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Hiya Joanne and welcome to the forum,hope you enjoy.

Me too! It's the only book i have read in one sitting,I find I just hae too much to do as much as It would be my idea of heaven to read and read!!

Oh I always prefer to read the book before i see the film..I've heard the film is good though:D

Oh I had'nt realised there was a change at the end of the film,,I am looking forward to seeing this film though,if only to compare it to the book:D

Oh I love ER but it's been quite a while since I've watched it,I think since Carter and thandie Newton (can't remember her characters name) baby died.. But i would ove to catch up on the new episodes..I just read in the newspaper toda that George Clooney and Julianna Marguiles are returning to ER as the parents of twins..

I love Calvin and Hobbes! I think,though,price tag may just be too much (especially in euro's!)

I love Law&Order SVU,not really a fan of the othe ones..Didn't know there was a UK version either.

Beans,mash and sausages-not very exciting.

What a great idea,I come across quotes all the time..Maybe i SHOLUD WRITE THEM DOWN .

Hello Yvonne and welcome to the site,hope you enjoy it here. By the way your English is very good.

Sounds good.

Potatoes,turnip,chicken dippers

I'm a really bad traveller i general. There's no way I would be able to read on a bus,boat or in a car,I get way too nauseous. Funnily enough I'm absolutely fine on a plane,I can read to my hearts content. Seven hour flight to New York was pure bliss!

Hello and welcome:D

very distressed looking Macauly Culkin came along and...

...and awoke the residents of the local cemetry who then...

I have to agree with Bookbee..I wasn't impressed at all with If You Could See Me Now,below average and I hated P.S I Love You! But I did enjoy Where Rainbows End,great quick light reading material

I've read all of these books. I thouroughly enjoyed Change of Heart and Found that,although not as enjoyable as her other books,19 Minutes was also quite good. I also enjoye A million Little Pieces,butn in parts it was quite dramatized. Didn't enjoy Mercy,found it quite poor.. How did you find Mercy?

I didn't realise that she had even written fiction books,i shall keep my eye out for them:D

Chips,tomato,sausages and spaghetti

Thank you madcow:) Glad you liked it:)

Big fluffy candyfloss which he munches on daily with the help of ...

Blurb on back of book.. Danger and violence have always been part of Sue Dalston's East End upbringing. Unloved by her mother,abused by her father,and brutilized throughout her entire marriage,she smashes her husband's skull with a claw hammer in a final act of desperation. All that keeps her sane is knowing that her four children are safe from harm. When she is celled up with murderess Matilda Enderby,their fates become inextricably linked. And no one-least of all Sue-could have predicted the consequences.. I must say that I did enjoy this book,i found myself anxious to pick it up and reluctant to put it down,which i find is always a good sign. It's quite violent in parts,but then with a Martina Cole novel,you know what you're getting. The book begins as Susan Dalston is being led in to her cell with newly accquired cellmate Matilda Enderby,after that it flashes back to 1960,with susan being a young girl. The reader quickly gets an insight in to just how horrific Susan and her sister Debbie's life really is. Non-stop violence and abuse,which sets the theme for the rest of the book. The book moves chronologicaly through Susan's life,her marriage to her violent criminal husband and the abuse herself and her kids recieve taking up a good chunk of the book. Most of the characters seem unfazed by the amount of violence and abuse that happen all around them in their daily lives and I found that slightly unbelievable,but maybe that's a matter of opinion. Stuff like this happens every day unfourtunately and maybe being exposed to it constantly makes you hardened to it. As I've mentioned before I do feel that the author is over excessive in her descriptions of violence and abuse,I feel it's more of a shock factor, but again matter of opinion. Other people may think this is necessary to the story. Overall I did enjoy thisw book and would recommend it. 8/10 This was my first review everyone,hope it was ok. Has anyone else read this book or any other Martina Cole books?

I've read three of Torey Hayden books and I absolutely loved them. One Child and Tiger Child especially. Aso thought Beautiful Child was good. As has been mentioned before,the tales are especially harrowing,but there is a sense of triumuph over the odds,that is not too sickly sweet. I find Hayden to be a wonderful author and through reading her books a fantastic teacher and person in general. I haven't read The Sunflower Forest,is that her Ficton one?

The cold weather and bitter winds that had frozen Dublin all winter were hardly noticed in the elegant Georgian mansion on St Stephen's Green. - Tread Softly on My Dreams - Gretta Curran Browne