Finished Goodnight Beautiful today. So sad. :-(
What a surprise – for my birthday today I was given a voucher for a helicopter ride for me and my dad! Looks like this will be happening sooner than I expected! Exciting!!!
I made these to the recipe used for Sainsbury’s bakery cookies – and they were totally yummy. A great success!
I’ve also bought several more on eBay – “The Courage Tree”, “Summer’s Child”, “The Lies We Told” and “Fire and Rain” which are all waiting in the enormous to read pile by the side of my bed.
... and bought “If You Could See Me Now” and “The Book Of Tomorrow” on eBay, now in the ever-growing “to read” pile!
PS, I Love You (2002) – read
Where Rainbows End (2004) – read
If You Could See Me Now (2005)
A Place Called Here (2006) – read
Thanks for the Memories (2008) – read
The Gift (2008) – read
The Book of Tomorrow (2009)
The Time of My Life (2011)
One Hundred Names (2012)
Backpack (2001) – read
Baggage (2002) – read
Cuban Heels (2003) – read
Atlantic Shift (2004) – read
Plan B (2005) – read
Out of My Depth (2006) – read
The Sisterhood (2008) – read
The Life You Want (2009)
The Perfect Lie (2010) – read
The First Wife (2011) – read
Stranded (2012)
The Sleeper (2013)
The ones I still have to read are:
Last Chance Saloon
Anybody Out There?
This Charming Man
The Mystery of Mercy Close
I’ve read 6 of them so far. Just got Goodnight, Beautiful and The Cupid Effect to read before I’m up to date with all her books. :-)
...following how many books Diane Chamberlain has actually written, because so many of her books seem to be republished under new names! It’s very confusing! I’ve read quite a few already.
Reflection
The Escape Artist
Breaking the Silence
The Shadow Wife (previously known as Cypress Point – see what I mean?!)
The Bay At Midnight
Before the Storm
Secrets She Left Behind
The Midwife’s Confession
The Good Father
The Lost Daughter (AKA The Secret Life of Cee Cee Wilkes)
1. Songs of the Humpback Whale
2. Lone Wolf
3. The Storyteller
She’s such a great writer, I’m always excited when I find another of her books has been published.
I’ve always wanted to own a house with a window seat – or perhaps an inglenook fireplace. Somewhere specifically for sitting and reading a book. But can’t imagine I’ll be able to afford a house at all anytime soon, let alone with “period features” lol
I went to my friend Lara’s house for dinner. As I put the first mouthful of bacon and onion pudding into my mouth (very nice, but the summer fruit pavlova was delicious!) I was informed by my friend Leanne that this meant I was now indoctrinated into the Come Dine With Me crew and I would now have to cook a 2 course dinner for the rest of them next time I go round to her house! Now, I am a terrible cook. I’m fine if I’m cooking for myself, and if nobody is watching, because then nobody knows if I cock up. So this is filling me with dread and I’m not looking forwards to it at all. I have a nasty feeling it might be next weekend as well…
I think I’m going to do baked camembert, vegetable lasagne, Mississippi mud pie and something hideously alcoholic to drink so they can’t taste how bad the food is. :-)
Chocolate, butter, icing sugar, ground almonds, amaretto. They’re pretty easy to make, but to be honest you can buy flaked truffles from Asda for a quid, so I don’t think I’ll be doing this again!
I don’t know why I’m sticking around because it’s apparent that despite all the work I do, I’m not respected in my current job. I get overlooked for promotions in favour of junior members of staff and my line manager got handed a promotion (and a payrise) last year that he really didn’t deserve – and since then he does even less than he did previously, as if he’s too important now to get involved with the day-to-day work of the department. And muggins here gets to pick up the work he no longer does, plus the work of the incompetent employee that HE employed, plus the work of the person who left and hasn’t been replaced for 6 months because HE hasn’t got off his arse and got the recruitment process moving fast enough! And what thanks do I get for it? Well, in my appraisal, I get the basic “achieving targets” rating… exactly the same rating as the incompetent member of staff whose work I constantly have to correct. It’s an insult. I feel like I’ve been kicked in the stomach, and I’m done with it.
It’s absolutely fascinating but, considering the amount of time that has passed, still strangely sad. I really want to go there.
