Suzanna Addison

If I fall in love with a book I read it over and over again: Examples the first five Harry Potter books. Lord of the Rings. Chronicles of Narnia. Pride and Prejudice (lost count). Some PG Wodehouse ones and I am considering starting Oliver Twist again. So the answer to that is - Yes!

They did and it wasn't so bad. I'll always prefer the books - got to find them again.

Well I must admit I haven't been watching these but I have caught little glimpses and I may watch it next year just to see what the fuss is about. The thing is though, Sir Alan Sugar reminds me of one of my uncles I don't get on with that well ...

Yet another to look out for!

Memories indeed Kimmy ... loved those as a girl...

Yep, love your username - How are you? I hope you are enjoying it here. Welcome and have fun with all the fish! Did you bring your towel?

Oooooh whats that one Lexie? (you don't mind lexie?) I think tonight I'll be a mysterious lonely wizard telling a scribe his story. He is a boy asking for the tale of the beginning of the world ... I think.

Were is definitely right as 'were' is used in when talking about multiple people in conjunction with words like 'they', which is also in the sentence - for example: "They WERE ..." or as the sentence already has it: "The agency were..." Was refers to a singular like: "I was disappointed with that!" NOT "I were disappointed!" (unless you're using country dialect in which case bad grammer is acceptable but only in dialogue!) So the book had it right - not sure what the person was thinking of?! Also I would probably correct in one of my OWN books but NEVER from a library book.

My first fantasy was probably the Worst Witch series (a private school for witches only - the hapless heroine was Mildred Hubble who couldn't cast a successful spell and when she tries the results are extremely hilarious.) You could say though The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe was the first true fantasy I ever read. I only read LOTR because I was such a huge Lewis fan so when I found out he was best friends with the author of LOTR I read them too. Also the films came out and we went to see them all as a family. Not really into sci-fi which is why I love the mickey take of Hitchhikers and that was my first sci fi. Dean Koontz is the first Horror author I truly fell in love with.

Okay how do I join this, this sounds like fun?

Watched it yet? I hope you found it funny!

To be filled later with possibly an even longer thread.

Reviews coming on some later

To be read: Most of Dean Koontz Harry Potter (again) The Well of Tears, Weather Witch and Fallow Blade by Cecilia Dart-Thornton (seemingly I am the only one in the UK reading her!) All of Trudi Canavan bar one! Lian Hearne All of Gervase Phinn Histories on Native Americans. A book on Tutankahmun Mission Song John Le Carre New PG Wodehouse Books Men are From Mars, Women Are From Venus# Girl With The Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier Books to finish: Martin Chuzzlewit, Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens The Iron Tree Cecilia Dart Thornton Black Ships Jo Graham The Earthsea Quartet Ursula Le Guin Victor Klemperer Diaries Perelandra CS Lewis The Welsh Girl - Peter Ho Davies The Worst Jobs In History Tony Robinson Two books on Native American History There could be more but this post could go on forever... Books finished: Children of Hurin JRR Tolkein A Few Horrible Histories The Tainted Relic, The Sword of Shame - Medieval Murderers The first Gervase Phinn memoir. Books to arrive/order: Sigurd and Gudrun JRR Tolkien Hand of Isis Jo Graham Lavinia Ursula Le Guin Crowner John Series: Bernard Knight Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael series: Susanna Gregory

Anyone know a good recipe for Beef Wellington? I did this at school but can't remember the recipe - and I want to cook this for my family ... so please, anyone? Tried and tested preferred ...

As I said in my main comment everytime I visit Waterstones I grab a handful of free bookmarks and use them I try to not to bookmark all my books though ... lol. So I voted other. I also have several books on the go, I can't keep my concentration on one book.

Me too ... I always try and read fifty pages before going to sleep - though that's not always possible.

Anyone watched this last night? I did as Michael is one of my favourite comedians. The headline act was extremely hilarious! Rhod Gilbert ... will be looking out for him in future.