[A new first line of current book]

"He was afriad to go to sleep. For three weeks, he had been afraid of going to sleep."

 

Strange Meeting - Susan Hill

[Your earliest book related memory]

Mine would have to be the Biff and Chip books from Infant school.

 

I rememebr them!

I remember one where Kipper was making a cake and he put ketchup in it!

[Do you have to read in order?]

I try to read the series from the start:D

 

Same! If its in a different order, i'll probably get confused!

[London -the perfect setting???]

I like London as a setting, especially in older novels. The place just has so much history, which I think really adds to the atmosphere.

 

Agree Totally!

[How many chances do you give an author?]

Usuarlly two - unless I really hated the first book!

[Where is your favourite reading place?]

In my warm bed

[How many books do you read at once?]

A book for pleasure and a book for school studies

[When thinking of reading a book, what most affects your decision?]

Mostly I have seen the film, really liked it, then brought the book!

When deciding at a time what to read, its all down to mood.

[Do you keep your books?]

Even if I know i'll probably NEVER read them again, I have to keep them all!

[Can you resist buying in a bookshop?]

It's costing me a fortune!

But I do love my books!

[Another question... "We read to know we are not alone"]

I couldn't agree more

 

I couldn't agree more either

[Can you resist buying in a bookshop?]

Nooooooooooo!

 

Me too!

I always have to buy!

I should stop myself going in really!

[A strange and somewhat morbid question]

If I died before reading my 2009 to-read pile, I would be SOOOO annoyed!

[Are you a Book Nazi?]

If people borrow books from me, they know they have to come back in a good condition or I will KILL them!

[Bookmarks or turned down pages or...?]

I hate turned down pages! Always a bookmark

[Do you keep your books?]

I keep them ALL!

They take up a lot of space in my room

[Charity Shop finds]

Jane Eyre in v good condition

The first charity shop book I have ever brought!

[Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita]

It's been a while since I saw Kubrick's Lolita, and that was a long time before I read the book so I've been wanting to compare them.

 

Ohhh, do you know if you prefered the film or the book?

I was going to try and buy the Jeremy Irons version tomorrow - but im not sure if it was a film or a tv series?

Do you know?

[Irvine Welsh]

I love the film Trainspotting, so I brought the book!

When I opened the first page, it was all written phonetically in Scottish so I couldn't hardly understand any of it

I will try and read it again soon - I will have to read very slowly to understand it

 

[The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett]

I always loved this film as a child... but I never got round to reading the book hopefully I will in 2009

[Dennis Wheatley]

I got the Haunted Airman for christmas should be good!

[Chuck Palahniuk]

I saw the film Fight Club with my friend Claire and we thought it was AMAZING!

I then brought the book to read and she brought Chuck!

I read Fight Club and thought it was brilliant, and she read Chuck and said that was brilliant!

We have now swapped over the books to read

We will probably buy his others soon too and then do more swaps

[Love in the time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez]

I got the film for Christmas! If I like that, i'll read the book

[Boy A by Jonathan Trigell]

I saw the BBC? production of it which was good so I shall now read it

[Ian McEwan]

I brought Atonment after watching the film (which I thought was quite good) to read in 2009