Reading and Things

Christine Feehan has brought out another Dark series book looks like today... how long can l resist l don't think long but will try   

Talking of books .........

I've just started reading "The Girl Who Fell From The Sky" by Simon Mawer. Set during the second world war it tells the story of an SOE recruit. (Special Operations Executive)

So far so good, I'm really enjoying the read. Has anyone read "The Glass Room" also by Mawer?

Happy Reading   

All the best Jan

Iv'e just finished reading Fifty Sheds damper the sequel to the ground breaking and controversial   Fifty Sheds of Grey 

graham64 wrote:Iv'e just finished reading Fifty Sheds damper the sequel to the ground breaking and controversial   Fifty Sheds of Grey 

I saw that in our local garden centre.
Brilliant!

Brunneria wrote:

graham64 wrote:Iv'e just finished reading Fifty Sheds damper the sequel to the ground breaking and controversial   Fifty Sheds of Grey 

I saw that in our local garden centre.
Brilliant!

Did they sell sheds as well, the author of the book was Colin T Grey CEO of Slea-Z-Sheds International a multi-million pound erotic shed company:

graham64 wrote:

Brunneria wrote:

graham64 wrote:Iv'e just finished reading Fifty Sheds damper the sequel to the ground breaking and controversial   Fifty Sheds of Grey 

I saw that in our local garden centre.
Brilliant!

Did they sell sheds as well, the author of the book was Colin T Grey CEO of Slea-Z-Sheds International a multi-million pound erotic shed company:

It was right next to some garden twine, dibblers and canes!
Shouldn't be allowed!
I pay my license fee, you know!

Been having a bit of a sort out and tidy up of cupboards today. Found I have quite a few books that I've read. I did offer them to other family members but still had quite a few which were taking up space.

Walked down to the Charity Shop and handed them over to the kind lady behind the till ...and then of course... yes you guessed it went and had a look at their book shelves in case there was anything there I fancied reading.

I've come away with two light reading books for me, one by Elizabeth Gill, the other by Margaret Dickinson and one for Eddie written by Roy Adkins about The Battle for Trafalgar. He loves History Books especially about wars and one of his favourite books is Stalingrad.  

I've still got a little space left in the cupboard .....perhaps I'll stock up with some wine tomorrow?

Have you bought any good books recently (or good wine) ?

All the best Jan

My kids bought me a Kindle thing for books. To be honest, I like the actual feel of a book in my hand but there are advantages to the Kindle. It can store 1000's of books which saves a lot of space and I also like to read in bed and it's backlit. Just purchased 2 biographies for my hols, Winston Churchill & Peter Sellers. Bit random I guess !

mo1905 wrote:My kids bought me a Kindle thing for books. To be honest, I like the actual feel of a book in my hand but there are advantages to the Kindle. It can store 1000's of books which saves a lot of space and I also like to read in bed and it's backlit. Just purchased 2 biographies for my hols, Winston Churchill & Peter Sellers. Bit random I guess !

Yes .....the fore's and against of the 'Kindle'. I know friends and family members love them and they are especially handy for holidays  .... BUT, call me old fashioned - you just can't beat the feel of a book.

Winston Churchill and Peter Sellers random?  Well maybe - but why not, and holidays are great for reading.

All the best Jan

Jan1 wrote:

mo1905 wrote:My kids bought me a Kindle thing for books. To be honest, I like the actual feel of a book in my hand but there are advantages to the Kindle. It can store 1000's of books which saves a lot of space and I also like to read in bed and it's backlit. Just purchased 2 biographies for my hols, Winston Churchill & Peter Sellers. Bit random I guess !

Yes .....the fore's and against of the 'Kindle'. I know friends and family members love them and they are especially handy for holidays  .... BUT, call me old fashioned - you just can't beat the feel of a book.

Winston Churchill and Peter Sellers random?  Well maybe - but why not, and holidays are great for reading.

All the best Jan

Just wondered how the holiday reading went Mo ?

Is anyone else reading anything good?

What are your preferences a kindle (or similar) or a book ?

All the best Jan

I finished The Natalie Wood biography and The Buddy Holly biography. Both super talented whose lives were so sadly cut short. Unbelievable when you look at how much music Buddy Holly created before dying at 22. Amazing. I prefer a book but the Kindle is ideal for hols. Light and very portable. Can also get wi-fi on there too :-)

For some reason I've not been reading my books recently .... too busy with Forums and Blogs maybe ?

But I have skipped through a couple of magazines 'Good Housekeeping' for example.

Have you any magazine favourites - do you think they are a bit expensive, which some of them are. ?

