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Started and finished Lois Lowry's Anastasia at this Address and have now started Anastasia, Absolutely. It's the last one in the series and I'm already dreading finishing it Will probably continue Animal Farm after that.

I'm heading off to bed with Animal Farm

I'm so touched that so many of you are concerned about my 2010 reading pleasures and want to help me find them Well I started reading Animal Farm by George Orwell, so I'm not starting Mockingbird immediately, but I'm taking your opinions into consideration Besides, there's Flowers for Algernon which I need to read, especially since Kylie liked it so much, I'm thinking it'll get better and better (have only read about 20 pages).

But what about your Finnish sister?!!!

Mexicola uh oh Started and finished Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote in one sitting.

I know, a lot of people keep recommending the book, it's supposed to be amazing... However, as much as I would like to read it, right now I feel like reading easy and quick novels after reading the humongous GwtW

Book 14. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming How does someone like me, who hates the Bond movies and has only ever watched one of them (by coercion), end up reading a Bond novel? Well, by following the 1001 Books -challenge. It was better than I expected. And at the same time rather boring. The fictional Bond in the novels in the mid 20th century is a lot more likable than the fictional Bond in the 21th century movies. Less action, fewer girls to boink and definitely fewer cheesy onliners. Bond was actually more humane in this novel than I thought he could be, for which I give this novel a lot of credit. The story was rather boring though. And the ending was really predictable. There was no real intrigue! No more Bond for me, thank you very much 2/5, not recommended. Edit: Notice the irony: The Bond novel was the 69th book I've read from the 1001 Books -list...

Book 13. If You Really Loved Me by Ann Rule A true crime novel by the queen of true crime novels. This story was quite shocking, but I have to say rather poorly written. Nothing like Stranger Beside Me This one's going to the free book trolley at the library. 2/5, not recommended. Unless you've read all the other true crime novels there are and are in desperate need of a new book to read.

Book 12. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell I bought this book a few years ago because it's a classic and I've always thought it's a sort of a obligatory read. However, the length of the novel has always put me off reading it and I don't know if I ever would have actually read it if there wasn't the great Rory Gilmore reading group on here I won't bother with the blurb since I expect most of you know the story and thus will only offer my own thoughts on it. It was a brilliant and superb reading! It really took me back to the 1860s and to the Southern USA. There were some really interesting characters, mainly Scarlett, Rhett and Melanie. I didn't like all of them (actually hated Scarlett with every fiber of my being, whereas I adored Melanie and looked up to Rhett) but I certainly enjoyed reading about them. All the historical information and details were really interesting and they made me want to read more about slavery (am bumping up Uncle Tom's Cabin which was actually mentioned in the novel and To Kill a Mockingbird) and the book also made me realise that war novels can be extremely intriguing which is rather unexpected for me since I always thought war novels are as boring as they are cruel. I also loved the epicness of the novel, it makes you get to know the characters really well and makes you - the reader - more as a part of the story. I don't know if that makes sense 5/5, definitely. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys historical fiction. The number of the pages may seem daunting but I promise, if you're in the right mindset, you will be able to finish it and love with while you do! Oh, and happy news, I've just managed to obtain the movie version! Yay

Finished Casino Royale by Ian Fleming.

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Good to hear! I do think that Vonnegut might be one of those writers that are sometimes hard to understand but I do wish to enjoy his books =) Wow that's quick! Really glad to hear you're enjoying the novel, it's so great! I should pick it up myself, soonish. I started reading Casino Royale last night, and it's a really quick read, I only have 60 pages or so to the finish. Not the best of books... but it's not that bad either. A very easy fix on getting another 1001 book crossed off from the list, if not anything else I like your idea of dedicating March to quick light reads Well that's quite alright with me, I think I'm in good company Lucybird, so great to hear your nearing the end of GwtW! I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it =) Own book activity: Started Casino Royale by Ian Fleming last night and got through 194 pages. It's a really quick and easy read, but so far those are the only positive attributes to it... I have nothing really bad to say about it either, though.

Finished If You Really Loved Me and I'm now going to move on to the next read. Haven't decided yet what that shall be.

CaliLily, it's just biographies, the book doesn't include any excerpts from any novels, but there are a couple of lines from poems though. That Book Geek shirt is also fab! And the pins.... I have some other pins as well but I never wear them, I might start decorating my bag with them though... Hmph.

I was googling the "reading is sexy" t-shirts and found this. I think that would be a really cool shirt as well

Juliette & the Licks

Yep I do! It might be a while though before I read the books, I have sooo many novels waiting to be read...

CaliLily, I have only read little bits and pieces from the book so far, I cannot believe what a bargain it was, it was in a flee market for only 4e, and the books old and in good condition, and there are pics of paintings of the writers and their homes and all that, I love it! Sorry to have to tell you this though, it's a Finnish book But I'm sure there are the same kind of books in English, mure more of them as in Finnish! I didn't know about the nickname, that explains the title, I've been wondering about that!! Thanks for the info This couple is getting more and more fascinating! You're so lucky that your copy of Elizabeth's complete works was saved, it's so old and precious, I'm so happy for you! See, it does pay off carrying one's most precious books everywhere That poem you posted was beautiful! Now I'm really glad I bought The Sonnets from the Portuguese and Other Poems, and not just the Portuguese poems. Catwoman, that farty pic was hilarious I hope you don't mind, I've just told my BF about this conversation and about you two posting those kinds of pics for each other, and posted the pics as well

That's so sweet and funny I think it's cuter than ours because it's about finding pictures of "you two", but hey this is no a comptetition It's the gesture that you've noticed something that means something to both of you and you think of the other person immediately and want to share it Edit: Awwww CW, that's so beautiful! I have to confess it brought a few tears to my eyes Edit: I remember now that I've also slipped a post-it on BF's book which I know he'll be reading in the train, and in that post-it I've told him I loved him

The reason why I bought this book some time ago was exactly because it was "one of the so-called "Horrid Novels" mentioned in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey" I also bought Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho. Too bad I haven't had time to read them yet

I don't mind at all, I just woke up from a little nap and it was so nice to notice what kind of a conversation you two have had on here, and the Brownings' relationship is indeed intriguing, I'd like to read about it. (In fact, earlier today I was just browsing through the From Dante to Dickens -book I bought a week ago and the two were mentioned in it! The book's about biographies of great writers and the two of them were introduced together in the same biography, it was really sweet! And she's the only woman mentioned on the book, from what I've seen so far. And this is something I can relate to, my BF and me living in different towns, and having gotten to know each other via IRC Catwoman, that would be so romantic if you'd buy the book and slip it in his luggage! Abby, that is indeed a familiar poem, but I'm not sure if it's the only one I know from her, I have to investigate! By the way, how do you know so much about the Brownings, or rather, do you have any good book recommendations about the two of them? This is definitely not the same thing, but BF and I love dogs and animals, and when we see great or funny pics of animals we always show each other the link to the pic in IRC when we're not in the same town. I was just visiting BF, and I googled Chilean ground squirrels because one of the new members on this forum had one and I wanted to see what kinda squirrels they are. Anyway, I saw this pic and I thought it was hilarious and showed it to BF. He loved it too. So, when I had to leave town yesterday, while he was in school, I opened his TV (he uses that for the computer), googled the picture and left it there on the screen, so when he would open the TV to start doing his computer thing he would see the pic the first thing

Here in Finland some of the new hardback novels can easily cost 25-30 euros (34-40 USD, 21-26