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The Heinz Kruger Palace of (57) Varieties

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SupermassiveLBD · 04/05/2011 21:40

Strangers are friends you just haven't met, yet. Even when they are baddies and drive science-fiction-y submarines, wearing a smart grey lounge suit.

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ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 08/05/2011 22:26

I haven't heard of these of whom you speak. Are they like Mrs Gaskell? I esteem her work.

::swoons::

DumSpiroSpero · 08/05/2011 22:29

Not read any of MB's. I tend to go for the Manolo's & cocktails school of chick lit. I get enough slippers & cocoa in RL!

I think it does depend what stage of your own life you're at though - most of the books I've read since having DD are ones about mothers. I think I must have got through every fictionalised 'mummy diary' type novel going in the 2 years after DD came along.

DumSpiroSpero · 08/05/2011 22:30

You haven't heard of Marian Keyes?! Shock

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 08/05/2011 22:32

Well, I have vaguely heard of her but couldn't name any of her books. Is she the Barbara Cartland de nos jours?

::Hopelessly out of touch emoticon::

PassTheTwiglets · 08/05/2011 22:32

Evening, chaps. Well it seems that I should probably stop whining about my books then because you all seem to have it worse than me! Mine are at least all stored on bookshelves - except for the huge crate in the eaves cupboard, storing our beloved collection of Venice books (they are waiting for our living room to be decorated so they can have a nice home).

It's hard to describe what I read really as it's so varied (thoguh I do'nt really do chick lit). At the moment the books I have on the go are The Hobbit, one of Sherlock Holmes stories, The Convenient Marriage, a diet book, a parenting book, A Concise History of England, a Mary Poppins book and North & South but I keep getting stuck on that.

As for DD's reading, she used to be a champion reader but she just has way too much PC/DS/Gamecube time these days to be as interested. This is something I plan to tackle this week actually.

Not sure if I said this earlier but, Spiro, did you know that 'Daisy Meadows' isn't one person? They're written by a team of people under that name. I was so surprised. Wooft does it take a team of people to write them? I mean it can't take more than twenty minutes per book, surely? I'm sure it's the same text for each and they just replace the word "snow" for "jewel" etc.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 08/05/2011 22:35

And, Spiro, I think this too is to do with age and the stage one's life is at. I'm assuming that MK is of the Manolos and cocktails school, but when I was young enough to enjoy such things

::pause for violin music::

I was reading other stuff and now it feels too late.

SupermassiveLBD · 08/05/2011 22:35

Oooh I like the label-dropping ones too, Spiro, I likes a bit o' vicarious luxury and sex but sometimes I just want to cuddle up in my comfy old dressing gown.

Not too keen on ones about mummys, too much like RL

Maud, No one, but NO one, is like Mrs G.

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ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 08/05/2011 22:38

::Has flashback to the horror of the Fairy Magic books::

And there was some awful Pony series that Girl (mercifully) soon lost interest in.

Hurry, hurry, hurry

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 08/05/2011 22:39

I know, Massive, it was JusT an excuse for a gratuitous FWS shot.

DumSpiroSpero · 08/05/2011 22:40

That's quite an eclectic mix Twigs! I've just bought a couple of CL's and am slowly getting through Far From the Madding Crowd on my kindle app.

You have it spot on re Rainbow Magic. I can tolerate the special editions where they have two or three things to find and it's all wrapped up in one book, but the sets of 7....bleurrrgh! Thank goodness DD can just read them to herself now.

Good luck with the 'puters BTW. We are tackling tv in the mornings and general wilful/lippiness this week...Ho hum!

DumSpiroSpero · 08/05/2011 22:48

Well, Massive, what I mean is more 'mummies behaving badly!'

Maud MK isn't really high heels & cocktails. Several of her books are about the individual sisters that make up one Irish family (MK is from Dublin), there's unplanned pregnancies, addictions, bereavements - a bit girl power with a romantic thread running through in most cases. This Charming Man is a bit darker, and the Brightest Star in the Sky is a bit kooky but sweet. The only one of hers I really didn't get on with was 'Anybody out there?' - have had it for years but not finished it.

SupermassiveLBD · 08/05/2011 22:49

Listening to all this talk of twee fairy books, makes me almost thank 'eaven for clod-hopping boys who don't do books at all.

Beep whistle whirrr bang EXPLODE!!!

And don't ask me what they play, all that is Mr M's department.

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SupermassiveLBD · 08/05/2011 22:54

Well, Massive, what I mean is more 'mummies behaving badly!'

Well, Spiro, I suppose that is rather like real life too

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ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 08/05/2011 22:55

Ah, . Now I'm on familiar ground.

::Brandishes gladioli::

DumSpiroSpero · 08/05/2011 23:07

In the case of This Charming Man the title is extremely ironic.

Anyway, night night all - phone running low and so am I - long week ahead.

Sweet dreams.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 08/05/2011 23:08

Having scared everyone off with her gladdi-waving, Maud pours herself a glass of Polish cordial and settles down to .

PassTheTwiglets · 08/05/2011 23:25

MissTwigs bought that Royal Wedding Fairy one with the remains of her b'day money, Maud! The phrase money for old rope leaps to mind somewhat... I tease DD that there are Rainbow Magic books called 'Wanda The 1 minute past 12 Fairy', 'Teresa The 2 minutes past 12 Fairy', 'Thora The 3 minutes Past 12 Fairy' etc.

SupermassiveLBD · 08/05/2011 23:26

My router had a blip and I missed saying goodnight to Spiro. sorry!
My turn to be ignorant now, who the wooft were those guys with the droopy glads?

A cross between David Bowie and that other achingly cool guy whose name escapes me at this late hour

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ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 08/05/2011 23:30

That was Morrissey, Massive, and The Smiths. They're from Manchester, you know. Morrissey is fond of gladioli and I can't say more in case he sues MN.

::Revels in new-found status as the Cool Girl::

That is so true, Twiggy, about the money for old rope. Girl and I were in Waterstones yesterday, laughing at all the hastily-produced Royal Wedding books. She blew the remnants of her birthday money on the Alex Rider and ::wince:: Mallory Towers books.

PassTheTwiglets · 08/05/2011 23:32

Oh I used to love Mallory Towers* - I wanted to be Darrell Rivers.

  • is it me or does that sound like a porn star name?
PassTheTwiglets · 08/05/2011 23:34

Well once again, I see that my idea of a 10pm bedtime has been and gone, so I'd best be orf.

Night, all.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 08/05/2011 23:36

Goodnight, Twiggy dear.

SupermassiveLBD · 08/05/2011 23:37

Ooooh! Was it one where you can get a posh cup of coffee too if you queue long enough ?

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SupermassiveLBD · 08/05/2011 23:39

Night night Twigster. That's my cue to be orf too. I really ought to go and untie Gizzy now

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ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 08/05/2011 23:43

Nah, no coffee bar in our Waterstones. If you ever get to the Smoke on one of your flying visits, Massive, I will buy you a coffee in a London Waterstones of your choice.

So, it's off to bed we go. Good night all.

::Smiles enticingly to Mr Thornton in her long white nightie::

::Wonders why Mr Thornton is wearing her long white nightie::

::Shrugs, because as they say at the end of Some Like It Hot, nobody's perfect::

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