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    Hobbies

    in General Chat

    Posted

    Looking for dead people might actually be some kind of voluntary work you do with your dog that's got great sense of smell. Although I think it would be preferred to be called looking for missing people.

    Celebrity Big Brother

    in Music / TV / Films

    Posted

    Now unfair though this sounds - already word has it that he is the favourite to win. Well with the greatest respect - put an individual who is so very different and handicapped in comparison with the others - folk are going to feel they HAVE to vote for him. I personally don't like feeling that sort of pressure and guilt trip. It was the same with the other BB and the blind chap they had. It really isn't fair on the others to be honest.

     

    I don't think there's any pressure to vote him to win, why should there be?

    Celebrity Big Brother

    in Music / TV / Films

    Posted

    I couldn't resist either. I've never watched celebrity bb before and had to give it a shot when I noticed that the new season has just begun. I recognised all the American celebs, and Mutya and Ulrika (though I don't know why) but didn't know any of the others.

    So far it's been a bit boring. It's also been a bit difficult to understand some of their conversations: so many different dialects! I love Tommy's, by the way!

    So far I like LaToya, Verne, Coolio, Terry and Tommy. Tina seems nice too.

    Frankie reads 2009

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted · Edited by frankie

    Books I read in 2009

     

    1. Sophie Kinsella: Remember Me? 4/5

    2. Kathy Reichs: Fatal Voyage 4/5

    3. Helen Keller: The Story of My Life 1/5

    4. Sofi Oksanen: Baby Jane 3/5

    5. Kathy Reichs: Grave Secrets 2/5

    6. Kathy Reics: Bare Bones 3/5

    7. Sofi Oksanen: Stalinin lehmät 4/5

    8. Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis 2/5

    9. Jacqueline Sheehan: Lost & Found 3/5

    10. Robert Louis Stevenson: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde 5/5

    11. F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby 3/5

    12. William Golding: The Lord of the Flies 2/5

    13. Franz Kafka: The Trial 2/5

    14. Mary Ann Shaffer: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 5/5

    15. Bram Stoker: Dracula 4/5

    16. Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange 4/5

    17. Stephen King: Gerald's Game 2/5

    18. Terry Pratchett: Going Postal 1/5

    19. Bret Easton Ellis: American Psycho 2/5

    20. Neil Gaiman: The Graveyard Book 2/5

    21. Anne Rice: Interview with the Vampire 4/5

    22. Terry Pratchett: Thud! 1/5

    23. Greg Kincaid: A Dog Named Christmas 3/5

    24. Märta Tikkanen: Miestä ei voi raiskata 4/5

    25. Lois Lowry: The Giver 5/5

    26. Sofi Oksanen: Puhdistus 5/5

    27. Juhani Aho: Rautatie 4/5

    28. Toivo Pekkanen: Tehtaan varjossa 2/5

    29. James Ellroy: The Black Dahlia 4/5

    30. Frank L. Baum: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 2/5

    31. John Boyne: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 5/5

    32. Iain Banks: The Wasp Factory 1/5

    33. Louisa May Alcott: Little Women 4/5

    34. Louisa May Alcott: Good Wives 3/5

    35. Katherine Applegate: Summer Can't Choose 4/5

    36. Mitch Albom: The Five People You Meet in Heaven 3/5

    37. Vikas Swarup: Q&A 5/5

    38. Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club 2/5

    39. Alice Hoffman: Blue Diary 2/5

    40. Jeffery Deaver: Bone Collector 4/5

    41. Mitch Albom: Tuesdays with Morrie 3/5

    42. L. M. Montgomery: Emily of New Moon 4/5

    43. Jeffery Deaver: The Coffin Dancer 5/5

    44. Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist 2/5

    45. Katherine Applegate: Seth Want More 4/5

    46. Katherine Applegate: Diana Fights Back 4/5

    47. Katherine Applegate: Marquez Breaks Free 4/5

    48. Katherine Applegate: Summer's Last Chance 4/5

    49. Katherine Applegate: Diana Makes a Move 4/5

    50. Katherine Applegate: Looking for Diver 4/5

    51. Jeff Lindsay: Darkly Dreaming Dexter 4/5

    52. Jeff Lindsay: Dearly Devoted Dexter 4/5

    53. Tuija Lehtinen: Joka kimma sen tietää 4/5

    54. Chelsea Cain: Heartsick 4/5

    55. Aino Kontula: Rexi on homo ja opettajat hullui! 3/5

    56. Chelsea Cain: Sweetheart 4/5

    57. Derek Landy: Skulduggery Pleasant 2/5

    58. Derek Landy: Playing with Fire 2/5

    59. Jennifer Weiner: Goodnight Nobody 3/5

    60. Paulo Coelho: Veronica Decides to Die 3/5

    61. Lynda La Plante: Trial & Retribution 1. 3/5

    62. Ann Rule: Stranger Beside me 5/5

    63. Marja-Leena Tiainen: Suoraa sarkaa ja samettia 3/5

    64. Alexander McCall Smith: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency 3/5

    65. Robert Bloch: Psycho 4/5

    66. Haruki Murakami: Sputnik Sweetheart 3/5

    67. Gavriil Troyepolsky: White Bim Black Ear 5/5

    68. Seth Grahame-Smith: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: 2/5

    69. Meg Cabot: The Princess Diaries 3/5

    70. Chris Niles: Hell's Kitchen 3/5

    71. Toby Clements: The No. 2 Global Detective 2/5

    72. Meg Cabot: Princess in the Spotlight 3/5

    73. Ian Rankin: Knots and Crosses 4/5

    74. John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men 4/5

    75. Charlaine Harris: Dead Until Dark 4/5

    76. Graham Greene: Travels with My Aunt 3/5

