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[Vanessa (aka Dumbo)]

Maureen,
If you like vampire books that are not like the YA sort can I suggest Blood Tears by Raven Dane. Included in the story is how vampires, or dark kind, helped in WW2. I found it very good and only 86p.

Sorry I can't do a link to Amazon UK.

[Patti (baconater)]

Let me try to do a link...

Blood Tears


Seems to be sequel too.

Blood Lament

Blurbs aren't great, are they?

[Vanessa (aka Dumbo)]

The blurbs aren't but surprisingly the book is. Have a read of the reviews.
I've also read Blood Lament which I also enjoyed.

[Philip (sarah)]

Finished It Could Happen Again a novella by Sonia Rumzi. Wouldn't recommend it. 20% into Catch Your Death. Seems much more promising.Both freebies downloaded this week.

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Patti (P E) wrote: "I knew you'd like The Help, Kew. I think the film is coming out soon...

I read Tiaras...etc a while back. It was okay but not quite what I was hoping for. I'm interested to hear what you think."

I've finished Tiaras and Tantrums: Twenty-five Years in Service at Kedleston Hall and I did find it interesting but I was disgusted by the way that the Curzon's treated their servants - as if they were machine and it was an inconvenient nuisance to them if they broke down (ie - worked themselves to illness keeping up with their unreasonable demands!) grrrr. They weren't contributing anything at all to society, it made me angry.

I'm reading another memoir now (I do enjoy these as I'm interested in history and what better source than peoples own experiences!), There's a calf in the sitting room.... which I'm finding very well written so far.

:0)

[Jud]

I finished The Book Thief last night as well as The Blue Fairy Book so i started The Wombles and finished that as well. Can't decide what to read next but i'm thinking of starting Brisingr

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Did you enjoy the Wombles book? I loved it and I think I'm going to get a few more of them! Have asked for Gift Certificates for my birthday...

[Jud]

Yea! I really enjoyed it but i love kids books, was thinking i'll have to find a dvd of the tv episodes now and watch them or youtube them. Think i'll have to get the rest of the books too.

[Jud]

"underground, overground wombling free, wombles of Wimbledon Common are we. Making good use of the things that we find, things that the everyday folk leave behind"

Can't get it out of my head

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

The songs are all up on Youtube - go on have an orgy of nostalgia like I did!

[Jud]

I did!! :o)

[Vanessa (aka Dumbo)]

Jud (judder) wrote: "Yea! I really enjoyed it but i love kids books, was thinking i'll have to find a dvd of the tv episodes now and watch them or youtube them. Think i'll have to get the rest of the books too."

Have you read Carl Ashmore's books - The Time Hunters, Bernard and the Bibble and The Night they Nicked Saint Nick?

The Time Hunters
Bernard and the Bibble
The Night They Nicked Saint Nick

[Jud]

i have not, but no doubt in the near future i will now thanks to you!

[Jud]

ha! time hunters was already on my wish list!

[Ian]

Just finished which was great but could have been a bit shorter. The film is much tighter and unusually for a film, better than the book. Just started by Helen Dunsmore. New author for me...about the siege of St.Petersburg in WW2.

[Maureen (Mews)]

Were you able to understand the Scottish slang ok in Trainspotting, Ian? I am Scottish and even I found it took a bit of getting used to. And I agree that this was one of those rare occasions where the film was better than the book.

[Philip (sarah)]

Just finished Catch Your Death. I thoroughly enjoyed it,fast moving thriller with a subtle viral theme,romance and murder.The first of a trilogy though each book stands alone.Ready to start Six Seconds.

[Ian]

Maureen (Mews) wrote: "Were you able to understand the Scottish slang ok in Trainspotting, Ian? I am Scottish and even I found it took a bit of getting used to. And I agree that this was one of those rare occasions whe..."

I found the slang really entertaining and I enjoyed working it out by reading it aloud when on occasion I was struggling. It meant that all the characters sounded Scottish as I read 9which was guid - lol), although as I'd seen the film, they did sound a lot like Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlisle et al.

[Jud]

Scottish slang is really hard to work out sometimes!! Its like learning a different language.

[Patti (baconater)]

Like??? It is!!!

[Jud]

aye, a ken. ;o)

[Ian]

What's the difference between Bing Crosby and Walt Disney? Bing sings and Walt disnae.....bu,bum

[Vanessa (aka Dumbo)]

I used to watch Rab C Nesbitt and the Still Game so I picked up some of the Scottish lingo from them.

Has anyone read the Barney Thomson books by Douglas Lindsay?
They're comedy murder books about a Scottish barber.

[Maureen (Mews)]

Vanessa - I wasn't so keen on Rab C Nesbitt, although I did and still do love Still Game (I was sad when I heard their comedy partership broke up and wouldn't be making anymore). I watched my favourite episode again just the other night. The one where they try to "fix" the electricity meter....hilarious! (I have a copy of the DVD boxset somewhere but I was too lazy to look it out and ended up finding it on youtube, for anyone who wants to watch it).

I've read the first Barney Thomson book and the rest are on my ever growing TBR list.

