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  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    I've just been re-reading my old "fat thrillers" lately.
    But I had a browse in the nearby Oxfam bookshop and got a !!!!!! Francis, a Joanna Trollope and 2 Robert Harris books. :o
    Oddly their hardback fiction was cheaper than a lot of the paperback versions :confused: I suppose they're better on a beach?
  • Piquant_2
    Piquant_2 Posts: 5,769 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper Mortgage-free Glee! Debt-free and Proud!
    Hiya Strumpet

    I finished the End of Mr Y last night, I'm still thinking about it! I think I might read it again now I understand it and see how it all slots together!
    Total debt at October 2008: £67,213.30
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  • strumpet
    strumpet Posts: 652 Forumite
    Piquant wrote: »
    Hiya Strumpet

    I finished the End of Mr Y last night, I'm still thinking about it! I think I might read it again now I understand it and see how it all slots together!

    Great! It took a while to get going but I'm glad I persevered with it.
    NIL ILLEGITIMUS CARBORUNDUM!
    Nov Grocery Challenge: £0.00 / £150.00
    Horace & Strumpet's NSD Challenge (Nov): 0/8
    £2 Savers Club #088: £200 since 01/09/2008 (£0 to bank) (Banked £200)
    Slimming World: 15½lbs/21lbs (74%) at end of Week 18 (Target date for 13st: 25/12/2009):dance:
  • strumpet
    strumpet Posts: 652 Forumite
    Chuffin' 'eck - my £400 challenge for August is about to come a cropper and it's only the 18th!

    Only £27.99 to last til 31st - Eek!
    NIL ILLEGITIMUS CARBORUNDUM!
    Nov Grocery Challenge: £0.00 / £150.00
    Horace & Strumpet's NSD Challenge (Nov): 0/8
    £2 Savers Club #088: £200 since 01/09/2008 (£0 to bank) (Banked £200)
    Slimming World: 15½lbs/21lbs (74%) at end of Week 18 (Target date for 13st: 25/12/2009):dance:
  • mizmir
    mizmir Posts: 3,710 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Have you read any Jasper Fforde? Might be worth a try....
  • Horace
    Horace Posts: 14,426 Forumite
    If you like crime novels try the following authors:

    Faye Kellerman
    Jonathan Kellerman
    John Connolly
    Michael Connolly
    John Nicol (he of RAF fame)


    Great non-fiction:

    Stephen Ambrose: Crazy Horse & Custer - he also wrote Band of Brothers

    Depends what you like really.
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    strumpet wrote: »
    Chuffin' 'eck - my £400 challenge for August is about to come a cropper and it's only the 18th!

    Only £27.99 to last til 31st - Eek!

    Um - hate to say this but AAAAARGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: not a good situation to be in Strumpet!
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    £2 a day? easy peasy, as Weazl would think:rotfl: :rotfl:

    I bet you're regretting that Indian now?

    What are you supposed to be paying for between now and 31st?
    What have you got in your food cupboard?
    I think the OS board beckons :D
  • Piquant_2
    Piquant_2 Posts: 5,769 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper Mortgage-free Glee! Debt-free and Proud!
    Good selection there Horace! John Connolly? only with the lights on :eek:

    Strumpet if you liked the supernatural side of Mr Y and fancy the scarier side, Mr Connolly's worth a read...
    Total debt at October 2008: £67,213.30
    Total debt today: £0     - debt and mortgage free 29th November 2013 :T
    Sealed Pot Challenge member 14
    Save £12K in 2014 - £6,521.90/£6K member 138


  • strumpet
    strumpet Posts: 652 Forumite
    Just to clarify - my £400 is a self-styled limit imposed to try and get me to save big time. I do actually have more than £27.99 at my disposal - I was just trying to limit my spending in August to £400.

    Having said this, there is enough in the freezer to keep me going until the end of the month.

    We'll see!

    Off to ring my peal now.

    Ciao!

    Strumpet
    NIL ILLEGITIMUS CARBORUNDUM!
    Nov Grocery Challenge: £0.00 / £150.00
    Horace & Strumpet's NSD Challenge (Nov): 0/8
    £2 Savers Club #088: £200 since 01/09/2008 (£0 to bank) (Banked £200)
    Slimming World: 15½lbs/21lbs (74%) at end of Week 18 (Target date for 13st: 25/12/2009):dance:
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