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bobblybear

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  1. Oh no, that doesn't bode well. The synopsis sounds interesting, so I hope I enjoy it more than you have.
  2. Hello Stocko, and welcome to the forum!
  3. Hi Verna. Welcome to the forum!
  4. Hello Palagrin, and welcome to the forum!
  5. Hello Joey! Welcome to the forum!
  6. Hi Andrew, and welcome to the forum. Cryptonomicon is on my TBR pile; I've heard it requires a certain amount of dedication!
  7. I can't read when I'm tired as I just end up falling asleep, regardless of how good the book is. Maybe it's the irregular work patterns that is causing it. My work day is quite standard, but sometimes I still find I am too tired to do any decent reading.
  8. I'm reading World War Z and it's pretty good so far.
  9. I loved The Book Thief; it was such a moving story. I had to give up on The Lacuna, even though I really enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible. It just didn't grab me in the same way. I plan on reading The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry later this month for our Reading Circle Group, and Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is on my wishlist, because it just sounds brilliant.
  10. I sometimes tend to skim whole chunks when a book is extremely dull. But when I start doing that, I usually end up leaving the book unfinished.
  11. I'm reading World War Z, and it suggests my next read should be Day by Day Armageddon by JL Bourne. Most of the books suggested are in the same genre (zombies, post-apocalyptic), but there are some odd ones in there, like Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden and Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture In All Its Moods.
  12. I finished The Devil Wears Prada last night, and have moved onto World War Z by Max Brooks.
  13. I know I'm a few reviews behind, but I've selected the next chunk of books to read (in no particular order): Hyperion - Dan Simmons While We're Far Apart - Lynn Austin The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt Safe House - Chris Ewen Plague - Lisa C Hinsley The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 - Sue Townsend The World's Greatest Idea - John Farndon Megacatastrophes! - David Darling & Dirk Schulze-Makuch The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce World War Z - Max Brooks Born Liars: Why We Can't Live Without Deceit - Ian Leslie
  14. It goes without saying that we need photos!
  15. I've added The Great Tax Robbery to my wishlist; I suspect it's going to make my blood boil.
  16. Nearly finished with The Devil Wears Prada. I'm enjoying it but I've come to realise that it's pretty much 350 pages of the same scenario over and over. I've had to give up on Worm. I found it too heavy on the technical side, and it just wan't holding my interest. I was hoping for something like The Cuckoo's Egg which was a bit more adventurous rather than techy. My next non-fiction from my reading plan is Now Then Lads: Tales of A Country Bobby by Mike Pannett. Once that's done, I shall plan my next 10 or so books. Might sound sad, but I'm quite looking forward to choosing the next lot to read.
  17. Morrisons own brand of hot chocolate. It is vile.
  18. I've heard very mixed reviews on Heart of Darkness, with a lot of people really struggling with it. I'm about a third through The Devil Wears Prada. I'm really enjoying it, far more than I thought I would.
  19. I think it's more the way the romantic elements are described, as very much a 'first love' and teenagery fluttery/gushing type thing. Yes, you're right - it is a lot to do with the character ages, as the central characters were 16 -18. Not sure how old Bradwell was, but he can't have been older than 20. I shall definitely be reading the sequels at some point.
  20. The Big Necessity: Adventures in the World of Human Waste – Rose George This turned out to be a very comprehensive book about human excrement and what happens to it. At nearly 300 pages long, it’s almost too detailed, but it certainly is an eye-opener. A large section is devoted to sanitation (or lack thereof) and it’s impact on developing nations. Four in ten people have no access to any form of toilet (even a hole in the ground). Instead they go where they can, in forests or in the street, a practice referred to as ‘open defecation’. This lack of sanitation causes one in ten of the world’s illnesses. Diarrhoea (nearly 90% of which is caused by faecally contaminated food or water) kills a child every 15 seconds. In the poor world, proper disposal of human waste can reduce diarrhoea by nearly 40%. Currently 1.8 million child deaths relate to clean water and sanitation. No act of terrorism generates economic devastation on the same scale yet the issue barely registers on the international agenda. It's very detailed reading, but the author leaves no stone unturned, so if you ever want to know about this particularly necessity, then I'd highly recommend this one. 4/6
  21. Life of Pi. Thought it was amazing.
  22. I probably will read the second novel at some point, as I own it on my Kindle. It's not that I didn't like it, it was just very light. I prefer books with a bit more of a serious story, but still like to occasionally delve into books like Bridget Jones' Diary. I know I've watched the second movie, but I can't remember it at all, aside from thinking it wasn't as good as the first one. Still, Colin Firth....... I'm studying CIMA, which is a Management Accounting qualification. It's pretty intense - can't wait till I'm finished with it (in two long years). True. I have been pretty restrained this year, I think.
  23. I finished Pure this morning and I'm still gathering my thoughts on it. I love the concept of fusing and have never read anything like that before. I think it's brilliantly original. I thought the book ended on a bit of a cliff hanger; I really wanted them to progress further, but I guess the story will be more developed in the rest of the trilogy. It had a few YA elements in it, such as budding romance, but that didn't bother me as much as it sometimes does.
  24. I haven't read half as much as I planned because I fell asleep mid-afternoon. I have just started The Devil Wears Prada this evening. Seems ok so far.
  25. When the shops open today I'm going to pop out for one of those nasal sprays. They have pretty good reviews and I saw them yesterday, but decided to just try the pollen barrier balm instead. One of the active ingredients in the anti-histamines makes me super drowsy, and the other one (loratadine) gave me an irregular heart beat which scared the bejeezus out of me, and on top of that, it didn't work!! There don't seem to be any natural remedies that work, so I think I'll have to try something different (spray). I bought something similar yesterday which got rave reviews, but it hasn't done the trick. I was reading that pollen counts will be very high this year due to the cold spring, so maybe it would help with low pollen. I was reading something about a saline flush which may help. I think it's going to be a case of trial and error. Mine isn't constant, but when it's on it's very bad. Yesterday when we were out in the woodland, I had a very bad moment where my nose was just streaming and my eyes were itching and swollen. But after about 10 minutes, it subsided and I still sneezed occasionally.....it's the tickle in my nose that really irritates me. Stuffing tissue up there helps but I can only do that at home for obvious reasons. I plan on having a 'catch-up' day today. Catching up on reading, housework, washing which is piling up. I have work tomorrow and I'm not looking forward to it after 4 glorious days off.
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