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Perfect for reading groups probably means that it will lead to good discussion and things. Will someone email me 100x's name so I can google her too please?

Excellent Boco. Will you? We could do a Q & A session!

We could be a reading group.

Yes am quite amazed at the speed people started emailing each other about fanciful.

I never finish my book group book. I only go for the snacks.

10 f&v, 10 minutes exercise, 10 pages/chapters/books. Or words for the Fanciful among us.

She was an exception though. Stiltingly tedious. Not that I emailed anybody. I just hoped she'd leave

But people who wear long coats well - and you must do, if you have lots of them - are elegant, per definitionem.

My mother once said I made a horrible noise when I sang. Which is not true (I now know) because I can actually sing and could have Made Something Of It if I had had lessons . In a similar way, I doubt you are elephantine.

Yes 100 definitely. It's at the house of the lifecoach with the good lampshades that are not the lantern kind. I'll have gritted teeth.

Guad is elegant.

I had to read that sentence twice before I got the lantern bit. It is a good sentence.

Bero - I don't know why everyone doesn't have a long coat really, they hide everything. You can do the school run in your pyjamas even. Coats and boots, boots and coats, that's why I like Autumn.

I am not buying a new one as per usual seen as we must save money, I am wearing the red tweedy one with big black buttons from last year. My boots have holes in though.

Oh god. Can I come? Oh go on. It'll be funny. I'd LOVE it. I'll dress up and things and have a funny voice and you won't know if I'm always like that or not. [hugs self]

I am possibly way to immature and silly for this new career move

I shouldn't have admitted to the email I promise I have never done it before and I wasn't really bitchy. But crikey it would have been hard work had she been real.

Tell me about the lampshades. i suffer a bit from disdain of almost all lampshades. Hence we have bare energy-saving bulbs in most rooms, which is really not nice.

My favourite long coat is perfect for Autumn but not warm enough for winter. It is gold and has brocade rather like a curtain with funny hook buttons. I have been too fat to wear it the last couple of years but you never know I might squeeze in it soon.

God, you have got me started on coats now. I am such a bore about them. I'll shut up.

My nice long coat is on its 4th year! Is getting very tatty.

This person Guad, I went for coffee at her house and she said that the person who lived in her beautiful house before her had those awful lantern shades that only students have. I remembered glumly that I have them in every room in my house so she must never visit.

The paper ones? What's wrong with them, they are what they are.

Either have paper lanterns or proper light fittings I say. Most lampshades in between look crap.

Mind you someone here asked if I would come to their book group, and I said yes as I am easily flattered. Then she said 'we don't talk about the book much, well we talk about the cover a lot and say what we don't like about it' and I said 'Oh'. I think it might be a sobering and ego-quashing evening, and no opportunity to dress up or nuffink.

I REALLY am going to bed now.

Oh. But also I imagine Lupe to be v. elegant and to have fine pale skin and searching eyes.

You have lampshade disdain too Bero! Oh dear.

Ok 100, will set something up. Can we get some copies of the books early then? Will you have some of those editors copies or whatever, so we can crack on? And you can come for a Q&A. [excited] I'll invite the whole village, it'll be very nice.

Ah, a book group rather than a reading group

I got 3 bound proofs on Friday! They are v. beautiful and I cried.

Right. Bed.

xx

We talk about the book a lot and it gets quite heated. We don't usually dwell on the cover. The snack conbination is always interesting though. Will it be grapes, pretzels and chocolate covered raisins, or tortillas, roasted peanuts and mini oreos?

It appears that I am the only one who wonders this beforehand though. We have discussed it.

Gold coat sounds lovely. Sadly cannot justify spending on long coat either.

We got a couple of paper lanterns when we moved in, but they remain in our shove-out-of-the-way cupboard.

bound proofs!! How exciting. You must have us all for dinner and we can stroke them approvingly and check out your cupboards. I bet you have some Prestat stashed away.