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Just finished The Duke and I by Julia Quinn. Don't know what to read next yet.

Read a couple more pages of "The Duke and I" by Julia Quinn. Hope I can finish it tonight.

If I recall I didn't really enjoy any of the books I had to read at school. It got better in my advanced courses, but we did not read any books I would have picked. But I am with chesilbeach there and think it has a lot to do with being open minded. The books we read in school weren't alltogether bad, but having somebody tell me when and how much I have to read generally raises my hackles.

Had a book in the mail today - does that count as "activity"? Going to continue with "The Duke and I" by Julia Quinn when I finally get away from the computer.

How about Dean Koontz? Though you have to be careful, he is said to have written some really, really good horror stories and others not worth mentioning. I have read "The taking" and except for the slightly odd end found it quite good. Or maybe Bentley Little? "The mailman" actually reminded me a little of King's "Needful things".

I just gave up on "Fire" by William Esmont. What a bullsh...! Haven't decided on the next book yet.

I can second that. I buy a lot of used books, but usually only if they are in good shape.

2 weeks with myself and only 3 books?!? Oh my... Philip Pullman - His dark materials trilogy Cornelia Funke - Inkdeath Sherrilyn Kenyon - Acheron And I only chose these because they're at least thick enough to get me through two weeks without fearing I run out of books.

Is noise allowed? The TV or the children? Well, yes. I often turn on the TV or music while reading, at least when I'm reading in the living room. No "noise" when I'm in my reading room or reading in bed, though. Indoors or out? Morning or Evening? Usually indoors, because when I'm out I'm doing other things. During the week I only read in the evening, on the weekend whenever I can. Do you read on sofa or do you prefer to snuggle in bed with a good read? Both. Is a cuppa close to hand? Do you feast while you read? Ah... yes to both. Does everything have to be just so? No. The only thing I need is a little time. I couldn't read before work out of fear I might run out of time.

There are a couple. I'm a huge Nora Roberts fan, but the films they made of the books pretty much suck. An even bigger disappointment was "Time machine" based on Michael Crichton's book. I really loved the book, but the movie is just poor.

Well, it's been awhile since I was here, but I hope I'm still allowed to join in. I finished "Hot finish" by Erin McCarthy today. Now I cannot figure what to read next...

Well, I've been a little too enthusiastic buying books this year. I use "BookCook", which is a great (and cheap) programme. I used to have an excel list, but only with the book titles so I wouldn't buy a book twice, but then I heard about BookCook and immediately bought it. Here's a screenshot: It's especially great since it not only shows you each single book, but shows lots of statistics with one click. I've only had it for six months, but I wouldn't want to miss it anymore.

