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That is freaky!

Have finally managed to get hold of it. Am about 50 pages in

Am about 50 pages into Wuthering Heights, not sure what I think yet.

yeah that was the bit I meant. Had me shuddering!

Is it the obviously squeemish bit? I would say more but I don't want to spoil that bit if you haven't got that far!

Bought: Picture Perfect- Jodi Picoult Wuthering Heights- Emily Bronte Beauty- Raphael Selbourne and Cutting for Stone- Abraham Verghese for Mum And started Wuthering Heights.

The Gadget Show

Didn't end up buying a copy on Saturday 'cause of getting a migraine, am going into town after work tomorrow though so may pick up a copy then.

Sunrise by Rosie Thomas Synopsis (from Amazon) It was a love forbidden but never forgotten. When Harry Cotton returned to Wales, Angharad Owain found paradise - despite her father's violent warnings against the Cottons of Llyn Fair. For she and Harry were in love, untouchable. Until a shocking revelation drives Angharad to flee, pregnant and penniless, to London. There, struggling to make a new life for herself and her child, she resolves to put the past behind her, joy and heartache alike. But neither time nor success can banish her memories. In the end, Angharad must confront the sinister shadows that lie between her and Harry - the man she will always love, but may never have... Review Rosie Thomas seems to really have a skill for setting a scene, I could almost see the Welsh hills and villages as she described them, it was something I noticed with The Potter's House too when I read that. I've lived in Wales which probably helps but I don't think that's all of it. That wasn't the only similarity I saw with The Potter's House. Both had female characters who you half despised and half pitied. I felt more attached to the characters in this book somehow. I thought the main character was rather nieve, even when she had grown up, and I so often wanted to shout that she was making a mistake. Harry I didn't trust, even towards the end when I think the reader was meant to trust him. I never really trusted him, even before the secret got out. Part of this I think is because he reminds me of my ex, so maybe I have insider knowledge! I did find it a little predictable in parts, her relationship with Jamie in particular. And I had a inkling of what the secret may be. I think if we had got the same shock as Angharad it would have been better. 3.5/5

Thanks both. I thought it was better than The End of Mr Y too pickle, which surprised me because I didn't expect as much from it.

and that was actually published?!

It's a favourite of mine.

Run Fat Boy Run, amusing but not to the level of other Simon Pegg films.

Finished Sunrise by Rosie Thomas (only started it last night). Easy but quite a good read. Think will be Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides next, as I still can't find The Rotter's Club (God knows what I've done with it!)

Posted my review of Pop Co. Couldn't find The Rotter's Club so am going to read Sunrise by Rosie Thomas instead.

...me too

Pop Co. by Scarlett Thomas Synopsis (from Amazon) Alice Butler has been receiving some odd messages - all anonymous, all written in code. Are they from someone at PopCo, the profit-hungry corporation she works for? Or from Alice's long lost father? Or has someone else been on her trail? The solution, she is sure, will involve the code-breaking skills she learned from her grandparents and the key she's been wearing round her neck since she was ten. "PopCo" is a grown-up adventure of family secrets, puzzles, big business and the power of numbers. Review Wow. Just wow. I love, love, loved this book. It's probably the best I've read so far this year. From the synopsis I had been unsure, and in fact almost bought it a few times before finding something I thought sounded better to read . In the end I mainly bought it because I had really enjoyed the End of Mr Y which is by the same author. This is really a book which made me think, about corporations, and things we ignore but encounter every day. It talked of how corporations trick people, and how tose in marketing seem to be worth more than those who actually make products- and that's just one issue it talks about. It doesn't feel preachy though, it really does just make you think about things in a different way. It made me interested in alternative medicine, and veganism- and they weren't even key themes! It wasn't perfect though. Some of the stuff about codes and maths really went over my head. Although I don't think it was completely necessary to understand that it would have added something to my enjoyment. There was also a couple of adult scenes which I didn't think were needed (I didn't mind them being there though) which might put some people off, but there weren't as many, or as graphic as in The End of Mr. Y. 5/5 Am thinking I will offer this as a bookring if anyone is interested.

Finished Pop Co. amazing book, really got me thinking. Probably the best of the year so far. Was going to buy Wuthering Heights yesterday and start it today but I got a migraine on the way to town so went straight back home. May start The Rotter's Club instead.

I read this a few years ago, and can only really remember that I liked it, and the scene of the girl riding off naked on the horse.

German chocolate covered gingerbread.

Haven't got it yet, may try and get it when in town later (what do you think the chances are I come out with a whole pile of books?). I want to finish Pop. Co first anyway.

Am now on part 3 of Pop. Co, I'm finding myself really compelled to read this book, which I haven't found in a while.

I'd spell it different agins "a wumba way a wumba way..."

Am just over halfway through Pop Co. it's easier than The End of Mr Y but less mysterious

Have read these 4. Didn't really enjoy the first 2, but really liked the third and The Time Traveller's Wife is a favourite of mine.