Great news that squire, I remembered that you'd had a bit of casual work over the Summer but I didn't like to ask in case it had fizzled out again.

Chuffed for you, must have been really tough with two little ones.

So books, this is off the top of my head and subject to change.

First up, no surprise, the entire "Martin Beck" series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, crime and a commentary on changing society in Sweden also arguably the birth place of modern European crime writing.

"Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts gangsters, slums and a love story in Mubai.

"Carter Beats The Devil" by Glen David Gold. Magic, science and romance (stole that bit from Amazon but it's on the money) twists and turns with little cameos from all sorts of characters.

Cheating again here. The entire "Red Riding" quartet by David Peace, sex, death, mass corruption and sizzling writing set agains the back drop of The Yorkshire Ripper.

Bets shoe horn a classic in here, just for show. "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky arguably one of the greatest books ever written, and attempt to understand everything about life. I was a bit obsessed with Russian literature when I read this and it just blew me away. That must have been over twenty years ago. Time to dust of it's jacket.

I really liked Stig Larssons Millenium Trilogy, only read it recently.

Labrynth - Kate Mosse
Chocolat & Five Quarters of the Orange - Joanne Harris
Anything & everything by Phillipa Gregory
The Lovely Bones - Alice Seabold
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

I've enjoyed a couple of Dan Browns but I find them quite samey.

50 shades of Gray. There - I said it.

Ha.
I've not read it, one of my friends offered me her copy but I declined for obvious reasons.

Carter beats the Devil is pretty good. Of Dostoevsky's I really liked Crime and Punishment and The Devils, but only got about a quarter of the way into The Idiot. Never read The Brothers Karamazov - one day. I can't wait to retire.

Good to see LRR making sure female authors get a shout. I hardly ever read novels by women - histories and biographies, but not novels. Not proud of it - lack of emotional intelligence most likely. And tbf, I do get to hear the (or rather 'a') feminine viewpoint in exhaustive detail on any number of issues each day. She didn't see the fuss with Fifty Shades - Jilly Cooper/Jackie Collins for the 21st century, she reckoned.

i got burned last christmas a biulder went under owing me 55 grand its taken me under aswell you have to be thankful for anything these days

Jeez!

ive read the first and half way through the 2nd one but saving them for my hols which by the way is 10 sleeps away and temp is 40 degrees way to hot for me, I've also bought a book called bared to you which app is better than shades of grey

you will fry ginge

Don't forget you factor 50. Are the twins going?

No just me and the other half and I use p20 hun and factor 30

I used to frankie but if I take it steady and am sensible

( that's never by the way) I should be okay, fingers crossed

I went to Sharm el Sheik once. There were only about two hotels at the time, I waited about six hours for a bus to come to take me down the coast, all the while Egyptian taxi drivers kept saying that the bus wasn't coming and wanting to charge about ten times the bus fair.

Then the bus came, then it broke down in the middle of the desert next to a dead camel.

Bad times.

Oh dear that was bad we've paid for private transfers app tho the Egyptians like red heads and blondes hat on all holiday for moi

My brothers lot went to Sharm this year, they loved it booked again for next year already.
I fancy a med cruise, God I'm getting old.

I've been reading about Lilith today, frightened myself to death. Especially with the bit about if your child laughs in their sleep in means Lilith has them, my 2 do it all the time. Apparently your supposed to tap them in the nose & that sends her packing.

The Turks like red heads too, trust me.

Was reading a review on trip advisor and one woman a redhead was practically kidnapped wen we went to Cairo I was fully blonde and was made to feel like a slapper okay the tops I wore didn't help but I used to get run over by the women with prams how rude

it's just a bit off putting wen u read sum reviews isn't it won't be eating any of they're food by sounds of it

the turks are like dogs on heat

Yer the Turks are it's because were like rare creatures to middle eastern blokes it's a challenge, one Turk offered my daughter who was 10 at the time 3 horses on a ranch if she stayed with him he was lucky I didn't plant him there and then

And you kept her? Or were you holding out for more?

I suffer like a ginger in pretty much every country I visit.

of course I kept her she's my little girl well actually she's taller than me now but that's not hard, and what u get hounded or you burn with the sun

Just remembered,
About a boy - Nick Hornby
Great book.

Books

Enjoyed Stephen King's 'Dark Tower' series, annoying ending though.

Pauline McLynn (Mrs Doyle from Father Ted) first three books, Irish style humour about female Private Investigator.

Sophie Hannah's detective novels are a nice easy read.

I hope that woman who wrote 50 Shades hasn't got the nerve to put pen to paper or finger to keyboard again. Read about a third of the first book, absolute rubbish. Not bothering with the rest destined for the charity shop.