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I read The Unmumsy Mum by Sarah Turner - absolutely brilliant

I hope you feel better soon - I had this about a month ago and its awful you really do have my sympathies and hope you feel well soon Also I might take part this weekend too if little one co-operates!

8) Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone - J. K. Rowling Synopsis - Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin! My Thoughts - My OH brought me the whole set of these books for Christmas as my originals are actually falling apart now from being read that much! Its no secret that I am rather Harry Potter obsessed - I love everything about the magical world and its this first book in the series that sets that whole world alight. These books are some of the reasons that I'm such a big reader as they influenced me so much during my childhood to read and read more! I haven't read the series in probably around 4 years and its surprising as to how much you forget and how much you are actually missed out within the films. I am totally shocked that I forgot about the character of Peeves and I wish he was in the movies as that would have been brilliant. I enjoyed the book that much I'm moving straight on to The Chamber of Secrets!

I brought Disclaimer by Renee Knight the other day while doing the dreaded weekly food shopping!

urgghhh that would have annoyed me too! Quite pleased I didnt get that far

Than you Happy reading to you too I'm curious - what happened a bit further on? I gave up in the end so I'm not sure what happened haha!

I loved that scene in OITNB! I've almost watched the whole lot now - I'm about halfway through season 3

We saw Deadpool last night - was brilliant

I'm going to save these books for my little one - its definitely going to be a few years before he can read them - he's only 16 months but I have a feeling they would be good bedtime stories! I'm going to get the next one in the series next week when I go shopping - I can't wait haha!

so sad one of my all time favourite must read books

Its on my to watch list on Netflix as soon as we have finished watching Orange is the New Black - but really looking forward to Shadow Hunters as I love the books

7) Just William - Richmal Crompton Synopsis - In Richmal Compton's Just William the Outlaws plan a day of non-stop adventure. The only problem is that William is meant to be babysitting. But William won't let that stop him having fun with his gang - he'll just bring the baby along! There is only one William. This tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, loveable imp of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his hundreds of thousands of admirers since 1922. This delightful children's classic features a contemporary cover look illustrated by Chris Riddell, along with the original inside illustrations by Thomas Henry, which will bring the antics of the mischievous William Brown to a new generation of children. My Thoughts - This is the first time I've ever read one of these books - I'm not too sure how they escaped me when I was younger as I think I would have really enjoyed it as a child. I really enjoyed the short stories based on William and his antics with his Outlaws. Some of the stories were quite predictable with what was going to happen but I really enjoyed them anyway. This is quite a big book series and while I'm not sure I'll read them all I'm definitely going to read the next one. I was also surprised with how well the books have stood up to the test of time as this was one thing that I was worried about but I understood and loved it a lot! Rating - 4/5

Thank you Yep its definitely a fun book - really surprised with how much I enjoyed it!

I've just finished Just William by Richmal Cromton and I've just started Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone for about the 100th time!

Well I'm definitely on the mend now and I'm hoping thats the illnesses over for a while - don't think I can handle any more!

Thank you Thats exactly how I felt about Mockingjay - it was still amazing but the first two books outdid the last! I'm reading Just William at the minute - with the week I've had I'm enjoying it a lot!

And if having flu wasn't bad enough I only went and got food poisoning last week I've never been so ill in my life and its taken me a whole week to start to feel better!

I'm going to read this - I'm a little worried about it being a play script as I don't always get on with them but its HARRY POTTER!!! eeekk!

6)The Lake of Dreams - Kim Edwards Synopsis - The darkest secrets are the ones we hide from ourselves. . . Ten years ago, traumatized by her father's death, Lucy left her home and her country. Now, she returns to her family's rambling lakeside home to lay old ghosts to rest. Sleepless one night, Lucy makes a momentous discovery. Locked in a moonlit window seat is a collection of family heirlooms - objects whose secrets no one was ever supposed to find. Piecing together her family's true history, she realises that the story she has always been told was a fiction . . . Mesmerizing and haunting, The Lake of Dreams is a startling story of family secrets and lies, lost love and redemption, and of the many pieces and puzzles that make up a life. My Thoughts - I picked up this book at the start of the year and thought it sounded really good. Unfortunately I just couldn't get into it at all. I kept on trying to get into this but I just couldn't. It didnt keep my attention and I just kept on having to re-read bits Rating - 1/5

5) Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Synopsis - Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge... The thrilling final instalment of this ground-breaking trilogy promises to be one of the most talked-about books of the year. My Thoughts - This is the last book in the Hunger Games trilogy and to be honest I pretty much soaked up the entire series very quickly. In this third book it kind of has a different agenda to the first two. I'm not sure if its because the plot is slightly different or if the character of Katniss has changed a lot due to everything that has happened but this book was different to the previous two. I enjoyed it very much but not quite as much as the first two. There are still some major plot twists in this books too - some that I couldn't quite believe were happening. I absolutely loved this series and I can't believe I left it so long to read. Its fantastic and I'll definitely be reading again. Rating - 5/5

Well my cold wasn't a cold - it was flu I've been so poorly the last few days and have really struggled but thankfully I'm now feeling much better

I've just started the book so hopefully I'll be able to start joining in soon

I got Ravenclaw - I've always thought I'd have fitted in well there!

I'm full of horrible cold and feel rotten On top of that little one is poorly too so its not fun in this household

Thank you