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nameslessone

nameslessone Report 9 Oct 2025 15:36

This author must be popular. OH has just added their name to a waiting list for a new book at the library. Over 100 people ahead of him.

Some bloke called Richard Osman ;-)

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 9 Oct 2025 22:51

OH has got good taste. I'm waiting for it to come out in paperback as I find it difficult to hold hardbacks for very long and I've gone off my Kindle.

Kath. x

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 10 Oct 2025 08:55

He’ll have forgotten he’d put his name down for it by the time his name reaches the top. Some time in 2027 probably.

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 10 Oct 2025 13:20

Ha, names, he may surprise you!

I still like the feel of books. Also, when you drop off to sleep reading in bed they must be easier on the face than a kindle would be. :-0

I like our local Waterstones because there is a reading area upstairs with easy chairs - not a patch on the one in London that my granddaughter took me to though. We had afternoon tea there on the fifth floor. There was two restaurants there (or a cafe and a restaurant) and granddaughter said she visited regularly but she has always been into books.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 18 Oct 2025 22:49

I read 'Private Eye' in bed. The articles aren't too big, and if I fall asleep half way through, I know where I was. Also, if it falls on the floor, there's no 'thump'
My sister in law sends me two a month.
Her sister (and her husband) have an on-going subscription to my brother.
When I've finished with them, my daughter gets them.
She reads them, then uses them in the rat and guinea pig hutches.
That's what I call 'recycling'!! :-D