Univerze
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I have quite a few oversized paperclips which have a little rubber animal head on the top.
I just clip it over the page to hold my place.
But, but... doesn't that mean the page gets all bendy? I have had one such a thing before, meant for books, was a larger one, but they left this indentation in the shape of the paperclip on the page, and I hated that.Right now, am using the bookmarks the book shop I bought my books at gives with every book. Not very pretty, but handy since I always lose mine. Also, another I'm using is the one from the uni library, just one with the library logo and they stamped the return date on it.
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Bought Kushiel's Dart today, by Jacqueline Carey. I have read it many times, in dutch, and the later books in english too, actually have many of those in english since the library didn't have them yet, let alone in english. But never got around to buying the first one. Went to get book 4 of the Wheel of Time series today, thye didnt have it but I promised myself I could get this one if they couldn't. Started it when I was a little early at work, love it as always.
Think I might give up on Umberto Eco's In the Name of the Rose.. it's not badly written, but it's kind of pointless, and can't really find any reason to go on.
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Yesterday I read about 50 pages of that astronomy/astrophysics book I mentioned earlier, got the title now "Black holes and warped spacetime" by William J. Kaufman. The book's actually older than I am, which I didn't know when I got it from the library, but from what I have read they weren't wrong with their theories then, not bad actually, there are some things that they know are other now, and they sure didn't have Hubble back then so the pictures that are in there are fuzzy and black and white hee hee. But it's interesting reading, and easier than I thought, though by no means am I saying I understand it all. Still, love it.
When I've come back from university this afternoon I plan to read more.
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No, never do that anymore. I used to, but I found it spoiled things for me.. so I have taught myself to repress those overly curious tendencies and even start reading slower when I feel the urge to skip ahead come along. I try to make myself absorb the last bit of that page/chapter/book more so than the rest, so I don't miss out on anything.
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I pretty much just started "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown (almost 30 pages in), and I'm surprised, frustrated and kind of annoyed by how slow it is! I wasn't expecting that at all. I've heard such good things about it, and I may end up loving the book, but the beginning ... AARGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I never got further than say, 100 pages. I hated almost every page of it. Boring, annoying and just not interesting me at all. I too, had heard good things about it, people couldn't put it down etc.. well not me.
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Picked up two books from the university library today, "Planetary Sciences", and can't remember the other title, but about black holes and stellar evolution. Good reading.
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I cannot recommend The Stand enough, and if you want the definitive version then go for the Complete and Uncut version (1990), its not only the best book King has ever written, its one of the best books ever written, period.
Can't agree more, I adore the Stand. One of my favourite books ever. Also because I love anything apocalypse related, and apocalypse by pandemic, even better.
Call me insane, but for some reason I have wanted something like this to happen to the world ever since I was like, 12 years old, and first saw the film of the Stand. Plus other such films. Can't help it, feels like we deserve it, plus, how many of us actually thinks we're gonna make it (as human race) for another, say, 500 years? Not me. -
Ugh, well if the bookshop I went to today would have actually HAD book 4 of the wheel of time series, I would have been reading that today. They didn't have it. They had two times book three, and three times book 5, but no 4, no Shadow Rising. Weeeeh.
And to show you how sad this is, how sad my town is, this is the ONLY bookshop in my town, at least in the center that sells anything like this.
They said it would probably come in, since they order when they sell an english book.. but she couldn't tell me when they sold it. And even then it wold take two weeks. Bloody hell. Think am gonna order it online, even though that's a little more expensive, shipping costs added.
Just check how long the delivery time is then.
Rant over. Might do a little more reading in Shutter Island later, maybe. Is proving an easy and entertaining read.
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You might want to try the book "Winter in Wartime" (I think that's what the translation is called) by a Dutch writer Jan Terlouw. Dutch title is "Oorlogswinter" and it's about the second world war, it's been made into a film recently. It's down to earth and in no way glorifies war of violence.
Don't know much beyond that, I generally didn't read such books as a kid.
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Well I did see the film but when at the library the other day I decided to take this book after all. Started it yesterday, and so far so good, thought it might put me off reading since I knew the clue, but it's actually nice reading.
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Hubby and I BOTH think she's a hottie. I aspire to her looks and he aspires to my aspiring to her looks - LOL!
Haha really? Well tastes differ, we all know that.
And she's not unattractive, she just doesn't do it for me. Now, Michaela Conlin, or Michelle Rodriguez, or Kate Beckinsale.. those are better. Hey, does Michelle Rodriguez classify as a weird crush, I know some people don't really fancy her because she's not the typical sweet girly girl, but well, wow.
