Current reading matter
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Current reading matter
Do you read anything other than the paper and OK! magazine ('cos someone bought it and left it here, honest) or are you (pretending to be) deeply intellectual and a literary heavyweight?
I currently have Nietchze and Tolstoy on the go, with a bit of Germaine Greer for the bog sessions .... Damn, you guessed I was fibbing. This week I shall mostly be reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. 'Tis very good and a bit scary, so I read it under the bedclothes with a torch and get scared when my husband's feet twitch.
I currently have Nietchze and Tolstoy on the go, with a bit of Germaine Greer for the bog sessions .... Damn, you guessed I was fibbing. This week I shall mostly be reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. 'Tis very good and a bit scary, so I read it under the bedclothes with a torch and get scared when my husband's feet twitch.
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I am reading 'Double Eagle' the first novel by a British author James Twining.
His second novel came out 2 weeks ago.
His 'hero' is a reformed art thief, the blurb says 'Raffles meets James Bond' . This is a genre I enjoy, I have only read a couple of pages but I am impressed.
http://www.jamestwining.com/Meet_James/Author_FAQ.htm
His second novel came out 2 weeks ago.
His 'hero' is a reformed art thief, the blurb says 'Raffles meets James Bond' . This is a genre I enjoy, I have only read a couple of pages but I am impressed.
http://www.jamestwining.com/Meet_James/Author_FAQ.htm
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Re: Current reading matter
It's not scary! I still don't think a certain wizard is really dead (don't want to spoil the end if you haven't got there yet!), and I'm not sure the Master of the Dark Arts is really evil either. Some people think Ron is really Dumbledore ... don't quite get that myself.cj wrote: This week I shall mostly be reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. 'Tis very good and a bit scary, so I read it under the bedclothes with a torch and get scared when my husband's feet twitch.
You can see I'm into high-brow reading too
I'm reading music at the moment before going to bed, as I've got to learn it in a hurry and it beats playing the stuff (nasty modern with too much counting to do).
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Currently reading a Douglas Reeman 2nd World War naval novel, after a ten year break from them.
Just realised, they are all exactly the same with the names and locations changed.
(Money for old rope, or should that be sheets ? Dave BTSea, please advise !)
Just realised, they are all exactly the same with the names and locations changed.
(Money for old rope, or should that be sheets ? Dave BTSea, please advise !)
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He definitely is, as his painting has appeared on the wall in the you-know-where and I'm pretty sure that only happens when one dies. I don't think he's coming back either, as the point that death is irreversible is made over and over again. Your point about the DADA teacher however, now there's a subject for debate....eloisec wrote:I still don't think a certain wizard is really dead
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Puts fingers in ears ... la la la la la. I'm just off for a session with him now. Will be extra scared as husband is in Edinburgh and I'm on my own in a creaking, dark, old house ....graham wrote:He definitely is, as his painting has appeared on the wall in the you-know-where and I'm pretty sure that only happens when one dies. I don't think he's coming back either, as the point that death is irreversible is made over and over again. Your point about the DADA teacher however, now there's a subject for debate....eloisec wrote:I still don't think a certain wizard is really dead
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Are you calling me a wimp? I like to enter into the spirit of these things ...Laura M wrote:Potty Harry's not scary, god I've seen scarier things in my laundry basket!!!
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