Athena
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Wow, that's greatI've just ordered this set of Dickens books from The Book People!
I will probably read the actual books on my Kindle, but they were so prettyful and only £19.99 (and free postage as I was a new customer) that I just wanted them! I'll take me years to get through them all! 
. I hope you enjoy them 
. I've just ordered a few Charles Dickens books myself actually, judging by the list on the site you posted, I may have them all or nearly all, soon.
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I've been putting the trilogy off (and instead read her standalone novels) because it's three big books. Great to hear it's really good! I was hoping it would be, I like all her other books that I've read.
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I really like that book! I've read it in Dutch back when I was a teenager. I plan to buy the English version so I can read the original version of it. I love the story. To me the cavemen aspect is one of the things that makes it so interesting, but to each their own of course.
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Thanks for the replies, I'm not the only one then
.I actually read a bit yesterday evening. I guess atm it's just that doing other things (ie. being on this forum, GR and LT) are a lot of fun too XD.
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I'm looking forward to the first one as well (I haven't read it but I've heard good things about it). I haven't read Turning Thirty either, I presume you liked it?There are two new* Mike Gayle books coming out this year that I'm looking forward to. One is the paperback version of The Stag and Hen Weekend (which is out on Valentine's Day) and the other is his sequel to Turning Thirty, imaginatively called . . . Yep, Turning Forty (out in June). Not sure if I will buy this in hardback, but I could be tempted. -
What a beautiful dog! It's always tough to lose such a sweet dog.
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I love lists!I remember you love lists, I quite like them, too. It's a whole lot of fun going back old lists and statistics, in so many ways... Sometimes it's fun to go back and mentally pat the 2008 newbie frankie on the head and say, 'you have no idea, do you' Think of how many great stats and lists you have, you've been here for so many years! I wonder what it was like back in 2006, how was it different from what it is like now?You know what we should do? We should start keeping a list of members on here who like lists.
Sorry, that was bad. But I had to!
I am very tempted to buy it soon!It's only the BBC adaptation chesilbeach and me have been trying to talk you into watching in the Whatcha Watching thread
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I think more and more people are spending time doing other things (ie. internet, mobile games etc), though I could be wrong. There used to be more attention for reading back when I was a child (ie. at schools then compared with now), compared to now (or that's just my impression at least..). I love to read
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I feel the same way, will be glad to see it finish, though I am enjoying it all. It'll be good to start another fantasy series once it ends etc.I'm kind of glad that this is the end.Hope you can forget a bit about the ending and enjoy the last book!
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Welcome Chloe! I'm relatively new at this forum but wanted to welcome you anyway, I hope you like it here
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I don't know if you remember my picture of Boris from a few pages ago, but here's one from a few weeks ago where he is really dirty! Yes this dog is normally actually white (or white-ish at least)!
And another one of Pamuk:
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I don't know if this kind of thing happens to other people (please post if it has) but I seem to be going through periods where I read lots of books (ie. several or more per week) and periods where I don't read many books at all (ie. only one book per two weeks). Of course this is related to how much spare time I have and what else I might be doing. At the moment I'm not reading so much. Not that the book I'm reading isn't interesting (it is!) but I've felt more like doing other things. I feel ashamed that I've joined a book forum but haven't read a lot since I joined because I've been busy with other things (including the forum XD)
. But yeah generally over the course of a year I have several periods of a few weeks where I read less and periods of a few weeks where I read more (and of course there are also periods where I read.. medium / average?) (not to be confused with the word "period" meaning "menstruation" mind.. just in case any guy wanted to make a joke about that 
).Does this happen to anyone else? Do you ever take breaks in your reading and do you have times where you read lots?
I was just curious, maybe if it happens to some of you also I won't have to feel so guilty. (in my defense, I'm busy cataloguing my books on LibraryThing, GoodReads is my main site but LT has nice statistics).
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That sounds interesting! I've never heard of it but it sounds like a nice book. That said, I'm ashamed to admit I haven't actually read The Diary of Ann Frank in its entirety (just bits of it for history lessons etc).
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This sounds interesting! I like to read about the arthurian era and I love fantasy in general. I'll have to add it to my wishlist. Thanks for the review
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Yeah but that was in the future so you didn't miss any 'now' time
Well done, bobblybear!
