Nightwish

Thank you Frankie I still have a few library books to finish off first though, I completely forgot it was this month the book was released Otherwise I would have made sure there was nothing coming between us

Has anybody started reading this book yet? I've just got back from town with my copy and can't wait to start

I think more people have noticed at our place now as on the toilet door there is a step by step guide on HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS!! At the age the staff are you would have thought they would know by now?! Its not like its something that takes ages to do.

Going back to the topic of people not washing their hands after going to the toilet, I can think of something a bit worse than touching door handles after them! I work in a supermarket and I have seen staff members not washing their hands after using the toilet! These people are checkout staff, shelf stackers, cafe staff, BAKERY staff!! It is disgusting! These people are handling food that you are going to eat!

Aww thankies Isn't she just the best?!

If that was how he did it I would be disappointed too! That really isn't his style at all.

I think that way we would never run out of books

Thanks Kel It's got to happen at some point though, I can't love every book I pick up

Theres a plot?!?! Its not just about bums?! Oh... :mrgreen:

Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult Synopsis from Waterstones: Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fianc, and her own Search and Rescue bloodhound - which she uses to find missing persons. But as she plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall. Then a policeman shows up at her door, arresting her father for the kidnap of a little girl. And Delia's past and present fracture into little pieces.VANISHING ACTS is a book about the very nature and power of memory. It explores what happens when the past we have been running from catches up to us, and questions who we trust to tell us the story of our lives before we are capable of remembering it ourselves. My Thoughts: "Your father is arrested for kidnapping. You were the child he stole. What would you do?" This is the chilling message on the front of the book. From the moment you pick it up and look at the cover you are left questioning morals, what ifs and what could possibly drive a parent to kidnapping. The front cover is chilling enough and draws you into reading the book but I am afraid to say that the beginning of the book just didn't do it for me. But as I am the type of person to give a book a try I decided that I wouldn't give up, and almost 50 pages in I started to settle down and enjoy it. The problem at first I found was the characters themselves. I didn't like them, they didn't seem to have much character, and it wasn't until later in the book when their characters seemed to come alive. Even though I ended up enjoying this book to a certain extent there were times when I really struggled to motivate myself to get around to reading it. I found some parts of it to be pointless drivel which disappointed me as I do enjoy books by Jodi Picoult, but to me it felt like the only times the story came alive was following Andrew in prison. He was the only character I really liked in the book and I am so glad he had so many chapters. The other time the book came alive was during the court case, but sadly this only happened in the last 100 pages of the books. Even more disappointing was I knew the twist of the book as soon as Eric and Delia looked at Delia's medical records, but it didn't make the events any less horrifying! When the twist was revealed I finally felt myself feeling very sorry for Delia as nobody should go through The stucture of the book I enjoyed more than the structure of Nineteen Minutes. This time there were chapters from just one characters point of view which made the book appear more "tidy" and organised. Everything flowed more easily, but I found at times the same events would play out from another characters point of view in the next chapter which made the story quite tedious in places. An interesting enough read at times, but sadly it is not one of Picoult's greater books. Rating: 6/10

Thank you!!!! I thought I was doing it right that way but then someone told me I had to go back in L-stance which didn't feel that comfortable at all. I don't want to think about black belt theory yet, I already have the cards for red belt and felt like fainting when I saw it

!!! Gyre where did you get those bookmarks from?!

Oh I'm learning sets 5, 6 and 7. I know its not a good thing to do but I can remember conversations in great detail that I've had years ago

Yeah I am going in tomorrow night! I need the practice before the grading on Saturday I've been looking over the old theory in case I get tested on it, but I might try looking at my new stuff tomorrow. Usually I don't look at it until the day before, I have a brilliant memory In the set sparring what stance are we walking back in? Different people tell me different things which confuses me. I think you might have noticed that at the pre-grading when I was muddling it up!

I'll never forget the scene of him getting in the bath. That bum! I honestly do prefer Eric though!!

I'm fine with the line work and set-sparring. The only thing Karl noticed was that I did an L stance at times when it shouldn't have been, whoops I don't like the other patterns, I always mess up on Dan-Gun Now I'm focusing on my grading pattern I seem to have forgotten bits of my other patterns!

I was six years old the first time I disappeared - Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult

A Tae Kwon Do question Laura, do I have to learn all of the grading cards up to my belt? Will I be tested on all of them? How many questions are asked? Oh, and do I only have to do the pattern Do-San or will I get asked to do a previous pattern as well as my current one?

I can usually read anywhere so I think the most strangest must have been when I was reading on the bus and getting really into the book that I didn't want to stop, so I er..carried on reading when I got off the bus and was walking home