Ok an updated list of more holiday reading. Becuase its been so long since I last posted my list I'm not going to write anyting about the books unless they were super good or super bad. I think I've forgotten a couple but obviously they can't have been that good if I did.

14. The Time Travellers Wife - Audrey Niffennegger
This book is beautiful. ( Read more... )

What's wrong with me? I just can't say 'No' to work. I'm exhausted, working 6-7 days a week. ANd just now my boss called to see if I can start earlier tomorrow...at 8am. That means I'll be doing a 10.5 hr shift PLUS we have our work party tomorrow night ( Read more... )

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11. Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom
This is the biography of Albom's friend Morrie. Morrie was Albom's lecturer during university who had a profound impact on his student. Fast forward a few decades and Morrie is dying. Instead of hiding from the world, he embraces life and shows the world what is really important. For ( Read more... )

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7. Diggers - Terry Pratchett
The sequel to Truckers. Whilst not as fantastic as Truckers, this is still very clever and fun.


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6. Truckers - Terry Pratchett

This is classed as a kids novel but it has become one of my favourites by Pratchett. It is a story of Nomes, tiny people about 6 inches high. The main character is Masklin, who with a few other Nomes seek a new home and discover The Store. Here they find 2000 Nomes, all of whom worship Arnold Bros (est ( Read more... )

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5. The Broken God
Lent to me by Jordan, who borrowed it off Louis, this is science fiction novel that blew my mind. The author has built a world in this novel, complete with complex religious and philosophical beliefs. The story centres on Danlo the Wild, a young boy who grew up with a 'primitive tribe'. After an illness kills the ( Read more... )

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4. Velocity - Dean Kootz.
Warning: This book is hard to put down!!! I decided that I would start this book last night, thinking that I could read a few chapters before I fell asleep. Instead I was awake till 3am when I finished the novel.
The novel focuses on a bartender named Billy, who has been drawn into a serial killer's game. ( Read more... )

Jen's Holiday Reading...so far....

1. Johnny & The Dead - Terry Pratchet
Johnny is a young boy who has discovered that he can see the dead...and they aren't happy. Their cemetery is about to be demolished so that some office blocks can be built.
The story is well written, funny and is quite poignant at times. Cute and easy to read.


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Would you dance
If no-one was watching?
No one there
to give you praise?

Your good deeds
Are only performed
In front of an audience
Nothing matters unless it is seen

But when the curtains are drawn
Your true self is revealed
Your laziness, your lies,
Your hypocrisy

Taking credit
For what is not yours
You live your life
At the expense of others

Would you dance
If ( Read more... )

What can I say about Fadia's most recent posts besides -

WOAH MAMA!
Fadia has written 5 poems; hearing, sight, taste, smell, touch.
I am so impressed by these poems. At first glance these poems may appear to be "the desires of a desperate housewife" but they are so much more than that. Fadia has created layers of images and emotions within her ( Read more... )