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I've now managed to lose the few pounds I put on last week during my comfort eating binge, yay I'm determined to try jogging again later today, or at least do Zumba. How's everyone else doing?

I know you must be only kidding so I'll let you off hook this once

How could I forget about Dirty Dancing, and The Crow! Love and own them both <3

The new Soundtrack thread made me want to tune into the Original Soundtrack of Fame

Frank Sinatra.

You finished the book already? I'm impressed. You really enjoyed it did you, I'm so happy! Can't wait to read it myself

Thanks Weave I looked her up on that link and noticed that she's been on Emma as well, the 1996 version. I had no idea, I've certainly not recognised her and I've seen the movie at least 2 times. That's just goes to show how versatile and unrecognisable she can be

That's one of the movies everybody knows and keeps talking about but I haven't watched it for some reason or another. I had no idea she was in that movie as well. There's something really interesting about Toni Collette, she's such a chameleon and can be transformed to play just about any part

I'm not much of a soundtrack person but I have to say the Twilight soundtrack is absolutely amazing and so is Fame's soundtrack

I hope everyone else enjoys Spree as much as I did I already started The Bell Jar during the weekend and finished it Too bad it was such a short and quick read, I could've spent more time with it easily! Ethan: Thanks for the Tyler info! It sounds like I might enjoy her novels, I think I'll be wanting to pick one of her books up rather soonishly.

It is indeed a dangerous book Hornby doesn't give out the actual storylines through and through but he does give you an idea what the title in question is about, or how it's written. There are a lot of memoirs and (auto)biographies on the list so that might be one reason why some of the titles don't seem familiar, if one's not into biographies. I've heard of some of the titles before (The Fortress of Solitude, How to Breathe Underwater, Old School, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Candide by Voltaire, The Dirt and Freakonomics) but I added them now to my wishlist because of The Polysyllabic Spree. (The Rory Gilmore books were already on my wishlist of course) I've heard of Anne Tyler but I have no idea what her books are like, I thought she was a chick lit author but I don't think Hornby would praise that kind of novel, so I'm really curious about it now

Freakonomics is about all kinds of different weird and interesting statistics that don't always have anything to do with each other but are linked to each other by the authors in curious ways. It sounded like a real quirky read For example, the first chapter is about discovering "cheating as applied to teachers and sumo wrestlers"

Thanks Kell, I appreciate it

These I picked up from Nick Hornby's The Complete Polysyllabic Spree, to add to my wishlist. I thought it might be fun to see and compare what other people might pick up from the list. The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem George and Sam: Autism in the Family by Charlotte Moore How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer (also on RG- Enemies of Promise by Cyril Connolly Old School by Tobias Wolff (also on RG- True Notebooks by Mark Salzman Early Bird by Rodney Rothman Stuart: A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler Candide by Voltaire (also on RG- Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy Tyson What Good Are the Arts by John Carey Pure Pleasure by John Carey Ghosting by Jeanie Erdal Scenes from a Provincial Life by William Cooper The Dirt by M

I was going to come here and ask Kell if she could explain to me about a certain person who shows up, then I went to imdb.com to see which episode it was that I watched last night and it seems like that was the end of season 6 So I guess that was it for this season, bye bye.

RIP Paul I'm listening to Korn, the album See You on the Other Side

That's it, right there, for me. That's the most difficult part. I eat when I'm bored, when I should do uni stuff ("I can't really concentrate if I haven't the energy, maybe I should eat first"), I eat when I'm down and I eat when I'm up. And if I've done something great and accomplished something, I always think of food when I want to reward myself. Learning that about myself has been the most difficult thing. I hope Slimfast works for you JCW

I had a terrible couple of days last week when I just tried to eat healthy and in moderation and then by evening I was so frantic to buy chips that I couldn't help it. I'm on the wagon again and have been for a couple of days and it's been good. I have a problem though with the exercise, I would love to go jogging but for the last 4 times I've tried it there's been this rather awkward problem with it and I'm getting frustrated. I don't mind doing Zumba instead but I'd like to do other things as well, I can't go on doing the same Zumba video every day, I'll get sick of it at some point I know it.

Ach so! If you weren't that interested in the novels at the time then I understand that you couldn't help yourself Too bad you started to like them after that and was reminded of that tiny little twist... I remember when I read that bit, my jaw dropped and I thought I was reading somebody's dream and that it didn't actually happen. I had to read that part twice to make sure that it did really happen. It was one of the most shocking events in my reading career! I know what you mean about the letter, it didn't really help. But I kind of understood where Slaughter was coming from. haha, no pun intended!

I started reading How to Be Good by Nick Hornby. Didn't know whether to start the next Karin Slaughter book or Miss Smilla so I made a compromise and turned to Hornby instead

I didn't even know there was a movie about this book! I don't think I want to watch it though, I have a feeling the plot and the atmosphere and the tone of the novel can't be brought into a movie the way that it would please me. Kylie, the thing is that I actually can't ever remember the two different actual titles (which are Smilla's Sense of Snow and Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, or so says wikipedia) so I'm just calling it Miss Smilla (The original title is Fr

Alright, I think I understood your point now. I'm very new to Hornby myself, I've only just recently discovered that his books are actually good so I don't have much to base my opinion on, but I thought (based on The Complete Polysyllabic Spree) that he was only trying to reassure people that just because he's one of the "literary, academic people" being a writer and all, he still doesn't believe in "high vs low" literature and that he's pro people reading anything they like and not pro classics only. I actually liked him saying that because I have the tendency to think writers are suprahumanbeings I think he tried to compare himself with the average normal people and tell them he's no different. But that's just my opinion. It was interesting to see how you thought different about it And believe me, there are those snobbish people who'd snicker at you for reading something other than canonised classics. Happy to hear you're enjoying Hornby's stuff all the same

Hello there and welcome to the forum! Could I ask you what you mean by him "congratulating himself too much on being a popular reader"? Do you mean that he thinks he only reads popular fiction and thinks that's the best kind or... ? I couldn't quite get what you meant, it's most likely the language barrier thing I borrowed About a Boy and How to Be Good today from the library. I don't know when I'll get to them but I hope soon!