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You certainly have my blessing! There's not much else to do, anyway. I definitely wouldn't try the "Excuse me but could I just go here.." as if I really had to ask their permission. I'm due for another train trip tomorrow

33 pages read so far, it's mighty creepy! I was reading it in bed last night and I have to say I was really jumpy about all the normal noises in my apartment. Oooh, that's a good one! I hope you enjoy it

I just finished Human Harbour by John Ajvide Lindqvist. I was a little disappointed with the ending but all in all a great read. I think I'm going to start reading Helter Skelter next, but we'll see.

Kylie, that's one rude person! You need to give her a piece of your mind Your train experiences just reminded me of mine: I hate getting off the train at BF's station because the bus to BF's part of town leaves in 3 or so minutes after the train has arrived and if the train is late I might not catch the bus and would sometimes have to wait for an hour to get to the next one. So I usually get off my seat pretty early and make sure I'm the first to stand infront of the door and to get off the train. Well, everytime I open the door, there are loads of people waiting to get on the train, and they NEVER seem to understand that they're simply not going to get on the train before they let me off the train. They just stand there and stare at me and wait for me to get out of the way, which is pretty hard when they're standing in the way. If I wasn't always in a hurry to get on the bus I wouldn't mind standing there till they'd apologise and make way for me

Hello Steve and welcome to the forum, I'm sure you'll like it here!

Haha, live and learn

Got these today: - I, Claudius by Robert Graves - Beloved by Toni Morrison - America by Franz Kafka - The Lost Letter by Nikolai Gogol (a selection of short stories) - Lottapa tietenkin by Merri Vik - A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter - Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

I went to the library today and got these for 20cnt each: - I, Claudius by Robert Graves - Beloved by Toni Morrison - America by Franz Kafka - The Lost Letter by Nikolai Gogol (a selection of short stories) - Lottapa tietenkin by Merri Vik (on of my favorite book series from when I was a teen) Also got these in a secondhand bookshop: - A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter (have already read it, but want the whole collection because it's superb) - Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol (a real find!!)

I'm almost half way through Human Harbour by John Ajvide Lindqvist, it's really good

A real cute dog ain't s/he, and obviously quite the practical joker

This is mine at the moment:

I started reading John Ajvide Lindqvist's Human Harbour.

You can't avoid coming back for more Good night Kylie and sleep tight, see you later

I know what you mean, I'm the same. And then on the other hand, I don't want to read reviews of books I have on my TBR too closely in case they contain spoilers. So it's pretty strategic of what to read and what not to read! Rhodes's books tend to be short and a lot of them are short stories so take care what you read, I'd say Gold is the way to go There doesn't actually happen that much in the novel, Rhodes's skills are definitely more in the creating excellent and quirky characters and witty little events and dialogues. I can't wait to get his latest novel Little Hands Clapping as a paperback, the blurb sounds great! Chocolat is on TBR, and I've borrowed High Fidelity (which is of course on the Rory List). I don't fancy Chocolat at the mo though because I'm almost broke and can't afford chocolate Hm, you probably shouldn't have said that last thing...

You could try out Dan Rhodes's Gold, it was a light, quick and extremely funny book, I think you might enjoy it! I think I wrote my thoughts on it on this thread a little while ago, and tunn300 has also read it and enjoyed it and so has poppyshake, if I remember correctly I know Wodehouse and Holmes would be great reads but I'm not sure if they are exactly what I'm looking for just now. There's also the Stieg Larsson book (the 1st in the trilogy) and John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel... By the way, you haven't started Chocolat or High Fidelity yet have you? On the other hand, Helter Skelter has been calling out for me quite a while now...

Yep, the one and only I've been dying to watch the movie but having read the book I don't know if I have the guts, it's really tragic The movie was named 'Precious' because there was already a movie called 'Push'. Hurraa!

