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I will have a look at Green Metropolis, I'm always hearing positive things about it. I wonder if because you have to pay to participate people in turn use it differently taking it more seriously and expecting a better service. Finally managed to get my first book from BM, it in pretty bad condition but readable so I can't really complain.

I'm just about finished The ruby in the smoke, it been a fab read. Are the other books in the series as good?

Me too, in fact I'm so cross with Dean Koontz taking soooo long to finish the Christopher Snow series that I refuse to read another novel of his until he does. Not that I think he's bothered mind, it just makes me feel a bit better in a petty way.

I forgot my intended novel today but luckily I had forgotten to take my Ereader out of my bag at the weekend and decided to start Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. I'm only on P.30 and I love it already, really excited to find out what happens.

That sounds spectacularly awful but intriguing.

Once I start a series I must finish it (unless I abandon the first book) I just can't bare not knowing the whole story it drives me mad. I loved the first Twilight book but after the first they got progressively awful IMO but I had to force myself to finish. Still I kept the first book but got rid of the other three.

It'll be worth the wait. I'm such a geek too, love reading books about people who love reading books.

I hadn't thought about checking when they were last on. such a simple idea too, should really have thought of that!

Dear me it's been awhile, lost my mojo for a bit due to being so busy with work I just didn't have the energy to read during my commute or in the evenings. Just about to finish The ruby in the smoke, loving it Philip Pullman has never let me down. I'm still reading The children's book, reading it in chunks then putting it down for a few days to truly appreciate it giving it the time it deserves. Bought Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel yesterday looking forward to it, but quite weighty so might leave it awhile.

Just wondering if my experience of Book Mooch is typical or if I been unlucky. I joined last month put up 8 books 4 were mooched in under 24 hours, I sent them off within a few days, would have been that afternoon but I was ill. 2 of them gave me feed back ASAP and I got my points, others needed to be reminded after about 2 weeks. But one still hasn't, her reason for not doing so is that she has gone on a month long holiday, she will let me know if it's arrived when she got home. Why one earth didn't she let me know when she asked for the book, I could have delayed sending it. I'm quite resentful of this and feel it's quite rude especially as it was a fairly expensive hardback book in perfect condition. I've also been trying to spend my points, to this day I still haven't been successful. 1. She accepted, a week later she rejected saying she's lent it to a friend. 2. Person accepted, been 3 weeks still no book. 3. 2 others didn't reject or accept so I had to cancel. It's starting to feel like I'm trying to get blood out of a stone. I have many many books I'd love to put up (I've already removed the other books) all are in perfect condition but now I'd rather not bother, especially as I seem to be getting nothing out of it.

I've always read for pleasure, but I have wide ranging interests so I've also read a lot of subjects over the years (History, philosophy, science etc) that have benefited me educationally. Being an avid read from a young age has overall benefited my education from having a wider vocabulary range and the ability read more complex text and deduce the points being made compared to my non reading peers.

I felt that way about Fallen too, about half way through it suddenly picks up transforming into a completely different book.

I took it as a wee hint from the universe to go read so I started The children's book by A.S Byatt got into it pretty quick, I usually find Byatt a strugle but I've got a feeling I will finish this quickly. I joined bookmouch too stunned that all 7 books that I've put up have already been claimed!

Dead until Dark by Charlaine Harris This is the 1 st Sookie Stackhouse, being that I have watched the first series of True blood I was familiar with the plots and characters involved but still enjoyed it. I liked Sookie far more in the book, she had a gentle nature but could be quite tough when the occasion called for it, I particularly liked her reticence towards sometimes the female protagonist in vampire novels swoon a bit to much for my liking. The ending certainly has me keen to begin the next book but I'll wait awhile I don't want to overdose on Charlaine Harris.

That jarred with me too, I couldn't work out if it was the author's writting style or if it was meant to be the character trying to keep up with his teenage son or being influenced by his sons way of speaking. I didn't guess the killer but I did get some of the twist, I agree with some of it being a bit unbelievable just to many chance/coincidence type of situations for me.

Fallen by lauren Kate Quick synopsis: Luce is sent to a grim reform boarding school after she was present during the mysterious death of a boy she dated and her claims that she is stalked by shadows. She is quickly befriend by a group misfits and sweet natured Penn, whilst she is instantly attracted to Daniel whom she immediately feels connected too. Unfortunately Daniel behaves if he is repelled by Luce. With the brutal regime and the shadows closing in on Luce she needs the help of the group to survive... My Opinions: Well I decided to stick with this book and I'm glad I did, once it settled into the fantasy part of the book it greatly improved, in fact the last 150 pages were excellent which just makes the first half of the book even more disappointing. Suddenly the charectrisastion of the teenagers developed past the stereotypical behavior/attitudes into real three dimensional people lending weight to the overall mythology otherwise it might have been too unbelievable. I was greatly impressed by the betrayal and did not see it coming at all, it added to the tension wonderfully, the brutality of it made seem much more plausible. The premiss of this novel certainly has a lot of potential and I plan on reading the next in the series when it's released, sometimes it is worth having a little patience. *I decided against putting a synopsis from waterstones and Amazon as they give away some of the plot.*

My TBR pile sits on top of the little mini book shelf by my armchair where I do most of my Reading at home. I try to alternate between series/writers and thick books and thin books, it keeps my Reading mojo fresh.

Glad to hear your enjoying The swan Theives I'm planning on it being my next book. Finished Fallen, the last half was almost like a different novel, it wasn't amazing but the series does have a lot of potential. Currently reading the 1st sookie stackhouse, it's good but I get the feeling since I've watched the true blood series I could skip the first bookBand not loose the plot, but I like it enough to finish it.

I noticed that too, I loved the books and greatly saddened that there will be no more but I did get irritated that he presented his political ideology at THE ONLY acceptable way to think/act. I agreed with a lot of his views but I really can't stand being preached too.

5 Books that I currently think everyone should read are 1. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson 2. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 3. The Girl with the dragon tattoo by Steig Larsson 4. The secret history by Donna Tartt 5. Mitfords: Letters between six sisters by Charlotte Molsey. Each of these books have made a lasting impression on me, most of them will stand up very well to re-reads whilst still reveling something new to the reader.

Howard's End is on the landing by Susan Hill. This was a fabulous book for book lovers, Susan Hill has put together a memoir of mini essays with her musings on books,authors and the way we read now. It's written is a straight forward conversational manner, almost like you were chatting to a friend, full on antidotes of all the authors she has met throughout life from Bruce Chattwin, Ian Flemming to Iris Murdoch, and what she reads and why. I loved how down to earth she was concerning on what to read, she's very much of if its good it's good don't stick your nose up about it school, I laughed out loud when she retells how each generation in her household were reading Harry potter one night. She advocates not viewing books as precious objects to marvel at and instead to use them for what they were intended, that a well thumbed version of your favorite novel should just be as precious as a 1st edition of a best seller. Which is just as well this was my bath book and is now covered in water marks and toothpaste and well and truly a well thumbed favorite now.

Well I decided to stick with Fallen by Lauren Kate and it's gradually got better. Going out to lunch, wondering if it would be really rude to take book. Can't decide what to start next either the 1st Sookie Stackhouse book or The children's book by A.S Byatt.

Hi Coco, welcome. Where in Germany do you live? I lived in Muchen for 5 motnhs a few years back and my husband spent most of his childhood there on Army bases, we've both considered making a move back at some point in the future.