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Ben's Reading 2010 2010 Reading Review. Total Read 2010: 25. January. 1. Snakehead. - Anthony Horowitz. 2. Crocodile Tears. - Anthony Horowitz. 3. Breakneck. - Erica Spindler. February. 4. Dead until Dark. - Charlaine Harris. April. 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. - Stieg Larsson. 6. The Kite Runner. - Khaled Hosseini. 7. The Reader. - Bernhard Schlink. 8. Living Dead In Dallas. - Charlaine Harris. 9. Club Dead. - Charlaine Harris. July. 10. The Girl Who Played With Fire. - Steig Larsson. August. 11. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. - Steig Larsson. 12. Frankenstein. - Mary Shelly. 13. The Picture of Dorian Gray. - Oscar Wilde. 14. Good Omens. - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman. 15. Heroes Of the Valley. - Jonathan Stroud. September. 16. The Lost Symbol. - Dan Brown. October. 17. Macbeth. - William Shakespeare. 18. The First Casualty. - Ben Elton. 19. Eragon. - Christopher Paolini. November. 20. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. - F. Scott Fitzgerald. 21. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows. - J. K Rowling. 22. The Bloody Chamber. - Angela Carter. December. 23. American Gods. - Neil Gaiman. 24. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. - Mark Haddon. 25. Lord Sunday. - Garth Nix. Roll on 2011.

Watched Inglorious last night, was very good.

Hola, welcome to the forum! I'm just being different..

Hmm glad to hear the House Of Night series has got back on track for you. I have them all up to the sixth, but have only read the first three at the moment. I plan to read the rest in new year.

Hey welcome to the forum.

Of course, I see exactly what you are trying to say. In the end he knew what the consequences of his actions were, choosing to take that risk, so he should face the punishment, and as you say drug smuggling affects so many people. However surely two wrongs do not make a right. I do not agree with hanging people unless it is in certain situations. He should have been locked up instead. I do not agree with the issue about him being in an unfit mental state, that just seems to be the excuse they are making to get him out of trouble.

And I'm just going to reiterate what was said above (or below depending on how you have your forum settings..) I for one loved the film; the acting was fantastic, the plot decent enough to carry it through two hours ten minutes (or something like that). One thing I will say though, is that I have never read any of the books or followed Holmes before, so I could therefore not be affected by any book-to-film adaptation that may have occurred. It was great though and I would recommend it to everyone.. worth seeing, at the least to see what you think of it.

Do you think he deserved to be hanged for his actions though..

Just want to add that I thought the Christmas Day episode was fantastic. The Timelords are back, how interesting. Wonder what surprises they will through at us on New Years day.. .. wouldn't lose hope yet. Some old favourites are still going to be returning I would have thought, including Captain Jack.

Bet you've forgotten about me amongst the festive season. Still looking to find poems and poets that I'll grow to know and love. When you get chance of course, my friend.

Close it on 31st, please, if that's okay.

100 books! Congrats.

No posts for the last month in some ways sums up my year of reading. It's been a strange one; the first few months I hit the ground running, racking up an impressive total, despite me thinking that they would be the months where I would be so engrossed in other things that I would not possibly have a chance to read anything. As the year progressed, my reading slowed, despite the summer months and the 6 week holidays being the times where I had the most time to read. I shamefully confess that I did not take advantage of this, spending my days lost on the web in games and other unproductive things. Before I knew it I was back at school in September, starting my A Level courses of; Philosophy, English Literature, History and Psychology, and these months were the hardest I have ever faced at school. Some say 6th form/college can be more difficult than university, the evidence in this case being the amount of work I was being set. I admit it helped me, I've learned a lot in the past three months or so, but it also limited my reading time. I had hoped to read at least one book this week, and reach a total of 52 books for the year, but because of the problems I have mentioned, I just fell short at 48. Of course there still would be enough time to read those remaining four books to reach my total, but my exams are lingering and time will not be on my side as we pass into the new year. So unfortunately I shall take my total of 48, as it came, with some good new novels (The Book Thief). This has been the first year I have kept a book log, and I have enjoyed it thoroughly. So as the fireworks go off on New Years Eve, at the end of a year that some of you know, has not been the best for me, with the tragic passing away of my Auntie in March, then remember the good times and the bad, the good novels, the not so good, and move into 2010 with a positive frame of mind. I am ready for the 2010, and am ready for what the year will bring; be in within books, or within the world around us. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from me.

Most likely I will be opening a 2010 one and closing my 'Ben's Books 09' one.. I just want to write a little conclusion at the end of my 09' one before you can feel free to close it whenever.. Edit. - Okay, can you please close the 'Ben's Books 09', thread but not delete it - I'm planning on putting a link to it in my new 2010 thread that I'll make on the first of January. Thank you!

Love this series! Glad its been picked up for a third..

Some of them are good ned.

Hello and welcome to the forum!

Hello Kylie, welcome to the forum.

Some can be fantastic, others not so good. However, I've read some good ones and I do think it's a good chance for people that struggle with ideas to try to get their teeth into actually writing some good stuff, without worrying about characters.

Alright. Surprisingly enough I just wrote a poem in the last few hours that I think is one of my best. (I don't generally write poems so I doubt it is that good, really..)

Hmm, it's a tricky one for me really, as I wouldn't say that I dislike poetry, as such, in general, as I do like certain poems (I don't have any examples, unhelpfully, it's more of a case of looking at a poem as it comes and seeing if I like it..). Anyway, I enjoy poems with lots of description in, poems that paint a clear picture of what is happening throughout. I like poems that concentrate around poetic language and such, but other than that I do not really have any other thoughts about it at present. I think its a more of a case of I haven't been introduced to much poetry, so haven't really had the chance to appreciate it yet. As of themes that really doesn't matter at the moment, but love most probably would be an interest..

Hey Claire welcome to the forum. I see you're reading The End Of Mr Y, what do you think of it so far? I've heard mixed thoughts.

Welcome to the forum!