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I have a leather chair that goes back and the bottom slides out a little so your half laying, combined with the foot stool, its the best chair i have ever personally owned. That is where my reading is done* as its comfy and after sitting on it for about 5-10 min it gets nice and warm but not so warm its uncomfy, i love that chair! * Unless its comics, as i do sometimes enjoy going outside and enjoying the sun with a comic (i dunno why, i generally hate the sun but put a comic in my hand and im there :s)

I loved the Adrian Mole series..i may have to get some of these books as i do like the style they were written in and come to think of it i dont think ive ready any other books in the diary style. /me adds Dracula to the "to get" pile

What were they like in real life?

whats the best autograph you own? (by best i mean your most beloved one or one that has an interesting story to how you came by it rather than most famous)

It usually tends to be the Title of a book that grabs my interest, then its onto the blurb with the cover coming in last (there is still no excuse for half effort covers). Although if it has pirates on the cover id probably buy it based on cover

Wondering if its a bit much to ask for the moomins dvds for my birthday at age 20...

My other hobbies are TV/Movie watching I am quite interested in Pirates/pirate related things and the main one: Computers and Networking. here is some of my collection: http://www.karoshi.me.uk/cab07

Nah i dont think the OP was keen on it to be honest.

I used to be grabbing random bits of paper all the time to mark pages but i finally dragged my finger from my backside and bought 30 bookmarks off ebay for a few pounds. My books are now generally in better condition and my paper is saved from tears.

Anyone who says a book makes children disrespectful has to remember- respect is earned not simply given/taken

I would bet the people to challenge that probably never even read the book.

Im not sure its a fully up to date list. Here is another list: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm

The list is rather big, there are unfortunately always people who think they know whats best for everyone else.

..the..the crime solving children who were smart enough to catch crime and stop it were bad role models..some people are beyond saving. *edit* update to earlier post- the great firewall of china, where banning of access to learning material and access to world news is being used to opress people.

I have not actually started the illiminatus (yet) i got distracted by "the timewasters letters" but motives such as removing education on tech, im sure the nazis would have removed any pro-jewish books, that sort of stuff. /me stirs up conspiracy from afar

I think i found this so interesting because people actually went to physical effort of withholding books, im very much a "if you dont like it no one is forcing you to use/buy/read it" mind set, i dont agree with a lot of things but i would not stop someone having an opinion. And people who do generally have a deeper motive that is often quite scary.

This has happend to me before yes, i went for probably 2-3 years without finishing a book, which is odd as most months i will finish at least one book, if not 2 or 3 but it does eventually pass. I could not for sure say what stopped me wanting to read but i think its because i was so fed up at school as soon as i was in college i hit the books for fun again and have not looked back. Is there some sort of weight hanging over your head?

I did a quick search and i could not find a similar thread sorry if i missed it. I came accross a site listing all books that have been banned/challenged on the digg front page (http://digg.com) and thought here would be a great place to talk about these books and our opinions on banned and challenged books. the site it: http://title.forbiddenlibrary.com/ I have had a quick read through and to me the most surprising one is this: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Roald Dahl. Bantam; Knopf; Penguin. Removed from a locked reference collection at the Boulder, Colo. Public Library (1988), where it had been placed because the librarian thought the book espoused a poor philosophy of life. Who exactly does a librarian think they are to tell anyone what THEY should think about life? no one is in that position!

My favourites are: American History X http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120586/ Clerks http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109445/ To Kill A Mocking Bird http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=to+kill+a+mocking+bird Hannibal (all of them) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091474/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367959/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212985/ I am a big film fan so i have ended this here as i could go on forever

Thanks Angerball, may have to have a look for those books as i do remember enjoying The outsiders a lot.

Sad really, had it been cheaper i would have considered buying it, I used to love that show as a kid!

Yes it was! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsiders_(novel) is a link to more info for anyone else interested. I enjoyed it very much at school. Probably why it stands out in my memory and the rest of the books we read generally dont.

Was this the cartoon featuring the sort of blue hippo's ? if so i think it IS out on dvd (or at least parts of it) as i had looked into buying but it was fairly pricey

Unfortunately we did not get to read many books in school that i can remember the few that i do remember are: The Outsiders Of mice and men I did (and still do) most of my reading in my own time. We did not do a lot of diff books at my school, we would spend months on the same book.