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I watched that programme as well, it was really interesting, what i thought was most alarming was how even being slightly overweight increases your risk of developing life threatening conditions later in life.
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Totally agree Tuesdays With Morrie is a fabulous book
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I loved both The Moonstone & The Woman In White. I found two of his lesser known novels in secondhand bookshops, Fallen Leaves and No Name. I haven't got round to reading them yet so hoping that there not as well known because they aren't as good.
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Oh no !!!! Get rid of the boyfriend & keep the library Only joking That's very nice of you to give up your space Devi.
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I like the sound of The Blitz Diary but when i checked it out on Amazon it's much more expensive for the paperback, nearly made me wish i had a kindle
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So glad you enjoyed it Chalie The old movie of it with Lawrence Olivier playing Maxim was on at Christmas it's a bit dated now but still good, can't understand why there's never been a remake of it as it's such a good story. I finished The Rector & The Doctor's Family before i went to bed last night and have decided to make The Red Tent by Anita Diamant my next read.
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The Rector And The Doctor's Family Mrs Oliphant This is two short novels in one, The first The Rector, introduces us to Carlingford a small town near London. Set in the mid 1800's this is really a short story which tells of the arrival of a new rector and the effect he has on the small community -Is he a bachelor? Will he be high church or low? The new rector previously having led a cloistered life struggles to live up to his own & the people of Carlingfords expectations of him. The second novel The Doctor's Family and the longer of the two stories in which we meet Dr Rider who already burdened with a feckless older brother is further encumbered when his brother's wife and three children, whom he didn't know existed, turn up out of the blue with a sister in law -Nettie- a force to be reckoned with. I enjoyed both stories but in my opinion The Doctor's Family was the best as the first was less than 50 pages & so i felt a bit short changed only getting to know the characters & it was over. This is my second Mrs Oliphant having previously read & liked Hester.The books all have in common a strong central female character who support other family members both financially and emotionally and having read the introduction this seems to reflect Mrs Oliphants own life, she came from a family of strong women and weak men and when she became a widow in 1859 with three small children and £1000 in debt she wrote in order to support not only her own family but her brothers, nieces and nephews as well. Not as well known as Trollope, George Eliot & Austen her works are out of print so i'm really pleased that i discovered her and am looking forward to reading the rest of The Carlingford Chronicles.
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Yep Lego certainly saved the day
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Absolutely, my heart dropped into my boots when i saw them....my poor preciouses
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Adding the Drake Chronicles to my wishlist for my daughter who loves all things vampire. Thanks for the review Claire
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Glad you enjoyed Tess, Janet, must say i found it a very depressing read
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Sounds like you need Anger Management classes
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Sounds an interesting read, i wouldn't have thought a brain surgeon would have time to write a book
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I've only seen clips of the movie as i have the book to read first i do like a good adventure story though
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Must remember Steve gets p***ed off if you call it Sci Fi
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My daughter's school have arranged an author visit with Annabel Pitcher in a couple of weeks so i shall show her your review Chrissy no doubt she'll want to buy one of her books at the event & this sounds like the sort of thing she'll enjoy
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Hi Ashleighjane I bought The Northern Lights for my children but haven't got round to reading yet myself but i intend to do so at some point when i've got my own book pile down a bit. Happy reading for 2013
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I enjoyed The Hunger Games trilogy but for me the first book was the best but it's very much a series that you want to keep reading till you get to the end. Good luck with your reading in 2013
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Great review Bree, i really liked the book all the way through but i agree the ending part with her name was silly but for readability i'd give it 5 stars
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I definitely think it is worth persevering with Devi, i didn't mind the split narrative for me it kept the story interesting but i can see why some people might find it annoying
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I had a bit of a scare yesterday, i was hunting for lost lego pieces & had pulled out the sofa i have an overflow pile from my bookshelves stacked up at the side of the bookcases which i keep adding to & i noticed that the ones nearest the window had started to get mildewy :thud:I paniced a little but luckily the damage was superficial & just on the edges . Anyway hubby found a large plastic box in the shed which i've transferred them into & i've managed to wedge it under a side table out of the way. It's made me realise even more that i need to read the books i have before buying anymore.
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The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
Kidsmum replied to frankie's topic in Previous Reading Circle Books
Good question Bree The title doesn't seem to have much relevance to the actual story but it did make me think of the part where Line is asleep in the forest with her children & the wolf comes so close to her that she smells it's breath but doesn't harm her or the children. -
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
Kidsmum replied to frankie's topic in Previous Reading Circle Books
That's a relief i thought i was going to be the only one that didn't get it Because it was right at the end of the book i think i felt it must have more significance than it obviously did. I agree in a lot of ways he was worse than Line because he was such a coward. I did feel sorry for her when he abandoned them he must have known they could die out there all alone That made me angry as well i think he should have been made to sit in the snow till his bits dropped off at the very least -
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
Kidsmum replied to frankie's topic in Previous Reading Circle Books
Yes i hadn't really thought of that but they were kind of surplus to requirements.. For some reason in my head Parker looked like a Klingon, I thought he was quite similar to her husband in that he didn't really show his emotions maybe that was why she was attracted to him. Isn't it funny how we can all feel differently about a book although i agree it wasn't a barrel of laughs i didn't find it depressing At one point i thought Half Man was Nesbit , i thought maybe they called him that because of his drug addiction. It was only when Stewart calls out to him in cree that i realised it couldn't be Nesbit I would like it if Penney wrote a kind of prequel & told the full story of the Seton girls , i thought that part of the story was really interesting & would have liked to know more about them. -
I finished it last night & have just put my thoughts up but haven't had a chance to read through everyone else's yet hope to do that later today. My next read is going to be the first book in the Chronicles Of Carlingford series, The Rector & The Doctor's Family by Mrs Oliphant.