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[quote=""Chatterbox""]I really loved Ibbtson's books, though I wouldn't have called them YA. More sort of classic romances featuring quirky heroines. There are about four others, in addition to her childrens' books. Sarah's Key was also good, though a bit too coincidental re plot twists. I wish they...

That's xcellent news about your son! It's always exciting when your child has a first "something" at sports.

For me today, we bought our first items of furniture for our new house! And we saw a couple of options for a new bed as well, but need to remeasure the bedroom to make sure they fit.

A Countess Below Stairs - Eva Ibbotson, YA fiction set just after the end of WW1. Was recommended on another board I belong to, and so far is up to expectations.
The copy I have is a re-release, and is a card-carrying member of the "headless Ladies" brigade.

May 2009 The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie The Reformed Vampires Support Group - Catherine Jinks (quite a bit different to the "Twilight"-version of vampires :D ) Summer's Day - Mary Bell The Serendipity Shop - Dorita Fairlie Bruce The Countess Below Stairs - Eva Ibbotson The Morning Gift - Eva Ib...

Saw Wolverine tonight - thoroughly enjoyed it (part of the fun was playing "spot the Aussie actor in small supporting roles" :) ). The SLOC was a bit grumpy as he's a big fan of the comics & they'd "played around" with the established comic backstory/s according to him. Next week is "Star Trek", whi...

I'd say go for it! These opportunities don't come along all that often, and like the other's have said - the teeth will still be there in a week... :p If it's your own practice, let your patients know that you're unavailable for a week, and get a locum in for the emergencies. If it's not, surely you...

We were supposed to read Ursula LeGuin's The Left Hand of Darkness in my final year of High School (the over-arching "theme" for English that year was change) but with one thing and another - coupled with the fact that the teacher didn't like Science Fiction - we never got around to actually studyin...

I like time-sweeps because they give me an introduction to various points of history that I may not have read about before. I know that reading Rthuerfurd's London piqued my interest in teh Regency period, where before my interest stopped at about Elizabeth I. But I also agree with the comments that...

April 2009 Grave Surprise - Charlaine Harris Jane Boleyn: The Infamous Lady Rochford - Julia Fox (nf) The Marsh-King's Daughter - Elizabeth Chadwick The Corinthian - Georgette Heyer (reread) The Big Book of Bad Guys - ed. (nf) The Luxe - Amanda Goodberg(?) (fairly dreadful, I've been reading it at ...

Mine were 'Catcher in the Rye' and the 'Foundation' Trilogy. Thanks for sharing, made my afternoon brighter!