~Andrea~

Finished Alice in Wonderland last night. Cracking little book, completely bonkers. My edition was so old the price on it was 2'6 and it had a little sticker with "war costs" printed on it! I'm going to carry on with The Quantum Universe next.

great review Paula. Glad you enjoyed it. I thought it was fantastic too!

Lol Giulia, that clip is brilliant! And thanks for the recommendation. I will definitely be looking for that DVD!

Oh that sounds wonderful! I usually read for 30-45 mins before going to sleep. I have a definite upper limit with reading. I think probably an hour is usually more than enough. I get too tired after that - even if I'm reading in the daytime.

Thanks Janet

I found it tough as well. Now that I've read it I think I'd like to see it, to iron out those bits I didn't quite get. (It's always better to watch rather than read a play IMO)

Oh lovely. I love open air Shakespeare productions in the summer

No, I've read it multiple times, but not for years and years. Some of it is very familiar while other bits that I'd forgotten are quite fresh.

Started Alice in Wonderland last night for the July circle. What an absolute delight! I'm going to enjoy my bedtime reading this week

I think something like that would help. There is a glossary in the back of the ones I've got to be fair. I think part of the problem is that I tend to read in bed before going to sleep, so I'm usually quite tired by then. I am intent on giving both Othello and twelfth night a good stab in the near future. I hope Twelfth night will be a bit lighter and easier.

I read that last year and I found it really heavy going. I was quite disappointed as I thought I was going to love it. I have a stack of Shakespeare on my shelf as well Glad you enjoyed it though.

Oh wow, that is amazing!

Oh I heartily recommend it Ben. It's fantasy but its not too OTT fantasy if you know what I mean. It's well written with good characters and a good story. (What more can one ask ) My reading has been pretty enjoyable this year on the whole thanks. Hope yours picks up soon

I finished Pet Sematary last night. Wow! What a read. It's been sat on my shelf for ages and somehow never really jumped out at me, the title didn't really appeal to me as I couldn't imagine a story with that name could really be that interesting. Was i ever wrong. The story was not what I expected at all and what a ride it was. And as ever I am blown away by Kings writing. Fantastic stuff. I shall be starting Alice in Wonderland tonight

When I was a teenager (cough years ago) I uses to read the Sweet Valley High books. Can't remember much about them but they had a bit of school and a bit of romance and they were quite light reads.

Narnia. That's what came into my head when I saw the thread title even before seeing there were options! My second choice would be Star Wars but only if I could be a Jedi Knight.

Ooh that sounds good! I'm not sure if I know the store you mention, but I think I know the type of store you mean. And I think there are a few of them round here. Thanks for the tip.

I've read Life of Pi and Shoots and Leaves, both of which I enjoyed. White teeth I got half way through and gave up on, I really disliked it. The others I haven't read.

I loved An Inspector Calls, we did it in school. Have you read it/seen it before? Odd Thomas is a book I'd really like to read.

Yup - me too! You know I'm quite relieved to know there are quite a few others with this problem. Do you think there's any correlation between all this OCD stuff and being avid readers?

My goodness there are a lot of OCDers on his forum actually it's probably not a laughing matter, I imagine that must be pretty annoying for the people affected. I don't really have any OCD things like that, but I do have this odd thing where I find myself counting things or tracing geometric shapes in my mind. If I am anywhere where there's a geometric pattern, like a tiled floor, for example, I find my eyes are drawn around the edges, tracing all the routes around and between the shapes, back and fort, trying to get all possible routes. Sometimes I find myself doing it in my head when there are NO patterns around me and it becomes almost unbearable and I really have to concentrate to keep myself from doing it. It's like my brain gets stuck in a loop and really is horrible. In my old house I used to have my cds all stacked up along a shelf like books and i could see them out of the corner of my eye when I was watching TV. Sometimes I'd find myself counting the top corner of each one, from right to left, then back again from left to right, and then I'd have to repeat that along all the bottom corners. I'd really have to be firm with myself to stop myself doing it, else i'd be there doing it all night. Ugh. I do that sometimes if I can't sleep and it seems to help.

I'm a fan of both but haven't really read enough of either to make a proper call on this. I would say that from what I've read so far, King is an absolute master of his craft, and while Koontz perhaps lacks that edge, his books have a certain warmth and humanity I haven't found in King's work. So it's a case of swings and roundabouts for me - but as I say I've only read a handful of either (more King than Koontz though)

Now that's something I feel I should definitely read. Glad you enjoyed them Kylie. I'd heard they were very good. I must add to the wish list!