as we wave goodbye to summer and the cool autumn nights greet us with their presence. Oz has lit the log fire in the Tavern, and as it's a little quiet here, I'm curled up on the sofa with a book to take me away to magical places ...

So I'm just wondering what, if anything, you are reading at the moment ...

Today it's "Brida" by Paulo Coello ...

I'm also curious as to any favourite books of childhood ... One of mine was The Secret Garden. I so wanted to be able to have somewhere like that to go to ... I made do with a pretend gate and the power of imagination instead ... I also loved "The Phoenix and The Carpet". I longed to have a carpet that would take me to wonderful places. My cousin told me that if you sprinkled talcum powder on the rug and said a magic spell, it would fly. We tried. We just got into trouble with our mums for making a mess. :blue : When I was a little bit older, it was Born Free. I read it over and over again ...

What about you?