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.

aristocat I have posted your book today! (Well, DP put it in the post on the mainland so it should be with you quickly!)

Aristo - book arrived today, thank you. Very, very good choc - thankfully the foil is slowing me down otherwise it would all be over way too quickly!

AP - I have your book so does that mean we've completed the loop this month? It doesn't feel like we've had that many ....

I think there is one more posting in March. There are seven books to read, we started posting in August and we skipped December. I have read everyone's except itsjustafleshwounds (so a bit that it is with Dysgu!)

No, I've got Itsjustafleshwound's, but I've not read SLF's, I don't think. Way back on 26 Nov, JohnWorf posted two books - maybe that's where we got confused.

Once everyone's got this month's book, can you post whose book you've got and I'll try and sort out who's missing what.

Also, now that the end is near how do you all feel about continuing? Does anyone want to drop out, or do we need to recruit new people?

Continue please for me . I think it's worked better keeping it small but I guess you need a minimum for it to be worthwhile.

Lola glad the book arrived already

I have not read Lolas book or SLFs book ..... there should be one arriving soon so I will post again when I have it.

Happy to continue also, must think about book #4

I'd like to continue too - I also think it's better to keep it small FWIW.

I'm afraid I really couldn't tell you which books I haven't had - I suppose I could work it out by going back to the threads I've posted on but there was one that I didn't actually finish so didn't post on the thread.

Dysgu thank you the book arrived today greedily I have already ::gasp:: started the chocolate ......

I intend to start reading today, hope everyone else has books!

Glad the book arrived aristocat although not sure why it took so long, I thought DP had posted it OFF the island (but didn't actually check, just assumed.)

I have not had a book this month (yet) and, although it may not be a surprise, I have not kept a list of which books I have read along the way! I would like to continue (if you can put up with me!) and aim to be more organised in the next round.

I think my main issue is that this new job (that I started in September, but is a new year group in the school system so we are making up the curriculum as we go) is proving more of a challenge than I initially thought it would. The job and school are great but, what with DD1 having started school this year and DD2 having started pre-school, things are just constantly manic. Now that we are half way through the school year I am hoping things will calm down (ha ha ha, wishful thinking emoticon!)

oh I've been naughty and not looked at this thread for a bit, and had a lightbulb moment that the package that the postman keeps trying to give me must be the book! What a wally! I should be getting it tomorrow.

I would be very happy to continue. I really like having books chased for me! The chocolate was a stroke of genius; don't know who thought of it originally, but it really gives this book circle the edge I think :)

SLF I hope it is the book - I send DS off with money to buy envelopes and chocolate, and a post-it note with your address. He assured me that he bought the chocolate (and put it in the envelope!) and addressed the envelope correctly...

(I did have to tell him twice to write the address on, and not just stick the post-it note onto the envelope. Brains, but no common sense).

at Mr AgentP sticking post-it note to envelope. It's exactly the kind of thing that when you explain they look at you as if to say 'I knew that' but you can't actually be sure that they did!

It was the same DS who, when pouring me a drink, asked "Where's the ice?" He's 16, and never tires of telling me that he's technically able to leave home.

Sorry - I haven't been around lately but would like to continue.

Books were posted last week - hope they arrived

AP it was indeed, and the chocolate was there, Mr AP did good!

LOL at DS being technically able to leave home. I think the appropriate answer is "you might be able to leave home, son, but are you certain you'd be able to find it again?"

Lola I have finished my book - which is SLFs and will post it next week. Hurry up and finish the last one

Lola the book is on its way

Thanks Aristo. Oh dear, I'm only a chapter into the one I currently have and 'tis quite a hefty tome. Better get cracking.

Got distracted reading a lovely book that my DM lent me. Am not going to say any more than that though as think it could be my next round nomination!

I've just finished this month's book (Itsjusta's, I think) so I'll post it on to slf this week. I think I've just got one more book to get, then we're back to the beginning. I think I'm going to recommend the one I've just read to my RL book club, but no idea what I'll choose for the next round of this...

Aristo - meant to post at the beginning of the week to say the book arrived. I'm looking forward to getting started on it. And very, very good choc choice .... thank you .

I have my new book AP thank you! The chocolate's gone already (and all in me! DP is away and I ate it when the girls were in bed. Such a bad person. But it was niiiice)

AP - I was a bit late starting Feb's book and so won't have it finished for posting next week. As it's yours, I'm assuming you won't mind the delay ....?

No problem - take your time. I'm in no rush.

How are we all?

Will this months book be our last one? Hope you have nearly finished with it & I can have it soon Dysgu