All the best Jan

I think magazines are a bit of a con really. The only time I read them are hospital waiting rooms and doctors surgeries cos they're FREEEEEEEE :-)

mo1905 wrote:I think magazines are a bit of a con really. The only time I read them are hospital waiting rooms and doctors surgeries cos they're FREEEEEEEE :-)

And covered in germs  *shudder*  

Bode wrote:

mo1905 wrote:I think magazines are a bit of a con really. The only time I read them are hospital waiting rooms and doctors surgeries cos they're FREEEEEEEE :-)

And covered in germs  *shudder*  

Agreed ! I don't eat them though lol :-)
Can't beat a "Good Housekeeping" 2003 Winter edition !

I might buy an occasional Private Eye or New Statesman if there's a political issue going on, otherwise most of my magazine purchases are hobby related and many of those are kept long term for reference purposes. Sometimes I'll skim through Mrs Sanguine's gardening or women's magazines but I'll run a mile from anything that looks like 'celebrity culture' (now there's an oxymoron if ever there was one).

In my 20s I would happily read through (read? whadja mean read?) girl friends' copies of Cosmopolitan <wistful sigh>.

mo1905 wrote:I think magazines are a bit of a con really. The only time I read them are hospital waiting rooms and doctors surgeries cos they're FREEEEEEEE :-)

ewwwww i dont go near them in the doctors etc, who knows whats germ they have on them lol

Andy12345 wrote:

mo1905 wrote:I think magazines are a bit of a con really. The only time I read them are hospital waiting rooms and doctors surgeries cos they're FREEEEEEEE :-)

ewwwww i dont go near them in the doctors etc, who knows whats germ they have on them lol

I can remember a few years back my Drs surgery banning all magazines / books for risk of spreading ?? Think it was a flu virus, or similar, may have got that wrong but it was something 'they' thought serious then it turned out it was ok.

Things have returned to normal with old readers digest magazines and as Mo said Good Housekeeping 2003 or worse  

All the best Jan

....just a thought !

Does anyone read poetry? It's not too popular for some reason.....

Looking back, I can't really remember reading a lot of poetry at school - but I'm sure we did. Perhaps if we'd read more I may have followed it through. Yes, we have the Poet Laureate ...does anyone know his/her name? One of my children loved Michael Murpurgo who at one time was the Childrens Laureate.

At present I only have two poetry books in the house that I sometimes do turn to and read. Whereas fiction and non fiction books are many.

Just thinking out loud ..........

All the best Jan

It was just about noontime with my friends out at lunch

And it’s time to test sugars before I can munch



So out comes my lancet, my strips and test meter

And a tissue just in case (as I’m quite the bleeder)

I started my testing, as if I were alone

When a friend asked a question, “Is that your cell phone?”



“Ah yes! It’s my cell phone. You see it’s quite stylish

With its beeping and whirring, green backlight and all

But there is one problem, I must say it’s quite garish

I must give it blood before it makes a call.”



They gasped and they stared, both in horror and wonder

All conversation ended, as I’d stolen their thunder

They looked at their phones with new appreciation

Since they didn’t buy minutes with exsanguination



So before you complain that your bill is too high

Remember, my cell
phone is bleeding me dry.

mo1905 wrote:

It was just about noontime with my friends out at lunch

And it’s time to test sugars before I can munch



So out comes my lancet, my strips and test meter

And a tissue just in case (as I’m quite the bleeder)

I started my testing, as if I were alone

When a friend asked a question, “Is that your cell phone?”



“Ah yes! It’s my cell phone. You see it’s quite stylish

With its beeping and whirring, green backlight and all

But there is one problem, I must say it’s quite garish

I must give it blood before it makes a call.”



They gasped and they stared, both in horror and wonder

All conversation ended, as I’d stolen their thunder

They looked at their phones with new appreciation

Since they didn’t buy minutes with exsanguination



So before you complain that your bill is too high

Remember, my cell
phone is bleeding me dry.

Applause ... Applause ...

Like it Mo ... you poet you

All the best Jan

Alas I can't claim this as my own work, I got it off a buddy a while back. Not bad though eh :-)

Oh dear can't believe I'm going to post this little ditti .......but here goes

Following on the poetry theme

Rain Rain Go Away

Come Again Another Day


......I know it's terrible sorry everyone

All the best Jan

Jan1 wrote:Oh dear can't believe I'm going to post this little ditti .......but here goes

Following on the poetry theme

Rain Rain Go Away

Come Again Another Day


......I know it's terrible sorry everyone

All the best Jan

Oh, that brings back horrid memories Jan

zand wrote:

Jan1 wrote:Oh dear can't believe I'm going to post this little ditti .......but here goes

Following on the poetry theme

Rain Rain Go Away

Come Again Another Day


......I know it's terrible sorry everyone

All the best Jan

Oh, that brings back horrid memories Jan

Yes, it's almost as bad as some of the Valentine messages I can remember when at school ...started with

Roses are Red, Violets are blue


.....then we put our own words in depending who the card was being sent to.

Who'd be a teenager ?

All the best Jan