Thank you for the kind words, although I’m unsure about using Stephen King (adult content) or Bill Bryson (too funny) would be appropriate as texts for kids at school.

Wow, I had no idea I’d missed so many of your episodes…

I would just like to say thank you, to all of you, for RUINING all my happy memories of my favourite books from my youth. Donny – ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ is one of my most treasured reads. I read it when I was very young (and the idea of being locked up with in an attic was just terrible) and romantic (aww, Peter…) and, actually, I liked ‘Flowers in the Attic’ too, so should maybe just stop right there…

I too read ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at school. I liked it, though I didn’t know anything about American history then (and I still don’t), and ‘Lord of the Flies’. A different class to me read ‘Of Mice and Men’ and I read that and liked that too. This makes it sound as though I liked everything I read… In Year 8 (age 12-13) we read Sherlock Holmes and I absolutely detested that.

I hated ‘Hard Times’ as well. In fact, I hated Dickens for a good few years – he was just so dreary and boring. Then a few years ago, I tried him again and thought he was great. He really knows his characters!

I had some interesting English teachers at school. They wore the coolest clothes and shouted a lot. I’m not going to defend them, though. My mother is an English Lit. teacher – they are quite strange.

Your podcasts are brilliant – educational and entertaining. You sound like you’re having so much fun. Thank you all again.

I think the kids at school should read Bill Bryson. Or, I’d second the Stephen King vote, even though I was 25 or so when I read my first of his. Laughs or frights, though.

There’s a “guest” feature at Diverse Discussion: The Hell Hole.

If you are a bit shy, or one of those that likes to toe the water before you dive in, there’s a section for guest posting.

Feel free to start a discussion, or comment on something as a guest before take the leap into the deep end.

The “Guest” section is the sub-forum at the very bottom of the page.

Of course, we also just love it when people just throw caution to the wind and do a back-flip with a twist into the deep end.

Thanks again.