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  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,398
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    ...............the bf?

    Luv
    Love, Legs x
    'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,088
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    boyfriend Legs :(
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I don't have a pigeon, sorry! Not been on here long enough to have "real world" contact I think! I will try and let you know as soon as I can - even if it is a garbled post on maybe thursday? Might be hard typing through a morphine haze!! I will be got out of bed on thursday so I hope to be in a state to post!

    Ahhh, ex boyfriends. Those were the days eh? It is a shame he had the same thought as you though. Also a shame you still don't have your kindle back.
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,088
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I suppose the kindle is the least of my probelms really poor kids :(

    still they have to learn to deal with loss I suppose.

    Thursday will be fine frogmella and a short post on here is enough just to let us know you are alright.

    Love

    toni xxx
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Yes, Toni, it is all part of growing up I suppose. I hope she gets over it quickly and enjoys some single time.
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,088
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I am still devoid of my kindle :(

    woe is me.....

    Might try to swap it for my Wendy Wallace manual book???

    How are the rest of the book-worms doing this weekend?

    Love

    Toni xxx
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi guys! Thank you for keeping book club running, has a Book of the Month for March been choosen yet? I'm going to get back to reading now the babies have settled in and are happy running about without me keeping watch over them every minute!!
  • suzygirl
    suzygirl Member Posts: 2,005
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I can't remember if we chose a book or not? I am all up to date with books & reading a series of books all titled justice something by M.Morley. Too riveting!!!

    Still not posting much due to my bad arm.
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,088
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh no!!

    Do we have no March book Amanda (lovely to see you BTW - glad teh babies are well :D )

    I have my kinlde back and am reading a Michael Robotham Say you're sorry Have swapped with the Wendy Wallace :wink:

    Books can't half get you thorugh some rough times can't they?
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Yes, Toni, books are my favourite painduller!
    Hi Amanda- good to see you back. :D I bet your kittens are full of mischief!

    I have made a big shortlist on the library website so that I will be well entertained post op but will be happy to add the March book of the month once it is chosen.
  • suzygirl
    suzygirl Member Posts: 2,005
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Who wants to choose the March book? I will get my thinking hat on :idea:
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,088
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Any of teh books on your list suitable for book of the month Frogmella??

    Hi Suzy I am glad you are thinking too.....

    I'm having a root back through my kindle.....

    Has anyone else read Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes??

    I read it from 'cover to cover' in 24 hours in France a year or so back.

    love

    Toni xxx
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hiya! Distractring myself before I leave! I have read into the darkest corner. Pretty sure it was brilliant. (checks journal) yes - read it last Jan.

    Not sure about book of the month. I am waiting for The fault in our stars by John Green. How about that one? Got a high profile at the moment so may be easy to get?

    Anyway. I am delaying! See you on the other side.
    :D
  • suzygirl
    suzygirl Member Posts: 2,005
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I have read Darkest Corner as well, enjoyed it!!

    Will check out that book Frogmella.
  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,398
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    After what you've all said I've just downloaded Darkest Corner. :D

    Luv,
    Love, Legs x
    'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
  • suzygirl
    suzygirl Member Posts: 2,005
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I want a really good bargain 20p kindle book to be book of the month to celebrate the fact I am finally in the kindle club :D

    Get hunting girlies :lol::lol::lol:
  • Bydand1980
    Bydand1980 Member Posts: 35
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I'd reccomend Popular Music From Vittula (sometimes jus Popular Music) by Mikael Niemi.

    It's a sort of coming of age story about two young boys in the remote Arctic region of Tornedalen in Sweden (not far from the famous Ice Hotel!) in the 1950's. The story follows two young boys as they discover rock 'n' roll music and dream about being in a rock band. It follows them into their teenage years with a very gritty and realistic view of life in that area with the usual family and small town life.
    Covering everything from life and death to religion and vodka fuelled sauna competitions (surprisingly not where the death part comes in!), ghosts, a pretty surreal plane journey and a really disgusting "summer job" it's a really intrieguing story with real depth to the characters and the environment where they live which realy plays a part in shaping the people you see them become as the story progresses.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Popular-Music-ebook/dp/B0044DE910/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1361931661&sr=8-2
  • Bydand1980
    Bydand1980 Member Posts: 35
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    The Complete Works of Plato

    Now before you start thinking WTH, let me say what an amazing book this is!!! - Honestly!!

