Athena

That's some amazing progress! I hope you enjoy Flowers for Algernon!

x It was a forums to do with gaming, mainly to do with modding games (editing ini files, making new graphics for a game), the main focus were the Command & Conquer games (Westwood, EA) though other games were welcome too (ie. there was also a big section on Battle For Middle-Earth). Here's a link to Revora, however I should say that the forum is a lot different these days, to me. I've been a moderator there, an admin and a leader. I was also Hosting Manager for a while, so anyone who had a mod and wanted web space and a subforum on the forums, could apply for it. I would then arrange everything so they can use their forums and web space. On a few occations when there was a crisis (ie. a hack, many spam bots, database crash) I helped fix the forum and websites. My boyfriend was also an admin (and moderator) there, so we often worked together on things. He makes a mod for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge called D-day (real time strategy, D-day is a World War II mod, it contains many units from pre-WW2 to post-war, land, sea & air units, atm eight playable countries, several non-playable ones, five time frames and total war and unholy alliance game mode, new terrain, new maps. My boyfriend likes things to be historically accurate so everything is done with a very high accuracy). He's been working on this for a long time (it's the longest running RA2: YR mod)and I help him with it now and then (in fact he's working on it right now ). I left the forums (and quit my jobs there) when I broke up with my ex (it was through my ex that I heard about these forums), I felt it was the time to go. My jobs felt like a chore there, I didn't enjoy it anymore. My boyfriend is no longer admin there either, he also quit (his project is still on there though as well as the subforum). He's more active on Project Perfect Mod (PPM) now. Thanks for your kind words ! I do think we are a great fit for each other. I feel very lucky we found each other. Funny thing perhaps, I actually met my ex in Rome. My school was on a school trip there (in the 5th year, everyone cof that year can pick out of a few destinations, where to go), I was with my grandparents because the school's programme was too busy for me. I wanted to spend a day with the people from school though so we tried to find them (they gave us the wrong hotel number so we couldn't phone but we did have a programme). I remember waiting near a church, they were supposed to be there. I waited for a bit of time, then they showed up. That's when my ex started talking with me. We became friends and he introduced me to several forums (and the games, I hadn't heard of the games before). Anyway, I'm very happy with my boyfriend. The long distance thing can be difficult sometimes, but it's always a lot of fun when we are together. I really enjoy spending time with him. Can you tell I love him . I wouldn't like to go on a date with a stranger either! I much rather get to know them on a friendship level first. For me, liking someone as more than a friend comes after I get to know them, I think. I would be very nervous too so I understand you'd feel that way. @ moving books Wow, that's a lot of books! I can imagine moving might be difficult if one has a lot of books. When I move out, it should be interesting to see how it goes, I own quite a few books (though not 30000!). Mainly though I'll be worried about things being damaged and whether I'll like the new place and get used to it. It took me quite some time to get used to this house so I think moving in a few years might take me a bit of time too (although this time it'll hopefully be because I want to, not because someone makes me). First though I'll move into another area of the house, though my stuff will stay in my room. The space we're going into is likely needed for my boyfriends' stuff (he has no where else to store his stuff). We'll be doing it up a bit this summer. I'm hoping there'll be a bit of space left so I can at least have a couple of books there (like a TBR-soon) and there should be a desk and chair for me. I look forward to have my boyfriend here all the time and have all his stuff here (atm some of it is in boxes so I haven't actually seen everything, not that I have to XD, but I'm curious ). However we have to sort out some issues first, to do with finance and rules of immigration and what not. x x Good job!! Sorry if this post was rambly! This is your thread frankie so I'll now "thread" away quietly and let you talk again .

I haven't read Les Misérables yet (it's on my shelf) but if there would be such a group I might be interested in being a part of it.

Welcome here !

Sounds like you had some great experiences, frankie !

That's great, frankie !

Great progress for most people ! I haven't read a lot yet today because I worked on uni stuff and we did some food shopping. Once I'm done browsing the forums though I plan to read some more.

Sorry to hear you couldn't read much. I'm glad to hear though you're enjoying 44 Scotland Street , I own a few books that are part of that series (books 3, 4 and 6). I aim to buy all of them before I start reading the series.

To be fair, Amy's Diary has a big font, but maybe I have, I'm not sure. I'll have to see how much reading I get done in total, hopefully I should be able to read a bit tomorrow and Sunday too. I do enjoy it a lot. Have fun with your book !

Sorry to hear that, Janet . @ dex Nice progress! I'm only half participating and not recording any time or anything, but so far I've read: Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (last ~40 pages or something?) Maureen Lee - Amy's Diary (~119 pages) Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (not finished yet) I loved The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and liked Amy's Diary. So far Breakfast at Tiffany's is allright but I'm confused as to what's going on. There are a lot of references and metaphors I don't understand. I do love the descriptions (when they don't contain things I don't understand). I haven't seen the film yet though I did buy it so maybe that'll help me understand it better. Maybe it'll get better as the book progresses but so far it's confusing me. I feel like I'm getting the general gist of it but I'm missing some of what's happening.

