tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post866835632467174418..comments2023-04-13T13:19:51.726+01:00Comments on Life happens between books: Life Isn't Fair, DarlingLucy Fishwifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-42741411837997764972010-08-28T16:33:44.480+01:002010-08-28T16:33:44.480+01:00Dear Lucy, I hope you're well and the diet'...Dear Lucy, I hope you're well and the diet's back on track.<br /><br />There's a blog tag over at mine for you should you wish to take part. Have a fantastic weekend xx<br /><br />http://fashionsmostwanted.blogspot.com/2010/08/getting-to-know-you-tag.htmlChristina @ Fashion's Most Wantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583201549332262341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-90046932251370238032010-08-28T16:08:33.218+01:002010-08-28T16:08:33.218+01:00Dear Lucy, I hope you're well and the diet'...Dear Lucy, I hope you're well and the diet's back on track.<br /><br />There's a blog tag over at mine for you should you wish to take part. Have a fantastic weekend xx<br /><br />http://fashionsmostwanted.blogspot.com/2010/08/getting-to-know-you-tag.htmlChristina @ Fashion's Most Wantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583201549332262341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-32282777485956213462010-08-22T17:45:50.505+01:002010-08-22T17:45:50.505+01:00So sorry about the cold! Sounds like you've h...So sorry about the cold! Sounds like you've had ample time for reading, though.pilgrimchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13808106043964544413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-32564298676354384152010-08-12T13:18:40.189+01:002010-08-12T13:18:40.189+01:00Christina - I did the India/Neris diet a couple of...Christina - I did the India/Neris diet a couple of years ago and lost 2.5 stone. Hoping for similar this time! Also enjoying "Dead Hand" by Paul Theroux at the mo.<br /><br />Golden Girl - Yes, I had the same problem with her French Revolution one - spent the whole time flicking back to check whether "he" was Danton or Robespierre.<br /><br />katyboo - YES! Also "Ottoline Goes To Sea" will be out very soon! Pathetically excited. It will be blue!<br /><br />Laura - thanks for the well-wishes. Must admit have spent an equivalent amount of time reading comics though...<br /><br />Aparatchick - I haven't read the Helen Dunmore yet, it's supposed to be very good. Why DO publishers make you buy from abroad? Fools. As cold cures go I'm sticking with the Night Nurse (NyQuil I think over there)- ah the dreamless sleep.Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-46931872796960728172010-08-12T02:51:22.416+01:002010-08-12T02:51:22.416+01:00Summer colds are so unpleasant. Have you tried co...Summer colds are so unpleasant. Have you tried cozying up to a glass of iced tea? Or lemonade with a little something to spike it?<br /><br />Bel Canto is one of my favorite books; oddly enough I haven't really liked anything else she's written. Brooklyn? Eh. Just finished Helen Dunmore's latest - "The Betrayal." I don't know why she doesn't have a US publisher for this, but it was worth ordering it from your side of the ocean.Aparatchicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-12514066798456400082010-08-11T22:31:13.355+01:002010-08-11T22:31:13.355+01:00Sympathy and get well soon from an Oxfordly direct...Sympathy and get well soon from an Oxfordly direction.<br /><br />Glad you are putting the down time to good use - I generally feel too ill to do anything when ill and have even less concentration than usual when plaqued with an inability to breathe.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-30330385352191863232010-08-11T00:27:46.670+01:002010-08-11T00:27:46.670+01:00sorry to hear about the cold. We love Ottoline in ...sorry to hear about the cold. We love Ottoline in this house. There is a sequel. It too is superb.xkatyboo1https://www.blogger.com/profile/00182125401184061843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-41527135999330514422010-08-10T19:40:03.837+01:002010-08-10T19:40:03.837+01:00Please please do NOT blow your poor nose on toilet...Please please do NOT blow your poor nose on toilet roll - ow! Get some of those lovely balsam tissues and get well soon<br /><br />I am, er, was, reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, but I have resorted to the audio book. She has an off-putting habit of refering to the protagonist as "He" all the time which makes it hard going.....Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870704486542568174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-84532124284218070362010-08-10T16:14:21.574+01:002010-08-10T16:14:21.574+01:00I hope your cold is better very soon. Do not blow...I hope your cold is better very soon. Do not blow your nose on loo roll it will be red for ages. Buy those Ultra Balm tissues with a bit of moisturiser in! I'd skip the diet while you have a cold and start again straight after.<br /><br />I did that India Knight Idiot Proof Diet for two weeks. The roll of fat from my stomach disappeared instantly with zero carbs. I was so delighted I went on a bender and ate all the carbs I'd been missing...<br /><br />Great reading list, I shall be looking into your recommendations xxChristina @ Fashion's Most Wantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583201549332262341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-71785074440564935112010-08-10T12:24:27.000+01:002010-08-10T12:24:27.000+01:00Abs - Yes, sadly must confess I have read many man...Abs - Yes, sadly must confess I have read many many volumes of "The Walking Dead" - cool casting choice! Is it a UK or US adaptation? <br /><br />Flittersniffer - the "Gift With Purchase" that ALWAYS gets me is the free pair of flipflops. Like I haven't already got 15 pairs.