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Yeah I don't use Nestle products either, but I hadn't realised they had shares in The Body Shop until recently. I also found out we've been breaking it by giving the cat Felix, we've switched to Whiskers now

Since I was last online, started and finished Dead and Gone, and started Picture Perfect by Jodi Piccoult.

I was thinking maybe Middlesex seeing as I bought that one recently, or maybe Northanger Abbey which has been on my TBR pile for years.

From Dead to Worse- Charlaine Harris Synopsis (from Amazon) The supernatural community in Bon Temps, Louisiana is reeling from two hard blows: the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina, and the manmade horror of the explosion at the vampire summit in the up-north city of Rhodes. Sookie Stackhouse is safe but dazed, and she's yearning for things to get back to normal. But that's just not happening. Too many vampires - some friends, some not - were killed or injured, and her were-tiger boyfriend Quinn is among the missing. It's clear that things are changing, whether the weres and vamps like it or not. And Sookie, Friend to the Pack, blood-bonded to the leader of the local vampire community, is caught up in those changes. She's about to find herself facing danger and death and, not for the first time, betrayal by someone she loves. And when the fur has finished flying and the cold blood has stopped flowing, Sookie's world will be forever altered . . . Review Much more Eric in this one (although still not as much as I would want)! So I am quite happy. I thought a lot was going on too which I liked, in the past I've found that they take a while to get going. A few loose ends were tied up too, I'm not sure what this means, but I still think there's plenty of story there (having said that certain sudden changes made me think that maybe Charlaine Harris was trying to find a way to keep the series going a bit longer. There were lots of different storylines meeting in this one too, I guess that's why there was a lot happening 3/5

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Finished From Dead to Worse. Trying to decide whether to go straight on to the next Sookie book or read something else first.

Lol so often I get self conscious reading Sookie in public places, that sort of stuff just seems to leap out on you

Well I finished! What's next?

About halfway through From Dead to Worse. Oh no how are you coping?!

About 5 chapters into From Dead to Worse.

I rearranged one of my shelves the other day so I could fit more books on (still need more space though!). This is the result:

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Synopsis (from Amazon, edited by me) When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth a second-rate travelling circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. Jacob, a veterinary student who almost earned his degree, is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her. Review. I got through this book more quickly that I expected to, and am kind of disappointed that I can't read it anymore (well I suppose I could start again, but that's not the same). I really enjoyed it, I can't say I knew anything much about the circus before and it was really interested to read about the kind of things the audiences could and couldn't see. I found some of the descriptions really gave me a strong image of what things were like. I found the scenes in the nursing home really entertaining, and the contrast between that and the scenes at the theatre worked really well. I really liked Jacob, I could see the young him in the old him and he made me laugh. I really wanted everything to turn out right for him. I'm not sure I can say anything else without spoilers so I will stop here, and just say read this book if you get the chance! 4.5/5

Finished Water for Elephants, which I only started Friday, was surprised how quickly I got through it! Great book. Started From Dead to Worse.

Oh no not a bug!

I don't like the smell of roses either Calilily, or lilies for that matter.

Baked potato and beans

Just what I was thinking.

I doubt anyone will remember this. I can't remember what the track was but it was by a band called North and South. The first album I think was Robbie Williams Life Through A Lens.

Titantic. I don't know why, awful film.

Can someone tell me what happened to my no buying new books until my TBR pile is in single figures rule?

From Dead to Worse arrived in the post. Picked up Malinche- Laura Esquivel in the clearance section at WHSmith. Am already over halfway through Water for Elephants.

I do find it a bit difficult to say I don't like it. At the end I wanted to read more which is usually an indication that I enjoyed a book, but until about the last 20 pages I felt more like I was waiting for it to get going, or finish. I suppose that my rating for just the end would be bigger than for the rest of the book.

Am on chapter 10 of Water for Elephants, enjoying it so far.

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