Athena

Nice that your collection arrived . That picture is so very beautiful!

I've been on this forum for a few weeks now, hopefully the following will not come across as too cheesy. I just wanted to say thank you to all the kind, friendly members of this forum. I'm really enjoying my time here. There are plenty of book recommendations, book reviews, book talk. Some people read the books I read, it's always fun to talk about a book you've both read. The forum is really easy to use, I love this forum software. Before this forum, I was (well, am I guess) a member on two other book forums, also found through Google. I found neither of them to be remotely as much fun or as easy to use as this one (that's why I decided to do yet another Google search XD). I'm really glad I've found this forum and just wanted to give you all a general appreciation (is that even proper English). (two emoticons for hugging? Yay!) for all. If the above was too cheesy, sorry . I'm just happy to have found some friends with whom I can talk a lot about books.

I bought it a while ago, I haven't been in the right mood for reading it to be honest. I've heard good things about it, so I hope you enjoy it! I really should try and start it sometime.. I look forward to read your review .

I've received some books today that I bought. More will come in the next few days. I've also ordered some books from Ebay (I've never really used Ebay a lot, but they emailed me that my account had been too inactive so I decided to take a look XD), most I had send to my boyfriends' place (in the UK) so I won't get them until I see him again in a few weeks (he'll come here in some weeks). I'll post about the books when I get them. Today I received: Adrian Tchaikovsky - Shadows Of The Apt 3: Blood of the Mantis (I've read the first book (Empire in Black and Gold and liked it, has anyone here read it?) Charles Dickens - Martin Chuzzlewit Stephen King - The Tommyknockers (my friend says I'd like this one, don't worry, I have also purchased The Stand and 11/22/63 but they haven't arrived yet). In reading news, I've read a bit more in Wheel of Time 13: Towers of Midnight, it really is a very good book. I look forward to writing a review of it when I have it finished. You can really feel that the series will end in a while, it's kind of all leading up to it. I really can't wait to read the next one after this one, not sure how long it will take before they release the paperback that I want, I haven't seen any dates yet (does anyone know how long it normally takes? My experience is that it's a few months).

That's a really nice write up you've done frankie!

Thanks for the info .

Will I be able to understand the second book without reading the first? It's certainly a thought, I could put it on my wishlist (the covers they sell these days don't match the one I bought, but that's ok).

I love Paul Gallico - Jennie! I read it when I was a child (haven't read it in ages), it was really good. I've also read a kids book about a boy who turns into a dog, but I can't remember the author or title (it may have been a Dutch author, I don't remember). Richard Adams - Watership Down and Garth Stein - The Art Of Racing In The Rain (thanks to some of you) I've just bought and should be delivered here in a few days.

I thought The Gift was pretty good, quite a surprising read. I own two other books by her and one more is on the wishlist, I think.

Seems like it was pretty normal that I didn't understand the first book (Gardens of the Moon) all that well when I read it as a teenager. Based upon reading this topic, I may have to give it another go sometime! I do like the sound of it all, a unique world etc. I own the first book so I may reread it when I feel up for something complicated. I don't know if I'll understand it better this time around (at the moment I don't remember a lot from the first read to be honest) but I think it's worth a try.

I didn't see it last time I was on the forum, for some reason! I've added The Terror to my wishlist, I've read two other books by Dan Simmons and they were great so I'm hoping this one will be good too.

I haven't read many classics yet myself other than for school (and they were mostly Dutch) so I can't really recommend you a lot. However, I do own most of those on Kylie's list and bought them because I'd heard a lot of good things about them. So I can't tell you much myself but I've heard good things about Kylie's suggestions. I also own some more classics but again I haven't read them so I couldn't tell you if they're good or not XD. This year I'm going to try to read more classic books. I hope maybe some other people have some recommendations for you (otherwise browsing some older topics might be an idea, I haven't tried that much yet myself but I plan to someday).

I can see the pic and I'm not logged in in facebook atm so I think it works. I agree, poppy's is nicer .

Such great pictures in this topic (especially Janet's second picture)! The library in my town has been put in a new building since hmm last year or something? I don't like the building that much from the outside (it's kinda modern and angular). The inside's nice though. I haven't got any pictures of it (I hadn't been inside until they had a library sale a few weeks ago), their website has no pictures that I can find. I haven't got any pictures either of the libraries I used to visit as a child (this was before digital cameras), I'm not sure what they'd look like today though the buildings were nice (especially the one in my old town.. that was a lovely old building, I'm not sure if it's still there or not). I'm afraid I can't make much of a contribution to this topic.. well at least I can enjoy all your pretty pictures .

