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In no particular order: Tom Stoppard Oscar Wilde Shakespeare Eugene O'Neill Tennessee Williams Tom Stoppard would be my favourite amongst those I have named.

I shall be interested to see how cheesy I think the book is upon reading it. I couldn't imagine anything being filmed in place of ESB as it is my favourite SW film. There are some Star wars novels I would have loved to see a film adaptation hit the big screen.

I'll remain cheerful if my refrigerator doesn't feel inclined to follow suit. Paying for my renovations is enough. I don't want the extra expense of three electrical items! Thank you. I hope so, too. This is my first home (I named it Tidesong ) and I want so much for it to be all I wish it to be...and wooden floors that don't make me feel as though I'm riding upon the crest of a wave. My grandmother is the remembered death so to speak that I have really experienced. She passed away when I was nine. My grandfather had to learn fairly quickly about ponytails and ribbons. Apart from the death of my parents and grandmother I've had a more or less cotton-candy life, a little different to most people mayhap, but a life without issues. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to experience the death of a pet. Heartbreaking like a family member I would think. As odd as it may sound, I've never owned a pet. Tiredness? A result of nothing untoward I hope. Simply a need for some 'you' time.

I didn't mind The History of Middle-earth series. At least the books weren't mind-numbing as The Silmarillion is turning out to be. But to satisfy my little Middle-earth geeky heart I need to push through to the end.

I have jotted down so many authors and books that are new to me since I have been a part of the forum. I love how my literary horizons will be broadened by being a member here.

I do think the syllabus for English Lit. could do with a shake up in many countries. Not to favour the nationality of the home country as i think diversity is the key to a literary education, but to make the syllabus more relevant in today's society. A more studied balance of the old and new coupled with a foreign element.

Fantabulous!

Thank you! That would make you *counts on her fingers...* nevermind, I ran out of fingers...and toes. I have heard that the story is truly awful, but as a fanboy...err...fangirl I need to have and read the book.

Not to mention the Master... Looking forward to the newest reincarnation of the Doctor.

Empire magazine, The New Yorker, SciFiNow, NatGeo, and Vogue are my mainstays. Now and again I'll pick up the odd photography magazine.

Today I found time to watch (re-watch) Snow Cake. Both Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver give their finest performances to date in this moving film of unconditional acceptance and redemption. Beautiful.

TRSF are one of my favourite indie bands, and I love most of their work. I'm glad you like them. I had a chance to see them at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark a couple of years ago...unfortunately a missed flight came between that venture and I. Love The Paper Kites.

Athena: Thank you for your kindness. I cannot claim a palpable grief such as that in Anna's situation. In my case I think, Anna, summed it up best; a hole with a whole. Acknowledgement of something that was, but no longer can be...the end of a possibility. I'm pleased your grandfather is doing well. I hope he'll have success with his operation helping what it needs to. Anna: I mourn the loss of my parents as a death of a future that never had the chance to bloom fully. I am thankful that I, and my brother, had wonderful parenting at the hands of my grandparents. I could never come close to repaying them for the love and blessing they bestow upon me. I am deeply sorry for your loss, Anna. I honestly cannot imagine such a hurt. My grandparents were wonderful, but my brother is my rock...and to lose him would cause me unimaginable pain. August and October; the year doesn't need them. I'm well pleased with a 10 month year. Two brave little souls off to school on the same day! I wish you and your 5 year old happy tidings for your first days at school. I have faith you both will brave little diligent soldiers. May I ask what prompted a return to school? Eleonora: I don't think I would have the fortitude to research such subject matter. You have my admiration. Reading your remarks about the book clubs in your region make me quite envious. I would be lucky to muster enough for one such club where I reside. Often I wonder at living somewhere with a larger population and access to more 'things'. And thank you for your sympathies. Emelee: May August work out in the way you hope it shall. Thank you for your kind thoughts. My microwave has decided that right now is a good time to cook something. Not because there's food in there, or because I pushed buttons to tell it to cook something, but because deep in its little microwave heart it apparently feels a strong and urgent need to cook something. I think its efforts to cook something are ultimately futile, because it doesn't appear to be putting out any heat. I put a cup of water in it to prevent it from burning itself up trying to microwave empty air. It's spinning its little turntable and running its little fan and making little microwave noises, but it isn't accomplishing anything; the water is still cold. (There's a depressing metaphor in there somewhere.) It's possible, sadly, that it has been doing this all week while I was out at sea and has already burnt itself out. It stops when I open the door, thankfully. RIP, little microwave. May you go to the big kitchen in the sky and cook things to your heart's content. The week before last it was my iron...and now my microwave. An electrical appliance conspiracy? I have good news on my renovations! I contacted the new guy looking for work and he'll start tomorrow. With my floors first I hope.

Thank you for the links, frankie! Notebooks, notepads, writing paper etc are all things that I would buy without hesitation...even if I have a enough to fill a warehouse. Writing paper is my particular fancy at present. I love writing the traditional snail mail letters, and presenting them on something like a linen notepaper is a sugar high to me. I have my bookshelves set up, albeit haphazardly, but I shall take pics as I fill them with my old paper friends. I *think* writing things down becomes habitual after awhile. I carry a notebook with me wherever I go and jot down thoughts, ideas and little notes that may be of interest or be helpful in regards to my WIPs. My handwriting is more akin to a chicken scratch lol. Yes, thank you, BSchultz, your idea was grand. I'm sorry, you'll not be near another library?

I'm ashamed to say that I was once guilty of book abuse. *scuffs ground with toe* Never books I had borrowed. Just neglected my own lovelies. Now I use a mixture of whatever is at hand, and Post-It flags for marking quotes, interesting passages, references etc

I loved both Animal Farm and 1984. Both read during my high school days as part of English Lit. I have 1984 sitting in my TBR pile at present. I'm looking to revisit some books that I was obliged to read rather than a choice through pleasure alone.

After reading all other Tolkien works...so far I can only compare reading his 'encyclopedian' work The Silmarillion with a winter's midnight trip to the bathroom. Reluctant, bemoaned, but necessary.

I hope I'm posting this in the right spot...it was the only Star Wars thread I could find... What would the world be without eBay? Okay, a planet with a whole lot less shopaholics. But! I love it! Why? I finally have my eager little mitts on a copy of Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster. *does the Jones happy dance* I loathe incomplete collections, and with the purchase of Splinter I now have one less hole in my Star Wars log dam. Yes. Yes, I'm a nerd.

Me too. I won't be able to help myself no matter how dire the reviews will be. I simply cannot go missing any installment in a film saga I have begun watching.

I have, Anna. It isn't frightening at all. I was more than a little disappointed with the movie to be honest. I like good horror films, cheesy horror films, but The Purge was just plain silly...and boring. However, many others had a different opinion.

The Balcony - The Rumour Said Fire.

I love A Song of Ice and Fire series for intricacy of the story and complexity of the characters. G.R.R. Martin certainly has a deft hand at world-building. I know Martin gets tired of people griping about the length of time between books, and the rumblings of The Winds of Winter never seeing the light of day, but...please hurry up and finish the book...We're dying here!

Interestingly I prefer the books Nora Roberts writes under the pen name J. D. Robb. Her writing style is much different with the change of name, moreso than any other writer I have read who publishes under a nom de plume, which I find intriguing.

I have to be honest and say that I had to turn to the magic of Google after coming upon this thread...I had not heard of Wally Lamb before now. From what I have read I think I would enjoy his writing style greatly, and will now have to add the best of his books to my TBR list.