thirteenth tale - diane setterfield
nearly got me sacked. i read constantly, i have hundreds of bookshelves dripping with books, i am always reading several books concurrently and if there is one i really like, sometimes even whilst walking to the tube, much to the annoyance of everyone else.

so my room mate at work and i discussed how much we love reading and decided to start a mini book club, basically an excuse to get together once a month with some friends, minglise, lots of food, lots of wine.

we invited about 20 friends and sent a group email. as you can imagine, this created literally hundreds of emails re: which book, which pub, which wine, which date... also, as my room mate had been trying to play cupid for a gay colleague who is in love with her gay mate, there was a lot of increasingly risque banter.

all fine, until i got an email from a client:

"dear rswipe. i have just got back from holiday to discover 300 emails about the thirteenth tale in my inbox and 200 emails about alcohol tolerance......"

OH SHITFUCK!!!! FUCK! SHIT! stupid auto-complete on the email, must have added the wrong michael at some point....... argh!

fortunately he saw the funny side. and it is a very readable book. and the two gay guys have their first real date next week. so happy ending all round!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sat 17 May 2008, 9:21, 2 replies)

Read this not too long ago.
Although it wasn't really my thing. It was a great story and an enjoying read.
( girlinthehole, Sat 17 May 2008, 11:43, closed)

Just looked this up on Amazon
and as I am free of exams after Wednesday, I might get my hands on it, sounds my kind of thing.

And woo for matchmaking that actually works!
( Maladicta, Sat 17 May 2008, 12:43, closed)