Of Mice and Maltesers - chat thread for round three.

[AgentProvocateur]

First posting date - 1 August.

Please email the initials of your book and author by 20 July to ali41w at googlemail dot com.

Sorry aristocat I have only just checked in (RL is just so busy right now) and seen that there was no chocolate in with the last book

That is what happens when you rely on DP to send a parcel - it WAS left open with the choccie requirements on a sticky note, not sure how much easier I could have made it (I also spoke to him about it, the sticky note was just a reminder!)

I have just asked him and his reply was, "oh!"

As we are not posting books until January, he will put a special choccie parcel in the post over the weekend! SORRY!

And thanks for letting me know that the AB book is LLB's - so I can now go and post on that.

And no book for me yet this month?

itsjusta - books should be on their way in the next day or two - sorry for being tardy...life is utter chaos!

Hope everyone is good. x

no worries !

ladies ...... JohnWorf has been in hospital for almost 2 weeks now with her DD, she has pneumonia
i havnt spoken to her directly but she is a friend and so i imagine she has not posted her November book yet (sorry)

i am sure she will report in when they are home

Oh no - poor JohnWorf's DD. Pneumonia's nasty.

Dysgu I'm sure she'll post when she's out, and remember we're not posting in December, so you'll have extra time to read it. (And I don't suppose you'll be busy in December... )

Please send JW my love, and thanks for letting us know.

aristo if you do speak to johnworf, please also send my love and best wishes for a speedy recovery for her poor DD. It must be a terribly worrying time for them.

No worries about not receiving a book but wishing JW's DD a speedy recovery, what a difficult time they must be having.

Of course, not that I can complain about not receiving a book as it is usually me who is so late in posting - and sorry aristo but the envelope of 'missing' chocolate has yet to make it to the post office. We have been coping with the death of a friend so things have been a bit all over the place this week.

Is there something happening next month that I should know about? DD1 is already singing Christmas songs they are learning in school so I guess something must be happening!

hi arti I sent off the book today (that doesn't need to be sent to 1 Jan, but if I kept it that long it would probably get lost or given to someone as a CHristmas present!). Will mine be your first Christmas card...?!

Hope everyone's doing OK. Any news on Johnworf's DD?

sticky JW and DD are home and almost better. her DD is a tough cookie

i have finished itsjusta s book - great choice BTW

that's good news indeed! :)

Hello ladies. Sorry I have been AWOL but I think aristo let you know that we were indeed in hospital and not sunning ourselves in Burmuda

DD is getting better each day. Thanks.

I have posted off two books with extra choccy by way of an apology

Glad to hear your DD is getting better johnworf. That must have been a worry for you.

Book and choc received slf - thank you very much.

johnworf Sounds like you should go off and sun yourselves in Bermuda by way of recuperation! It must have been a bad couple of weeks for you, great to hear DD is improving.

Thanks ladies. It wasn't great I must admit but she's on the mend and that's all that matters

Now to get down to some reading!

Hi All. Haven't been on for a while - mad week with DS' 4th birthday last week and the construction of a pirate ship birthday cake, and then away for a couple of days for work.

JW - so pleased to hear you and DD are back at home and that she is making a recovery.

Hope everyone is enjoying their books. I am making slow progress with mine - it's a big one so I'm v glad we have an extra month or I'd have never finished it in time.

Can't believe it's less than 4 weeks to Christmas. Have looked in my diary and am mentally preparing myself for a busy few weeks...

a pirate ship birthday cake! Sounds very impressive - did you follow a recipe/pattern or was it made up by you (if it was a recipe, could I borrow it? DD2 would love something like that!)

Lola i have posted the next book to you today - i had read it quickly so you might as well have it early

are any of you on goodreads.com? I only stumbled upon it today. It's given me loads of good suggestions. Very impressed :)

Will look out for the book Aristo - it will prompt me to get on with my current one which I am struggling a bit with.

Sticky - the cake was from a recipe from a friend's book. If you PM your address, I'll happily send you a photocopy. I have posted a picture on my profile page, so proud am I of my achievement! It was one of those rare moments when the end product actually came out like the picture!!

have pm'd you lola

Hope everyone's more or less ready for Christmas. Ours are at school for another week, but lots of concerts, dances etc, to look forward to.

Does everyone have the right book now? Hopefully, this month of no posting will allow the books to get back in synch. Saying that, slf I posted your January book yesterday.

AP mine finish school tomorrow sobs

Oh, that's a long time for the pre-christmas excitement to build up! When are they back? Ours don't go back til 9th Jan, so we maybe get longer at the other end (to recover from the Hogmanay celebrations!)

Hi AP I have the book, many thanks! I am relying on you to say what goes where when :)

Mine too aristo - though they're back on the 3rd, so about the same amount of time as yours AP. I'm glad they're finishing, TBH - it's the end of DD2's first term at school and she's utterly exhausted. They're both on the ceiling with excitement about Christmas, but I think it'll be calmer at home with boring Mum, so hopefully they'll make it to the 25th without spontaneously combusting!