Ms Squiggles

Sorry for joining this conversation so late in the day, but I didn't have access to the final season when it aired on television and as a result had to wait for the box set to be released. I watched it over the course of 4 days last week ending with the finale on the Thursday evening. I've re-watched the last 30 minutes of The End a few times since then, and even now just thinking about the ending makes my eyes fill with tears. I personally found the ending to be perfect. I was and still am a little upset about a couple of little factors mainly... ... but at the same time I think the writers did a fantastic job wrapping things up and I think any other ending just wouldn't have been the same. I have to say that I think Lost has become my all-time favourite show and as a result and because I can't stop thinkning about the ending I've decided to do a complete re-watch. One episode per day until I've seen them all. Anyone care to join me?

I don't have the time to go through this entire thread at the moment, so apologies if this has been asked or mentioned before, but does anyone know if there is a complete, up-to-date list available online somewhere?

I'm in my late twenties, 29 to be exact. It seems hard to believe I'll be turning 30 next year. It's quite scary in fact.

How do you lot find the time to read, cross stitch and make your own handmade cards, on top of working and looking after the house, family etc?

I don't read any magazines these days, other than the Radio Times that is. I do occasionally flick through the pile of trashy magazines we have at work during my tea break if there's nothing else for me to do, but I don't read them as such. Certainly not cover to cover anyway.

* hangs head in shame * I haven't read any of the books on that list, although I do have a couple of them waiting to be read and there are a couple of others on the list which I would like to read at some point...

I love those bookshelves Charm, and yes they are very neat and tidy! I desperately need to get some bookshelves. Most of my books are piled up in corners of the room... or on any available surface I can find.

I was actually looking at the new Shopaholic book in my local Sainsbury's store this afternoon and I did deliberate over getting it. However, after a little bit of deliberation I walked away from it! I want to re-read the others first anyway so I may as well wait for the paperback version as I can't see me getting around to the rest of the series anytime soon!

I really need to get around to re-reading this again too. It's been many years since I read it; back when I was teenager in fact and I loved it then, so I'd love to re-read it to see if I enjoy it even more now that I'm older and more mature!

I think that's probably my favourite too. The scene on the plane is the funniest thing ever!

Up - The Saturdays

Julia, I can completely understand where you are coming from and even have to agree with you in some respects. I love Sophie Kinsella's style of writing and will read anything she writes under that name because of it, however, I do have to admit that I wish she'd left the Shopaholic Series alone after the first three books as I do think they went downhill a little after that. I don't think they're terrible by any means of the word but I do think that they kind of lost their edge. I much prefer her standalone books!

I'm really looking forward to reading the new Shopaholic book but I'm going to wait for the paperback version. Plus, it's been years since I read the earlier books so I'm tempted to try and fit in a re-read beforehand too.

Wow, I didn't know that about the lack of leave entitlement in the US. That sucks! I currently get 27 days paid annual leave (although this will rise to a maximum of 33) plus 8 bank/public holidays. I'm also extremely lucky in that I get sick pay too and if I remember correctly even on long-term sick we still get full pay for the first 6 months (not that I've ever had to use it mind). I guess I'm quite lucky in that respect.

I don't think I've ever read a book that's actually had pages missing before. I've read the odd library book that has had a few pages loose before but none that have actually been missing. I always tend to flick through library books and those that I buy in charity shops before borrowing/buying them to make sure that there aren't any pages missing. I've noticed minor mistakes in a few books over the years where one of the characters name has changed at some point, however it usually reverts back to the correct name fairly quickly.