Now the books I bought this year (careful, this list is way longer ). -The darkest evening of the year/Dean Koontz -Equinox/Michael White -Eye of the beholder/Michael Ellis -Enigma/Robert Harris -The malice box/Martin Langfield -Stigma/Philip Hawley -Watermin/M. M. Buckner -With no one as witness/Elizabeth George -No rest for the wicked/Kresley Cole -Wicked deeds on a winter's night/Kresley Cole -Love bites/Lynday Sands -Midnight/Dean Koontz -Prey/Michael Crichton -Die Brut des Boesen/Patrick Graham (couldn't find an english edition of it) -Daisy's back in town/Rackel Gibson -Dawnbreaker/Jocelynn Drake -Shadowfires/Dean Koontz -The demon you know/Christine Warren -Dark prince/Christine Feehan -The mermaids singing/Val McDermid -The collected poems of W.B. Yeats/Yeats -Pride and prejudice/Jane Austen -It must be love/Rachel Gibson -Under the dome/Stephen King -In the woods/Tana French -The Dark Tower IV:Song of Susannah/Stephen King -Servant of the bones/Anne Rice -Die Raetsel des Universums/Gerhard Staguhn -Luther/Guido Dieckmann -The winter rose/Jennifer Donnelly -Flowers in the attic/V. C. Andrews -Lisey's story/Stephen King -The mists of Avalon/Marion Zimmer Bradley -Desperation/Stephen King -Violets are blue/James Patterson -3rd degree/James Patterson -Visions of sugar plums/Janet Evanovich -The first victim/Ridley Pearson -Cat and mouse/James Patterson -Tell me no secrets/Joy Fielding -Dark horse/Doug Richardson -Hide and seek/James Patterson -Im Dunkel der Waelder/Brigitte Aubert -Jurassic Park/Michael Crichton -Nightwalker/Jocelynn Drake -Die rot-gruenen Jahre/Joschka Fischer -The torment of others/Val McDermid -Remembering Sarah/Chris Mooney -Dark mountain/Richard Laymon -Sign of the cross/Chris Kuzneski -Delicious/Susan Mallery -Sins of the night/Sherrilyn Kenyon -Das Druiden-Tor/Wolfgang Hohlbein -Green city in the sun/Barbara Wood -Life support/Tess Gerritsen -The book of the dead/Preston/Child -The travelling vampire show/Richard Laymon -Shattered icon/Bill Napier -Souvenir: A love story/Therese Fowler -His Majesty's dragon/Naomi Novik -Touching evil/Kay Hooper -Wild orchids/Jude Devereaux -Dark places/Gillian Flynn -Der Mann, der nichts vergessen konnte/Ralf Isau -Deep storm/Lincoln Child -The mailman/Bentley Little -The blood detective/Dan Waddell -A darker domain/Val McDermid -Descendant/Graham Masterton -Kiss of the night/Sherrilyn Kenyon -Scavenger/David Morrell -Whisphers of the dead/Simon Beckett -Ritus/Markus Heitz -Run less, run faster/Bill Pierce -Das Anti-Stress-Buch/Ulrich Wolf -My sweet Audrina/V. C. Andrews -The white lioness/Henning Mankell -The dreaming/Barbara Wood -Vampire, interrupted/Lynsay Sands -Einmal Marathon in New York/Iris Gehrmann -Ultramarathon man/Dean Karnazes -Knaurs Handbuch Ernaehrung/Michael Hamm -The lost symbol/Dan Brown -The book of love/Kathleen McGowan -Kindred in death/J. D. Robb -Black Hills/Nora Roberts -The children of Huring/J.R.R. Tolkien -The historian/Elizabeth Kostova -Ronnie/Ronnie Wood -Slave to sensation/Nalini Singh -The welcoming/Nora Roberts -Archangel's kiss/Nalini Singh -Sword of God/Chris Kuzneski -Vlad: The last confession/C.C. Humphreys -Dead simple/Peter James -Scar night/Alan Campbell -Not in the flesh/Ruth Rendell -Once a thief/Kay Hooper -Sanctum/Markus Heitz -Hunting fear/Kay Hooper -Always a thief/Kay Hooper -Heute bin ich blond/Sophie van der Stap -The ice limit/Preston/Child -Digital fortress/Dan Brown -Deception point/Dan Brown -Beneath the skin/Nicci French -The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail/Lincoln/Baigent -Sense of evil/Kay Hooper -Next/Michael Crichton -Welcome to temptation/Jennifer Crusie -Temple/Matthew Reilly -The Genesis code/Christopher Forrest -Blood memory/Greg Iles -Timeline/Michael Crichton -The codes/Douglas Preston -The Magician's guild/Trudi Canavan -Cujo/Stephen King -Die Wiederkehr/Wolfgang Hohlbein -Der Todessto

Half the year is already over, but I've decided to start a reading log here anyway. Since I have a great software with which I keep track of all the books I bought and read it won't be a problem to backtrack the first couple of months of 2010. So, here's the list of what I've read so far this year: January -Hard eight/Janet Evanovich -The taking/Dean Koontz -Shades of midnight/Lara Adrian -Smitten/Janet Evanovich -Timeline/Michael Crichton -The last Templar/Rhaymond Khoury -Bed of roses/Nora Roberts -Written in bone/Simon Beckett -Watermind/M.M. Buckner February -The darkest evening of the year/Dean Koontz -Die Insel/Charlotte Link (don't think this has been published in English) -It must be love/Rachel Gibson -The Crucifix killer/Chris Carter -The collected poems of William Butler Yeats/W.B. Yeats -Sign of the cross/Chris Kuzneski -Visions of sugar plums/Janet Evanovich -Jurassic Park/Michael Crichton -The mailman/Bentley Little March -Blutportale/Markus Heitz (don't think this has been published in English) -Superfoods, superfast/Michael van Straaten -Touching evil/Kay Hooper -Kindred in death/J. D. Robb April -Dark place/Gillian Flynn -Sword of God/Chris Kuzneski -Monday mourning/Kathy Reichs -Blue moon/Lori Handeland -The ice limit/Preston/Child -Undead and unappreciated/Mary Janice Davidson -Me and Mr. Darcy/Alexandra Potter -Eternal/V. K. Forrest -The lost world/Michael Crichton I will continue with May when the month is over.