Originally Posted by Rosgirl:
Jude the obscure -Thomas Hardy
Ah yes Rosi Thomas Hardy 
though Jude is probably his darkest book? His poems are interesting too.
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
James and the Giant Peach
I'm with you there!
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Probably should not say this but I am related to Enid Blyton..
oh, you lucky person... how lovely 
Thanks, although she is a little way along the family tree, my mother met her.
Oooh how intriguing I liked that biographical drama the BBC did with Helena Bonham Carter as Enid.
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien (fka noseyrosie):
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Probably should not say this but I am related to Enid Blyton..
oh, you lucky person... how lovely
Thanks, although she is a little way along the family tree, my mother met her.
Oooh how intriguing I liked that biographical drama the BBC did with Helena Bonham Carter as Enid.
You know what, I did not know there was one.
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Oooh....a book I really really loved as an adult, was Ben Elton's Blast From the Blast. I highly recommend it!
It was the first book of his that I ever read....and I loved it so much I wanted to read his others.... but yeah, I should have quit while I was ahead. 
I love all Ben Eltons - really enjoyed his latest 'Two Brothers'. I think he's a great and very underrated writer.
Maybe I need to give him another chance Sooz? I think it was the Big Brother based one that put me off him.
LOL! Are we all going to go missing from this forum using our Tablets and I-Pads 
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien (fka noseyrosie):
Originally Posted by Rosgirl:
Jude the obscure -Thomas Hardy
Ah yes Rosi Thomas Hardy though Jude is probably his darkest book? His poems are interesting too.
I'm not into poetry at all but I really like his stuff. I would have loved to have met TH - Charles Dickens too.
Originally Posted by Sprout:
LOL! Are we all going to go missing from this forum using our Tablets and I-Pads
Nooooo! Only a paper book will do. Nothing beats the smell of a new book!
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Oooh....a book I really really loved as an adult, was Ben Elton's Blast From the Blast. I highly recommend it!
It was the first book of his that I ever read....and I loved it so much I wanted to read his others.... but yeah, I should have quit while I was ahead.
I love all Ben Eltons - really enjoyed his latest 'Two Brothers'. I think he's a great and very underrated writer.
Maybe I need to give him another chance Sooz? I think it was the Big Brother based one that put me off him.
Really? I thought that one was very well done.
Originally Posted by Sprout:
LOL! Are we all going to go missing from this forum using our Tablets and I-Pads
Sprout, you mind reader. I was going to ask how many people buy paper books or have gone over to the electronic method of consuming literature.
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien (fka noseyrosie):
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Probably should not say this but I am related to Enid Blyton..
oh, you lucky person... how lovely
Thanks, although she is a little way along the family tree, my mother met her.
Oooh how intriguing I liked that biographical drama the BBC did with Helena Bonham Carter as Enid.
You know what, I did not know there was one.
It was good and she didn't come out too badly. Though apparently she wasn't maternal to her own children, it made you understand why she was the way she was.
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Oooh....a book I really really loved as an adult, was Ben Elton's Blast From the Blast. I highly recommend it!
It was the first book of his that I ever read....and I loved it so much I wanted to read his others.... but yeah, I should have quit while I was ahead.
I love all Ben Eltons - really enjoyed his latest 'Two Brothers'. I think he's a great and very underrated writer.
Maybe I need to give him another chance Sooz? I think it was the Big Brother based one that put me off him.
I think you'd like Two Brothers - it was a bit of a change of direction but very good.
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
LOL! Are we all going to go missing from this forum using our Tablets and I-Pads
Nooooo! Only a paper book will do. Nothing beats the smell of a new book!
I've heard that, but they take up space don't they?
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien (fka noseyrosie):
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien (fka noseyrosie):
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Probably should not say this but I am related to Enid Blyton..
oh, you lucky person... how lovely
Thanks, although she is a little way along the family tree, my mother met her.
Oooh how intriguing I liked that biographical drama the BBC did with Helena Bonham Carter as Enid.
You know what, I did not know there was one.
It was good and she didn't come out too badly. Though apparently she wasn't maternal to her own children, it made you understand why she was the way she was.
It's interesting you should say that because within the family she was not renowned for being warm and fuzzy !!!!
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
LOL! Are we all going to go missing from this forum using our Tablets and I-Pads
Sprout, you mind reader. I was going to ask how many people buy paper books or have gone over to the electronic method of consuming literature.
I've got a tablet, although haven't d/loaded any books on it yet (as I said, I'm not a great reader these days) but I do have a few paperbacks upstairs
Originally Posted by Sprout:
LOL! Are we all going to go missing from this forum using our Tablets and I-Pads
No...tried a Kindle, give me a book any day I hated it 
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien (fka noseyrosie):
Originally Posted by Rosgirl:
Jude the obscure -Thomas Hardy
Ah yes Rosi Thomas Hardy though Jude is probably his darkest book? His poems are interesting too.
I'm not into poetry at all but I really like his stuff. I would have loved to have met TH - Charles Dickens too.
Theres something about his style I like.
