Kell

I'm listed as Lonewitch.

to the forum, Gabriel - I look forward to hearing all about those thousands of books in your library (see how I've turned green with envy over your library and ladder - even if it gets broken?!). An dI have to comment - your English is superb! I couldn't even begin to think about posting on any forum in a second language, never mind a third! I hope you'l enjoy it here.

to the forum, Fae. I'm sure you'll find that recommendations list filling up very quickly if you're hanging aroud here - we just can't stop gabbing about the books we're reading!

I do expect that if a person borrows one of my books they are as respectful as I would be of theirs. I would therefore expect that a bookmark be used and no corners be turned down (but then that's just general considerate behaviour when the book isn't yours, surely?). I understand that general wear and tear ahppens and so if the spine gets cracked, then so be it. If something gets spilled, well, of course I'd prefer that not to happen, but accidents happen - they can't be helped - that's why theyr'e called accidents.

Well, my brother-in-law seems to consider me somethng of a Book Nazi. He loves being one of the few people I'll loan books to freely, but he panics about breaking the spines on them because even after I've read them, they look pretty much pristine unless they're VERY thick books and it was unavoidable. If I buy my books new, I like them to look as new as possible for as long as possible, but I fully understand that accidents happen when they're loaned out (or even when I'M reading them!) and I'm pretty laid back about it. Even so, there are only really a few folks I'll lend books to these days - folks I know will return them! I've lost too many books when people just didn't give them back.

to the forum, Natalie. I hope you'l enjoy discussing all those books with us. I know quite a few books on that list you've given have been read by others on the forum too, so there'll be plenty of folks to chat to about them.

Lightning remains my favourite Koontz to date. I haven't enjoyed his more recent ones nearly so much as the ones that were released further back.

I think I remember reading an interview somewhere that said she'd kept two separate timelines - one for Claire and one for Henry - then checked back to see who knew what at each age. It must have been SO complicated to keep on top of all that!

The Sacred Art of Stealing is my favourite to date, but although it's technically a stand-alone, Angelique first appeared in A Big Boy Did it and Ran Away which is also brilliant and worth a read if you haven't already given it a try.

Try starting at the beginning or reading one of the stand-alones - his style can take a little getting used to (unless you're already into that kind of style) but I've not read a bad one yet. I've not yet started Rubber Ducks although I have it very near the top of Mount TBR.

I've seen it a few times and it's pretty good, but I'm usually busy when it's on and I don't watch much TV or I would see it more often.

I reckon I must just be a big kid at heart then, as I read books aimed at the youth market all the time! In fact, I have several on Mount TBR right now that I'm DYING to get to (including one from The Edge Chronicles and also Skulduggery Pleasant), and I have heaps of them on my permanent shelves, most of which have already been reread multiple times as I love them so much!

I always figure that if it's an monibus edition, it ais a book that contains more than one book and count each book separately, although I maw well just write one review covering the entire omnibus. In the case of Narnia, I have an omnibus edition and always read them all together, with the exception of A Horse and His Boy, as I've never really liked that one much. Still, I'm reading 6 of the 7 books in the series, so they're counted as such, but a reviwew of the omnibus edition would include the ISBN of that edition and I would review them all together. I think I've just repeated myself there.

Well, I got The Blackest Bird, but I've been completely unable to finish it as I got heartily bored with it almosst half-way through.

Classic/Deceased: P. G. Wodehouse - The Jeeves and Wooster books (Superbly funny and finely written - they always elicit a well-mannered giggle that turns into an unruly guffaw!) Adult Modern: Terry Pratchett - The Discworld Series (The entire Discworld is so superbly realised that you could almost believe it's real, and the characters become old friends in no time at all as you read the books. In over 35 books, there have been only 3 that didn't really cut the mustard for me, and even they weren't bad!) Childrens Modern: Astrid Lindgren - Ronia, The Robber's Daughter (I must have read this book a thousand times and it never ceases to delight me on every level) Author of your favourite book: Stephen King - The Stand (It's a whopper at over 1000 pages, but each and every one of them is a gem. Mr King's finest achievement to date!)

to the forum, Sarah. I hope you'll enjoy it here.

to the forum. I hope you'll enjoy it here.

I didn't see the news, but wish I had. I love Terry's books and have the highest admiration for the man. When he does stop writing, it will be a very sad loss to the whole world - his books are marvellous.

to the forum, Aaron - it's good to have you here.

I'm not really one for short stories, but I do like a lot of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - many of his are pretty short. I'm also a fan of Stephen King, although I suppose his collections are more novella-length than short stories.

I quite fancy seeing this actually. I saw the trailer for it the other day and it looked pretty good - plus it appeared to also have the lass that plays Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica in it - she's fab!

I've just remembered another college buddy of mine (he's called Alan) did an advert a while ago. I can't remember what it's for except that it's probably for a can of beer. It's the one where everyone in the street is playing football - one team playing "shirts" the other team playing "topless". At the end of the ad, there are two blokes on a balcony - my mate Alan was the shirtless one. He also apppeared in another advert where he's chasing after a car whilst wearing a wetsuit, shouting, "That's my car!" as he tears along. I can't remember what kind of car it was either. And another lass (Marsha) who was in the year above me at college was the mum on a Calpol advert a few years back.

Got home in plenty of time to mix up some batter and brown some sausages for toad-in-the-hole tonight - it's in the oven as I type. Also having baby potatoes, carrots, baby sweetcorn and baby cauliflower with it - all done in the steamer - and some delicious onion gravy. Just the right kind of stuff to keep me warm in the horrible wintery weather we've been having today. I also made a summer pudding yesterday and there's a portion left, so I'm going to have that for dessert - yummy! It's well seen my appetite has started to return!

to the forum, Leonna. I hope you'll enjoy it here.

to the forum,Vina - it's good to have you here.