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I havent read any of them I'm afraid, but I'm sure someone has, I can look up the english titles and see what they are and see if anyone has read them. The 3 from Loveswept are paperback short stories (looks like romance stories by the cover)

Hi! I won a booklottery and expected 1 book, instead the publisher (or author wichever) sent me 6, 4 of them in dutch. I don't speak or read dutch, so I'm looking to give these 4 books a new home. Here are the titles: All 4 are by Sandra Brown Een gevaarlijke vrouw (hard cover with jacket) Liefde op de koop toe (from Love swept nr 110) Onverwachte ommekeer (from love swept nr 74) De slapende minnares (from love swept nr 14) If anyone is interested in swapping them for something in english/swedish or taking them (youll pay the shippingfee - we'll work something out) let me know! /Nali

Sounds like "Codename Snake" by M.M Rumberg "CodeName: Snake is the dramatic story of a Jewish assassin operating in Berlin during WWII.Seen through the eyes of teenager Stefan Hirsch, the Nazi party ascends to power and squeezes the life out of the Jewish community in Berlin. Stefan and his family escape to Italy, but are soon arrested and sent to an Italian work camp. When Stefan's family is brutally killed, he vows revenge and manages to escape by killing his guard. He makes his way through war-torn Italy and via the underground to England. Because he speaks German fluently, he is recruited by the elite Special Air Service and trained as a commando." Alaso - welcome to the forums!

The shortest couplet that forms a poem is perhaps "Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes" by Strickland Gillilan, and it goes like this: Adam/Had 'em.

Everyone has to do what they think is best, but I can honestly say that the movies are far from as good as the books, and a lot more happens in the book that never made it to film. can't speak for twilight, but in most cases I find that the books are always better than the movie.

Give the Shannara series a go too. They are very interesting, theres a big quest, there are elfs and men and all sorts of nasties and best of all, its more or less a complete story (the shannara triology at least) and if you want to read more than 3-4 books you can read them in any order really. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannara I would start with the Original Shannara Triology, and see how you feel when you're done.

I have always loved them. I was 14 when the first book became available to me and was hooked from the start. Now I am 28 and I have just read the series for the 10th time I believe. My hubby was saying to me "You are crazy, no book is good enough to read 10 times" and he refused for a very long time to read them himself. I do have amazing persuasion skills and relentlessly wore him down, and he tried them this summer. He didnt much like the first book, as it was too childish, but he kept on going and before he knew it he had read them all in under 2 weeks, and he is not a fast reader. I highly recommend you to read these books! They are easy to read and Jo really, really manages to bring her worlds to life in your head. I love the books and I think there is a little for every taste in them!

Hi and welcome to the forum Connor! I think its great that you try to read, I think it's important for everyone to give it a go, you'd miss out on so much if you don't, and there really is a genre out there for everyone, so I hope you'll find some good suggestions here when you browse around! /Nali

You can also transfer your CDs to your device. As far as I know, if you own the cd, you can copy it to your computer and from your computer to your mp4 device. You should have a cable for it somewhere. Since you payed for the music in the first place it is yours and as long as you keep the original to show if the government or whomever asks, that should be a ok.

Gonna start on the Little House on the Prairie series tomorrow! Looking forwards to it very much!

I think it all depends on how mature your kid is, and how much they read/have read in the past. I've read the first one of these, and I would say that when I was 11.-12 I would have loved them. I might not have gotten all the jokes, but I would have loved them. I can also say that the woman that worked in the library at the time when I was 12 would not have approved at all! Mean, nosy old bird, she actually called my parents when I checked out Brahm Strokers Dracula at age 14... It was too mature for me she thought! You as a parent is (or is it are thebest judge? Damn the english language!) the best judge of your child's level of maturity, I very rarely follow the age suggestions on books, unless it says 15+ or adults or something like that. I read the book, and then make my mind up, and lets face it, when it comes to young adults books they don't take that much time to read, and you can form an opinion pretty fast.

read faster!

I watched the first 3 episodes because I so wanted to like this show, but I stopped after that because I found it to be very blah and with too many uninteresting characters, and too obvious a plot.

Perhaps change the words "green forest" to "deep forest" and maybe something along the lines of "Say then, once your joyous life's deep forests have been explored: "

Hi Bill, and welcome!

poppyshake; If you want to try another one of her books, give "And Then There Where None" a go, its a little different from this one and it has a morbid (but funny) humor in the form of a very meaningful poem in it.

