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Same as you with Shades of Grey. What else? Tea time from the Traditionally Built, The Double Comfort Safari Club- Alexander McCall-Smith (11 and 12 from the No. ! Ladies' Detective Agency) The Swan Thieves- Elizabeth Kostova I'm sure they'll be another Jodi Picoult out at some point too

So tired couldn't concentrate on reading today, but did start Monica Ali's In the Kitchen last night.

I wish I'd read them sooner, I'd heard of The Eyre Affair but only by name. My Mum read it and when I was off my feet I borrowed it as my own books had run out. So glad I did.

Yeah thy're like chocolate drops, just chocolate all the way through. I bought them from ashop here that sells sweets from around the world. They're not great, I thought they had a kind of grainy texture, and they didn't melt properly in my mouth.

They are a bit peculiar, it's part of what makes them so good, there's nothing quite like them without them being so different that it makes them difficult.

I've read The Kite Runner, it was good but took me a while to get into, so might not be good for a lack of reading mojo

2010 The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde Synopsis (from Amazon) The Gingerbreadman - psychopath, sadist, convicted murderer and cake/biscuit - is loose on the streets of Reading. It isn't Jack Spratt's case. Despite the success of the Humpty Dumpty investigation, the well publicised failure to prevent Red Riding-Hood and her Gran being eaten once again plunges the Nursery Crime Division into controversy. Enforced non-involvement with the Gingerbreadman hunt looks to be frustrating until a chance encounter at the oddly familiar Deja-Vu Club leads them onto the hunt for missing journalist Henrietta 'Goldy' Hatchett, star reporter for The Daily Toad. The last witnesses to see her alive were The Three Bears, comfortably living out a life of rural solitude in Andersen's wood. But all is not what it seems. Are the unexplained explosions around the globe somehow related to missing nuclear scientist Angus McGuffin? Is cucumber-growing really that dangerous? Why are National Security involved? But most important of all: How could the bears' porridge be at such disparate temperatures when they were poured at the same time? Review I really do like Jasper Fforde novels. They're like nothing I've ever read before. Like crime stories but with a bit of a literary twist. This one was particularly good, or at least better than the previous in the nursery crime series (The Big Over Easy). While I still prefer the Thursday Next series in general this is a strong contender to knock them out of place. In ways these are easier too seeing as it's pretty easy to miss the literary references in Thursday Next, but I have a pretty wide knowledge of nursery rhymes. I found the general storyline of this one better than the previous in the series, more compelling somehow, and the twists and turns kept me guessing. In fact the only thing I really didn't like about the book was how much the title gives away, and that there were plenty of alternative titles which wouldn't have done that. A good start to my reading year I think! 4.5/5

I just finished The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde, review is in the works. Preferred it to the previous in the series but still prefer the Thursday Next series I think. That's why I bought it too, wasn't impressed but still want to read the rest!

Dr Who, again

My bookmark has resurfaced YAY!

That was my bit too I was thinking

I hope you like it, it seemed to fit with your read list and I thought it sounded pretty good

Is it the trailer for the first episode? They showed it on BBC3 after Dr Who confidential

Yes I was disappointed when Christopher Eccleston left too, but ended up much prefering Tennant, so I am trying not to make early judgements on Matt Smith. I didn't think the last storyline was the best but I kinda liked how Having said that I thought .

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

If anyone is interested I might start a bookring with the first 2 Twilight books (although my sister has borrowed the first). Would anyone be interested?

Have been reading The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde, enjoying it so far, more than the first in the series I think.

I can actually watch New Moon now I've read t!

I'm starting on 'The Fourth Bear' by Jasper Fforde soon. It's right there <----

Sorry you didn't like The Secret Scripture Kelly, I enjoyed it quite a lot. I suppose we can't all have the same taste though

HAve put a review of my book year on my book blog. It's a bit too long to post here, but if you're interested (feel free to discuss here or there) Part 1 Part 2 Ta-da!

Finished New Moon and updated my book blog and thread with a review. Started writing my review of the year over on my book blog (it's so long...I have decided to break it into 2 parts!)

I just realised my giftee hasn't been in yet...I hope their present arrived

oops I copied straight from my blog. It's New Moon by Stephenie Meyer...will just go edit now!

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer Synopsis (from Amazon) I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. 'Shoot,' I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. It all happened very quickly then. 'No!' Edward roared ...Dazed and disorientated, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm - and into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires. For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realise their troubles may just be beginning ... Review Ok first off I want to establish I am not a Twilight fan. I find the books pretty insubstancial and plot driven (which is not a bad thing for everyone, but is for me- having said that I would rather read a plot driven book than a book with no plot 99% of the time). I knew lots of people who had read them before I picked up the first one, a lot of them hadn't thought much of them but still seemed sucked into them, and I was intrigued. I'm not going to put a review of the first book here but lets just say I didn't see anything special, still the plot had got to me enough to be interested in seeing what happened next. That I didn't want to spend money to read the next one, and that it took over a year for me to be able to read New Moon should tellyou something. I could go on and on about the things I generally dislike about the books (Bella being somewhere at the top of the list) but I'm just going to focus on this book. Most people seem to say this book is poorer than the previous but I actually preferred it. Part of this I think is because I realised early on that actually I hated Edward (I spent too much time hating Bella to realise before I think!). I mean what sort of a boyfriend is he. He claims to love her but at the same time lets her get closer when he's 'dangerous' I much prefer Jacob, he seems to care for her a little beyond 'I man I protect woman' type mentality, in fact for this book he's quite advanced in terms of how he sees women and himself. I found the whole thing must more interesting than the Vampire thing too. I was intregued at what changed at that age, and why there weren't more than 5 of them. Plus the Vampires were never really a risk, whereas they were so much more volatile. Basically I would pick Jasper any day of the week over Edward (even if he does 'dazzle!') (actually I would probably pick Eric, but that is neither here nor there). Even if it was just for a story. Oh and I still want to read the next. 2.2/5 Oh and you know what else annoyed me, she kept comparing them to Romeo and Juliet...just on a literary level that offends me! Let alone on a romantic level (I do agree with Edward about Romeo though!)