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ISBN: 978-0-440-86662-6 Published July 2006 Published By Corgi Childrens Hitler's Canary is subtitled "A Daring Tale Of Wartime Adventure" and it didn't fall short of this. It is a fictionalised account of Toksvig's father's experiences of being a young boy in Denmark following the...

ISBN: 978-0-141-19143-0 Published: 2009 Published By: Penguin Modern Classics The Lottery And Other Stories is an anthology of Shirley Jackson’s short stories and many people may well have read The Lottery as it is one of her most famous pieces of writing and caused an outcry when it...

I am getting a worrying message when I boot my laptop, although it doesn't happen every time I start-up. I get a message in very large letters which fills the screen which says "No Files Found". If I click my mouse, it then goes on to boot windows with no problems at all. All my files are...

My Agatha Christie challenge continues and we are back on familiar territory here, with Poirot and Hastings teaming up once again to solve a murder. The two friends receive a letter from Paul Reynaud a wealthy businessman living in France. By the time Poirot and Hastings reach the Reynaud's...

Today is my birthday :D *hands round birthday cakes* Guess what I was given... no, go on, guess!! Some books! Also my Folio books arrived! It's book joy in the Nellie household today. :D

SBN: 0747553866 Publisher: Bloomsbury Date: 2001 I have to be honest and say that I am not sure where to start with this. It is a collection of short stories set in the US in the near future where Capitalism is everything. All of the characters are those who come off worst in a...

I have a healthy TBR pile (like most people here!) which I tend to choose my next book from. Occasionally I will know what I am reading next before I have finished my current book, but I don't plan any more than that. A friend of mine told me today that he plans his years reading in January and...

I wasn't sure whether to put this here, or in the short stories section, please feel free to move it! :flowers: ISBN: 9780307269249 Published: September 2008 Given it’s the spooky season, I thought I would take a look at some ghost stories. This particular anthology is great, not only...

I couldn't see a thread on this book, so if I have missed it, please merge as required. Thanks! The Behaviour Of Moths is a darkly humorous book about family relationships and versions of truth. Ginny is an elderly lady living in a large rambling house that she used to share with her sister...

Is anyone a member of the Folio Society? I love the idea of these beautiful editions, but I was wondering what the full selection of books is like. Having said that I can already find more than 10 volumes I would like :D Are the books as beautiful as they look on the website?

I have been pondering this for some time, it's perhaps not the most desperate decision the world has faced, but nevertheless it is causing me some worry... :sad: I have a set of books which have the same lovely binding... however, they are by different authors. They look lovely all lined up...

ISBN: 978-1-84659-045-0 Published: September 2008 Publisher: Telegram Books This isn't as saucy as the title might sound, but it is very funny and very touching. The book is translated from the original French manuscript, and has quite a unique style. There is something of Pushing...

By now you will know that I have a love of the traditional English country house murder. You know the sort, a full cast of likely perpetrators with a nosey old lady and at least one retired Major thrown in. Road Hill House was a real family home and there was a real murder committed there in...

Has anyone ever bought one of these? There is a book I'd like and it is out of "normal print" and I can't get a second hand copy, but it is available in the US as print on demand. Even with the postage to the UK it's only about £8, so I might take the risk and get it. I just wondered what...

I just finished this, and looked for a thread, but couldn't find one, so thought I would start one. Has anyone else read this? I would be interested in others views, it was quite odd... Here's my review from my blog: Set in Yorkshire, we meet Sam who has been expelled from school for an...

As you may know I have started to read all of Agatha Christie's crime novels in order... It stalled early on due to work. Why does work get in the way of my reading time? Anyway, I am back on track, and here is my review of the Secret Adversary, her second novel. Review I started this book...

Wow! Good for her! Avid reader

Has anyone else read this? I was both wowed and slightly confused by it! I have been trying to liken this book to something else I have read, but have failed. The book is narrated by a gecko living on the living room ceiling of an albino man, Felix, in Angola. Through the lizards witty...

This is not normally my kind of book, but I was feeling rather out of sorts when I saw this and it had a pretty cover, and I lost my senses and bought it. I was very surprised when I started to read. In some ways it's traditional chick lit fare. Phoebe Swift has opened her own vintage dress shop...

I was ambling around by bookshelves and found my copy of A Summer In The South By James Marshall. It's a children's whodunnit, and has the traditional detective and sidekick along with a cast of dodgy characters, any of whom could be up to no good for a variety of reasons. I adored this book...