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[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Struggled to get into my book yesterday, so dipped into Seesaw and then paperback wise, Live Bait

[Patti (baconater)]

Kath wrote: "It's my juvenilia. Long in the tooth juvenilia! ;)

Edit - and thank you both. Where are my manners? Subsumed in a flurry of chuffedness!"

We'll need to dig you out with a land spoon. (I saw something on Facebook where someone called a shovel a land spoon and that's what I'm gonna call them from now on)

[Kath]

That sounds like something Abe Simpson might say. 'I used to call coleslaw liberty cabbage. But only I knew that...'

[Patti (baconater)]

I love that you can quote Grampa.

[Kath]

We fogeys stick together. With spilt porridge and gravy, usually.

[Patti (baconater)]

Kath wrote: "We fogeys stick together. With spilt porridge and gravy, usually."

GL, we need a towel in here. Kath is dribbling again.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

[David]

Good job it's not Mr Cox under that towel, else Kath'd be dribbling even more.

That's C.O.X., as in Brian.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Betcha Patti is dribbling now!

[David]

Someone left a mop and bucket in my author thread. I'll go and get it.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

What on earth is going on in here??

[Will]

I'm confused. How come his towel doesn't drape straight down?

I can understand the bit from his shoulder to his hands. That's at an angle because he's holding on to it. But the rest of the towel from his hands downwards ought to fall towards the floor and not continue on at an angle of 10% from the vertical.

That's either one very stiff towel or there is something underneath the towel stopping it from dangling straight down.

Ohhh. I see. Surely he doesn't have velcro on his willy?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

maybe its sellotaped to his leg?


The towel, not his willy...

[Patti (baconater)]

Yeah, so today I started something.

Hehehehehe

[Kath]

Ne'mind his willie- show us his wallet!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Amazing! One towel has managed to totally derail this thread...

[Kath]

It was on rails?

[Lexie]

I come back after the weekend and find we're discussing towel rails - thought I'd clicked on IKEA by mistake. Oh! Now I've scrolled back ...

[Kath]

Just finished (a day or two ago) Auto 2 by David Wailing. It's the long-awaited continuation of the Auto saga. Excellent stuff!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Pam]

Just finished Hounds of the Morrigan and now on The Long Secret.

[Karen]

Pam wrote: "Just finished Hounds of the Morrigan and now on The Long Secret."

I loved The Hounds of the Mórrígan, read it years ago when my kids were school age. One of my all time favourites. That strapline's a blxxdy cheek though - 'if you like Harry Potter...'. It's way ahead of HP, a totally different league. Beautifully written.

Just finished The Corpse Reader - it kept up the pace right to the end, and was thoroughly enthralling. A great mystery and briliantly evoked sense of place - mediaeval China.
Off to start one of the last 2013 downloads on my list. Only a handful to go now.

[Will]

A towel rail! Or a towel derail, which is presumably a towel rail's arch nemesis.

Heated perhaps?

[Lexie]

Definitely!

[Will]

Now I come to think of it, what is the plural of nemesis? Nemesisses? Nemeses? I think the second one, but it sounds a bit odd.

For that matter, I was tickled to learn that the singular of ravioli is raviolo. Which probably means that the singular of Ferrari ought to be Ferraro.

[Lexie]

And just the one panino, too. Yes, Nemeses, says the linguistic pedant in the corner. And octopodes.

[Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo)]

I found out the reason why the pronunciation of Moet and Chandon had changed. The 't' on Moet has been hardened because Mr Moet was Dutch, not French.

Lesson learned.

[Patti (baconater)]

Stick to your plonk, Geoff.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

In which case it should be pronounced Moot... :)

[Lexie]

That's definitely a moot point.

[Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo)]

A point of moot please. In a big glass.

[Pam]

Karen wrote: "Pam wrote: "Just finished Hounds of the Morrigan and now on The Long Secret."

I loved The Hounds of the Mórrígan, read it years ago when my kids were school age...That strapline's a blxxdy cheek though - 'if you like Harry Potter...'. It's way ahead of HP, a totally different league. Beautifully written."

Yes my copy has that too and I found it annoying. I bought a copy as a present for a friend's daughter years ago and she enjoyed it so I bought one for myself and have only just got round to reading it - it was published well before Harry Potter!

[Jud]

Karen wrote: "Pam wrote: "Just finished Hounds of the Morrigan and now on The Long Secret."

I loved The Hounds of the Mórrígan, read it years ago when my kids were school age. One of my all time fa..."

I just bought this because of your comments

[Read On!]

Just finished
This had the potential to be so much more than an average 3 star novel. A shame the author wasn't a bit more heavy handed with the drama side of things.
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Kath]

Heard varying reviews of this, Read On. Not sure it's my thing.

[Patti (baconater)]

I've given up on the Jean Auel. Too much repetition.

I've given up on the Jean Auel. Too much repetition.

[Read On!]

Kath wrote: "Heard varying reviews of this, Read On. Not sure it's my thing."

According to the reviews I read after finishing the novel, she has a big following and even her hardcore fans said this is most definitely not her best work. I've never read any of her previous books and so just took it at face value. It's easy enough to read but certainly doesn't leave any lasting impression on you. In a word - forgettable.

[David]

I've read a couple or so of Anne Tyler's books and liked them a lot.

These two in particular:
The Accidental Tourist
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

I don't know how they compare to her latest one, though.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

I enjoyed The Accidental Tourist too, and The Amateur Marriage.

[Stuart]

I've had two amateur marriages. More than one was accidental...

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Rosens fantastic Seesaw, hopefully get chance to do a review over the weekend. Restarted Ancient Images by Ramsay Campbell, got into it this time

[Pam]

I read a lot of Ramsey Campbell some years ago.

Just finished The Amber Spyglass and about to start Red Moon and Black Mountain

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Read a short story collection while waiting for my train last night. 5-Minute Tea Break Stories

[Natasha]

Finished The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It by Owen Jones. Really enjoyed it.

Hauling myself through Neuromancer by William Gibson (at 65%). Barely understand a word of it. Allegedly, it's worth it in the end. ...

[Michael]

I've just finished reading Michael Patrick Hicks' novel Emergence and it's a good sci-fi thriller with some fast paced action:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

I've just finished reading David Haynes' latest release The Journal of Reginald Perigar and it's a wonderful horror read - highly recommended:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[David]

Just finished Andy Barrett's Sword of Damocles.

An excellent 5* read.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Michael]

David wrote: "Just finished Andy Barrett's Sword of Damocles.

An excellent 5* read.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

I enjoyed the first two books - I must get around to reading this one.

[Kath]

I think it's one of his best - though Black by Rose is my favourite!

[Stuart]

Must get round to reading them as he seems to be such a fine chap!

[Kath]

He most certainly is. I can't tell you how many fine chaps and chapesses I've met on these forums, yourself included!