baby.giraffe

Welcome to the forum. You seem like a busy reader . I hope you have a great time here. I've loved it so far. I think its definitely made me read more and I'm getting quite a list of books I need to buy!

I wouldn't say I was told to read Jane Eyre more talked into it by an old friend. Its just not something I'd ever wanted to read. Anyway I really went at it wanting to hate it but alas no! I loved it and it had me openly crying on a train... As for school I remember thinking its as if they had purposefully gone for the most boring dire book ever and got 30ish copies to torture us with. Or maybe its just the atmosphere of it. We read a Sylvia Plath short story at school I remember hating where as later she became a favourite author. I have my sister, friends and the Manics(!) to thank much more than any teacher or school for my love of literature and poetry. Sad isn't it? Oh I think it's much worse when you've been wanting to read something thinking it will be brilliant for it to be awful and disappointing.

Welcome! I joined for similar reasons. No one I know really reads at all let alone the books I like . Its great here though everyone is really friendly and helpful.

Hi! Great introduction. Welcome to the forum.

I watched Four Lions last night. Mainly because Guy Garvey's little brother is in it. It was pretty good.

Hello, I'm pretty new myself. I hope you have a good time here!

Thanks so much for all the recommendations everyone. That's really helped narrow it down for me. I think I'm going to pick up a few second hand copies and get started! I'll let you know what I think. Hope you enjoy it!

I've been inspired tonight but I don't know where to start! Obviously I must have seen a hundred adaptations but I've never read a single one of her books. (Though I did name one of my Blythe dolls after her! ) Ideally I'm not looking for anything Poirot, simply because I think I'll know them too well. I'm leaning towards A Caribbean Mystery but again thats based solely on the fact I like the tv versions. I'd love some recommendations that would be completely new to me. Thanks for your help.

I kind of went off Waterstones when they sacked my sister! Having her work in a local one was cool too because I could get 20% of everything and if she was on the info desk I could ask all those questions I'd be too embarrassed to ask normally. I much prefer second hand bookshops, independent ones or charity shops though. Yes maybe not the choice but you get some great things! I love my 70s copy of Wilkie Collins The Woman In White!

I was going to Barnsley! My first time. I sprinted through and in about 5 minutes I was on another train. Quite stressful!