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I was reading about Kindles today and they can view PDFs.
Thanks, Kylie
It's looking more and more likely, I'll be asking Santa for one!
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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.
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There had be some dental jokes slipped in somewhere!Nice to meet you all
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My absolute favourite is William Henry Davies's Leisure
W. H. Davies
LeisureWHAT is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?—
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
That is one of my favourites too.
As is:
THE DAFFODILS; OR, I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD
by: William Wordsworth
I WANDERED lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of the bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company
I gazed -- and gazed -- but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
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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.
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You're floundering in the Atlantic like Nollaig.
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10 million people watch the X-Factor every week, that doesn't make it good ...
I think the problem(?) with Lord of the Rings is that it takes quite a while to get going. The first 50 odd pages of Hobbit-lore aren't easy to get through but once you do, and you are also clear of Tom Bombadil, the story really starts to take off and it just keeps getting better from there on out - problem is, that's nearly 200 page in!
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
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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.
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I definately agree! I have just gotten a kindle and it is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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 :/
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Don't get me wrong, I totally agree that it's not Ann's fault - this is an entertainment show, not a serious dance show, after all.
It doesn't stop me wishing she would be voted out though! I'm backing Matt!Me either
I would like to see Scott and Matt in the final!
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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.
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I'm so glad Felicity went tonight. Surely Ann must go soon?!
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
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I finished The Woman in Black by Susan Hill last night - it was brilliant.
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.
Yes this is the first Stephen King I've read in quite a few years The Black House was the last one I read before the Dome & that put me off reading anymore until now. To be fair the second half of the book has been better than the start & I'm hoping it'll have a good ending
I'll request a copy from the library
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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.
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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?
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Oh noes, a professional! Run everyone!
(Oh, and hullo, btw!).
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
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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
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Exactly. It's a beautiful description of an era that was very different from what came before it and what followed. And I doubt something like the 20's will ever happen again. It was a period of so much opulence and glamour and living large, yet the social rules were breaking down, the Western society was recovering from WWI, there were some very 'modern' problems occurring. The old "golden" life style was disappearing, the safety of previous, well eras, in the lack of better term, and the modern world was happening. Along with the progress came a lot of bad, and no one really knew what to do with it. So they partied. (hey! don't badmouth that, it's a perfectly good escape strategy!)
Sorry, I got slightly carried away there.
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
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I'm 29.
Turn 30 in March. Eeekkk.
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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
Hello and welcome, Donna.
Hmmm, you mentioned "urban fantasy" specifically.
I wonder if I could convince you to read Little, Big by John Crowley. *big evil grin*
Or maybe you have already read it? *looks hopeful*
By the way, have a cookie.
LOL You can convince me to read it. Unfortunately, I haven't read it yet.
And thank you for the cookies:)
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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!
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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!
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The Time Traveler's Wife is a book that made me cry recently.
I sobbed for about 40 minutes after I'd finished the ending. I'm so sappy
E books / Kindle / Sony Reader
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