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Topic: Public Forum |
hageltoast
Replies: 1
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Forum: Forum News Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:36 pm Subject: Public Forum |
okay well since we've had no new take up, this is now closed again.
Everything should be nice and secure so we can chat in peace. If anyone finds they can access part of the forum while not logged in ... |
Topic: Secret Diary of a Slummy Mummy |
hageltoast
Replies: 0
Views: 93
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Forum: Chick Lit Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:40 pm Subject: Secret Diary of a Slummy Mummy |
| I forget the name of the author, but this runs as a column in a sunday papers magazine and has now come out as a book. Light and fluffy but wittier than some chick lit I found it an easy and amusing r ... |
Topic: Lillith Saitncrow |
hageltoast
Replies: 0
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Forum: Horror Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:04 am Subject: Lillith Saitncrow |
| I have started reading Saintcrows Dante Valentine books, a necromance bounty hunter who the Devil is taking an unwelcome interest in and who's life in increasingly complicated. Wonderful books, althou ... |
Topic: Public Forum |
hageltoast
Replies: 1
Views: 151
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Forum: Forum News Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:51 am Subject: Public Forum |
| The Tea and Bisucits forum has been made public as an experiment. This will be the only section of the site to be public, the rest is only available to registered members to post. If spam levels or tr ... |
Topic: Membership |
hageltoast
Replies: 1
Views: 121
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Forum: Forum News Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:47 am Subject: Membership |
Registering is easy, just follow the instructions and as soon as we can we will approve ypour membership. As with all these things, it takes people to make it work.  |
Topic: Nancy Mitford - Love in a Cold Climate |
hageltoast
Replies: 0
Views: 51
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Forum: Book Club Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:59 pm Subject: Nancy Mitford - Love in a Cold Climate |
| I loved this book. I think Nancy Mitfords semi autobiographical portrayal of British aristocracy during this period is a real delight and as I understand it, fairly accurate. I also enjoy the amount o ... |
Topic: Home From The Vinyl Cafe (A Year Of Stories) ~ Stuart McLean |
hageltoast
Replies: 1
Views: 47
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Forum: Book Club Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:39 am Subject: Home From The Vinyl Cafe (A Year Of Stories) ~ Stuart McLean |
| Sounds excellent, I could do with something light and amusing. |
Topic: Mitfords - letters between six sisters |
hageltoast
Replies: 0
Views: 84
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Forum: Biography Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:56 am Subject: Mitfords - letters between six sisters |
This is essentially as it sounds, a book of the letters the Mitford sisters exchanged through their lives.
I have only dipped into it, which is the joy of it really since it's a huge book and not th ... |
Topic: Rebecca -Daphne Du Maurier |
hageltoast
Replies: 0
Views: 112
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Forum: General Fiction Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:51 am Subject: Rebecca -Daphne Du Maurier |
| I am only just starting this book, (like a few pages in) and it's one of those that I always thought I ought to read and never got round to. It's recently been recommended and lent to me so I am havin ... |
Topic: wetware by craig nova |
hageltoast
Replies: 2
Views: 113
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Forum: SCI-FI/Fantasy Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:48 am Subject: wetware by craig nova |
| Sounds like the sort of thing that Philip K Dick excelled at. |
Topic: Life of Pi – Yann Martel |
hageltoast
Replies: 1
Views: 44
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Forum: Book Club Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:32 pm Subject: Life of Pi – Yann Martel |
| This was another non starter for me. Intrigued by the premise I picked it up and started in with great expectations, probably my first mistake. Anyway I gave up at about 30pages. normally I am fairly ... |
Topic: The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler |
hageltoast
Replies: 2
Views: 60
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Forum: Book Club Discussion Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:29 am Subject: The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler |
| I tried, i really did, but i couldn't get into it. Have to agree wholeheateredly with Tink and move on to something more entertaining!. |
Topic: Poppy Z Brite |
hageltoast
Replies: 3
Views: 128
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Forum: Horror Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:28 am Subject: Poppy Z Brite |
Just finished exquisite corpse, wow, excellent but beyond dark and twisted!
Lost Souls and Drawing Blood are pretty dark but more palatable generally, loved it tho. |
Topic: Richelle Mead |
hageltoast
Replies: 0
Views: 78
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Forum: SCI-FI/Fantasy Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:57 am Subject: Richelle Mead |
As far as I know the author of Succubus Blues is new on the scene.
I picked it up as a 3 for 2 figuring what the hell, even tho the synopsis printed on the back made it sound like the worst kind of d ... |
Topic: Poppy Z Brite |
hageltoast
Replies: 3
Views: 128
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Forum: Horror Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:05 pm Subject: Poppy Z Brite |
| thanks J, got Exquisite Corpse and Wormwood, yet to read them, half way through a couple of other things. Would agree ont he need to be seriously dark and twisted, but had to share this wonder of an a ... |