I don't know if filling in your books at LibraryThing counts as "book activity"?
I'm thinking of starting a small (light) book so that when I travel I can take that with me rather than the Wheel of Time book I'm reading (which is a bit heavy (many pages)). I'm not sure yet what I'll start to read though, I'm thinking about either a relatively small Charles Dickens novel or a chick-lit type book, or maybe The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire, hmm or maybe Lone Wolf, some people here liked it.. hmmm... Any thoughts (so much to pick from! it'll depend on my mood in the end though)?
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I do this a lot too, read more complicated books and after that read an 'easier' book. Thanks for your review! Not sure if it's my thing (though I've heard good things about Meg Cabot), it might be too similar to Twilight.It was definitely nice to read after reading Jane Eyre
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ThanksI don't think I've managed to watch more than about 10 minutes of that dreadful Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen film version.
DEFINITELY watch either the BBC series, or try the Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson version from 1940 - it's not as faithful an adaptation, but it was the first version I ever saw when I was young, and I still have huge affection for it. 
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@ julie
Nice photos
! I don't have any such old photos digital, we have a few around the house but I've never thought to scan them and make them digital (I have done that with a few old photos of my grandparents for their anniversary). -
Hmm well for the Netherlands, there are many places you could visit. There's Amsterdam, The Hague (Den Haag in Dutch), Utrecht, Eindhoven, Rotterdam.. hmm there are many great sights/cities. In terms of nature I'm less sure, we have beautiful nature in many places but I haven't been to many of them. You should definately take a train ride or something and see some of our flat countryside.
Our museums aren't free most of the time (unlike in the UK), this is something to keep in mind if you're on a tight budget.
For those cities I mentioned, it's just nice to walk around in them (the city centre). Utrecht has some lovely canals / rivers and so do The Hague, Amsterdam, Leiden, Rotterdam etc. I've been to all of these cities, especially often to Utrecht (where I study) and Eindhoven (close to where I live). Eindhoven has got the longest street with the highest amount of bars in a street, or something like that. I'm personally not into that, but if you are, that might be something to see. Eindhoven is also where Philips started (do you know Philips?). The Hague has the parliament buildings in it, as well as the Museon (nature and history museum) and a special cinema, Omniversum (Europe's first 360° IMAX-cinema. The films may be in Dutch though, and it costs a bit). The Esher museum is great too if you like his illustrations. Close to the Hague there is Madurodam, this is a miniature city, with famous sites and things from the Netherlands, in miniature. It costs some to get in but it's quite great.
Hmmm that's just a few things to go see, there are many more and I can tell you more about other things if you want to know, I've got to go now though but if you wish to know more things feel free to ask
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Wow, those are some very interesting stories!
My great-greatgrandfather (if I got that correct) wrote a famous book about the technology of automobiles (cars). My dad's been on national television (he's a professor automotive, it runs in the family it seems
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Thanks
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That's a great picture, with the snow and The Snow Child! It's on my TBR list (as is The Night Circus).
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I knew I recognised it from somewhere! I think I saw bits of it on the British TV.
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I have a question : How many of you have traveled to multiple libraries ? I have been to 15 different ones. I like visiting them to see the differences .
My favorite one is in a town about 20 minutes away. It was a privately-funded one until maybe 2 years ago,so it worked with the old card catalog and the cards in the back of the books that they WROTE your number on,then slipped in a card telling you the due date. It sits across from a beautiful lake that had a couple swans on it ,so you can sit in one area and see the lake while reading . So neat ! They were the last one in our area that switched to using computers .
That sounds really nice! When I was a child my mum took me to multiple libraries or I wouldn't have enough to read
. I don't travel to many libraries these days, would like to see a UK library at one point. When I was on holidays in Oxford we wanted to go to a big library but their site told us (before we left) that you'd need to ask for special permission to see it etc so we didn't go there. Would've loved to see it though.
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Wow bree, that's a special place to live!
To me mountains mean holidays, since my own country is relatively flat.
We've been having snow for a while now, I'm looking forward to see it thaw and have the weather be better.