Update on author: Charlotte is away in France and can't join us on the actual discussion night but she'd be delighted to answer our questions in advance.

Will everyone pop their thoughts on the discussion night thread and I'll send them on to her - cut off point is next Thursday 22nd to give her enough time to send answers back before discussion night.

Hope you all enjoying the book, looking forward to chatting on Tuesday 27th.

SO much easier this time round. Went to hospital at 2, had baby at 3.15, went home at 6.30. Felt like we'd popped round the corner shop and bought one.

Still god almighty painful, mind, but so quick you don't care so much.

Hoping yours is nice and speedy too...

Tilly - very many congtratulations and what a fab name if you stick with it. Hope you are feeling OK and it wasn't to bad.

Two bits of breaking news:

Waiting to hear back from Charlotte Mendelson about joining us for a live author chat on Tuesday 28th. If she's otherwise engaged, we'll have an advance Q&A session which we'll email her and then pop the answers on the thread on the night. So get your questions at the ready...

And I'm no longer balancing my laptop on an enormous spacehopper - our second son born last Saturday - still struggling with name, but Atticus is a strong contender since our Mocking Bird chat - he is a peach and all well.

Will keep you posted on any other major events (not planning any more babies just yet)

damn! I've just ordered four new books and have only now discovered your lovely book club! Have to nip out and buy this one! Hope to join the chat on the 27th (best not tell the hubby- hes slightly worried that hes discovering bags and cupboards of hidden books :-)

Thanks, I will be avidly reading from now on.Kids will have to eat cheese strings all month! Good luck with the babies Tilly and Sophie

Sorry, sorry, am late... lost the laptop but finally I am here to announce with appropriate drum roll that the Orange Prize winner in Mumsnet bookclub is....When We Were Bad by Charlotte Mendelson. Hurray!

You can get the book here and we'll be discussing it on Tuesday 27th may at the usual tine of 8-10pm.

I will start trying to get an author chat organised and will keep you posted on this thread...

I have voted

I remember when I had dd1, they all laughed at me as I unpacked all the books I had taken to the hospital with me.

They were laughing on the other side of their faces when I was bfing with one hand and reading with the other.

I think they all expected me to just look at the baby! pah!

Absolutely - will be taking all calls from the birthing suite, probably on conference so I can yell across the room...

I'm hoping I'll get through some books during the night, I think I need one of those lectern gadget things that holds your book in the bath etc. I remember last time I got hooked into BBC7 because they played live Eddie Izzard gigs throughout the early hours, which was v surreal.

Hope everyone's voted for May book (and got their friends to vote too) - will be back 8pm to announce result.....

ooh squonk yes it will be fun!