and the Penguin. It made me value his opinion more because it was a book he loved, and I had enjoyed- it made me feel I might be more likely to enjoy the books he had. This book has really added to my wishlist. Thirteen books to be precise, plus one more I am unsure about and want to look in to more and one which I know my Mum owns so I can add straight to my To Be Read pile. I can't decide if this is a good thing or not. Browsing Amazon and adding books to my wishlist is one of my favourite hobbies, and I love discovering new books. But at the same time I am trying not to spend any more money on books, especially as my rule that my TBR pile has to be in single figures before I can allow myself to buy more books has been broken so many times this year. I did find that I had to carry round a notebook with me when reading this book just so I could note down books I was interesting in. I wish I had my own copy so I could mark interesting passages and the books I wanted to read- unfortunately I borrowed this from the library and as I don't think I'll want to re-read it it's not worth buying a copy now. If you are interested though I would say buy rather than borrow. I have such a love hate relationship with this book that I have no idea what to rate it. I love it so much I want you all to read it, but at the same time I wish there was more, and that there was less so my wishlist wouldn't have expanded so much! Less than 4 seems too low, but 4 and 5 seem too high. So take the rating with a pince of salt! 4.5/5 The additions to the Wishlist George and Sam- Charlotte Moore Old School- Tobias Wolff No Name- Wilkie Collins (to be looked in to) How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World- Francis Wheen Not Even Wrong- Paul Collins True Notebooks- Mark Salzman Assassination Vacation- Sarah Vowel Early Bird- Rodney Rothman Gilead- Marilynne Robinson The Amateur Marriage- Anne Tyler A Complicated Kindness- Miriam Toews Then We Came to the End- Joshua Ferris Running in the Family- Michael Ondaatje Persepolis- Marjane Satrapi

Finished The Complete Polysyllabic Spree- Nick Hornby. Just finishing off the review.

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Have added two more books to my wishlist thanks to The Polysyllabic Spree....

Borrowed The Polysyllabic Spree from the library a couple of days ago and am about halfway through now, adding a few books to my wishlist along the way! Wicked was already on loan so may look in the local library instead this weekend.