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  1. Fluffyblue
    7/10 today. I wish there weren't any Black Tower questions. I never get them right and I've never read the series so I have to guess every time!
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    Did Nooral even speak in last night's episode - I don't remember him doing!
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    I'm very lucky in that I can 'travel the wheels off a bus' ie I never get travel sick no matter what form of transport I'm in, whether I'm reading or not. My main problem is falling asleep whilst reading (when my husband is driving on both counts of course!).
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    I will say one thing about Rocky, he's certainly put me off buying any pre-made sandwiches ever again. If they cut corners in his business like they did last night I'm surprised he makes any profit at all!
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    The last book I read that made me laugh out loud was "The Pickwick Papers" by Charles Dickens. I loved it and the characters and scrapes they got into were hilarious. The names of some of the characters made me laugh too.
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    First line reads as follows: "Every day I buckle my guns and go out to patrol this dingy city". This book is an early review book sent to me via Librarything, and although I've only read the first chapter, I really like the style of writing used.
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    Yeah, I was prepared to be typing a bit more than that! It's an excellent book though.
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    "I am scared."
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    Jane Austen really is the mistress of long sentences! Here's the first line of Persuasion, which I started this evening (and am so far loving immensely!): "Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage; there he found occupation for an idle hour, and consolation in a distressed one; there his faculties were roused into admiration and respect, by contemplating the limited remnant of the earliest patents; there any unwelcome sensations, arising from domestic affairs changed naturally into pity and contempt as he turned over the almost endless creations of the last century; and there, if every other leaf were powerless, he could read his own history with an interest which never failed."
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    Trish

     

    I've finished "The Good Fairies" - I wanted to enjoy it much more than I did and found it a bit confusing because of the large number of characters and situations relating to the characters. I did enjoy it a fair bit though - it depends what sort of thing you like though. I definitely preferred Jonathan Strange, but it wouldn't put me off reading more by Martin Millar or 'Fairy Stories'.

     

    Michaela

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    Trish

     

    I've finished "The Good Fairies" - I wanted to enjoy it much more than I did and found it a bit confusing because of the large number of characters and situations relating to the characters. I did enjoy it a fair bit though - it depends what sort of thing you like though. I definitely preferred Jonathan Strange, but it wouldn't put me off reading more by Martin Millar or 'Fairy Stories'.

     

    Michaela

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    I think I'm only on about page 30, but am enjoying it and finding it fairly light reading. This is the first Martin Millar book I've read, so I wasn't sure what to expect and I don't usually 'do' faerie, although I loved Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. In fact that was what really spurred me on to reading this book.

     

    Hope you enjoy it.

  13. Fluffyblue
    "It was high summer in London, and the raindrops felt almost warm on Max Skinner's face as he ran up Rutland Gate and into Hyde Park". I am loving this book!
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    I probably prefer paperbacks as they are easier to handle and carry about, but am nearly as happy to read hardbacks. Like others, I always take the dustcover off to keep it pristine. As long as I've got a book on the go, I'm content either way!
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    I don't know about 'favourite' but how about this, which was in the Daily Mail today: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1142382/Archbishop-forced-sons-45ft-high-chimney-photo-arrested-child-neglect.html
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    The sequel is good too - "Still Waters", I read them both very quickly and enjoyed them.
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    Jennifer Donnelly's book "A Northern Light" is called "A Gathering Light" in the UK.
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    I have so many books on my TBR pile - pretty much a whole roomful of them (I'm not joking!) and I just keep adding to that pile. I think for me, buying books is almost as compulsive as reading them - although obviously it's a lot quicker to buy a book than it is to read one. I think I need to make some strict (!) rules about only buying books when I have read one or two... Otherwise, we will need to move house shortly to accommodate my collection. As for how I pick, I am quite random, but like others, I think ones that have been purchased more recently tend to get read before older books - unless it's something following a really good review I've just read, or film I've just seen, in which case it might just get promoted further up the pile.
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    I'm currently off work sick, with a depressive-type illness, and although I love books and am obsessively buying them and reading them, I am having some problems with my concentration levels at the moment. This is as a result of the illness, but I keep perservering because they do help.
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    I read The Pickwick Papers over Christmas, and it was a fantastic experience! I loved it so much. My husband may (or may not) have gotten fed up of me 'quoting' various parts of the book to him whilst he was driving. I'm going to read Oliver Twist next as I'm going to try and read them in the order they were published.
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    I sometimes feel sad coming to the end of a particularly enjoyable book, but because I've so many more to choose from that feeling doesn't last very long. Sometimes I have difficulty choosing my next book because I've enjoyed the last book so much. That makes me sad, or probably more frustrated because I just want to get on and read.
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    My favourite children's book is "Horrible Harriet" by A C Osborn Hann. I must have read it about 100 times as a child. I'm now the proud owner of two copies! I also loved the usual bunch - Enid Blyton's mysteries (Secret Seven, Famous Five etc), Bobby Brewster books by H E Todd, then later on I progressed to Judy Blume and Enid Blyton's Malory Towers books. I've probably had at least one book on the go ever since I've been able to read, with a short break in my early 20's. Lately I've been reading some YA - Jennifer Donnelly's A Northern Light, Harry Potter, The Curious Incident, Life on the Refrigerator Door, How I Live Now and am currently just embarking on Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy. I have to say I'm absolutely loving Northern Lights. I've really enjoyed all the YA stuff I've read lately, and some of it I haven't considered particularly light reading.
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    Some of my favourite films are: Breakfast at Tiffanys Withnail and I Bad News, More Bad News and Mr Jolly Lives Next Door - The Comic Strip Rear Window Shakespeare in Love Doctor Zhivago The Big Blue High Fidelity I could go on, and on, and on... I love books and films SO much.
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    I don't think I could really ever rule reading anything out. There are books I'm currently not interested in reading, such as romantic fiction - Mills & Boon or perhaps even Catherine Cookson, nor am I that bothered about reading the current best sellers or autobiographies/biographies about the latest 'in person' but that might not always be the case. Sometimes it's nice to break out of the mould and try something different. I've got a really big list of books I want to read which I've compiled from various places - book forums (such as this), online reading groups and Librarything to name but a few. Some of the books I've read as a result have been ones I wouldn't have given a second glance to - and I've actually enjoyed most of them, probably all the more so because I wouldn't normally have picked that particular book up.
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    I've just finished reading "The Rabbit Factory" by Marshall Karp, and I have to say that I really liked the characters - particularly the main one, Detective Mike Lomax. I've read a lot of detective/crime novels over the years - Rebus, Scarpetta, Brennan et al and I found Lomax to be refreshing, a bit quirky and very amusing. I would have to say that he's currently, therefore, my favourite detective.
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