Could a mod pin this topic and unpin the June one? We're going to have a BBQ soon, I'm looking forward to it. Two days ago I spend several hours in the kitchen making several salads and preparing dinner. It was delicious! My presentation is in a few days now, I'm quite stressed but gladly it'll all be over soon! I feel insecure so am going to practise some more in the weekend.

x Thanks !

I don't mind at all! I haven't explained it anywhere . First I was doing a 5 star rating system, like on GoodReads. I never rated books before I made my database and joined GoodReads, I never thought of doing so. A while later I found and purchased a program that does ratings out of 10 (like we do in our schools in the Netherlands). So now I usually rate it as a 5 star system (because of GoodReads), and most of the time that's sufficient. However now and then there's a rating that's ie. 3.5 / 5, so 7/10. In that case I rate it 4 stars on GoodReads, because you can't do halves, but in my program I do rate it 7/10. Would it be easier if I just wrote the out of 10 rating down rather than both? I don't mind doing that instead . I'm sorry for confusing you! Generally a 5/5 or 9/10-10/10 book I really enjoyed, they're awesome books in my opinion and I'd recommend them to all who like the genre. Books that are rated 4/5 or 7/10-8/10 were quite enjoyable and I'd recommend these to people who like the genre. Ratings of 3/5 or 5/10-6/10 mean I didn't think the book was so enjoyable, but it was still allright to read it. I enjoyed it somewhat but there were several things in the book I didn't like. Ratings of 2/5 or lower means I didn't enjoy the book, I may or may not have finished reading it. There aren't many books which get this rating as I tend to know pretty well what I like and what I don't like, but it happens now and then. Generally most of my books are rated 7/10 or higher, maybe I'm not so strict or maybe I know well what I like. I feel if I enjoyed a book then it should get at least a 6/10 rating. Even if the book isn't brilliant, my enjoyment is what matters most, to me. I tend to enjoy most books I read. Did this help you in any way?

Maureen Lee - Amy's Diary Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Paperback Pages: 105 Synopsis (GoodReads): On 3rd September 1939, Amy Browning starts to write a diary. It is Amy's 18th birthday and Great Britain goes to war with Germany. Amy's fears grow for her brother, fighting in France, and her boyfriend Ian, in the RAF. My thoughts: This is part of the QuickReads series. I bought this book because I liked Maureen Lee's other QuickReads book, A Dream Come True. I decided to read it because of the read-a-thon that's going on at the moment, even though I'm not 100% participating, I thought I should get a bit of reading done. This book takes place in World War II. I quite enjoyed reading about the experiences of the people. There were some plot twists I didn't expect. Sometimes I felt the time passed in the book a bit quickly, I presume to quicken the plot, however I would've liked more details of the time in between two chapters. It was a short and sweet read. Rating: **** (4/5, 7/10)

I think there is a go to menu but it doesn't work for all books, sometimes I can only fill in a location. In other books you can choose a chapter. Also that makes me lose my current position in the book, I don't know how to save it unless I connect to the wireless and sync progress (there are places in the house where the signal is too weak). Well, it's not that important or anything. Thanks, though. I'll have to have a browse on the Kindle and see what I can find in the menu.

No, that's not what I mean (thanks though!). I'd like it if there was a button that I could view the cover of one book full-screen. I've seen people do this with other ereaders but I'm not sure how to do this on the Kindle, unless I scroll all the way to the beginning of the book (unhandy) but then I lose where I was reading (and it will affect my time of how long it will take me to read the book).

George R. R. Martin takes some time to write the books too, so it might be another while until it ends.

On a sidenote: before the first of July I've read 58 books in half a year (1rst of January until end of June), now 59 books. That means I might be able to read 100+ books in one year, perhaps more depending on how much / how often I read.

Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Genre: Contemporary Fiction (I suppose it might also be 'mystery', however I don't have a seperate shelf (on GoodReads) for mystery so that's why I classed it as contemporary fiction) Format: Paperback Pages: 272 Synopsis (GoodReads): The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down. My thoughts: I bought this book based upon a recommendation from this forum. I'm pleased I did! It's such an awesome book. I really did enjoy reading it. The whole book is well written, though I liked certain paragraphs particularly (I would've highlighted them if I was reading it on the Kindle; I prefer paperbacks however and the cover is very pretty). I love the illustrations of situations and puzzles etc. in the book. It breaks up the text nicely and they illustrate the point the author is making, well. There are some plot twists in this book, I wasn't expecting at all. I don't want to spoil it, but wow! I took my time reading this book, because it was so good I didn't want it to end! (also I was busy with other things etc). I highly recommend this book and it's gone onto my favourites shelf on GoodReads. This book blew me away.. it was really good . Rating: ***** (5/5, 10/10)

I just finished reading Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and would like to add this book to my list of best books so far in 2013. Currently writing a review for it. It was amazing!

Awwwww!! So cute .

^ I agree. Shame you didn't love the book (though you did like it), I'm glad to hear though you liked his other books. I have many Asher books on my TBR.

I haven't read it yet either! Some of Dan Brown's books are on my TBR. I hope you enjoy it when you read it .

I don't know if it's me but I don't know of an easy way to display the cover of a book on the Kindle (Paperwhite) . I have to admit, the cover means a lot to me too!

Wow julie.. that all sounds very tough! I hope things work out for you for the best .