Of Mice and Maltesers - the new thread for Round Two

[artifarti]

Hello everyone and welcome to the new thread for Round Two!

To recap, the basic rules are:
No chicklit
No abuse memoir type stuff
No horror
No hardbacks

Auto/biography is allowed as long as it?s not anything too obscure (or crap, obviously).

Chocolate to the value of about £2 each time.

Here is the list:
artifarti
aristocat
Dysgu
PistachioLemon
TheBuggerofSuburbia
stickylittlefingers
AgentProvocateur
LolaLadyBird
Itsjustafleshwound
pooter
muddleduck
LadyBee
FlyingMonkey
Maria2007
johnworf

johnworf is a new member so be nice!

As before, please email me at artifarti at hotmail dot co dot uk with the initials of your chosen book and author (e.g. ROTN by TH for Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy) so I can check there are no duplicates. I will assume all your name, address and chocolate details remain the same unless you tell me otherwise (johnworf, please send me yours)

Please do this on or before July 10th. Then I will email you all with the name of the new person you are to post the books to (we are reversing, for anyone that hasn't picked that up.)

No-one has indicated that they want to drop out so I am assuming not at the moment.
I have now read all the books so I am thinking about which was my favourite - so many good ones, a difficult choice.

Congratulations LadyBee. Arti, I've emailed my vote.

FlyingMonkey has also emailed to say she has dropped out. So, as it stands now, we are:

artifarti
aristocat
Dysgu
PistachioLemon
stickylittlefingers
AgentProvocateur
pooter
LadyBee
Maria2007
johnworf
RespectTheDoughnut
Chandellina

So that makes 12, which is fine. Is everyone else still in? If not, please let me know by the end of the weekend so I can type out the emails again.

Arti, I've sent you my choice for this year.

YOU ALL HAVE MAIL! Apologies for strange text, size and colour blocking in the emails. Let me know if anything doesn't make sense.

If anyone wants to drop out now - LA LA LA, CAN'T HEAR YOU!

The posting order is:

RespectTheDoughnut
Chandellina
JohnWorf
Maria2007
LadyBee
pooter
AgentProvocateur
stic kylittlefingers
PistachioLemon
Dysgu
aristocat
artifarti

...so I should have sent you the details for the person below you in the list.

thanks arti

Marvellous, thanks ever so much!

Thanks, Arti, mail arrived!

arti
has everyone voted now?

No, I think I have votes from the following:

artifarti
aristocat
Dysgu
pooter
PistachioLemon
artifarti
muddleduck
FlyingMonk ey
TheBugger
itsjustafleshwound

LadyBee is abstaining, I think.

So that leaves:

Maria2007
AgentP
stickylittlefingers
LolaLadybird

Shall I say votes by the end of the weekend for anyone who wants to?

Hi ladies,

Arti, got your mail thanks, and yes I'll be abstaining from voting.
I received my last book (I think, it's Flying Monkey's) in the post and some wonderful chocolate.
It's a much needed pick-up, unfortunately I found out today that this pregnancy won't continue either - had a scan and the heartbeat we'd seen previously is gone, I'll probably miscarry sometime in the next week or so or have to go in for 'management'.
I'm devastated (obviously), but am going to try not to lose myself in this and going to hang on to the books and reading as little life rafts .

I'm so sorry. That is a really terrible experience which sadly I had too a few years back.
sending you lots of sympathy.

LadyBee - so sorry. Lots of hugs and sympathy. Look after yourself.

Oh no ladybee I'm so very sorry.... Awful news. Take care of yourself & get support from those around you. Extra chocolate in the post coming your way soon...

LadyBee my sympathies too . so sorry for you.
we are (nearly) always here if you need to talk .......

ladybee you have my sympathies. It happened to me about 17 years ago. It's awful.

I had a great time in France, but I'm sitting here with the central heating on now (in Glasgow). I'm hoping the weather picks up for the last half of the summer holidays when the DC are going camping!

SLF I've ordered the book from Amazon tonight, but I'm going to change the order and send it straight to you so it reaches you before you go on holiday, and I'll send you double chocolate next month.

arti I'll email you tomorrow with my favourite book from the last round.

slf Amazon are preparing it for despatch, and I can't change the delivery address. Sorry. It will be waiting for you when you come back. Have a great time.

oh Ladybee I'm so sorry. xxx

Ladybee, I'm so sorry. I miscarried my first, so I have a little idea of how you feel. Do take care of yourself and I hope you're getting lots of support xx

AP thanks! Not to worry, it'll be nice to have something other than bills waiting for me when we get back.

slf - are you going to vote? (you haven't emailed me already have you?)

arti i have posted early to you. happy reading

yes (it was the same email I sent the book choice in, I think you'd registered it when you sent that round up early in the month). I'll email again, but mind it's one member one vote. If the punters reckon the vote is rigged, there could be riots

Looking forward to it aristocat.

Ah yes, duh, found it now slf!

Well, all but one of the votes are in now and that vote couldn't change the winner anyway...

...So, I could announce it...

...but I have to put DS to bed now...

excited emotion ...........

come on arti do tell