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Julieathome I'm sure I can arrange delivery x

Noooo! Don't tempt me.
I have my home grown chef/son at home for the foreseeable future and when we get the urge, baking commences.

PS. How did a thread about book titles end up on the subject of cakes. This thread is nearly as bad as the butter thread.

let's nominate a book to read, say starting in September. By that time the holiday season will be over for most of us and it will give us time to discuss nominations and attract more forum book lovers. I would like to start the ball rolling by nominating a previously mentioned book, "Big Brother" by Lionel Shriver ( of We have to talk about Kevin" fame. It has a subject, weight and food, which is pretty apt for us and from the reviews pretty good, thought provoking stuff. how about it? And how do we go about nominations and votes?

Dhana posted this in the 'book reading' thread a few days ago - so we have decided to start a 5:2 book club. I have been nominated (haha ) to look after things once they get going - along with dhana (who conveniently is going away shortly - you can't get the staff you know! ) and also minsmum, who will tempt us all with her virtual baking

So I thought I'd better start the ball rolling so you guys would have time to get started on the first book, as suggested by dhana above ... You can get it through amazon (using the links from the forum, so the forum makes a few pennies ) or you could get it through your local library as well as getting it as an e-book. Or, you could even go down your local bookshop and get it there

We will start a 'review thread' in early September, and it will be open all month for people to post what they think. Dhana, minsmum and I will all be patrolling, making sure you keep in line and that there is a least one post about food per post about reading (just joking )

We will sort out as we go along how to nominate the next few books we read - it will all add to the fun, and I hope provide a bit of distraction from fasting.

That's about it for now (but no doubt I have forgotten something (- dhana do you have anything to add?? )

... Anyway, that bacon sarnie is calling ...

Xxx

Yes, let's get started with reading and nominations. We're a diverse bunch so I am anticipating all sorts of books to be nominated. It should be fun and interesting. I love books and reading but like most people tend to be in a bit of a rut sometimes with book choices, sticking to the ones that I know I will like - sometimes reading something out of my interest zone can be a revelation! And it is amazing how two people can read the same book and come to quite different conclusions and insights! I'm feeling quite excited now, can't wait for nominations. Come on everyone!! Reading specs at the ready, let's go!!

... And have a lovely holiday, dhana we'll look after t'shop while you're away!!

Great work Silverdarling and dhana. Looking forward to something nice from Minsmum to virtually eat while reading. I am happy to supply virtual wine for those of us who like to drink and read. Now off to download the book to my kindle, unfortunately the overseas amazon links don't work in Australia.

Love the idea and am happy to be involved choosing books
I think it was me who mentioned BigBrother.its a great book
Lots to discuss

I like the idea of a book club, and a recommended read, but can we try and stick to books that are out in paperback or it becomes an expensive hobby....(not a kindle owner...)

Heucherella pop down to your local library. If they don't have it they can get it in from one of the bigger libraries and it doesn't take long. Or reserve online once you've got a card and pin number x

I thought I would tell you what I got in the post yesterday. 'The Feel Good Factor' by Patrick Holford. Its all about how nutrition can cure depression and associated downers. It made so much sense when reading it yesterday I was back into dispensing vitamins to the family this morning and making them sit with their feet in the footspa so they could get a dose of magnesium from the Epsom salts I put in the water.
It also explained why I feel so much better in myself this last year (included before the 5:2) as I had corrected my abysmally low B12 and Vitamin D deficiencies on my own, without realising that it was exactly the right thing to do for more than just tiredness.

This week I'm listening to "The House in France" by Gully Wells (4 stars on Amazon). If you like memoirs with lots of name-dropping (after all, her family really did know the likes of Bobby Kennedy, other diplomats, plus intellectuals, artists, writers, etc.) dysfunctional families, travel, absurd summer house, coming of age in the early 70's and outrageous humor, you'll love this--sometimes laughing, sometimes almost crying. I love the way the narrator does the author's American mother.

I like to have an audiobook at hand all the time for those boring daily moments (fixing face and hair, cleaning house, etc.)

Another memoir that would make a good book club subject is by Sonia Sotomayor "My Beloved World". She is the first Latina Justice of the US Supreme Court. The story of her hardscrabble childhood, almost lifelong diabetes, loving Puerto Rican grandmother is riveting and inspiring.

Julieathome - I was prescribed vitamin B12 years ago when suffering from low energy due to another debilitating illness, and it helped a lot.

Heucherella - they have 19 copies of Big Brother in Hertfordshire Libraries, follow the link and you can also join online if you're not already a member

https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd ... AC/BSEARCH

I've just downloaded Big Brother

Has it been decided then that its 'Big Brother'? Which big brother? Who's the author?

I was borderline deficient according to the doctor I went to. The 'in range' amounts are between 250 and 800. I was 265, only 15 units above bottom, yet the doc wouldn't give me injections. I bought the highest dosage B12 I could and dosed myself for nearly a year. At my last blood test found I was at 640. When I pointed out to my new doctor that I had only been 265 his reaction was 'that was very low, did you have anything done?'.

Nutrition just isn't taught to doctors. Not as a form of health and healing. According to what I have been reading and my own experiences, the right diet and supplementation can work wonders with a vast array of conditions. How else does the body repair itself, its doesn't get the wherewithal out of thin air.

Currently reading "Wherever you go, there you are" by Jon Kabat-Zinn, it's about mindfulness and is excellent and hugely interesting, BUT I haven't read anything lighthearted in what feels like forever, so I am going to read something simple and fun next. Reading is my escape, as is writing.