[Jud]

Ian wrote: "What's the difference between Bing Crosby and Walt Disney? Bing sings and Walt disnae.....bu,bum"

Haha! Love it!

[Simon (Highwayman)]

I'm going to move this into chat because.....



Because I like it, and because I can!

[Jud]

you're such a power hungry dictator

[Simon (Highwayman)]

And Patti is safely out of the way being fed airline grub.

[Patti (baconater)]

Oh no she isn't!
What did you, Simon???
Don't make me come over there!

[Simon (Highwayman)]

Oops.

I think you must be getting me muddled up with the other Simon Patti.

(Dotty, quick, untie Vanessa).

[Audrey (Seaholly)]

Right I'm confused,Why has dotty got Vanessa tied up.

[Patti (baconater)]

I dunno. Something about chaps and unravelling threads...

[Simon (Highwayman)]

A successful dictator has to round up the trouble makers to get obedience from his subjects.

[Audrey (Seaholly)]

Ahh makes purrfect sense now

[Vanessa (aka Dumbo)]

Oooh, I'm seeing another side to you Simon...or should I call you Big Dick...Highwayman...and what are you doing with Black Bess?

[Simon (Highwayman)]

Have you been peeping Vanessa?

Not sure about black bess though. Horses are nasty bitey things that kick and eat your trebor mint.

[Vanessa (aka Dumbo)]

I like horses but when I've riden them I felt a bit dizzy...I can't stand heights.

You turned around a bit quick when you were wearing those chaps...I think you're supposed to wear trousers under them.
;0)

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

Ian wrote: "Gave up on and now part way though which I'm really enjoying. Read [bookcover:A Town Like ..."

Have you read Nevil Shute's autobiography, Slide Rule, about his life before he became a full time author. It's a fascinating story of the aviation industry during the 1930's as he was employed by deHaviland and worked on the R100 airship.

[Sharon4]

I've just finished Arnold Bennett's The Ghost A Modern Fantasy which was OK, not terrible, but not brilliant either. Maybe it's because he's outside the environs of the Potteries, but his dry, mordant humour deserted him completely and the story itself didn't really hit the mark. I like ghost stories, but I wasn't convinced by this one.

I'm about to start Shirley Mckay's Hue and Cry which I have high hopes of, because I read a sample and was drawn in straight away. It's a while since I sat down with a historical murder mystery and this one looks like a nice solid one.

[Anita]

I enjoyed Hue & Cry Sharon4, it was a little slow to start with but good enough for me to buy the next 2 which were at good price.
Hope you enjiy it too.

[Jud]

flip me Vanessa I think you need censored ;o) remember there is a minor in this group!!

I just finished The Magician's Nephew and have started The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Have never read these before and am really enjoying LWW so far. Am a little confused though is the witch from the Magicians Nephew meant to be the white witch who is now in Narnia!?! I don't know but I assume so

[Patti (baconater)]

Oops, you've read them in the wrong order! LWW is the first book in the series.

I read the series ago. Can't remember what happens in magican's nephew...

[Jud]

I'm reading them in the chronological order. The magicians nephew is a prequel to the series even though it was published last. I got really confused when my kindle told me that was number 1 in the series so i researched it for ages to make sure and decided thats the order i'd read them in.

It tells you how narnia was created and how the lampost got there and how the wardrobe was created and why it leads to narnia

[Patti (baconater)]

Oh! Yes, of course it is!

The first couple of books were made into films recently, I think.

Can't remember the witch, sorry.

I'm brain dead. Going to take my kindle to bed before I fall over...

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Jud (judder) wrote: "I'm reading them in the chronological order. The magicians nephew is a prequel to the series even though it was published last. I got really confused when my kindle told me that was number 1 in t..."

I haven't read the books for years, but I did read them over and over in the past. Yes, the witch from Magician's Nephew did turn out to be the White Witch in Narnia!

:0)

[Catalina]

when i read the series i had no idea there was a prequal to it...definitely going to add them all on my to-read list...
plus i was 15, read them in Romanian...i am sure there was a lot lost in translation...

[Jud]

i'm really enjoying them, was gutted when my break finished there cause i had to stop. Still got my lunch hour though yay!!

[Maureen (Mews)]

Just finished Even the Dogs. A rather bleak story about drugs, alcoholism and homelessness (is that even a word? doesn't look right on my screen). I am glad I read through the many reviews on it first though because it was written in a very quirky way with incomplete sentences and I may have thought that was a formatting error on the Kindle edition.

Just started The Quiche of Death. It's not really grabbing me so far. But that could be something to do with the fact that it is my first DTB I've read since I got my Kindle and I am finding it a little weird going back to a normal book.

[Simon (Highwayman)]

Curses Jud....


I read The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe when I was a kid. Now I have to buy it and I never even knew The Magicians Nephew existed so I have to get that too!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I started with The Silver Chair as someone gave it to me for a birthday present. I was thrilled to find out there were 6 more in the series. Silver Chair ended up as my least favourite of them all. I read them so much I wore out my copies and had to save up my pocket money to buy replacements.