I also just finished The Portrait of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. I've read other stuff but never this one and I never knew the end before now, it really stirred some passionate feelings (of hate!) for Dorian!!

I love Oscar. His prose scintilates like an old lady's jewelbox in the sunshine. It's been a while since I read Dorian Gray though. I seem to remember feeling sorry for the character rather than hating him. Isn't it a tragedy? Dorian more or less misses the point of life in his preoccupation with surface beauty and that blindness inevitably leads to his destruction.

Whatever out interpretations, thanks for reminding me about it, time I read it again.

The Butcher's Theatre - Jonathan Kellerman

A Student's Guide to Seamus Heaney - Neil Corcoran
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Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.
(Jack Benny)

I've finally got round to reading the Harry Potter collection, so I'm half way through Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban.

Recently finished Chopper 3: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Mate Shot in the Arse - Mark Brandon Read which was a good, yet violent read that he wrote whilst in prison.

Bought two new books off amazon this week...

Suede: Love & Poison: The Official Biography

&

Behind Closed Dors the biography of Diana Dors

Neither have arrived yet

'We Don't Know What We're Doing' by Adrian Chiles.

His attempt at delving into the psyche of Baggies fans. Its rather good.
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Curse The Dawn by karen chance



i'm thinking about trying The Girl Next Door or American psycho next

Art Nouveau Jewelry... sorry seldom read novels

Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman
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I'm a humble person...I'm really much greater than I think I am!

I've just finished reading the Twilight series of books. I fall wildly outside of the demographic (in both age, and gender) but I found them... reasonably enjoyable. Most of the time the characters got on my nerves, the storylines became a little dreary but the actual writing is of a very high standard, which pleased me.

I'm extremely annoyed with "Nice" Vampire books though, there's too many of them. I want a good, old fashioned blood fest vampire book, and may even write one myself, because I think the world needs one.
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Vidi Vici Veni

I got in touch with my feminine side. She emailed me back saying if I ever contacted her again she'd call the police.

The Scots Dialect Dictionary
The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary
(All 3 are bloody hopeless: loads of words but no story or plot at all.)
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Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.
(Jack Benny)

Hollywood Station - Joseph Wambaugh

Just finished 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' by Mr De Botton. Almost finished 'Feng Shui in the Garden' but its mostly bollocks