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I'm glad you liked this book, though not as much as you've liked some other reads. I haven't read this one, though if I find it cheap in paperback I'll probably buy it. Great review!

Great review ! I've had this on my shelf for a long time (the boxset is still in plastic, in fact ). I'm glad you enjoyed it .

Ouch yeah! I try to write them on the day I finish the book, or if I finished it late in the day I write them the day after. I understand though that there's not always time and energy for that in everyone's lives . Sometimes I also take notes while I read, things I notice, to then use in a review (particularly during the read-a-thon when I read multiple shorter books). Good luck with writing your reviews !

No, not yet. The Farseer trilogy is first on my TBR before the Mad Ship. Since they were published earlier I figured it'd be best to start with those. I don't know when yet though, I'll soon start a new fantasy series (but which one!) but first there's two fantasy books I'd like to read first (in series I've already started).

x That's great !

Sorry to hear you didn't like Inferno, nice review though . I don't have Inferno but have some of his earlier works on my TBR. Congrats on writing the final review of books you read in 2013 !

Wow, it's all very interesting to hear how you all organise your wishlist. I like the idea of splitting the wishlist into genres, that sounds really good ! Funny how many of us use Amazon for their wishlist. Thanks for all the tips! I think I will go through my wishlist at some point and at least remove a few books off of it.

x I have it on my TBR, I hope you enjoy it !

Yesterday I watched Captain America: The First Avenger, it's the third or fourth time I've seen it, and it's still great .

x That's totally true! I'm just not sure if anyone would read it . It's certainly a thought, though! I was planning on writing a book about my autism but writing a book about books sounds good too.. Perhaps releasing them as free ebooks? I'm just not sure though who'd read my writing .

Do you have a wishlist? How often do you buy books from it? There was a time where I added a lot of books to my wishlist (in the beginning of last year mainly), pretty much anything I found that I thought sounded interesting. The past few months, since I decided to write my wishlist down physically, I haven't added many at all. I feel I should go through the whole thing and get rid of some books that I added ages ago but perhaps aren't for me upon second thought. There are a lot of books on my wishlist and I feel it'd be better if I was a little stricter and deleted some old stuff off of it. It will take time and energy, though. I haven't typed it out digitally yet, but it's on GoodReads and part of it on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com (Kindle reads). It's also hand written in a notebook (based on date added to wishlist). How do you do things with your wishlist? What makes you decide to put a book on there, and do you ever go back and cross books off that you're not interested in anymore? My wishlist is so big (not as big as the amount of books I own, but still), I feel I'll need to bring it down (so I can add some more ). How long do books normally stay on your wishlist? Do you only buy books that are on your wishlist? (I don't) I'm just curious how all of you do this.

I've only seen one of them, so don't feel too bad .

I bought some books . I did try and was selective about them, I put some back too (I hope that counts for something!) From the local charity shop: Saskia Noort - Afgunst Charles den Tex - Onmacht Karin Slaughter - Onbegrepen (Martin Misunderstood) Harry Mulisch - Twee Vrouwen Herbjørg Wassmo - Tora Trilogie 1: Het huis met de Blinde Serre (Huset med den Blinde Glassveranda) Joanna Trollope - The Other Family Doris Wild Helmering and Dianne Hales - Slank Denken, Slank Leven: 101 Steuntjes in de Rug (Think Thin, Be Thin) Tiny Fisscher - Omnibus Dagboek Van Een Model - Ontdekt!, Beroemd I can't believe all the above books cost me €3,70! To be honest, the first five were in a basket with one for 30 cents, five for a euro. So I picked five and not three or seven. The first five are all short books (most of them out of print, given to people when it's National Book Week, when they buy a book in that week), I was thinking of reading some for the read-a-thon. Then in a bookshop: Terry Pratchett - A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction I love everything Terry Pratchett and somehow this book passed me by, it wasn't even on my wishlist (which I should really sort out some time when I have the energy). I've read 12 books this year so far, I've been reading a lot and while most of the books weren't that big I did read one 1000+ page book so I'm a bit proud of myself so far, that's a lot of books.

Sara Nelson - So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading Genre: Biography Format: Paperback Pages: 242 Publishing year: 2004 Synopsis (GoodReads):Sometimes subtle, sometimes striking, the interplay between our lives and our books is the subject of this unique memoir by well-known publishing correspondent and self-described "readaholic" Sara Nelson. From Solzhenitsyn to Laura Zigman, Catherine M. to Captain Underpants, the result is a personal chronicle of insight, wit, and enough infectious enthusiasm to make a passionate reader out of anybody. My thoughts: I bought this book a while ago, it seemed like a nice book to read (about books) and the cover appealed to me. It was the last biography that involved books that I've got to read so it was on top of the pile of 'books about books'. I felt like reading something different from the fiction books I'd been reading lately. I didn't know anything about Sara Nelson before I started reading this book. Sara's original aim is to read one book a week but quickly she deviates from this. She doesn't mention all the books she read (though there is a list at the end), sometimes she just talks about some of the aspects of reading. I particularly enjoyed reading about these aspects. I did enjoy reading the parts about the books too, but other than one I hadn't read any of them, though a few I'd heard of or knew the story of. What I liked less was that for a few books, she spoiled the story a bit. While they're by no means new books at all, and the spoilers didn't affect me, I do think it would've been better if she'd written about it differently, ie. the thing that happens near the end saddened me, rather than what happens, for example. Despite that I didn't recognise a lot of the books, the author wrote about them in an interesting, engaging way so I did enjoy reading about the books she read. I enjoyed reading about the author's life. She has a husband and son, and also talks about her family. Her husband is part Japanese, she's a jew living in America. Her husband isn't very much into reading. It was great to read about her life in that year. Overall the book is well written and I enjoyed reading it. Rating: **** (8/10)

x It was the first Terry Pratchett book I read and then got into the series so I hope your experience will be positive too .

x Thanks ! I hope you enjoy it if/when you get it. I loved Curious Incident too, I think this one isn't quite as different as that one but it's still pretty good . x x Oh whoops! I hope you can find some you like though .

Marie and bookmonkey, I hope you enjoy your books (when they're there) . I've started to read Sophie Kinsella - The Undomestic Goddess, it's great so far. While I was away from the forums, I've started and finished Sara Nelson - So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading. I'll be writing a review later.

It sounds like a funny book! Great review .

Great review ! The book sounds interesting.

Great reviews! Unwind is on my wishlist, it sounds like a great read .

Congrats on your new books, Chaliepud. I hope you enjoy them ! I hope you get some more time for reading soon .

What genre are you most interested in, Devi? Fantasy wise I'd recommend Maria V. Snyder's Poison Study and the other books in that series (Fire Study, Magic Study and also Sea Glass, Storm Glass and Spy Glass). I loved them, they're among my favourite books. I have also read some other good YA fantasy (ie. the Harry Potter series) and contemporary fiction's. I also loved The Hunger Games, but they do have an element of love in them. I also have some more YA books to read, I find myself mainly reading adult books most of the time though.

x I love that book! It's one of my favourites. If you like it, you should buy The Light Fantastic since that contains the second half of the story. x x I'm sorry to hear you didn't really like it. I have it on my TBR, but haven't got around yet to reading it.

I have all three books on my TBR, I'm glad to hear good reviews of them ! I recently bought the third book so now I can all read them in a shorter amount of time too.

This book sounds intruiging! Great review, I'm glad you liked it .