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Just finished Headlong by Michael Frayn. Took me a little over four days to read. One of the more enjoyable books I've read in a while.

My TBR pile gets read through at random, tends to be bigger by December than it is in January. This year I do intend to read Dan Brown's 'The Da Vinci Code', 'Angels & Demons', 'The Lost Symbol', and I need to buy 'Inferno'. Also, I intend to do a re-read of the 'A Song of Ice & Fire' series this year. I am more highly motivated than usual to finish my TBR pile this year though, as I keep telling myself I'll reward myself with a Kindle when I finish the pile.

Finished reading a biography on Nick Drake, now reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

In the next day or so I shall begin reading All the Quiet Horses by Cormac McCarthy. Anybody read this book before? Have any good/bad words to say about it?

I buy my books from a charity shop on Brixton High Street for 99p each. Got such books as All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, Playing for Pizza by John Grisham, The Concise Pepys by I don't know who.

Started reading El Diego, the autobiography of Diego Maradona.

Indeed that is a shame. Perhaps you may like it more than I did? Just was definately not to my tastes. To me it honestly seemed as though somebody took a thriller novel and just inserted loads of cheap puns and sarcasm in order to turn it into a comedy. The plot suffers massively as a result. The plot isn't very deep either, it's actually pretty vague up to the point I reached. On Amazon a lot of people are singing this books praises as if it's a masterpiece so don't just take my word!

My first job was a Trainee Window Fitter. It didn't last very long as I am (secretly) not a big fan of heights. The lasting memory I have of that job is one time when I got my finger trapped between a window frame and the actual window fitting. I can laugh about it now but at the time was a scary experience as I thought I was going to be missing a finger by the time it was unstuck. That job was 10 years ago and didn't lead me anywhere. Between now and then I've worked in every industry there is. Now working as a Security Guard.

Bought Hugh Laurie's The Gun Seller about two weeks ago. Managed around 90 pages in that time and have now given up. The story/plot is ridiculously slow, and the sarcasm/attempts at wit every second or third sentence quickly becomes excruciating. Just could not get into the book. Luckily I have been developing a pile of TBR books so I'll be jumping straight into one of them in the hopes of forgetting about this one!

Finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy, now onto Playing for Pizza by John Grisham.

Gave up on the Kerouac book, read The Cobra by Carl Froch with Niall Hickman instead. Now a third of the way through Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson.

Just got done with Digital Fortress. After looking around I got the impression that the books weren't going to be very good, sort of prepared myself for that. I have been pleasantly surprised by the first one though! I'd say they have sort of a... James Bond/Jason Bourne/Mission Impossible feel to them, not what I usually go for but still a refreshing read! I got through all 510 pages in a little over 24 hours, fast reading for me these days. The short paragraphs kept me hooked.

Started reading Digital Fortress by Dan Brown last night, almost finished it in a little over 24 hours! Next up is Lonesome Traveler by Jack Kerouac.

Complete silence whilst reading is heavenly. With a 6-month-old daughter I find that hard to come by these days, unless I stay awake late into the night. I have had no choice but to try to adapt to the noise around me. I find it harder to process what I'm reading when there's background noise, and if there's someone within earshot talking then I cannot concentrate at all!

Less than 100 pages left of The Mammoth Book of Native Americans by Jon E. Lewis. I intend to finish it tonight, then a trip to the library tomorrow to find something new!

Just finished reading Vikings in America by Graeme Davis, and started The Mammoth Book of Native Americans by Jon E. Lewis.

Just bought the following books, 99p each/£4.95 for the lot: Digital Fortress Deception Point Angels and Demons The Da Vinci Code The Lost Symbol I felt I couldn't go wrong with those prices, intending to begin reading them in September.

You should totally push yourself to read the book. You shouldn't be put off by a large number of pages. It will just take you a little longer is all. Personally, when I read a long book, I have to read a few shorts afterwards to let my brain unwind, if that makes sense. I just finished reading a book with 174 pages. The one before that had 709. I am currently reading a book with 183, and on my TBR list are books with 286 and 557. It varies widely really.

I can totally understand that. Stephen King is on my discard list also, vastly overrated! I hate the way, these days a lot of authors try to convey humour in their work, like a book can't be written without the author trying to be funny. This is possibly more apparent in non-fiction. A few months ago I was looking for some kind of handbook to help me with becoming a father for the first time. Every single book I found written by a man about parenting has to have some sort of sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek approach. Like everyone wants to be the next Russell Brand or Ricky Gervais. Really annoys me actually. I have been interested in books before, and this kind of humour on the back or in the introduction is enough to put me right off!

About 15 to 20. I pass them on once I'm finished or swap them. Also going through a library phase at the minute. The last few years I've been leading a nomadic life which doesn't help. I'm probably around 300 books read in total (books I chose to read on my own initiative). One day I'll make a collection of only my favourites.

Who is this book aimed at?

This thread makes me want to get a bookshelf of my own some day! Hopefully in the not too distant future, maybe next year.

Currently reading Frankenstein (Mary Shelley), the first book I obtained from ReadItSwapIt. I started reading and suddenly got that feeling that I'd read it before. I vaguely remember reading about half of the book five years ago or so. Funny as I had no recollection until I was a couple of chapters in. This time around I'm enjoying it so far, makes a change after I gave myself some pretty heavy reading to do and kinda put myself off for a few weeks. Also recently obtained El Diego (Diego Maradona), should be an interesting read, although not sure I'll fit it in before the end of the month.

Welcome Angie! This is a nice and friendly place, you'll feel at home in no time.

This would probably appeal to the My Little Pony market. I wouldn't be interested.