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You read some good books Kidsmum. I have seen this one around and will now add it to my wishlist. Also the 1939 spymum one. Thanks.

Fair point

The first thing I thought of was Pipecleaners. God knows why I don't even smoke.

Review: Future Freaks by Sheila Reading I wasn't sure whether to put this in the scifi section but plumped for here. I downloaded this for free on my kindle after reading a couple of reviews on Amazon. I was pleasantly surprised. This book is aimed at the YA market, I don't know anything about the author but I am guessing she is not too old herself, as there was a certain naivety about the motivations of most of the adult characters. It is set slightly in the future where cloning, and wifi internet hard wired into your brain are just a couple of the joys to come. Oh yes and every body is young and beautiful because any undesirable genes have been spliced out of the human race a generation back. But hey, being a teenager is still not easy when you have people trying to kill you and you find out you don't even know who your parents are; and normal people don't have that person who you have been speaking to in your head since you were a baby..... I enjoyed this book, it obviously started off as someone's teenage daydream, as the teenagers are always one step ahead of the adults although they get in plenty of danger along the way. The ending was a bit quick and left a major plotline unresolved however.

Review: Future Freaks by Sheila Reading I downloaded this for free on my kindle after reading a couple of reviews on Amazon. I was pleasantly surprised. This book is aimed at the YA market, I don't know anything about the author but I am guessing she is not too old herself, as there was a certain naivety about the motivations of most of the adult characters. It is set slightly in the future where cloning, and wifi internet hard wired into your brain are just a couple of the joys to come. Oh yes and every body is young and beautiful because any undesirable genes have been spliced out of the human race a generation back. But hey, being a teenager is still not easy when you have people trying to kill you and you find out you don't even know who your parents are; and normal people don't have that person who you have been speaking to in your head since you were a baby..... I enjoyed this book, it obviously started off as someone's teenage daydream, as the teenagers are always one step ahead of the adults although they get in plenty of danger along the way. The ending was a bit quick and left a major plotline unresolved however.

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Thanks Frankie I forgot to write also that the chapter on sexually transmitted infections scared the bejeesus out of me, but reading stuff like that always does; it made me want to never have sex with anybody ever again. Reading is much safer. Reading a scifi book called Future Freaks at the moment

I think I already answered this near the beginning of the thread. However after reading Perdido Street Station I know where I would NOT want to live: New Crobuzon is a very dangerous place!!

I have to go see this play now. I will have to look see if it is on in London somewhere. I read the book and saw the TV program years ago. Took note of the book recs thanks SueK

When I read the title of your post I misunderstood and assumed by literary hero you meant a gifted or powerful writer. But below I refer to your definition. Of course the older novels with their classic hero characters are still around and just as readable....but thinking back to older books I have read, I cannot think of any such noble character; even a hero needs to have some flaws or some kind of internal conflict going on in order to be interesting to read about. Can you give us a couple of examples of exceptional hero characters to start us off?

That's pretty funny ladymacbeth. One of your idiosycrancries no doubt your husband adores. But did you ever get a book that so upset you that you couldn't continue reading Giulia ?

That would have paid for a Kindle Kidsmum.....you could take all your books everywhere with you and never take up any more space....

Just finished Perdido Street Station Phew ! Gonna have to review this one! Watch this space my good people

I understand what you mean pickle, reading my first (won't be the last) Perdido Street Station and everything is sort of dirty and grimey. Yes the idea of the Remade are horrific. Doesn't seem to deter people from crime though...? Sort of quirky that everything is steam powered too.

TGWGF sounds interesting Pickle....I am about 43% into Perdido Street Station...it has taken an amazing turn..

I will add the others to my wish list, sight unseen. Hey Pontalba I love your signiature quote. Very funny !

Looked in Amazon for Across The Universe looks good but the Kindle edition is so expensive.....

Hi pickle no first one. Actually I thought China Melville was a woman. I will certainly seek out his other books now. Unless the book takes a drastic turn for the worst that is, but I doubt that's gonna happen.

Hi pontalba, I read on kylie's blog your story of how you met your other half, that's a nice story. Good luck and best wishes for your wedding

Hey Kylie that is lovely to read about your mum becoming so enthusiastic about reading almost overnight. I bet it has added another dimension to your relationship after all these years.

What would you say is your favourite Trollope then Ooshie ? If you had to pick one to recommend for me?

Reading Perdido Street Station on my kindle at the moment. This is completely blowing me away. Thank you thank you all the peeps who bigged this one up for me on here, I can't remember who told me about it first. I have no clue where the story is going it is great !

Review: The Whole Lesbian Sex Book by Felice Newman First of all, this is NOT a porn book which is why I am not embarrassed to add it to my reading total. I read a quote which said: "if you want to know how a car works, talk to a mechanic; if you want to know how a woman's body works, talk to a lesbian." This is more in the nature of a how-to manual. So, basically I was looking for tips. That's my excuse anyway, and I'm sticking to it. It was quite a quick read because I was able to ignore all the extensive bibliography and lists of resources; I won't need to read further into the subject. It was all very educational, I felt I gained a good insight into a woman's brain processes and what they want. And some good tips. It did bang on an awful lot about masturbation. Which makes me think females do this a lot more than we give them credit for. William Walker's First Year of Marriage by Matt Rudd This was a quick lighthearted read. I would call this genre "guy lit" as the direct equivalent of "chick lit" . I have read a couple of books in this category and they quickly get boring for me, the humour and situations are virtually all the same. However, this one was saved by actually having a simple but interesting plot which stopped it becoming too predictable so I wanted to see how it played out.