1- Who was your favourite character? I'd have to say that my favourite character changed a little with the plot, but I really liked Caroline because she was such a little "had - to - know - it - all", and that is how I picture english small town ladies in the '10s and '20s. I took an immediate dislike to the good doctor, because of Caroline and the way he talked about her. He was really mean. I could also picture Poirot walking around, gathering clues here and there in his impeckable suit very vividly, wich is always a good thing when reading. My least favourite character has to be that of Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd, the sister-in-law whom I found to be a greedy and "weak" woman. 2- Was there a particular part you enjoyed more than the rest I really enjoyed the twist in the story... Having read Agatha Christie novels before I wasnt totally taken by surprice at who the killer really was, I had my suspitions from very early on, but to see the evidence explained and to follow the thinking of Poirot was exciting, and to find out that I was right was a bonus! 3- Was this the first book you've read in this genre/by this author/has it encouraged you to read more? I'm not a huge fan of Agatha Christie or crim/detective novels in general, but I have strayed into that genre now and then, and I am not a stranger to Agatha Christie - "Murder on the Orient Express" is a good read but I have always loved and come back to "And Then There Were None" (or Ten Little Niggers as it was so... charmingly named for a long time) I will problaby read these kinds of novels in the future too, but I will not strive to do it because of this book, or any other that I have read of this genre. 4- Were there any parts/ideas you struggled with? As a "modern woman" I struggled with the fact that women of that time didnt do much, other than spy on thier town and faint at the drop of a hat, and I have always enjoyed reading about strong women who go against the stream more than about women who behaved as they where expected to behave, but I realise that this was a contemporary book, and that times where like that back then, and it didn't bother me enough to put the book away. 5- What were your thoughts about Poirot? I found him rather charming, altho a little pompous and full of himself. I do like the fact that he was very secretive and never missed a detail, and as a common theme in many of Agatha Christies books, he did her justice I think. 6- Did you work out whodunnit, who was on your suspect list? I didn't know for a fact who the guilty person was, but I had very strong suspitions from the start and they never let up. I didn't think for a second that the butler did it, altho I have heard somewhere that the butler always did it! I would have been really surpriced if it had turned out to be one of the ladies whodunnit, that would have been a fun twist to read. 7- In hindsight, were there clues early on as to the guilt of Dr Sheppard? Well, I did catch the timediscrepancy pretty early (the 10 minutes that went by unexplained or unmentioned until the end), and the fact that the good doctor was so eager to hear who the blackmailer was I found a bit odd. Also the way he talked to his sister... But I didnt see any real clues that pointed to him, and I assume that was the goal. 8- Do you feel justice was done? No, I don't see how ending your own life equals justice at all, and I don't buy the "Save Caroline from hurt" argument either... If your brother commits suicide and leaves no explanation, when to my knowledge he has never been prone to do so, well I believe that would cause more pain, and probably a much deeper pain that that of your brother going to jail, where he rightly belongs. 9- Overall was reading the book an enjoyable experience? I would have to say that it was. It was in no way lifechanging or earthshattering, but it was a good nights read. 10- Would you recommend the book and if so to whom? I wouldnt recommend it to anyone in particular, because I don't know anyone who enjoyes this genre, but if someone asked me what I thought of the book, and wether it was good enough to read, I would say yes.

Hi and welcome to the forums! We have reading circles here that you can join, much less scary than real life ones if one is shy. I hope you find our forums useful and that you get back into reading again!

I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me - Nik Kershaw

I sometimes listen to the radio over the internet, but mostly I listen to music on Spotify

Roberson,Jennifer - The Chronicles of Cheysuli; Shapechangers This is the first book in the Chronicles of Cheysuli. I read this book about 15 years ago, and loved it then. It was one of the first times I dipped my toes into the Fantasy-pool and it is one of the biggest reasons I kept reading the fantasygenre. The book is mainly about Alix, a young woman who falls in love with a prince, and hier to the trone of Homara, but before much can happen, Alix is abducted by a Cheysuli warrior. He intends to take Alix as his mistress against her will... The Homarans have feared the Cheysuli for many years, thinking they are beasts, monsters, deamons... For Alix this might all change soon as she makes a life-changing discovery about herself and her past. Jennifer Roberson manages to conjuror up the most vivid images in my head - something I really enjoy in a book and writer. She is very good at driving the story along, and there is not one dull moment in the entire book. As I already said, I love this book, and I am sure I will enjoy the other seven in the series - and I have just learned that there will be at least three more books written in the near future about this wonderful world!

That is just for the challenge Kell is having - otherwice I'm not that organised!!

signed up for the maxi challenge and left a link to my post on this forum for my progress.

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