Have to agree to disagree with you on Dickens. I could never get into his books 
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
LOL! Are we all going to go missing from this forum using our Tablets and I-Pads
No...tried a Kindle, give me a book any day I hated it
I need to try d/loading a book on the tablet and see which I like better
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
LOL! Are we all going to go missing from this forum using our Tablets and I-Pads
No...tried a Kindle, give me a book any day I hated it
I need to try d/loading a book on the tablet and see which I like better
good luck...its just not a book to me sadly
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
Really? I thought that one was very well done.
it just didn't strike me as having much "soul" Fluffs. (It didn't make me love it). But maybe that's appropriate considering it's subject matter.
Originally Posted by Baz:
I thought I would never give up paper books , but I love my Kindle (and my IBooks) Mind you my Kindle has a book like cover on it 
Mind you my Kindle has a book like cover on it I'm the same ..............took me a while but I love that you can get a book instantly (and enlarge the text) - I hate wearing glasses
Originally Posted by Sprout:
but they take up space don't they?
They do. But I love a good bookcase
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
LOL! Are we all going to go missing from this forum using our Tablets and I-Pads
No...tried a Kindle, give me a book any day I hated it
I need to try d/loading a book on the tablet and see which I like better
good luck...its just not a book to me sadly
Everyone to their own eh? 
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Little Women!
I always associated myself with Jo yes - liked Little Women
Originally Posted by Baz:
Mind you my Kindle has a book like cover on it
Oooh that's interesting... I actually think I could cope with a kindle if it looked like a book!
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
but they take up space don't they?
They do. But I love a good bookcase
I'm tryna go minimalist though 
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
LOL! Are we all going to go missing from this forum using our Tablets and I-Pads
No...tried a Kindle, give me a book any day I hated it
I need to try d/loading a book on the tablet and see which I like better
good luck...its just not a book to me sadly
aww know how you feel but I love my kindle and surprised I do
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
but I love that you can get a book instantly (and enlarge the text) - I hate wearing glasses
This is the thing that will eventually convert me to a kindle, I'm sure.
I have been known to end up with two copies of a book through pure impatience. I order them on the internet, then decide I can't wait for the postman and go and grab one from a bookshop.
Originally Posted by Baz:
Lol. Ditto Soozy it's great to know you are never without a book, no matter what time of day or night ....and I like bring able to get free samples . It's great being able to check out new authors without having to buy the whole book first .
it's great to know you are never without a book, no matter what time of day or night ....and I like bring able to get free samples . It's great being able to check out new authors without having to buy the whole book first .yep agree - I lubbs my kindle - the cheap/free books are great
Originally Posted by Baz:
*high 5 * Ros
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien (fka noseyrosie):
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien (fka noseyrosie):
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Probably should not say this but I am related to Enid Blyton..
oh, you lucky person... how lovely
Thanks, although she is a little way along the family tree, my mother met her.
Oooh how intriguing I liked that biographical drama the BBC did with Helena Bonham Carter as Enid.
You know what, I did not know there was one.
It was good and she didn't come out too badly. Though apparently she wasn't maternal to her own children, it made you understand why she was the way she was.
It's interesting you should say that because within the family she was not renowned for being warm and fuzzy !!!!
Oooh really? How interesting. She came across as a writer first and foremost who loved her readers more than anyone in her life!
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
but they take up space don't they?
They do. But I love a good bookcase
I'm cutting back We have a big one that Mr Woo made in the lounge - one in the bedroom and a smaller one in the spare bedroom. When I knocked through my kitchen diner last year we had to get rid of an ENORMOUS one and literally hundreds of books. They really did start to take over - it was soooooo hard but strangely therapeutic.
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien (fka noseyrosie):
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien (fka noseyrosie):
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien (fka noseyrosie):
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Probably should not say this but I am related to Enid Blyton..
oh, you lucky person... how lovely
Thanks, although she is a little way along the family tree, my mother met her.
Oooh how intriguing I liked that biographical drama the BBC did with Helena Bonham Carter as Enid.
You know what, I did not know there was one.
It was good and she didn't come out too badly. Though apparently she wasn't maternal to her own children, it made you understand why she was the way she was.
It's interesting you should say that because within the family she was not renowned for being warm and fuzzy !!!!
Oooh really? How interesting. She came across as a writer first and foremost who loved her readers more than anyone in her life!
It sounds to me like they did some research, I would like to see it now. Will have to keep my eyes open for a repeat.
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
but they take up space don't they?
They do. But I love a good bookcase
I'm cutting back We have a big one that Mr Woo made in the lounge - one in the bedroom and a smaller one in the spare bedroom. When I knocked through my kitchen diner last year we had to get rid of an ENORMOUS one and literally hundreds of books. They really did start to take over - it was soooooo hard but strangely therapeutic.
That's like me with 'belongings' at the moment Sooz. I don't know where to start first. I think I have a problem
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
but they take up space don't they?
They do. But I love a good bookcase
I'm cutting back We have a big one that Mr Woo made in the lounge - one in the bedroom and a smaller one in the spare bedroom. When I knocked through my kitchen diner last year we had to get rid of an ENORMOUS one and literally hundreds of books. They really did start to take over - it was soooooo hard but strangely therapeutic.
That's like me with 'belongings' at the moment Sooz. I don't know where to start first. I think I have a problem
Did you see that Channel 4 programme "The hoarder Next Door" Sprout?
You are not anything like that?
