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I hope you have a nice wedding ! I plan for our wedding, sometime in the future, to be small as well. Personally I've only ever attended one wedding in my whole life, and I don't remember a whole lot from it. I hope you have fun .

That sounds good, Kylie !

I hope you like The Storyteller! I'm waiting for the paperback release.

That's amazing! I don't know of many libraries in books or movies on top of my head (I think there's a nice one in Inkheart but it could've also been a different film..).. I'll have to think about it!

Nice reviews, Claire! x x This is going on the wishlist . x x Nice to read your review on this one, I recently read it so it's nice to hear what someone else thought of it. x x Also going on the wishlist!

Awww, I'm sorry to hear about your health problems, Laura. I wish you the best . I hope you feel better soon.

x Coraline is on my wishlist, I'm glad to hear you liked it .

On my holidays I came across this book (1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die) and I bought it. I look forward to going through it and seeing if there's any books in there I might want to read. I should also go read all 13 pages of this thread XD.

Janet, you're making great progress! Excellent .

Who was your favourite character? I'm not sure to be honest, I didn't really like most of the characters. Who was your least favourite character? Dr. Merkle, I can't find anything positive about her whatsoever. It was so mean what she did! I liked Harley in the beginning but not any more later on, once we find out what a mean person he is. Was there a particular part you enjoyed more than the rest? Not particularly, though I enjoyed hearing about the little library. Was this the first book you've read in this genre/ by this author, has it encouraged you to read more? I haven't read any books by Edith Wharton before. I had to look up quite a few words (easy on the Kindle, gladly!) and some structures were weird to me, but other than that I felt it read like a contemporary written historical novel. Genre wise I have it classed as literature and indeed I do plan on reading more of that. This book did encourage me to do so, I found it to be relatively readable. I own The Age of Innocence in paperback, so I'll read that sometime. Were there any parts/ideas you struggled with? Only the words and structures that were unfamiliar to me (mainly language from back then, words used back in those days). Overall, was reading the book an enjoyable experience? Yes, it was. Though the story isn't without its flaws, I did enjoy it. How has Charity changed (come of age) throughout the novel? I feel she has changed a bit but I would've liked to see a greater change. What were Harley's intentions? Did he have feelings for Charity, or was he simply using her? I think he may have had feelings for her, however it was wrong to act upon them as long as he was in a relationship (engaged even) with another woman. Were Royall's intentions purely honorable? No, in the end he did an honorable thing (though, like others, I find it weird that he'd want to marry someone he'd consider a daughter to him) but earlier on in the book he was mean to Charity and abused her. How do you feel about the ending? Did Charity make the right decision? I think for her child she did, however whether she will be happy this way I don't know. I would've liked a different ending, I guess a more feministic one, where she'd go out and find a job and take care of the baby herself. But considering its time, those things didn't happen back then. It wasn't a bad ending, though. It made sense, though I didn't see it coming. x It sounded really nice to me. P. S. Can we pin this thread and unpin the July one?

x I've got this one on my shelf (albeit in a big paperback edition and not a smaller one). I've heard a lot of good things about it, look forward to hear what you think when you've finished it. x x I've heard good things about this one too, I hope you like it! (it's on my wishlist)

Welcome here!

x Just thought I'd jump in and say, if you type [ spoiler ] <<put your spoilery text here [ / spoiler ] without spaces, it will show up as this:

x I hope your mojo will keep being well! Inkheart is on my wishlist, I own Inkspell. I bought it for my sister but it turned out she already had it, so I kept it. I liked the film Inkheart, hopefully one day I'll get books one and three and read the whole series. x x Awww poor you! Libraries here don't close for summer. They are always closed on Sundays but are open the rest of the week (with the exception of public holidays). Good luck . x x I bought two M. C. Beaton books while I was on holidays. I'll post a list later, I've already made it but I haven't read any reading logs yet. I'm currently reading John Green - The Fault in Our Stars and am really liking it so far. Books I've read since I last posted in this thread (before my holidays): Susan Hatler - Better Date than Never 2: Truth or Date Susan Hatler - Better Date than Never 4: Save the Date Brandon Sanderson - The Emperor's Soul Edith Wharton - Summer Ian Ford - A Field Guide to Earthlings (reviews to follow in my reading log later)

I've got a couple of books lined up as well, though mainly the same ones as before with a few added, in the usual style. I can post them if people are interested, though .

This is an interesting question. I'm not sure if I could pin-point it. Clearly it does depend on the genre too, non-fiction will have different things that are important than fiction (though they'll have the same reasons, too). I'm going to have to think about this one..

I've found that over the years, reading English got easier and easier, up to the point where now I find it easier to read an English book rather than a Dutch one. My boyfriend's British so I speak English on a regular basis these days. I think, unless you have a specific reason of why it's hard to read (ie. a disability), it should get easier over time. If you do it a lot, you'll get better at it.

Welcome here! You named some excellent authors! I look forward to see you around .

Welcome here !

Welcome here . Your English is really good!

Welcome here .

Welcome here ! I'm sorry to hear about your pain, that can't be nice at all. I hope this forum can be one of the positive things in your life.

Welcome here!

Welcome, I hope you like it here .