    When I first read Plato and the Socratic dialogues I was really really surprised at how accessable they were and how easy they were to read and understand. I first had to read some of Plato's books at uni but I kept on reading more and more beyond the required reading because I found them fascinating and I was amazed at how much I was drawn into the world of ancient Greece and the people found in these "stories".

    There is often a sort of snobbery about the "classics" and so-called "deep" philosophical "works" but when you take each of the books on their own what you have is a collection of really great dialogues that could make great theater never mind great reading.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Works-Plato-Annotated-ebook/dp/B007MJMUE6/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1361932598&sr=1-3
  • suzygirl
    suzygirl Member Posts: 2,005
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Just downloaded The Trip by Aaron Niz it sounds a bit like an Agatha Christie! Has 4 1/2 stars and looks really good. Just got to finish Guaranteed Justice by M A Corley final book of series, this is ghe 5th one I have read since Thursday, so good job it is the last one :lol::lol::lol::lol: Have loved them, and took my mind off the pain.
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi and welcome bydand1980 to The Book Club I do like the sound of Popular Music From Vittula by Mikael Niemi It would be a interesting read I think and a new style of book to add to the other styles of read we have tried.
    So what does everybody thing? Would you all like Popular Music From Vittula to be Book of the Month for March as recommended bydand1980 our new Member?

    Now my new babies have settled in I can get back to reading, I have missed my kindle and need to seriously catch up!! Glad to be back!
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,088
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Go on then Amanda

    Thanks to bydand1980 for the suggestion and welcome to the bookclub from me :)

    Is it available on kindle?

    Oh folks I have VERY BAD news :(

    I have broken my kindle :shock: I am so so so so upset! and they don't make the kindle keypad now. Luckily i got one from ebay and it's new :D Waiting for it to arrive now.

    Has anyone heard from Frogmella???

    I do hope she is doing ok :?

    Love

    Toni xxx
  • Bydand1980
    Bydand1980 Member Posts: 35
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thanks for the welcom Toni & Bubbadog

    I should warn you now that I have some pretty eclectic and sometimes bizzare reading but I'll try to keep any reccomendations "sensible"!!!

    I studied philosophy and just now host a couple of shows on local community radio, that kinda influances a lot of my reading. One of the shows is a theological show on a Sunday afternoon so I do dip in and out of a whole host of theological, philosophical and political books while researching for that.
    Occaisionally something might come up in that sort of style which is so good I might reccomend it Chavs by Owen Jones is a pretty good example along with the Plato book I mentioned a couple of posts back.

    Apart from "work" books (which I do actually like!) I like reading a lot of sci-fi, nordic stories, comedy, music (especially folk, rock, classical and heavy metal), culture, travel and some of the great classics.

    Some of my favourite writers are Robert Heinlein, J.R.R. Tolkien, H.C. Andersen, Daniel Dennet and Snorri Sturluson.
  • suzygirl
    suzygirl Member Posts: 2,005
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Byland and welcome from me :D I seem to have missed welcoming you :lol: It is interesting to hear other views and interests when it comes to books.
  • frogmella
    frogmella Member Posts: 1,111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hiya bookclubbers! I am still in hospital but will order that book when I escape. Wish i was playing with kitties rather than being in here!!
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,088
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    So Bydand do you have an easier suggestion for our March book???

    Or do you think Popular music from vittula will do us??

    Hi Suzygirl - good to see you.

    I have my replacement kindle already up and running too :D YAY!!!

    Love

    Toni xx

    FROGMELLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Great to see you how are you doing??

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