JudyB
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Park and Ride sounds good.
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At the moment I'm using a gift tag from last year's Mother's Day present from my daughter. It's flower shaped - bright pink and yellow (won't lose that will I?). I do have a proper bookmark - lace from Venice (holiday present from parents) but haven't seen it for a while - may be it's in a book I've abandoned . . .
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Having had a conversation with someone on here about Bookcrossing (sorry, it's slipped my mind who it was), I said that I'd registered and caught one, but that I hadn't manged to release any because I hate parting with books!
Hi - it was me! Definately want to have a try at this - keep looking thoughtfully at my bookcase and think I've found one to release - one that I didn't enjoy hence the ability to 'let go'. We did find one in our library last year which was what brought the whole idea to my attention. We left it where it was and it did disappear - I think I noted the number down so I could try and track it.
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Would like to read at some point
These are all books that I've never read but would like to at some point in the future. There will be a separate list for my TBR Mountain. If someone recommends a book on the list I will star it so that when I come to choose a book it might make it easier.
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Barchester Towers - Anthony Trollope
The Railway Children - E.Nesbit **
Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy Far From the
Diary - Samual Pepys *
Vanity Fair - W.M.Thackeray **
The Forsyte Saga - John Galsworthy *
The Mill on the Floss - George Elliot
Vile Bodies - Evelyn Waugh **
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
Bliss and Other Stories - Katherine Mansfield
Treasue Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad
The Virgin and the Gypsy - D.H.Lawrence
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
An Instance of the Fingerpost - Iain Pears
Joe Cat series by Shirley Rousseau
Lillian Jackson Braun-Cat Who series.
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Hidden Talents by Erica James
Joyce Fussey's? "Cat's in My Coffee
More to be added
Just wanted to recommend Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy from your list. We did it school for 'O' level (shows how long ago it was!) - I loved it at 16 and loved it as much when I read it again in my 30's for my degree. I think it's a wonderful story and is so true in its treatment of human relationships particulalry unrequited love. Some of the scenes were so dramatic that I continued to remember them for years afterwards.
Happy reading!
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Finished The Lovely Bones this morning. I thought it was okay and found it quite compelling; I think mainly because I wanted to know what happened to Mr Harvey. Liked the perspective of having Susie in heaven and find that quite thought provoking. I would love my gran to know how often I think of her since she passed away 15 years ago.
Have now moved on to Moving Away From The Ordinary by Isla Dewar.
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Birthday: April
Age: 41
Starsign: Aries
Single/Married/Other? Married
Children? 2 girls - 15 and 17
Where do you live? Shropshire
Do you work? In a library and as a Home Support Worker
Favourite author? Can never choose one - my 360 page shows what I've read over the last two years
Favourite book? Same as above really - although Far From the Madding Crowd never fails to move me.
How did you get here? Through Kell recommending the site.
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I'm registered... but I have the same problem as you!
I might try to find a book to release on Saturday - I'm going to the theatre at Straford-Upon-Avon.
Have you released any so far?
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Additions to reading list - I'd forgotten that I'd noted some books down in my diary.
Educating Alice - Alice Steinbach
Two Lives - Vikram Seth
Sunday Night Book Club (short stories)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
I'd also like to have a try at Bookcrossing though I need to find a book I can let go of - I like to keep all my books.
Apologies for spelling mistakes on last list - spelt both Alice Sebold's and Julie Myerson's names wrong.
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In a library - I discover a lot of books when I'm shelving.
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I've not read Persuasion but my favourite Austen novel is Northanger Abbey - I found it really funny and I'm thrilled it's going to be televised this year.
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From the library I have borrowed:
Home by Julie Meyson (hoping to finish this soon. It's good but am getting restless with it. I feel guilty that I'm not enjoying it as much as I thought I would because I am very conscious of the work and research that's gone into making the story and it is very interesting. Possibly you can never really get truly excited about someone else's family tree or house tree - in the case of this book).
The Lovely Bones - Alice Seebold
Lady Catharine's Necklace - Joan Aitken (the character of Lady Catharine is taken from Pride and Prejudice) I've been eyeing this up in the library for nearly a year now but only just got round to taking it out).
Giving Up on Ordinary - Isla Dewar (a lady I visit and I have got into Isla Dewar. Secrets of a Family Album was my favourite and I was going to stop after two of her novels and then try some more later in the year. However this came highly recommended so it's on my pile).
For 2007 I hope to continue reading through the Rougon-Macquart cycle by Emile Zola - The Earth is next. I've also got a couple of Dickens and a couple of Charlotte Brontes on my bookshelf. Plus plenty on the shelves at work!
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I love paperbacks - I think it's their compactness (is that a word?) that I like plus they're easier to carry around. In the library I always plump for the paperback copy of a book. Which ever you prefer though you can't beat buying a new book.
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I started with a notebook that a friend gave me that I wanted to use in a constructive way. Was wary of writing a diary worrying that I may lapse into teenage angst style (yes even at 41!) and so felt that I needed a focus. Realised that if I wrote about my personal responses to books I'd read and reasons for reading them in some respects it would form a picture of my life while also providing a record of what I've read. I kept it for about a year or so before publishing it on my yahoo blog - knowing that it's going public though does affect how I write - not sure if that's good or bad - it's certainly useful to have a written record of your reading and I'm glad I've put my notebook to good use. As we are now into a New Year I've been thinking about other kinds of diaries I could keep.
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Right - I've now registered and chosen and labelled a book. Where's a good place to release it - are charity shops a good idea?