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I think they'll be ok...at least for now...it seems their parents are more of a problem. I find it hard to believe Susan will even be able to provide a healthy environment for a baby...how old is she now?

Things I want my Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble Synopsis (from Amazon) 'My beautiful girls. If you've read this, you'll know it contains some - not all, but some - of the things I want my daughters to know. And the greatest of these is love ...' How would you say goodbye to those you love most in the world? Barbara must say a final farewell to her four daughters. But how can she find the words? And how can she leave them when they each have so much growing up to do? There's commitment-phobic Lisa. Brittle, unhappily married Jennifer. Free-spirited traveller Amanda. And teenage Hannah, stumbling her way towards adulthood. Barbara's answer is to write each daughter a letter, finally expressing the hopes, fears, dreams and secrets she couldn't always voice. These words will touch the girls in different - sometimes shocking - ways, unlocking emotions and passions to set them on their own journey of discovery through life. Review Hmm main thing which struck me about this book was it was more chick-litty than I expected, pretty good chick-lit but still more than I was expecting. I have nothing against chick-lit but I only usually pick it up if I'm after an easy read, I enjoyed it enough but if I realised how chick-litty it was I don't think I would have been looking forward too it so much. It also didn't have as much actual grief narrative as I was expecting- in a way it was just an added dimension, all the other problems were seperate really the only way it was connected was in how the daughters couldn't speak to their mother which was a bit of an over used comment- why didn't they talk to her about any of their problems when she was alive- they would have surely if they suddenly wanted too? It just seemed to be put in to link back really- to stop topic straying too much. Overall an enjoyable enough read but don't expect it tobe anything great 3/5

If you're going for Jasper Fforde I'd personally recommend the Thursday Next series (starting with The Eyre Affair) over the nursery crime ones, I don't have a review of the first but there are reviews of the next 2 in this thread

The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde Synopsis (from Amazon) It's Easter in Reading; a bad time for eggs; and no one can remember the last sunny day. Humpty Dumpty, well-known nursery favourite, large egg, ex-convict and former millionaire philanthropist is found shattered beneath a wall in a shabby area of town. Following the pathologist's careful reconstruction of Humpty's shell, Detective Inspector Jack Spratt and his Sergeant Mary Mary are soon grappling with a sinister plot involving cross-border money laundering, the illegal Bearnaise sauce market, corporate politics and the cut and thrust world of international Chiropody. As Jack and Mary stumble around the streets of Reading in Jack's Lime Green Austin Allegro, the clues pile up, but Jack has his own problems to deal with. And on top of everything else, the Jellyman is coming to town... Review Have been meaning to write this for nearly a week but don't really have much to say. I really liked it, but not as much as what I've read from the Thursday Next series. It was funny and I loved all the nursery rhyme references. In a way that bit was better than the book references in the Thursday Next books because I'm more likely to know the original stories. My favourite character was Jack, I really thought he was great. 4/5

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I like fiction mainly. I like books that make me think a bit. I'm a big Harry Potter addict too. I read quite a few genres except horror I've read at least something of all genres I think, but not much sci-fi. I don't read much none fiction but I do occasionally read autobiographical books (usually of 'normal' people rather than celebrities), and I have a few psychology books on my to be read pile

I keep anything I enjoyed and think I might re-read. I get rid of anything I don't think I'll re-read though, usually I put it on bookmooch or bookcross it. If I'm unsure I might put it as a bookring first so I can see how I feel about not having it

I put them where ever they can fit! I do try and keep series together though

Hia, to the forum. What are some of your favourite books?

My mum drinks rooibos, but I've never actually tried it. Am drinking a mug of ginger and lemon right now

Sunday roast of course! Chicken this week

At the moment I have an Amazon message (from a gift) in one book and a note from Gyre- with a lovely picture on- in the other. My sister took my bookcrossing bookmark out my copy of The Hunchback so I think I will have to clear my desk to find it

Hi, to the forum. Is there any particular non-fiction topic you like to read?

Hia! to the forum!

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Alice Through the Looking Glass is by Louis Carroll. My Mum read that to me, and Alice in Wonderland when I was little, I can barely remember it except that it was even stranger than Alice in Wonderland

It was Mac's review that made me add it, so in comparison my review is rubbish! I'm liking The Big Over Easy so far but not as much as the Thursday Next series I don't think

We had fish and chips, and now I'm eating lemon cheesecake

Since joining this site...17 new I think...counting from my book thread. I think that's more than usual, but I have been borrowing more too

I'm on shelfari, here. A friend from another forum recommended it

Not read any, may have a look though

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami Synopsis (from Amazon) When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marches into his life and he has to choose between the future and the past.When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marches into his life and he has to choose between the future and the past. Review You know what I'm really bad at wriiting good reviews...what do you think that say about me?! Anyway I thought this book was beautiful. It wasn't what I expected really, I expected more of a classic love story I suppose...but this wasn't that. I much prefered Midori to Naoko. There was something kind of sweet about Naoko but I found her, I'm not sure if boring is the word but she certainly didn't bring the same kind of excitement as Midori. I am probably more like Midori...but a bit more conventional! I didn't expect there to be as much graphical sex descriptions in it either. It didn't put me off but I can imagine it might for some people 4.5/5 Am reading The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde now, and am still reading A Fraction of the Whole

I drink my tea strong with milk and one sugar. My favourite is Twinnings Everyday but I usually drink Teadirect which is fairtrade. I like green tea too (usually with mint), peppermint, and have recently discovered Ginger and Lemon tea which is really nice

I can't imagine Emotional Geology with a 25 year old, it just wouldn't be the same! I do like that your characters are older, chick-lit is very samey it's nice to have a difference