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I love UP, and am very pleased that it's up for Best Animated Feature. I hope it wins it. UP is by far my favourite movie, ever.

Well, I used to be pretty scared of Goosebumps as a child. When I read the books now, though, I find them very predictable and funny, and the spook factor is gone. I hear Fear Street is more frightening, and it should be a Young Adult book too, shouldn't it? In any case, I think there shouldn't be a restriction on horror. The EverWorld series is YA and pretty dark and violent at the same time. It depends on how much individual kids are willing to take.

My first fantasy book was probably an Enid Blyton one, but I can't honestly remember. One of those short stories, I guess. I hated them though. Or it could've been children's books like Lady And The Tramp or Puss In Boots. As for science fiction, it's probably The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. For horror, it's got to be Goosebumps. I've forgotten which was my first book though.

Has anyone read any of the following books that I'm thinking of reading? The Catcher In The Rye The Great Gatsby Tuesdays With Morrie The Scarlet Letter A Clockwork Orange Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell Life Of Pi The Time Traveler's Wife Midnight's Children

Crooked House-- Agatha Christie

UP, 'nuff said. It's the first time I ever cried in a cinema. I cry at the third Pokemon movie too. *looks away in embarrassment* But yeah, it's these little kids' films that choke me up.

It makes sense that we see so many English here in a UK site, but HH here is a Singaporean.

I actually made it to the youngest category! I'm 17 years old.

I'd say I prefer poetry to rhyme, but that's only cuz I haven't encountered many striking poems in my lifetime, and most of them are unrhymed and choppy. But the importance is in the overall structure of the poem, I'd say, rather than just rhyming or otherwise.

I would say that a classic is a book that has been read by not just the common folk, but literary people. People who have influence over book awards, book rankings. Basically, I feel that once a book has gained some recognition from the experts, it's a classic.

The deaths were a little bit sudden but everything does seem to fall into place nicely. The epilogue was very cheesy though, when contrasted with the grittier story. I LOL-ed at the naming of the children after dead people. And did anyone else flip over the last page, expecting to find more?

Hm, I think the most disgusting book I've ever read is A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice. I think there've been worse books, but this one sticks in my memory cuz I picked it up not knowing it was going to incorporate, well, mature themes. I was only about eleven then.

Oh I'm a huge Douglas Adams fan. I've read the Hitchhiker's series, the Dirk Gently series and the Salmon of Doubt, and love them all. I actually find Dirk Gently less confusing than Hitchhiker's, cuz it's set in a more realistic setting as compared to a thoroughly science fiction setting for the latter.

I fourth anything Wodehouse and second Douglas Adams. I actually like the Dirk Gently series more than the Hitchhiker's series, and it only comprises 2 books. But yeah, reading them both together is a fun experience.

I don't know if you're deliberately leaving Robert Louis Stevenson out, but The Master Of Ballantrae is quite an enjoyable read, and one of his less common books, I think. It's written in a different style from Treasure Island, which I hate.

I seldom throw books aside midway, and they've got to be extremely dull if I do. Right now I'm debating about whether I should continue "The Elfstones Of Shannara" by Terry Brooks. It's a pity to ditch it, but I'm seriously reading it so slowly.

This is a cool first line from "Back When We Were Grownups". Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered that she had turned into the wrong person.

This is probably the queerest reading habit anyone's ever seen, but I find I read best when I'm reading aloud. Not the entire story, of course, but the dialogue if possible. If I'm forced to read silently, I find that I kinda glaze over the tale and don't pay as much attention to the details. Of course, this results in other people being very displeased with me and the disturbance I create.

During the holidays, all my reading is for pleasure. However, once school starts, 99% of my reading is for school. I sometimes like reading for school, especially when there's an informative yet interesting book for me, but I do miss my favourite titles a lot during the school term, so I make sure to read as much as I can for pleasure when the hols come along.

Well, I don't usually have a specific environment in which I read best, though I find reading on a chair the least pleasurable, weirdly. I do very well reading on the bed or on the ground when I'm in school, but when I'm on the chair I find I must either hold the book up in front of my eyes and strain my hands, or put it down and strain my neck. Good luck in any case. Oh, and I dislike e-books for the reason that I'm forced to read them while seated, LOL.

I don't read many magazines, usually either cuz they smell funny (not like the smell of traditional books) or I don't have the money to subscribe. I'd rather pick up books than magazines when I'm in a library or bookstore, so I don't have much exposure with them.

Yes, it's fantastic. So touching and inspirational, and the artwork's good as ever, of course. The characters are all so gripping as well. I'm surprised it hasn't been more popular among the Disney audience.

Oh hi, Leanne 101! I've never heard of that book, but do introduce it to us in the sub-forums, I love to read book reviews and the like.

Funny science fiction? Please say you've read Douglas Adams' books, Cookie! Hehe, I'm a great fan of his. Welcome! I hope you add more books to your list.