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You are writing a book Vinay?

Interesting. No question I would jump into one of Jack Vance's many worlds. Maybe the world Tschai from his Planet of Adventure series. If I managed to survive that I would go to the unnamed water planet from the Blue World.

Hey Johnny if you want to try something different why not have a go at the reading circle book? It is a Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseni (I know I spelt that wrong but I can't be bothered to check). I just started it but some have not got theirs yet. Just a thought.

Been to WH Smith today and bought some off Amazon (I was bored at work) So here is how my TBR pile is looking: A Thousand Splendid Suns (Current read) The God of Small Things Tipping The Velvet (when it arrives) The Night Watch Persuasion Shame The Boy In Striped Pyjamas A Man of Double Deed Lyonesse 1 Lyonesse 2 Lyonesse 3 Think I better stop now.....

Welcome Runner.....but shouldn't you be called Cycler?

I read Slaughterhouse 5 a long time ago. I enjoyed it but maybe enjoyed it is not the right word- it made me think. I would like to read it again. I remember much more of Deadeye Dick and the moral of that book has stayed with me- you become what you do in the eyes of other people.

Yeah. My review is up in my members thread.

Ruth, I read this when I was a teenager. It was a formative book for me and affected me deeply. Later I bought it again but gave it away so others could read it. It is a book everybody should read.

About the Amazon seller, I will give bad feedback if I have to but I am giving them a chance first to sort it out. It looks like I may have been ripped off. About Tipping the Velvet don't worry I won't give away any plot. I was writing my review a couple of minutes ago and my PC crashed and I lost it all. Will start again now. No I have only read Fingersmith so far but was impressed with SW's writing. Would you call her chick lit? I dunno.

Hi Nicola I have had a slight annoyance about Tipping The Velvet. I ordered the book from a new seller on Amazon. I figured being a new seller he/she would give good service to want to get good feedback. BUT the book hasn't arrived and no reply to my queries. But I had the DVD at home ready to watch so I cheated and watched this first....If you are interested I will be reviewing it later tonight in my film review thread (members thread) This film has made me change my mind about gay people and how we treat them.

Hey Anika PM me . I will send you that Last Post book I just read. It was full of all those kind of things you want to read.

I read a book on this subject some time back missybct. It is not one of those mentioned so far and I can't remember the title or the author! But he was a respected psychologist profiler who had worked on several high profile cases. In it he espoused his own theory about what social conditions caused serial killers and some of the things they all had in common. To be honest the book chilled me to the bone. The fact that it was all real and there are these people out there. I will try to remember the title but it was a couple of years back. Hey missy I just noticed how have you managed to get 68 posts in already? You came after me I think....

Welcome englishrose. Yes this is a great place.

Hi Johhny welcome. That's a great old face in your avatar. Coffee? that's baby stuff. If you wanna pull an all nighter try ephedrine....

Hi Rebecca, I think I have already talked to you in a different section! I am still finding my way about this place. Happy reading. James

I think I will read that one next. I have just finished The Blue World by Jack Vance, an old favourite. I gave up on the Moses Legacy it was rubbish.

Reading a Book called the Moses Legacy. But I left that to re-read an old favourite. Slaves Of The Klau by Jack Vance. Just finished it. Will review later. Am on a roll now. Thanks to you lot I have now got a TBR pile. Something I have never had before. Here is what I have lined up: The Blue World The God of Small Things Tipping The Velvet The Night Watch Persuasion Bye for now

Not familiar with that book Katrina, the author's name doesn't sound very American though?

I would be guessing somebody dies right at the start! If it's an easy read I might slot this one in soon for february....

Namaste Vinay! If you have an Indian mum that battle will never end....I know I married one! Our kids are all doing well though....

Hi Missy, I am new too. I haven't read any of those you listed but I know Laundry Fairy has the "Five people you meet in heaven" on her bookshelf. Might give it a go.

Interesting! Thanks for the review. Till I read that it is definitely one I would NOT have picked up if I saw it. Might give it a go. Or I may not.

Mrs M, A Thousand Splendid Suns has been nominated for the Reading Circle Group. As you have the book already in your TBR pile maybe you would like to vote for it and join in? Welcome!! Vodkafan

Review: The Last Post by Max Arthur. Laundry Fairy got me this one for Christmas. There are a lot of similar books on the market at the moment, many of them by the same author, who has made it his thing. It is basically the recollections of the last surviving British veterans of the First World War. So you ladies might be forgiven for dismissing this as a "boy" book about war. Actually upon reading it I realised it has a much more general appeal, the reason why I will go into shortly. Twenty-one men write their stories in this book. They were all over a hundred already. By the time the book was finished there were only four left. And the last two- Henry Allingham and Harry Patch- died last year. This book really was the last post. The main strength of the book is that it does not only document the men's wartime experiences but they were encouraged to tell their whole life stories. And EACH one of these men has over a HUNDRED years of history to tell! So I quickly became fascinated by the glimpses of a world and English lifestyle long gone, as lived by the common man. The class system, the relative poverty, the village life. My own parents were born at the end of WW1 and some of the things they had told me from their childhoods I recognised . One of the stories made me feel strange as the man had trained and lived in Northampton. I knew all the factories and places he mentioned and I had even slept in the same army barracks as an army cadet as a kid. This was a very easy book to read as each chapter was a self-contained story and so I could read a whole chapter in odd moments.