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From Saturday this book is being offered by The Times Newspaper for £2.99 when you buy the paper. Alan Bennett books are usually really funny, So I may get it.

It also has a really interesting premise too, which concerns Queen Elizabeth II, who one night, while walking her wayward corgis stumbles upon a mobile library and not wanting to seem rude decides to borrow a book, and then another, and then another.

Before too long she gets bitten by the reading bug and finds herself reading whenever she gets a moment. She becomes expert at reading in the car while waving with her free hand, and seems to be neglecting her once impeccably performed duties.

She reads capriciously and diversely, everything from Proust to Vikram Seth, and soon the seditious world of literature has her questioning her life and the political world around her….

This book is described as touching, thought-provoking & full of wry humour & sounds like just my “cup-of-tea”.

ROMANCE MATHEMATICS

Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy
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OFFICE ARITHMETIC

Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime
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SHOPPING MATH

A man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs.
A woman will pay $10 for a $20 item that she doesn’t need.
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GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
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HAPPINESS

To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
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LONGEVITY

Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.
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PROPENSITY TO CHANGE

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn’t.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won’t change, and she does.

Having read (and thoroughly enjoyed) the first three James Bond novels I’ve made it a long term goal to read the rest of Ian Fleming’s Bond novels. That should keep me busy for a while lol. Here is the complete Bond Bibliography

CASINO ROYALE
LIVE AND LET DIE
MOONRAKER
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
DR NO
GOLDFINGER
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
THUNDERBALL
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS