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That has just put me off asking for one. I don't want to pay £10 for an e-book when you don't really have a physical copy to handle. When I first brought my Sony reader the beauty of e-books was the price - slightly cheaper than paper copies. I think it's going to put people off trying readers to be honest.

That's probably what I'll end up doing.

Thanks, Kylie It's looking more and more likely, I'll be asking Santa for one!

I'm very excited about the Christmas special this year It's based on A Christmas Carol, one of my favourite books.

Just finished a cup of tea, and now drinking a glass of water.

There had be some dental jokes slipped in somewhere! Nice to meet you all Thank you for stopping by to say hello.

I don't tend to read many short story collections for some reason But those I have read and enjoyed are collections by Daphne du Maurier, Roald Dahl (especially his ghost stories), and Jeffrey Archer. Also, very seasonal, The Christmas Books by Charles Dickens.

Good job I can swim then!

I always had a problem with Fellowship of the Ring too. It took me about three trys to complete it. As Raven said, once you've cleared the first 200 pages, the story really kicks in. It's worth plowing through Now I need to take my own advice and do that for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. lol

As an e-book author I can see why publishers are very protective about their material. I've have my e-books pirated and put onto sites for free download. It's not a nice experience. However, I think going into the library to download would be an inconvenience. It would put people off. Some publishers release there ARCs (advanced reading copies) as e-books now, you download them from the website, they are DRM protected and once you transfer them to your reader they automatically 'expire' within a certain number of days. I don't know how the technical side of thing works, but maybe publishers should think of doing something like this for libraries.

Still debating whether to ask Santa for a Kindle I have tried one previously for work purposes, but I can't remember if they support normal PDFs :/

Me either I would like to see Scott and Matt in the final!

Windchill - a Christmassy type horror which I enjoyed Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - it was on Sky yesterday. Getting geared up for the new one next week.

I think Felicity really wanted to go, throughout training all week and on Take Two, she seemed really tired and not putting much effort in. Despite what the judges said, I don't think it was her best dance. I don't agree with Ann still being in, but they asked her to be on the show, if people vote for her that's not Ann's fault. She shouldn't win, but I won't be surprised if she does! I'm backing Scott

I haven't read the book, I saw the play in London last year and loved it. My mother has read it and thinks it's fabulous (and she is a very hard lady to please!). I'm going to give it a read in December. I'll request a copy from the library

Hmmm, I guess the unpopular opinion would be to say I enjoyed the Twilight books first time around Books I really didn't like that people rave about - Pride and Prejudice: I've never understood why people like this book. I disliked all the characters, found them extremely annoying (but I think some people would say that about the Twilight books, so each ot their own :0)) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: I got a 100 pages in and just wasn't gripped enough to continue. I found it extremely boring. I keep meaning to give it another go at some point.

I'm also somewhere in the Atlantic. I go through periods where I read authors and periods where I read books. I have a few favourite authors and I have read everything they have ever written. As I'm using my local library a lot more now, I tend to read books. Does that make me more American than European?

LOL Please don't panic. I don't put my 'professional' hat on when I'm not at work Plus, I work in an academic library so I deal with dentistry books all day! Not very exciting. Again, thank you to everyone who said hello

I'm dying to read this. At the moment it's too expensive for me to purchase and my local library doesn't have it yet

I have to agree. The 'roaring twenties' were all about glamour, glitz and spetacular parties. Everyone who is everyone wanted to throw themselves into this lifestyle, but I think what Fitzgerald shows is that although on the surface this lifestyle seemed so carefree and modern, it had a seedy underbelly. Class differences were still rife. The Great Gatsby is a tragic story, one with a moral undertone (or so I've always believed). It always breaks my heart. It's one of my favourite classics

I'm 29. Turn 30 in March. Eeekkk.

Thank you all for the kind welcomes It's so nice to find a place where I can talk books with people. peacefield - hmm, there are so many. I tend to be enjoyed a lot of Tudor historicals at the moment, so Alison Weir, Phillipa Gregory, Jean Plaidy, C.J. Sansom. But I also like Simon Scarrow and Manfredi LOL You can convince me to read it. Unfortunately, I haven't read it yet. And thank you for the cookies:)

I've read some of the Breeds series and yes, I'm a fan I think they originally started out as e-books with Ellora's Cave and then she moved to mainstream print publishing. I haven't read the e-books but I've read some of the print ones. Megan's Mark was my favourite. Lora Leigh writes tons of books!

I have a Sony PRS-505 reader, which is one of the original ones. I heard about it a few yeaars before it was released, waited all that time, purchased one when it was around £250 and within 6 months, there were new ones flooding the market *bangs head on desk*. However, I love my e-reader. For me, it's additional to actual books, I couldn't replace paper copies. I am going to find it useful when I head off on holiday for 3 weeks next year. For work I tested out a number of e-readers including the Kindle. I would love an iPad, but I can't afford one!