    77. Lee Goldberg: Mr Monk Goes to the Firehouse 4/5

    78. Michel Faber: Under the Skin 5/5

    79. Charlaine Harris: Living Dead in Dallas 5/5

    80. Charlaine Harris: Club Dead 5/5

    81. Candice F. Ransom: My Sister the Meanie 3/5

    82. Candice F. Ransom: My Sister the Creep 4/5

    83. Candice F. Ransom: My Sister the Traitor 4/5

    84. Meg Cabot: Princess in Love 4/5

    85. Meg Cabot: Pincess in Waiting 2/5

    86. Charlaine Harris: Dead to the World 4/5

    87. Charlaine Harris: Dead as a Doornail 5/5

    88. Charlaine Harris: Definitely Dead 3/5

    89. Marianne Käcko: Tapa minut, äiti! 3/5

    90. Charlaine Harris: All Together Dead 3/5

    91. Charlaine Harris: From Dead to Worse 3/5

    92. Charlaine Harris: Dead and Gone 5/5

    93. Joyce Carol Oates: Rape - A Love Story 4/5

    94. Chelsea Cain: Evil at Heart 4/5

    95. Garth Stein: The Art of Racing in the Rain 5/5

    96. Erica Spindler: In Silence 3/5

    97. Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles 3/5

    98. Einar Mar Gudmundsson: Kaikkeuden Enkelit 3/5

    99. Tuija Lehtinen: Siskokullat 2/5

    100. Ken Bruen: Priest 4/5

    101. Karin Slaughter: Blindsighted 5/5

    102. Mark Billingham: Sleepyhead 3/5

    103. Jean- Dominique Bauby: The Diving Bell and the Humming Bird 1/5

    104. Karin Slaughter: Kisscut 4/5

    105. Karin Slaughter: A Faint Cold Fear 4/5

    106. Karin Slaughter: Indelible 5/5

    107. Karin Slaughter: Faithless 4/5

    108. Karin Slaughter: Triptych 5/5

    109. Karin Slaughter: Beyond Reach 3/5

    110. Sophie Kinsella: Twenties Girl 5/5

    111. Jeff Lindsay: Dexter in the Dark 2/5

    112. Heikki Turunen: Seitsemän kurvin suora 4/5

    113. Väinö Linna: Tuntematon sotilas 4/5

    114. Kira Poutanen: Ihana meri 1/5

    115. Janet Evanovich: One for the Money 3/5

    116. Anu Jaantila: Jenkkivuosi 3/5

    117. Anu Jaantila: Dear Sanna 5/5

    118. Anu Jaantila: Sanna ja Sam - Forever? 5/5

    Frankie reads 2008

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    After the last post I've read the following books:

     

    - Stephenie Meyer: New Moon 9/10

    - D. H. Lawrence: Lady Chatterley's Lover 5/10

    - Philip Roth: Portnoy's Complaint 7/10

    - Gaetan Soucy: The Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches 8/10

    - Diana Wynne Jones: Fire and Hemlock 10/10

    - Sarah Dunant: Birth Marks 9/10

    - Terry Pratchett: Johnny and the Dead 9/10

    - Kathy Reichs: Deadly Decisions 8/10

     

    So I guess that's it for the year 2008. It was a very, very good year. Here's what I thought of 2008 readingwise (from the thread in generel discussion on books):

     

    "This year was superb for me!

    - I joined this forum (which increased my TBR)

    - I've found play.com

     

    These books stood out for me this year:

    - Alain de Botton: How Proust Can Change Your Life

    - Tuula-Liina Varis: Kilpikonna ja olkimarsalkka

    - Ronald Hayman: The Death and Life of Sylvia Plath

    - Joanne Harris: Gentlemen and Players

    - Diane Setterfield: The Thirteenth Tale

    - Sarah Waters: Fingersmith

    - Augusten Burroughs: Dry

    - Markus Zusak: The Book Thief

    - Augusten Burroughs: A Wolf at the Table

    - Mark Haddon: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    -John Grogan: Marley and Me

    - Stephenie Meyer's Twilight-series

    - Sarah Dunant (Hannah Wolfe -series)

     

     

    Writers I discovered:

    - Elizabeth Flock

    - Sarah Waters

    - Terry Pratchett

    - Neil Gaiman

    - Kathy Reichs

     

    Plus, I spent some good times with Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole diaries which I hadn't read in ages."

     

    Finally the statistics:

    - books read: 78

    - books bought: at least 116 (wow, I never knew I bought so many... things definitely got out of control this year.

    Are you a Book Nazi?

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    I don't like lending books. If I do lend though it'll be some reliable person who knows how much I care about my books and they'll know to take good care of them. People have always returned my books and in good condition too, that's why I can't really understand how there can be so many of you who have gone through the tragedy of someone lending your books and not returning them. It might have something to do with the fact that I always write down the titles and the name of the person who's taking my books :lol:

    Goodreads

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    You should be able to create a new shelf for them, Frankie. In your list of books, there'll be a column called Shelves. Click on Edit and there will be an option to add a new shelf. Hope that helps! :lol:

     

    Thanks Kylie, that did help! Now I'm enjoying bookreads even more, I was so bothered that Rory books were right there all mixed up with the others :)

    Goodreads

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    I joined and listed all my books, which took many many hours but I'm quite pleased that it's done now :) Now it's easier to see how many books are on my TBR etc. etc.

     

    Question: Can you list some of your TBR books as a separate list of books to be read? For example I'm going to read the books on Rory's books list and would like to somehow differentiate them from the other to-be-read books.

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