Ah yeah, episode 10 is on soon. So you're slightly ahead of us (pretty good really, most of the time we're a lot behind XD).

I love this show. I've got all five seasons on DVD or Blu-ray, when the sixth is released I'll get it too (well it might be a birthday gift!). I love the humour of the show. I don't have any favourite quotes, I like a lot of them. I don't have a favourite episode though I definately like some episodes better than others (for example I'm generally more interested in episodes that feature a lot of Sheldon compared with episodes about Leonard and Penny). I love the science aspect of the show, I can usually follow what they're talking about. I also love the geekiness, the focus on video games, science-fiction tv-series and films, comics, etc. My favourite characters are (don't read if you haven't seen season four yet and don't want to have something spoiled): Does anyone know where the UK is with showing the episodes? The rules say I can say things if it's been shown in the UK, I'm pretty sure they've shown the first few seasons (I watched some of it on my holiday there) but I'm not sure where they're up to (alternatively if you know the channel that shows it I could look it up on the internet perhaps, E4 or something?). In the Netherlands we've seen the first eight episodes of season six (I'm missed two unfortunately). Anyway, this show is one of my favourite comedy shows of all time (it's a tie with a Dutch comedy show). I find Sheldon the funniest. The things he says sometimes.. I find that now and then I agree with him. The cool thing is that his friends are okay with how he is, they're still his friends. It's good to see that. I can be a little odd too sometimes (though not as odd as Sheldon) so this is a comforting fact.

I bought the box set of three (and one seperate), the boxset is still in its plastic XD. I've heard it has a great magic system, do you agree with that? EDIT: Karsa, I've added some of your recommendations to my wishlist, they sounded pretty good!

This is very cool! @ Sheldon quotes I love his quotes too (the ones posted are very good)! I don't think I could think of one favourite one, there are so many good ones.

Hello! Welcome here . If you have any questions regarding the use of the forum, feel free to ask (here or perhaps in this topic), I'm sure most of us can help you out.

Coincidentally I ordered this yesterday (will post a list once the books have arrived), great to hear you like it! I'll check out some of your other recommendations later . @ Terry Pratchett novels I hope you like them, indeed best to read them in publication order but many can be read on their own. Certain characters feature in several of the books. They can all be read on their own (but best to read in order), except The Light Fantastic, which is a direct continuation of The Colour of Magic (the first Discworld book, I suggest beginning with that one, I love it a lot though on the whole some people like the later ones better). Discworld books are of the fantasy genre, with lots of humour. Terry Pratchett has also written some other books, but Discworld is probably the best place to start to see if you like his novels.

Oh where to start! Some of my favourites (in no particular order): Fantasy: Terry Pratchett - Discworld series & other books Robert Jordan (& Brandon Sanderson) - Wheel of Time series Peter V. Brett - Demon Cycle series Karen Miller - Kingmaker, Kingbreaker duology James Clemens - The Banned and the Banished series David B. Coe - Chronicles of Lontobyn series Ursula K. Le Guin - Earthsea Quartet Ted Williams - Otherworld series (also science-fiction) Maria V. Snyder - Study series (Young-Adult, Glass series is good too, rest I haven't read yet) Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth series (so far, read the first 3 books) Yahtzee Croshaw - Mogworld (this one is the funniest if you have played some video games, there are lots of references to them) Blake Charlton - Spellwright Anne McCaffrey - Dragonriders of Pern series (I've read the first 10 or something) Charlaine Harris - Runemarks Some other fantasy authors whose books are on my shelf (but of which I haven't read a lot): Terry Brooks Raymond E. Feist Janny Wurts R. A. Salvatore Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman J. R. R. Tolkien Brent Weeks Robin Hobb George R. R. Martin Trudi Canavan (and more) Science-fiction: Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series Peter F. Hamilton (so far I particularly like the Night's Dawn Trilogy Joe Haldeman Dan Simmons Iain M. Banks Some other science-fiction authors whose books are on my shelf (but of which I haven't read a lot): Isaac Asimov Stephen Baxter Alastair Reynolds Neal Asher Well that's all I can think of for now, more might come to mind later on. Great topic BTW, I look forward to check out some of the other recommendations!

Yay, nice to see another fan! I watched an episode myself last night. It's such a great show.

I didn't read Jane Eyre for school and I really enjoyed it. Sure I thought about things on my own, but I didn't discuss anything with a professional. Will have to check The City of Ember sometime, it sounds interesting. Nice review .

I've read Sight Unseen (in Dutch), I thought it was quite nice. It's been ages since I read it so I don't remember tons of the story anymore.

That is so good to hear . It's one of my favourite contemporary fiction books.