<br /><br />Steve - Eating my own bodyweight in tomatoes and chilli - I am vitamin C'd to the eyeballs. Ironically I think Dr Atkins had at least one heart attack. Rather like Jim Fixx the jogging guru, who died (also of a heart attack) while out jogging. Look, I just want to not have to tie a jumper round my waist in the tropics, OK??? IS THAT SO WRONG????? sobLucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-77984759727305336362010-08-09T19:00:16.250+01:002010-08-09T19:00:16.250+01:00Abandon the diet. It has lowered your resistance t...Abandon the diet. It has lowered your resistance to disease and viral illnesses. Honey and lemon are the least of it. You need chocolate. It is medicinal, you know. I guarantee you'll feel better by the fifth chunk. Who is this Atkins fella anyway? Oh yeah. He's the stickthin guy with the perma-cold and friends who all wear face masks. Not somebody to aspire to. ;-) Get well soon.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-65116549811750503362010-08-09T18:13:30.235+01:002010-08-09T18:13:30.235+01:00Am impressed with your eclectic selection of readi...Am impressed with your eclectic selection of reading matter for one so under the weather. Nasally speaking I am in rude health, but still find myself ineluctably drawn to those "Gift With Purchase" Lynda La Plantes flow packed to the front page of SHE magazine.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-90120475022974896702010-08-09T17:25:10.432+01:002010-08-09T17:25:10.432+01:00I'll give Parkhurst a go- just bought Jerry De...I'll give Parkhurst a go- just bought Jerry Della Femina's 'From those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbour', which is what they based Mad Men on. Get well soon my pretty! <br /><br />p.s. Have you hear, AMC are making 'The Walking Dead'- zombie drama based on a comic (you read it?) and it has Andrew Lincoln as the lead- FIT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-69121373811681795452010-08-09T16:53:09.997+01:002010-08-09T16:53:09.997+01:00Thank you Rol! I wasn't going to mention the N...Thank you Rol! I wasn't going to mention the Night Nurse but am secretly delighted to have an excuse to take it again... xLucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-55252538413313259692010-08-09T16:33:14.046+01:002010-08-09T16:33:14.046+01:00Get well soon, LFW.Get well soon, LFW.Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-13209918986176045942010-08-09T16:29:24.201+01:002010-08-09T16:29:24.201+01:00Blighty - Quite liking Bel Canto, although it'...Blighty - Quite liking Bel Canto, although it's a bit more studiedly magic-realism than I normally like - I like magic OR realism. I may now start looking for a picture of Empress Theodora, the positive reaction to her is making me think she's going to join Sei Shonagon and Gertie Blood on my sidebar.<br /><br />Libby - let me know if Reluctant Fundamentalist any good - quite fancy it. I think I may dispense with the toddy idea entirely and just have booze. As long as it's not sweet I'm allowed it (hollow sob).Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-21828157037646205652010-08-09T15:57:30.084+01:002010-08-09T15:57:30.084+01:00Welcome back...forget the diet and drink hot toddi...Welcome back...forget the diet and drink hot toddies with or without honey....should make you feel a little better. Am amazed that you can have more than one book on the go - it has to be one at a time for me.....and am catching up on books other people read ages ago...currently plodding through the reluctant fundamentalist..libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-63529218135509533522010-08-09T15:43:12.695+01:002010-08-09T15:43:12.695+01:00Oh, so sorry to hear about the cold, summer colds ...Oh, so sorry to hear about the cold, summer colds are the worst, really! V excited that you are however back blogging, and pleased to hear there is a new Jackson Brodie book, like those a lot. I read Bel Canto for a book club, not really my cup of tea, like the sound of Empress Theodora though. BlightyxxBlightyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567627987700387034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-1253608956881020152010-08-09T14:23:12.011+01:002010-08-09T14:23:12.011+01:00Hi Abs! Still awaiting my free copy of The Passage...Hi Abs! Still awaiting my free copy of The Passage from the lovely Orion rep but he is a tad dizzy. At least if it's free the disappointment may be less? To curb your run of bad books I reccmmend "The Nobodies Album" by Carolyn Parkhurst, who wrote the one about the man trying to teach his dog to speak as it was the sole witness to his wife's death. This one also a bit odd but fab.Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-28197677617978533762010-08-09T14:13:15.209+01:002010-08-09T14:13:15.209+01:00Ooh ooh, I HATED Brooklyn. It started off so promi...Ooh ooh, I HATED Brooklyn. It started off so promisingly, but I really disliked it by the end. Just finished The Passage- another disappointment. Bought it because of all the hype, expecting The Stand- with vampires but found it really hard to get through. I know people said they couldn't put it down and it is good in parts but just way too long and I kept getting distracted. So basically, what I'm trying to say Luce, is that i have had a bad run of books recently. Boo.<br /><br />Abs xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-62529336280767877092010-08-09T14:02:38.449+01:002010-08-09T14:02:38.449+01:00Thank you! I was hoping the new theme would galvan...Thank you! I was hoping the new theme would galvanise me into updating more frequently. Blame delays on Day Nurse. Tchuh! That Empress Theodora! No better than she should be, I'm telling you.Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-33388438422584985772010-08-09T13:58:14.632+01:002010-08-09T13:58:14.632+01:00Life definitely unfair (am also accredited expert ...Life definitely unfair (am also accredited expert on subject). Poor Mrs Eff: summer colds are the worst kind. Get well soon.<br />In the meantime, I hope that lovely Jackson Brodie et al (Empress Theodora: what a devious trollop - and what fun, hooray!)cheer you up while you're recovering.<br />PS Love the new theme.Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com