where's the thread for talking about the book?

I got mine last week and love it, it's made me laugh out loud within the first few pages and I've written a nice review on Amazon to sing its praises.
Weirdly, someone bought me the NetMums version last week (was going very cheap in the supermarket!) so I started that but it's nowhere near as good as the MN version. No SN section in there either unlike the brilliant one in the MN book.
Biased, moi?
Hope it does really well!

It's not fair! I really want to read it and now I have to wait until May when my mum is coming over to visit and will bring it for me (I'm too tightfisted broke to pay the steep very reasonable postage out to Greece)

When is the Babies one due out? Is there going to be a section on breastfeeding? If so, tiktok should get her very own dedication and a share of the royalties.

I was told off for laughing too loudly and waking the baby last night while reading the section on how to deal with tantrums. In particular the bit about brushing teeth with cats under arm, I can quite see myself doing that.

ace! Look forward to your verdict!

I love the Amazon reviews . They alone made me lol. I might have to buy a copy even though I don't really have a toddler any more.....

The paper quality IS a bit odd

I ate a few pages too and it didn't taste nice at all

NB I do not generally judge books on their eating quality, unless they are cookbooks

I've read a bit of it. The paper quality is a bit odd - DS has already eaten one of the pages so it must be tasty if nothing else . Now I just need the little buggers to go to sleep so I can read a bit more.

My last post sounds a bit off. I've liked what I've read so far and laughed out loud in places. Well done you!

I bought my copy from Borders yesterday. I've had a quick flick through, laughed in places!

Oh - PortAndLemmon - just seen your reply.

Thanks

I have it sorted now - I have pressganged persuaded my eldest that he can be apart from his GF for a couple of days and so he is coming to London with me. He will disrupt take them round Tate Britain or something while I go for interview.

I ordered it online at Waterstones last week and they are out of stock! Grr I have no patience and do not want to wait until 18th, can I get it anywhere else?

Benny -- do you seriously want someone to keep an eye on your kids on Wednesday 11th while you have your interview? Because I could, in principle, although obviously you've never met me before and I might sell them off to chimneysweeps as apprentices or something, which Justine wouldn't. Or not on her good days, anyway.

(wasn't sure if you were just being lighthearted or if you were really completely stuffed for childcare)

email back from Waterstones online today: they say the book will be back in stock online from 18/2/09

My local Sussex Stationers has the book in (2 copies) but Smiths and Waterstones didn't.

When the quotes are in have they used peoples nicknames?

DH was looking at it in an "I'm pretending I'm not really interested but actually am" fashion earlier. Bloody hope he doesn't start MNing though!!

Hooray! I can't believe none of you hate me it yet

Got mine this morning, only had a chance to read the forward but was laughing by the end of that so am really looking forward to reading more later

Mine came today and it's fab. Well done MNHQ and morningpaper for your efforts as others have said it's really caught the feel of the place and makes for much more interesting reading than all othermost parenting books

Can't wait for the others...well maybe not pregnancy; think I've had enough of that for one lifetime!

MP are you running a lookup service here?

Am I in it?

Only if I am I will have to buy it, even though DH doesn't (and never will if I have anything to do with it) know my MN nickname, and in spite of the fact that I have not even opened a childcare book since I had DD even though I had loads several for DS.

saw that wilf - thought it was very amusing!