Flaming Nora

I've been writing Coronation Street weekly updates since 1995 and this week's Coronation Street update has just gone live here This week in Corrie, we're trying not to cry. ______ I'm on twitter @flaming_nora

It appeals, very much, to my tidy mind that when you're on the train going through Hartlepool and you pass this building, you don't have to guess what it is or indeed, where you are. ______ I'm on twitter @flaming_nora

Books I read on my summer jollies 2013, in order of reading. Jonathan Harvey, The Confusion of Karen Carpenter Jonathan Harvey is one of my favourite Coronation Street writers and the writer of Gimme Gimme Gimme, one of my favourite TV shows ever.  His first novel, All She Wants, I read on my jollies last summer and laughed out loud at it in a few places. Despite having had the book for some weeks, I kept it specially to read as my first holiday book.  Sadly I didn't enjoy this one as much as his first novel. I love his work on TV and wish his naughty, saucy humour would show itself more in his novels too. A disappointing 6/10. Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl   I romped through this book, despite disliking the two central characters a lot - which I think is rather the point. A fab book, tense thriller. Couldn't put it down. 10/10. James Kelman, Mo Said She Was Quirky A novel set in the day of a life of a woman called Mo.  I would have liked to tell you more...

I'm going where the sun shines brightly I'm going where the sea is blue I've seen pictures of it on Facebook Now let's see if it's true ______ I'm on twitter @flaming_nora