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So that's bookshops 6 internet 0 so far! The reason I posted this thread was that I relaised my last 5 purchases have been over the internet which shocked me a little bit!...

Which do you prefer?

Hmm. Is there a name for this afflicition? Last-page-itis, last page syndrome?...

But doesn't it spoil it for you?

I was staying with my sister over Christmas and nortice that she's retained a habit from childhood that I could never understand. She'll always read the last page before she gets to the end. Says she can't help herself and that it's a bit like a eating the last chocolate biscuit in the cupboard because she knows it's there. Anybody else suffer from this strange affliction?!!

I think a stand out cover does sway me when I'm in a bookshop. A good cover will prompt me to read the blurb. A good blurb will prompt me to read a couple of random pages from the middle of the book and then to the cash register!

Captain Correlli's Mandolin. What a let down!

I must say I find plays pretty unfulfilling as reads. I think they are somewhat one dimensional and require the theatre environment to bring them to life. They require the exaggerations live performances to come to life IMO. I have actually read a few screenplays - of films I've seen. I find it fascinating to see how they come to life from the script... Give me a book anytime though!

Thanks for the responses. Yep, when I wrote counter cultural, I did mean with small cs!

American Psycho was one book I just gave up on because it was so gruesome............

Myself and some friends have started a book group. Not really a Richard and Judy crowd (!). We're looking for a good novel to read that has a counter cultural bent to it. Our first was Kerouac's On the Road. Looking for something a bit more trecent for next month. Any ideas warmly appreciated.

I have just read the Celestine Prophecy, out of curiosity. There was a period a few years back when random people would reccommend this and tell me it was a life changing book. Having read it, I can only imagine those people hadn't read much!!!

You want to know about fashion? Let me tell you about fashion.. The Sewerside Chronicles - Tim Lay

A few years ago I had a notion to improve the ecelectic nature of my book collection. I had a sister living in Brighton and so trawled the second hand bookshops there and 'bought' myself a new collection for

Look to the future is all I can say. Think of the convenience of having one book with all your other books inside it which is basically what the reader is. I've seen the quality of the display on the Reader. Sure., it's strange to begin with, but so's anything new. I think once you got used to it, your pre-conceptions would melt away.