Kylie

Hi and welcome to the forum! It's a scary thought isn't it, Poppy?

Two movie I can watch over and over again and never get sick of them. In fact, I seem to recall watching Girl, Interrupted 3 times in one week. I think I hired it, and was so impressed that I bought it and then it was on TV And The Shawshank Redemption is another one that stands up to repeated viewings. I could go on but I won't - I'm pretty sure I've posted all of this elsewhere.

When I was quite small I would sometimes dream of a city - which was strange because it began before I even knew what a city was. The Chrysalids by John Wyndham

I think I have a spare one lying around from when my Dad put mine together. I'd offer to send it to you, but you'll probably find your own by the time mine gets there! Me too! Me too! No doors for me...I couldn't be bothered with the extra expense. Now that I have the room, I've been able to sort my fiction books alphabetically by author. I have my non-fiction books separate, and they're grouped by subject (mostly), and then sorted alphabetically (or not, in some cases).

I have accumulated a little pile which mostly consists of bookmarks received when I've bought a book. My current one is from an independent bookshop in Sydney - it has the name of the shop on the back and a pretty flower picture on the front I have a couple of nice metal ones but I'm on the lookout for something 'special'. I don't have anything particular in mind though; I'll know it when I see it.

You're brave admitting to that around here...

Aw, thanks Poppy I'm so behind in my reviews that I'm having trouble remembering details about the books . Hopefully I'll have a few more to follow shortly. I have 4 more Wodehouse books on their way to me as well, two of which are Jeeves and Wooster (Carry On, Jeeves and Right Ho, Jeeves).

Thanks for the reviews - I think I'll definitely have to read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. And now I'm looking forward to Cloudstreet even more! Aw, that's really sweet of your son. I think he made an excellent choice! (Although you can't really go wrong with any Roald Dahl book in my opinion )

Hi Julia and welcome to the forum! You'll have no shortage of people to discuss your favourite books with here!

Spag bol

Yes, they weren't really meant to go together but I made plenty of mash so thought 'why not?' It was quite nice if I do say so myself

Hi Daria and welcome to the forum! Your English is great! I should Italian one day...it's a beautiful language!

It is fairly big but probably no bigger than Borders or those other huge book stores around the place. It's just very well organised, I think!

Curried sausages and minted pea mash

Welcome to the forum!

Hi Donatello and welcome to the forum! We have a branch of Kinokuniya in Sydney. I've only been there a couple of times but will be going much more frequently in future! It's so well-stocked and great to find books that are usually difficult to find. On the website for the Sydney store, you're able to look up a book and it will give you a map and exact shelf number of where it can be found in the shop! I tried it out and printed the map off to take to the shop; I found the book in about 5 seconds. I was most impressed!

Pnin Vladimir Nabokov Rating: 9/10 Published: 1957 Number of pages: 160 Summary (taken from blurb): Timofey Pnin, a St Petersburg bourgeois until the age of twenty, has had to struggle most of his life - with foreign languages he can never get the better of, with foreign transport he always misses or arrives several hours too early for, and with foreign people whom he invariably misunderstoods, and who usually misunderstand him. But his principal protagonist is modern, gadget-ridden America, and the love-hate relationship between Pnin and his adopted country is the main theme of this very funny book. Comments: Pnin is the second work of Nabokov's I've read, after Lolita. I find that Nabokov is not an easy author to read; despite the short nature of Pnin, it took me a week to get through it. Nabokov needs to be read slowly in order to appreciate the true brilliance of his writing. Timofey Pnin is a wonderful character; one of the best I've read in literature. As a Russian professor living in America and bumbling his way from one situation to the next, it's hard to know whether to pity him or think he's a fool. Either way, you can't help but love him in all his quirkiness and foibles. Sheer brilliance! Started: 8 August 2008 Finished: 14 August 2008

Thank You, Jeeves PG Wodehouse Rating: 9/10 Published: 1934 Number of pages: 275 Summary (taken from blurb): Thank You, Jeeves is the first novel to feature the incomparable valet Jeeves and hist hapless charge Bertie Wooster - and you've hardly started to turn the pages when Jeeves resigns over Bertie's dedicated but somewhat untuneful playing of the banjo. In high dudgeon, Bertie disappears to the country as a guests of his chum Chuffy - only to find his peace shattered by the arrival of his ex-fiancee Pauline Stoker, her formidable father and the eminent loony doctor Sir Roderick Glossop. When Chuffy falls in love with Pauline and Bertie seems to be caught in flagrante, a situation boils up which only Jeeves (whether employed or not) can simmer down... Comments: Ah, the joy of discovering a new author! Wodehouse's brand of humour is right up my alley and I thoroughly enjoyed my first taste of Jeeves and Wooster. Since finishing this book a few months ago, I've gone and bought a couple of dozen other works of Wodehouse. If that doesn't tell you how much I enjoyed this book, nothing will! A light, entertaining read and highly recommended. Started: 31 July 2008 Finished: 8 July 2008

Charlotte's Web EB White Rating: 8/10 Published: 1952, 1946, 1970 Number of pages: 530 Summary (taken from blurb): Charlotte's Web This is the story of a girl called Fern who loves a little pig called Wilbur. And of how Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte A Cavatica, a beautiful grey spider, saves Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat pigs, by a wonderfully clever plan (which no one else could possibly have thought of). Stuart Little Stuart Little is a fascinating character. A debonair, intelligent mouse, game for every kind of adventure, and always managing to overcome any difficulties. The Trumpet of the Swan Louis is a trumpeter swan without a voice, a swan of great character not at all deterred by his handicap. With the help of his friend Sam beaver, Louis learns to read and write, but his main problem is still how to woo the elegant Serena. And so Louis learns to play the trumpet. Comments: I loved Charlotte's Web when I was young and was looking forward to revisiting it as an adult. The story has lost none of its charm and wonder for me and Charlotte and Wilbur's friendship is beautiful to behold. Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan were equally charming stories. Highly recommended. Started: 19 July 2008 Finished: 1 August 2008

Welcome to the forum, Little Otter!

That's great. What goes around comes around hey?