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I just today opened a fanlisting for the author Mitch Albom ('Tuesdays With Morrie', 'For One More Day' and 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven'). I really enjoyed reading his books recently, they are very meaningful and make you think about life, people and how much they mean to you. If you're a fan of his work maybe you'd like to join the fanlisting and become acquainted with fellow fans (there are only two requirements - a name and a country, and everybody has those!) you will find it at: http://fan.kachii.com/albom

I'm not usually a fan of reading huge books because I find them a lot harder to get into, but I've read a fair few over 400/500 pages long. January I didn't read any big books this month. February Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler's Wife (529 pages) March Laura Weisberger - The Devil Wears Prada (400 pages) (I know, it's short-er) Jed Rubenfeld - Interpretation of Murder (544 pages)

I finished this book last night. I was a little late (very late) starting - I started reading on Monday evening having actually purchased the book a few weeks earlier, but I was determined to finish the book by the end of the month - thinking it might be a hard task, but it wasn't, seeing as I actually enjoyed most of the book I couldn't put it down. I found that it was quite annoying how the story switches from one point of view to the next so suddenly that it's quite easy to get lost and not really understand what was going on. Being a blonde, I didn't really 'get it' until it was all summarised in the last few pages. In all, I thought that it was a well-written book, I enjoyed it, and I liked reading the author's notes at the back to see what was really real and what was made up. Parts of the storyline sucked me in, but I think it could've just as well be done without Freud in it at all. Being put across as having Freud as one of the main subjects of the story, there was susprisingly little of him there.

I read the book recently due to the movie release (never saw the movie - prefer to read a book), the ending was the strangest thing I had ever read. I enjoyed the writing style but it took me a long time to get into the book. The first three quarters were mostly drivel and resulted in it being quite put-downable. It wasn't until he started trying to extract the scents from something other than plants that I became more absorbed by it.

I don't even need to tell you that this book is chick lit, as if the blurb doesn't make it blindingly obvious. This is not the type of book that I would usually read but decided that after seeing some trailers for the recent movie adaption, it sounded like a pretty funny story. It is not the laugh out loud kind of book that I originally expected - but that is not necessarily a bad thing. The annoying boss got on my nerves as much as Andrea's it seems, which made the ending ever more satisfying. A lot of it (the issues she had with her best friend, family and boyfriend) was portrayed rather seriously, and I end up just thinking 'what would I have done given that particular situation?' There is nothing particularly special about the writing style. Some of the chapters started really confusingly as the past was incoherently mingled with the present, but that is my only quarm. The characters were clich

That's interesting about Lucy Daniels and possibly R. L. Stine, I used to read both Goosebumps and Animal Ark books when I was younger. Quite frankly, though, I have to recommend the works of Enid Blyton (especially the Faraway Tree stories) and Roald Dahl. I just couldn't put those books down since I was about four years old to past the age of ten. If you consider buying the Enid Blyton books, however, you might want to consider buying older editions because the newer editions have been edited to be more 'modern' and non-controversial which in my opinion ruins the whole effect of it. It is an old book and has differences to modern literature, but contrary to people's beliefs the old books don't traumatise children or make it harder to understand! I read and re-read those books over and I was never disturbed or traumatised by it or didn't understand that 'Jo' was a boy. Things like that just make me angry. It's not broken, don't try and fix it.

I decided to read this book because of the recent film adaptation. I prefer to read books over watch films, and I thought the storyline sounded interesting in the movie trailers, so I'd give it a go. It is very artisitically written, although translated from its original German by John E. Woods. The language used was very reminiscent of its setting in the eighteenth century, giving it a generally more Gothic feel. Despite its 263 pages you could hardly describe it as 'light reading'. The concept is an interesting and original one with cruel twists that made me cringe and throw the book down at one point. After all, this is the story of a murderer, what would you expect? He was not particularly brutal, but his intention was twisted for sure. The book started off quite dreary and uninteresting, it took about two thirds of the way through until I managed to become fully absorbed by it. The ending was an unexpected one, but not disappointing, as some books tend to be. I would recommend this to people purely for the experience of witnessing an unusual concept. The English language version is indeed quite well written but I fear that it would be better read in German, the language in which it was originally published.

Introduction: I know for a fact that I don't read anywhere near as much as I used to. I recently (at the end of January) started trying to read more, which is why there isn't as many books that I've read this year that I would've liked. Most of the books I read have been recommended to me by people or I've seen adverts for or decided to read due to recent media productions (not necessarily ones that I have seen). I like to read pretty much anything. The only books I prefer not to read are LotR or Terry Pratchett-esque fantasy and military crime/thriller. If you like some of the books that I have read, and have some recommendations for any similar books they would be greatly recieved. I am only going to write reviews of books that I read from this day onwards, but if you would like my opinions on any of the other books written here, just send me a message and I'll get right to it. To see all books that I have read in recent years, please visit my Livejournal entry. Have Read (8): January: Nick Hornby - High Fidelity Mitch Albom - For One More Day February: Stephen King - Thinner John Boyne - The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler's Wife Mitch Albom - The Five People You Meet In Heaven Patrick Suskind - Perfume March: Lauren Weisberger - The Devil Wears Prada On My Bookshelf (6): These books are ones that I have purchased and not yet read. They may be read in the near future, but may not. It depends on what I feel like reading! Nick Hornby - How To Be Good Stephen King - Insomnia Malcolm Gladwell - Blink Lynn Truss - Eats, Shoots and Leaves Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist Douglas Adams - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Would Like To Read (1): These are books that I don't own yet but would like to read at some point. The list probably won't be too long because when I go to find a book to read I travel to the local bookstore and pick up what I think sounds interesting at the time. Gregory Maguire - Wicked

Birthday: 20th January Age: 19 Starsign: I was born on a cusp, so I guess I'm a Capricon-Aquarius, but more Capricorn Single/Married/Other? I have a boyfriend/fianc