205. Cathy Kelly, Always and Forever. In a discussion about good heart-warming books last week, Lyzzybee pointed me to Cathy Kelly so I looked for one of her novels in the library. I'm so glad I did; she's the closest I've read to a Maeve Binchy in a long time. I was rather amused though that this book pretends to be 600 pages long... but it has ( Read more... )

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204. David Roberts, Sweet Poison. I'm pretty sure Roberts' debt to Dorothy L. Sayers is conscious. His setting is the 1930s, his hero is the brother of a duke, and the duke's name is Gerald. However this 2001 novel is not merely a slavish interpretation of the Golden Age of Crime Fiction. With the character of Verity Browne, embodying the ( Read more... )

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Have just returned from the funniest evening in living memory... I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue: the best bits on tour. 
Hilaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarious

202. Carole Matthews, Welcome to the Real World. This is a lovely romantic comedy interweaving a first person narrative with chapters told in the third person. A barmaid who sings takes on a job as temporary assistant to the world's most famous tenor. Their two worlds seem, at first glance, to be too far apart ever to find common ground. But ( Read more... )

The career meme...
1. Go to the Career Cruising website
2. Put in Username: nycareers and Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" quiz.
4. Post the top twenty results.
5. Put the careers you have seriously considered in bold.
6. Italicize any that are part of your current job/career

1. Human Resources Specialist

2.  Hotel Manager

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201. Elizabeth George, A Suitable Vengeance. This is my favourite of the Lynley novels so when I saw a copy in the library I couldn't resist another reread. After I'd finished it last night, I was trying to analyse why I love it so much. I decided that it's like the musicals I listen to: full of heightened emotion about families and love.

200. Theresa Breslin, Remembrance. This is a young adult's book about the first world war. I'd hoped it might be good. It isn't: it's WWI by numbers.