Athena

Nice photo . May I ask what your natural colour is? I would guess brown since your eyebrows are brown but I could be completely wrong! And awww your niece is cute.

Awwww , are you normally home during those times, maybe it should be adjusted? I never like it when it's too cold, I own several big vests just in case! (I get cold easily, and sometimes in the winter it can get a bit cold here)

That's good to hear! I'll keep it in mind if/when I update the Kindle .

That's very pretty! I own a lot of Robin Hobb books but I haven't read them yet! I kind of wanted to conclude the Wheel of Time series before I start another fantasy series (as far as I know some of her books are connected to each other), will see how it goes.

Those are some pretty covers!

I talked with my boyfriend about the PS4 and he says he's not in a rush to get one, unless it comes with a launch title he's really interested in etc. The PS4 doesn't bring much new to the table (so to speak) just yet, we'll have to wait until we hear more, perhaps at E3.

I fully agree! In one case it wasn't bad though as the cover I ended up with matched the ones I already had (a The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency book), but in another case I would've preferred the cover shown on the site.

I've done so now, thanks . I read the Kindle User Guide, I'm not sure if this counts as a book XD. I've also organised the ebooks I bought and the freebies, into collections. There are quite a few on there, so I'll have something to read for a while. I'm particularly looking forward to read Jodi Picoult - Leaving Home (Short Pieces), among others.

Yep, it's taken just outside our house, in the garden. @AbielleRose Awww, such sweet dogs! EDIT: The line spacing was messy again, think I'll make a post about it.

I ordered some books from BD and I had the same thing Karsa, the picture showed one thing but the cover of the actual books I received was different. Kind of strange and stupid. I've had this once with Amazon too, only once though (but in the Amazon case it was an improvement so I didn't mind!).

I don't have many recent photos of myself. Here's a photo of me (and one of our dogs, Pamuk) (you've already seen this one, frankie) from last June:

It's a great quote!

Congrats on getting your TBR pile down frankie .

XD sorry, you're right . It's actually very light and small, a great size for my hands!

I haven't seen the last film (nor the one before that, yet XD), do you mean that you didn't like it? I thought the first three were okay but not brilliant (I'm not a big fan of the books (borrowed them from my sister), though I did like them). I liked book one and four the most, so maybe the last two films were better than two and three. Sorry if this was off-topic . I have to say, this topic is a great idea! I don't think I learn a lot of new words these days, though if it counts, yesterday I learned that it's "computation time" and not "computational time". I looked this up for my brother who's writing a report.

I got the Kindle Paperweight. I figured I might as well pay a bit extra for more functionality. The reviews for this one were mainly positive. The only negative thing people said was about the light, I thought, if it turns out to be bad I could just have the light turned off just like on a normal Kindle. I haven't used the Kindle much yet (I'm reading the Kindle User Guide atm), but so far I'm really pleased with it ! The light looks good, and the device looks good also with the light turned off (I haven't actually seen a Kindle in use before I got my one). I can see what some people mean about the light not being evenly spread, but so far on mine it's quite good, it's very very readable. This is also my first device with touchscreen functionality, so it's a new thing for me but so far it's going well (on my parents' iPad I sometimes press wrong, I guess it might take some getting used to for that). I'm excited and pleased with the Kindle so far, now I'll have to see how I can organise books etc. I have the Kindle program for the PC and books are into categories there. Well I'm only on page 2 of the user guide, I decided to post on this forum instead XD. It's currently charging through the PC, I'm not sure how long it will take to charge or how full the battery is, will have to see how quickly or slowly it drains. Exciting times!

I just finished reading Catching Fire, wow, what a great read! They may be Young-Adult books but I found them to be really enjoyable (not that the two are mutally exclusive or anything). There were several plot twists I didn't see coming. As with the first book, it again occurs to me why so many people are so excited about these books, they are just really good!

I've finished reading Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (some thoughts are in my topic) and am now doubting whether to start Mockingjay or Marley & Me. I've also just received my Kindle so I'll probably be busy fiddling with that too.

I've finished reading Catching Fire, the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Wow, what a read! This book had several plot twists that were really unexpected for me. I hadn't heard much about what'd happen in the second book, didn't have it spoiled for me, so when I started reading it I only knew what it says on the back of the book (which isn't much). It was a really good read! Some thoughts: ***** (5/5) I'm doubting if I should start Mockingjay straight away or whether I'm going to read John Grogan - Marley & Me first. Maybe I'll start both XD. Last time when I started two books, I found it to be quite doable. In other news, my Kindle has arrived!

That's a beautiful book!

@ chesilbeach I've bought Volume One of Mapp and Lucia, will hopefully buy Volume Two before I read it as I presume it splits the story in half. Glad to hear you like the book .

I read this book for English class, unfortunately I don't remember a lot from it. I liked it but I didn't think it was brilliant (**** (4/5)). To be honest, I think I might understand it better if I were to re-read it. It's upstairs in a box atm, so that probably won't happen any time soon.

Welcome here ! Nice that you have so many pets/animals around you. We have dogs, goats and chicken, so not quite as many different kinds of animals as you do.

I opened the curtains this morning and ! snow! So we've got quite a bit of snow now.. not really what they predicted a few days ago (they said it would get warmer). My brother and his girlfriend made a snowpuppet (I don't think it's necessarily got a gender so I'm calling it snowpuppet instead of 'snowman'). It's a beautiful sight, all the snow, but unhandy when you have to be in it. It's stopped snowing for the moment but it has snowed for most of the day. I'm enjoying my weekend but am still feeling tired (admittedly, some of the things I've done didn't help with that, ie. helping to cook something or talking with my family).

I just thought of another one! I saw the movie The Time Machine before I read the book, and I much prefer the movie. Not that the book was bad by any means, it was pretty good, but the movie had a lot more elements to it that I thought really helped the story, partially due to those, the main character was much more likeable than in the book, to me.