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I really should get around to reading this one.

Bah humbug ! Can't call it a proper library if it doesn't have The Forever War ...

Hi cosychair nice to see a new reading blog. You have some good ones lined up on your TBR I see.

Is Resurrection a Zombie story Frankie? I second The Forever War it is not difficult at all but very readable, yet the concepts are very high end SciFi, and you will start to care about the characters quite quickly.

Haha you are down to 22 Claire? I am on 33 tree books. I will race you and see who gets to zero first.

I agree about Vonnegut. I found Dead Eye Dick a good one of his , although reviewers don't seem to rate it very highly. Aah..difficult to tell you about Never Let Me Go without giving anything away. Worth a read though, my main reaction to the book was to pray that such a situation never comes true in real life.

Oh man, I can imagine....my books of all kinds stretch this time to 4 small (but quite heavy) boxes..1 more for DVDs....another for CDs. I get quite stressed now about having too many material possessions, in case I have to move again in a hurry...although I have enjoyed living in this flat I can truthfully say I never truly relaxed here.

Hi Patrick, welcome. I have one little question prompted by your intro, you said that you have only just got into reading as a hobby. Did reading just suddenly grab your attention more than it did before? Or is it that there is a lot of good books around at the moment you just have to read? Glad to have you aboard anyway.

I did it! I found an Ali Smith book in a charity shop today so had to buy it on sight. The Accidental. This however puts me back up to 33 tree books to go, dammit!! The Gathering is not getting any better.

Would like to know what you think of Patty Hearst when you have read it Kylie. She has one interesting life story, from the little I know anyway.

No worries Bree, most people know about it on here anyway. My favourite Hindi moves are Main Hoon Na (mainly for the songs, my kids love this one too, they can sing all the songs in Hindi just from repetition!) Devdas Lagaan Veer Zaara Ashoka Don Mandi (an old one , Naserudin Shah's first film) A Wednesday Kabi Kushi Kabi Gum I like many songs from various other films too, although I have not seen the films themselves. Also Britain has its own small sub genre of "Indo Brit" films such as Bend it Like Beckham, East is East, Anita and Me and Bhaji On The Beach.

It has Karisma Kapoor and Nana Patekar, Shah Rukh Kahn and a dance routine with Aish in it. I watch lots of Hindi films Bree my ex-wife is Indian (but British born) . We were together 20 years we have 6 kids. We split up last year.

Trying to read Anne Enright's The Gathering but really struggling with it. I wish she would get to the point.

I had a 3 hour Indian film on last night while I was packing, Shakti (the power). It was not as good as I remembered so that's another one to go to the second hand shop tomorrow.

I think they would be perfect for a holiday read Chesil. If you read the third book before I do let me know what you think!

This is a copy of the review in my reading blog. A Gentleman Of Fortune (or, The Suspicions Of Miss Dido Kent) by a Lady Miss Anna Dean The spoof 19th Century style title is an indication of the gentle tongue in cheek humour to be enjoyed in this series. This is the second in this series, they are sequential so are best read in order. They are set in the world of Jane Austen in the early 1800s (Is that Regency period?). Miss Dido Kent is a 35 year old unmarried spinster , who, having more or less given up hope of finding a husband at the beginning of the first book , finds a new interest in solving murder mysteries. She has a lot of time on her hands and (like Lizzie Bennet) a brain that is very sharp (which in the past has not been appreciated by possible suitors) and an eye for unusual detail. The first book was a pleasant enough easy read. I would not have gone out of my way to pick up the second book but I saw it in a charity shop. This second book really flies in my opinion. The central mystery is this time far more involved with red herrings and loose ends all over the place which excercise poor Dido to her limits and keep the reader guessing until the end. As far as that goes, this is as good a murder mystery as you would read anywhere. Added to this is the very subtle romantic sub -plot which starts to gather pace . We find out a little more -not too much- about Dido's unfortunate history with men who did not like intelligence in a possible wife. This of course endears her to us modern readers and we root for her. There is only one man who does seem to appreciate her powers of reasoning, Mr William Lomax (who she met in the first book). However, the course of her investigations lead Dido into an embarrassing mistake ( but very amusing to us) which brings her into conflict with Mr Lomax. A man's life may hang in the balance. Should Dido bow to the wishes of Mr Lomax and abandon her investigations? Or must she be true to her nature and almost certainly lose the regard of her only male friend? I will certainly read the rest of this series now.. Dido is a great heroine. The genius of the author is in not giving her character omnipotent powers of insight, she can and does get led astray sometimes by having incomplete information. But as other facts come to light her rigid application of logic is fun to read. It is not like Poirot where he holds silence until the very end.

A Gentleman Of Fortune (or, The Suspicions Of Miss Dido Kent) by a Lady Miss Anna Dean The spoof 19th Century style title is an indication of the gentle tongue in cheek humour to be enjoyed in this series. This is the second in this series, they are sequential so are best read in order. They are set in the world of Jane Austen in the early 1800s (Is that Regency period?). Miss Dido Kent is a 35 year old unmarried spinster , who, having more or less given up hope of finding a husband at the beginning of the first book , finds a new interest in solving murder mysteries. She has a lot of time on her hands and (like Lizzie Bennet) a brain that is very sharp (which in the past has not been appreciated by possible suitors) and an eye for unusual detail. The first book was a pleasant enough easy read. I would not have gone out of my way to pick up the second book but I saw it in a charity shop. This second book really flies in my opinion. The central mystery is this time far more involved with red herrings and loose ends all over the place which excercise poor Dido to her limits and keep the reader guessing until the end. As far as that goes, this is as good a murder mystery as you would read anywhere. Added to this is the very subtle romantic sub -plot which starts to gather pace . We find out a little more -not too much- about Dido's unfortunate history with men who did not like intelligence in a possible wife. This of course endears her to us modern readers and we root for her. There is only one man who does seem to appreciate her powers of reasoning, Mr William Lomax (who she met in the first book). However, the course of her investigations lead Dido into an embarrassing mistake ( but very amusing to us) which brings her into conflict with Mr Lomax. A man's life may hang in the balance. Should Dido bow to the wishes of Mr Lomax and abandon her investigations? Or must she be true to her nature and almost certainly lose the regard of her only male friend? I will certainly read the rest of this series now.. Dido is a great heroine. The genius of the author is in not giving her character omnipotent powers of insight, she can and does get led astray sometimes by having incomplete information. But as other facts come to light her rigid application of logic is fun to read. It is not like Poirot where he holds silence until the very end.

Is that the James Mason original Sofia or the awful Brendan Frazer version?

Is it a YA book Michelle or more of a surreal story? Would a grown up guy like it?

Bogans are Chavs here. Wow the cheek of them going round in packs to steal mail like that! Good for you Kylie

Because I have been so busy my reading time is severely curtailed. Still managed to finish the second Dido Kent mystery today. A Gentleman Of Fortune. The first one was OK, but I am glad I read it as the second one raises the bar quite considerably. I will review it tomorrow. 32 tree books to go !

There is a map in it

Its been a very long time since I've been in a big bookstore. But I don't remeber ever seeing a western section

Good luck with that Peace! Walking around or near a pond is always restful.

Sounds like a new manager with a sci fi fetish good on him!! What replaced it in the dingy corner Kylie? Westerns?