Kylie
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I checked out the Daily Mail story on the owl, but it left out my favourite part of the story, which is that the owl moved to the man and into his jacket!
Thanks for the language lesson.
I find the Finnish language so daunting to learn (not least because I can't roll my 'R's!). 
You are such a clever girl to know so many languages!I'm sure the owner of the bookshop would be glad (and maybe surprised) to know that so many foreigners are taking an interest in her shop!
It wouldn't be arrogant to suggest bookmarks at all! They would go very well with the stationery. -
The Originals (Vampire Diaries spin-off)
Ooooh! I'll have to go and look that up. Thanks for alerting me!
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I will start the no more books for the year tomorrow!
Yeah, I'm sure you will.
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No good for me! I have been ill and have been sleeping on and off all day. Between that and just plain forgetting to check, I haven't bought anything. I saw Charlotte Bronte and Brian Cox books that looked good, but I was too late for them. It's probably just as well I wasn't able to get them because I already have so many unread books!
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Yay! What fantastic news!! It looks like a lovely shop - a lot of effort has clearly been put into it. So when are you going back to Nurmes?
Do you think there will definitely be English books there? What is the name of the bookshop when roughly translated?Aw, what an adorable owl! And what a lovely guy to help the owl. I love good news stories like that.
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I love Johnny Cash.
I'm listening to The Great Gatsby (2013) soundtrack. Always great music in Luhrmann's movies.
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There are not many books I absolutely detest, but Lady Chatterley's Lover is one of them.
Couldn't agree more!
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Look forward to hearing what you think. I was thinking of reading it myself, but was concerned it might be full of fanboy stuff.
Also, love booktopia!
I don't think it will be fanboy at well - or at least, it didn't come across that way when Susan Cain was talking about it. Part of the blurb says 'the mischievous genius with the low profile treats readers to a rollicking no-holds-barred account of his life'.
Have you noticed that Booktopia seems to have free shipping nearly all the time now? I frequently receive emails about it. It sweetens the deal even more when there is free shipping.
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What a bargain, Tim! Fingers crossed that it arrives in the condition they stated.
I'm hoping I'll receive mine today (Thursday) or Friday at the latest. -
Oh, oops.
That is indeed a lovely edition of The Count of Monte Cristo.Good thinking on the Rama series.
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Cool. Pretty sure Pontalba has enough books to break that world record.
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I'll be there! (so to speak)
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I received a book in the mail today: iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon by Steve Wozniak with Gina Smith.
It's the autobiography of the co-founder of Apple. I became interested in reading this while I was reading Quiet. Susan Cain mentioned him quite a bit because he's an introverted person. It should be very interesting.
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"We broke up before he replaced it" or "We broke up because he didn't replace it..."?
I'd love the nice folio or Barnes and Noble edition. Dracula is still on my TBR pile but I hear more mixed things about it then Frankenstein which seems overwhelmingly positive.Haha.
Is this the Barnes and Noble one you're talking about? It's lovely.No plans at the moment, as it wasn't Clarke who actually wrote them and I didn't feel like it needed a sequel. But maybe when I finish some of my many other series that I have on the go and TBR I might come back to it. Have you read the sequels? Would you recommend them?
I know this was directed at Michelle, but I'd like to put my two cents in, if I may.
I read all four books. I enjoyed them all, but there is a noticeable difference in the writing with those that were co-authored. While RwR focuses heavily on the science element and lacks a bit of characterisation (not necessarily a criticism), the others are more focused on the characters. You probably don't need to read them, especially if you don't want your reading experience of RwR 'tainted' by inferior sequels. That said, I quite enjoyed them.
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Well done for checking if you could find a better deal somewhere else. And to think you did, at an Aussie shop, which usually has more expensive prices... Great!
I know! I still can't believe it's cheaper in Oz. I'm sooo happy!
Is it this one, Kylie? I have that edition - it's utterly gorgeous!
Can you link to the annotated one you bought?
Yes, that's the one! And I think it might have been you who made me aware of this edition.
Yes, I should have thought to link to the books, sorry! Here's the annotated edition.
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I'm feeling quite excited. For years I have wanted Quentin Blake's lovely illustrated edition of A Christmas Carol. Today I finally decided that I should splurge and buy both this and The Annotated Christmas Carol. On the Book Depository's website, both books come to about $48, which is reasonably priced. But before I placed the order, I decided to just check if anywhere else had it cheaper.
Using a website that compares prices across many bookshops around the world, I found a price for The Annotated Christmas Carol for $14.95 (compared to the BD's $29.19). I thought that it couldn't possibly be right (especially because the cheaper price was for an Australian shop, where prices are traditionally about double the BD's prices!) but it was correct! Quentin Blake's edition was also cheaper from the same shop (Booktopia, in case Devi or other Aussies are interested).
So I have bought both books for $28 instead of $48! How awesome!! Annotated books are usually really expensive, so I must have chanced getting it on sale. I'm so pleased about finding such a good bargain!
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Thanks Frankie and Poppyshake.
I just read 20 pages (a lot for me to read in one go these days) - I find it hard to put down! -
Oh yes, Poppyshake. You need to be ready right on the dot to press refresh every half an hour (there will be a countdown timer on the home page). You should already be logged in and have your payment details saved to help it along. You really need to be quick!
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They've done the half hour deals the last few times. More books is good, but I think it's even more competitive. If you don't get in within the first minute or two, you miss out.
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Totally agree, Tim. The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my very favourites. Sadly, I lent my copy to my ex, who accidentally got it waterlogged. We broke up before he replaced it, so I don't have a copy now.
It doesn't matter though. I had a cheap Wordsworth edition, and I'd like a really nice edition to replace it.I'm also thrilled that you enjoyed Frankenstein and Rendezvous with Rama. Frankenstein and Dracula are among my absolute faves, and I really enjoyed RwR.
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Yes to all that ^
I've also heard that he's a great person to work with, in real life
Co-actors and movie / TV series crew people get along very well with him. Where I heard this, I don't remember, but I'm so buying it 
From what I saw on the extras on the Firefly DVDs, he is indeed that wonderful and funny with his co-workers, so you should totally believe it!
I can't remember if we have discussed him before, but Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn from Lord of the Rings) is a published author as well as a painter, photographer and speaker of many languages. Given his hotness level as well, I think he's more than eligible to be included here.
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Not a gadget, as such, but I love this map of London that uses literary names for everything.
From the website:
'A street map made up from the titles of over 600 books from the history of English Literature (and a few favourites from further afield). The Map includes classics such as Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Bleak House, Vanity Fair and Wuthering Heights as well as 20th and 21st Century works such as The Waste Land, To the Lighthouse, Animal Farm, Slaughterhouse 5, The Catcher in the Rye, The Wasp Factory, Norwegian Wood and The Road. The Map, which is loosely based on a turn of the century London street map also includes fictional areas dedicated to the works of Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, Tolkien, Harry Potter and a children's literature district featuring such classics as The Railway Children, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Where the Wild Things Are. There's an A-Z key at the base of the Map listing all the books featured along with the author's name and the date first published.'
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I received Andrey Kurkov's Death and the Penguin in the mail today. I couldn't help but start reading it straight away (as if I don't already have enough books on the go!
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I got the email today too.
P G Wodehouse
in The Classics
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Is anyone planning on reading the new authorised Jeeves book by Sebastian Faulks? It's called Jeeves and the Wedding Bells and it has been released in the last couple of days.
I wouldn't usually contemplate it, but there are a few very good reviews on Goodreads.