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Not heard of any of them, except for A Thousand Splendid Suns. A Quiet Belief in Angels has gotten all 5 star reviews, though I can't see the synopsis. I like the sound of Notes from an Exhibition, Blood River and Mister Pip. A lot of them seem to have a war theme.

Madcow, your reading mojo sounds exactly like mine has been for the last few weeks. I blame the silly season. I'm also hoping that the new year will bring on a 'fresh start' for me.

Great review, TammyRich. This book has been on my TBR pile for a while now, and I've heard plenty of good things about it. I do like John Grisham's books; hopefully I'll get around to reading it soon.

Atonement. It's the only McEwan book I've read, but I'm sure it won't be the last. It has gotten some very mixed reviews, with a lot of people absolutely hating it, but I thought it was fantastic.

My best reads of the year would have to be (excluding re-reads): The Swarm - Frank Schatzing The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell After You'd Gone - Maggie O'Farrell Atonement - Ian McEwen I haven't had that many disappointments, though there have been a lot of books that I've had to leave unfinished. I don't feel like I've read enough 'really good books' this year, though. Hopefully things will look up, next year.

Hi, Bright_eyes! to the forum!

Yup - I've sent you a friend request. Hope I've done it right. It's so much fun, listing my books! Just finished pretty much all my books - 348 of them. Phew! I haven't done my e-books, and I have one box of Reader's Digest books in the cellar to go, but I'm pretty much done. Only took me about 5 hours...and I haven't added any tags or reviews or anything yet. Updated my sig, with my LibraryThing link. Edited again: Have just gone through and added all of you as friends (hope I haven't missed anyone - if I have, it's totally unintentional). Hope that's ok; if not, just reject me.

Brilliant, thanks HandD!

I've just joined and am in the process of entering all my books. My username is angerball, if anyone wants to look me up or 'friend' me. If I want to separate the books I own, from the ones I have read but don't own (ie. borrowed), do I do that using tags?

Never heard of it, but I'm quite intrigued by the title, so I've looked it up on Amazon. It sounds like it would be quite a good read, so I'm adding it to my TBR pile.

I'm quite pleased with this years books, though I do wish I managed to read more of them. I did discover a couple of great authors though: namely Maggie O'Farrell and Ian McEwen.

I was having problems reading for the last few days, but last night I forced myself to get going with Relentless. Next thing I know it's just after 2am and I've read over 200 pages. I think it's good to go for an easy, fast-paced read to get back into it. Worked for me, anyway!

Wow - gorgeous!

Dorito's Corn Chips with guacamole dip.

Flippin' heck - YES! In fact, right now I have so many books here to get through that I'm finding it hard to read anything. I'm worst when I finish a book, and have to choose another one to get started on. :motz:Even though I have so many in front of me to read, I still can't resist going to the library to borrow some more. It's silly, but I end up feeling quite guilty and stressed over it. I just can't stop finding new books to read, and I end up neglecting the ones I own.

Instant meal time: Beef curry with rice.

You chose some good books there, Michelle; especially Out and Pillars of the Earth.

Hi there, Kate! to the forum.

^I had to return it to the library today; I couldn't renew it, as someone else had reserved it. I didn't get very far, maybe the first 80 pages or so.... :thud:I'll have to reborrow it at a later date.

Thanks for the links, Gyre; I will check them out later. I was looking at I Am Legend on IMDB, trying to suss out the ending, but no luck. I hear so many mixed views. I do hope they stick to the book ending, otherwise it would kind of defeat the purpose of the book and the title. Adam, it's a super short read - I read it in a day.

Hello, Finrod! to the forum. I'm about to start reading The Road - it's the first McCarthy book I've tried.

Yum - sounds delicious. I'll have to try this sometime, as I love risotto! I've only ever made it once, and it was very, very basic - with just cheese, stock, and wine. All I remember was getting fed up with having to constantly stand there and stir it.

Welcome, purple95! As for TBR lists, I've pretty much given up keeping one, except for books I'm absolutely desperate to read - those I keep a list of on my Palm. There are so many books I'd love to read, that to list them all would take forever, as I'd constantly be updating it.

I'll be starting this one tomorrow; I'll be sure to comment on it when I've finished.

I just finished it tonight. Are either of those movies worth watching? I can't see how a movie could follow the book closely, unless it's quite short. I liked it; I'd heard plenty about it, and the movie coming out got me interested in it. I thought the chapter about