Well I have to say that I find this very interesting as well Yes, the style of writing is great and I guess it's a unique story but I just hated all the 'negativeness' in the story, everything always ended up going down hill and worse. But I'm really glad you liked it so much, I'm happy for you Haa, I was just going to post about this and have a real nice time pondering what to read next At the moment I don't have a clue. I know I want to read something light and fast paced, maybe a thriller or a true crime novel, or something that I've been dying to read for ages. But I also have loads of great novels borrowed from the library. The Neon Bible, a Dan Rhodes novel, The Code of the Woosters, Sylvia Plath's poems and short stories, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes... and many more! Very difficult indeed.

Hello again! I've just read Push by Sapphire (the novel which has been made into the movie Precious) and I thought it was an excellent and thought-provoking read and you might want to check it out! Here's info from amazon: Claireece Precious Jones endures unimaginable hardships in her young life. Abused by her mother, raped by her father, she grows up poor, angry, illiterate, fat, unloved and generally unnoticed. So what better way to learn about her than through her own, halting dialect. That is the device deployed in the first novel by poet and singer Sapphire. "Sometimes I wish I was not alive," Precious says. "But I don't know how to die. Ain' no plug to pull out. 'N no matter how bad I feel my heart don't stop beating and my eyes open in the morning." An intense story of adversity and the mechanisms to cope with it. Some novels are mentioned in the book, they are given to Precious by her teacher and form her very dear own library: 1. Moira Crane: The Life of Lucy Fern 2. Karen McFall: Pat King's Family 3. Ann Petry: Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground 4. Ann Mcgovern: Wanted Dead or Alive - The True Story of Harriet Tubman 5. Arnold Adoff: Malcolm X 6. J. California Cooper: A Piece of Mine 7. Alice Walker: The Colour Purple 8. Langston Hughes: Selected Poems

Book 27. Push by Sapphire Push is so far the first and only novel by the African-American author and performance poet Sapphire. The book has been made into a movie called Precious, and that's basically where I got the idea to read the book when I noticed the title Precious in the bookstore. From Amazon (contains spoilers!): Claireece Precious Jones endures unimaginable hardships in her young life. Abused by her mother, raped by her father, she grows up poor, angry, illiterate, fat, unloved and generally unnoticed. So what better way to learn about her than through her own, halting dialect. That is the device deployed in the first novel by poet and singer Sapphire. "Sometimes I wish I was not alive," Precious says. "But I don't know how to die. Ain' no plug to pull out. 'N no matter how bad I feel my heart don't stop beating and my eyes open in the morning." An intense story of adversity and the mechanisms to cope with it. This novel was a fast paced and thought-provoking read. It discusses really disturbing themes but at the same time the novel is not devoid of hope. I started reading this right after Wuthering Heights and simply couldn't put the book down and quite literally dosed off with the book in my hand after reading 93 pages, at about 3 AM. I read the rest of the story in one sitting today. It's definitely a story that will make you cry and that stays with you for long. 5/5! Warning: There's a lot of graphic and disturbing details and the novel is full of cuss words so steer clear from this one if you find that kind of thing offensive or too much for you. Otherwise I'd totally recommend it to anyone.

Book 26. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront

Shin, my newly found soulsister Weird that you should have only 3 weeks time to read the books, that's such a short time. I know what you mean by just not being able to leave the books and go, the bookshelves always draw me in "Just that one book I was thinking about!" "Ooh and that other one, I almost forgot!" etc. This can go on and on. You even tried leaving your library card behing, and then couldn't resist the temptation of the books and ask the librarians if you can borrow the books with just giving your name and address? Now I have to say you're worse than I am You're a complete addict!!

I just finished Push by Sapphire, an excellent read!

I finally finished Wuthering Heights last night, I was soo giddy when I could finally start reading something else I started Sapphire's Push which is a really compelling read, I read about 90 pages in bed. It's about rather disturbing themes but makes an excellent read! Will post my thoughts on WH later on the appropriate threads. Don't expect admiring feedback.

I hope to be of the former ones, the books sounds really great Plus it's a Danish book, always nice to find new Nordic novels. Cool Let's let each other know how we liked it!