angelofboox

A born reader, though maybe I was just converted early. My mother used to read books aloud to her stomach when she was pregnant

Desperate Housewives =)

At the moment I spend most of the time in Manchester, where I swan about, avoiding university work. But home is East London

They're probably too busy reading books to read the forum!

Yup, I watch it online when it's released across the pond. It took a few episodes to get into when I first started watching; I found it kind of condescending and overly stereotyped - but it grew on me and now I really like it. I think the writing improved along the way. It can be a bit hit-and-miss sometimes, but still generally good

IfDreamsCameTrue: Encourage your mother to read the books too! I do the same thing, commenting on books to my mother - but she has to read children's/young adult books for a living, so usually the conversations aren't too tiresome for her, I hope!

Pratchett's books always get me laughing! Specially at moments I don't expect when I'm sitting in public, which ocassionally draws bemused looks. If you've not given any of the Discworld series a stab, and you like a sort of non-serious science-fiction/fantasy satire of the universe - definitely worth a try!

My suggestion is The Ropemaker, by Philip Dickinson - very fantasy-ish otherworldly, with unicorns and valleys and epic journeys through enchanted forests. I think it's a good read, anyway!

I think I'm the one that asked the question about age demographics on the forum, leading to this poll! This week, I float from the youngest age group into the most common one - being grouped in with the 30 year olds makes me feel kind of odd. 21 on Thursday!

I really must get round to reading A Clockwork Orange - I didn't find The Road particularly disturbing...maybe I've been overexposed to post-apocalyptic literature! I too read Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Handmaid's Tale as A-Level texts (we had to compare them). I don't think Nineteen Eighty-Four has ever particularly disturbed me because I read it when I was much younger, and only really understood it fully after I'd read it a few times and got a bit older. A Handmaid's Tale was mildly disturbing because I've always worried women will lose their rights if they don't keep holding on to them! The most disturbing book I can remember reading, though maybe it's just because it's been read more recently, is We Need To Talk About Kevin. Oh, and just remembered Dracula - which kept me up for several nights when I first read it as I was about 9 or 10. Oops!

I've read it a few times and know other people who've read it and got stuck. In my opinion, I think it's best to read it fast (though I know some people don't like that idea!) because it means I can hold all the story in my head at the same time - if I draw it out I forget what happened when and all the time threads get confusing!

I'm not quite a teenager anymore (I'm 20...oh dear, I'm past it!) but I certainly read phenomenal amounts when I was. Slightly less now I'm at university, unfortunately. However, pretty much all my friends and most of my year at high school read a lot (though I went to a grammar school) - in fact, one of my friends doesn't read and we constantly tease her about it! However, I agree a lot of people don't spend money on books anymore - I have a crazed habit of buying all books so I've ended up with a couple of thousand (and my mother's a librarian...) but for most people their money seems better spent on an iPod or something; I suppose we all have our weaknesses

It was great - so intense at the part between him deciding to leave and him deciding HE'S GOD AND THEREFORE COMPLETELY AWESOME. I figured he'd save some of them and safely deposit them in the future somewhere with secret identities, so that the Captain could meet her grandmother. But this ending was still awesome, what happens happens. (That's time travel) Couldn't really make much of the trailer...except The Master(!!) I look forward to it.

I've read 11. I was really very surprised to see The Road at number 1 - not that I didn't think it was a very good book, because it was great in that bleak post-apocalyptic way - I think I just imagined few people would relate to it as such an immense book... I'm not making much sense here. In any case, a curious list - just another one to add to the pile though...

It took me a while to get into, but I did end up liking it! I thought I'd give the most oft forgotten Bronte sister a try; she writes quite differently but certainly not badly.

My sort-of-boyfriend loves to read, but mostly reads non-fiction. He is horrified by the thought of having children who don't like reading. It's nice when we read the same books and can talk about them; we recently had a long serious in-depth conversation about the hypothetical International Relations that must be in place in the Harry Potter universe (Britain obviously being the central super-power) - it's great! Come to think of it, all but one of my boyfriend-like-things was into reading. Guess I pick them well

I remember being about 3 or 4 and my cousin (who's 12 years older than me) was reading a book and I scoffed and asked her how she could possibly read a book without any pictures, and I couldn't really ever imagine doing that and wasn't it really boring? She laughed and said I would one day, but I distinctly remember not really believing her because reading books without pictures was obviously silly. I can't really recall books that weren't picture books having a massive effect on me with their illustrations. The Blake illustrations in Roald Dahl books were always great, and The Phantom Tollbooth's original illustrations were always something I loved. And Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, I think. I did want to be an illustrator for a while when I was much younger, maybe I should have pursued that. But it's hard and all. I have a friend doing a degree in "book arts" which is essentially that, and it sounds great!

Getting rid of? Why ever would you want to do that? Buy more bookcases, I say. I'm broke (actually in my overdraft, and I hate to spend money I don't have so my self-imposed daily budget is now

A Suitable Boy is the longest novel on my shelf too I read it a few years ago, was a nightmare to carry around because I have an all-in-one hardback copy. Phew!

Made myself pasta as well, with chilli, tomato and mushroom sauce and grated cheese over the top.

I did watch it right from the beginning, yes. But I missed several episodes from series 2 because I was at university - and I don't really tend to watch TV/stuff at university.

I think they're great! (I'm 19, do I count as an adult yet?) Artemis Fowl really is one of my favourite protagonists.

Just watched it on iPlayer. Heroes confuses me

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