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Oh, the goth girl out of NCIS. I don't know her name but i think she is pretty hot
Blah no, in the series she's Abby, her real name is Pauley Perrette. I don't really like her, she's considered a hottie by a lot of guys and girls in the "goth scene"
but I think she's too stereotype, plus I don't really think she's pretty. She rises up to cute every now and then, but other than that, she doesn't do much for me. -
Yeah I looked it up on IMDB, he's born in february 1946.. think we don't notice he's so old cause as Snape, he doesn't look so old, and a lot of other films are from a while ago. But check the pics here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000614/
And there you'll see, he's looking older these days. Duh.
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Aww no, Alan's delicious.
That voice.. Though honestly, he is (getting) a bit too old for my tastes, too wrinkly, and I am betting he's got old man body now. Okay, I just checked, he's definitely too old for me now hee hee, he's only a bit younger than my dad was. That's too old, really. I'm 28, he's 64? Nah. I mean, as Snape sure, cause he doesn't look that old then. -
Wow, reading here I guess my taste in guys and girls isn't too weird..
Love Alan Rickman too. Always have, but that's not weird, the guy's generally either loved or hated. Oh wait. I have one that you guys would consider odd. Mind you, I have some gothic friends and spend most of my other forum time on such a forum, and there he's considered a major hottie, but I showed my brother a pic once and he was baffled. Not in a good way too.
Lovely Nero Bellum, from Psyclon Nine.
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/6/l_fd95cce3e4f448b5b0eeb1c5932da717.jpg
Love him better without the fake lashes though, hee hee. But yeah, love the music, love the guy.
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Ugh, so very often. Spelling mistakes are stupid enough, to have gotten through. But I often buy the first available edition for any Laurell Hamilton book, but these often have a lot of mistakes. One I most remember, is that in the first book of the Merry Gentry series I think it was, Nicca is described to have purple hair, or lavender or something, while later on when he starts playing a larger part, he's suddely all in shaded of brown, brown hair, skin etc (these books deal with fairies, so hence the hair and skin colors).
And these mistakes happen often, or you know, the lead character acting like she's unfamiliar with someone, while in the previous book they shared a steamy lovescene.
That one was particularly annoying. *sighs*Lots of writing, not enough proofreading?
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Did you guys know that many hotels and hospitals in China don't label the fourth floor because the pronunciation of "four" in Chinese sounds like "death"?
Knew something like it, they have more unlucky numbers than we do, but I think there are hotels and such that don't have a room 13, or floor 13.. so we do the same.
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Yesterday about 80 pages of Day of the Triffids, love it.
Today about 10 more so far, won't be long now or I'll have finished it. -
^I literally JUST borrowed that book from the library today.. was looking for something else to read, picked this up, opened it somewhere in the middle and read a page, and loved the way it was written. Never thought I'd be reading one of the books from this thread though..
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I like stephanie2008's sig from black books!
Just really noticed this one for the first time, and I love it too!! I love Black Books.
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Well I started both Sense and Sensibility and Umberto Eco's In the Name of the Rose today, was in need for another book to read but couln't choose.. think I'll continue with in the Name of the Rose though, felt like the best one to read for now. Might pick up another fluff book alongside it though.. dunno which one yet.
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Welllll... I just thought I'd give it a try and go to my library again. Some things they didn't have, but I walked out with Umberto Eco's In the Name of the Rose, David Gemmel's Hero in the Shadows (which I just found out is part of a series, the cover was so bloody clear on that, NOT! So guess I'll be returning that one unread, and see if they got the first book of the series), Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and Stephen King's Duma Key.
All in english apart from In the Name of the Rose ofcourse. You know, that being written in Italian first, and no point in me reading an english translation, so I got that one in Dutch. "In de naam van de roos" it is.
Very different books hee hee, you guys even get me reading totally different books from those I'd usually try.
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I think from that list I have read 15 so far (most from the 1800s
), and the number of those books that is on my TBR list is a lot bigger.. like 30 or something. 
Just a lot of these books are hard to get hold of, with little money. Our library rarely has them. -
Ugh, another reason I don't use my local library much. Just looked up if they have book from the Wheel of Time series in English. My cash runs short you know. But well, they have about four books of the series in english.
And NOT the one I am looking for now. *sighs*
Buying a classic from Amazon - how do you decide which edition
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I'd do whatever I do when I could buy something in a store but online's much cheaper. Check out which stores have them, go there to check the item you want to buy, but not buy it there, make your choice there, but it online. Then you can check print etc.