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I too agree that Death is the best character out there (my favorite quote of his being: (from Sourcery) My very favorite Pratchett book is Thief of Time. Perhaps because it's the first book of his I have ever read, which makes it the book that introduced me to Pratchett's style The rest of them have probably been less of a surprise as I knew what to expect - that first one however has been utterly delightful. As for The Colour of Magic, the best part for me was the dragons part. Wow. Great idea, great imagery.

Both she and her name are SO cute (not to mention her little Santa outfit)

Such a warm welcome, thank you all so much! Nici76, is that your cat? It's lovely!

I have found this forum via Google, searching for "book forum". The first site shown was bookforum.com and this was the second one; given that bookforum.com doesn't seem to be an actual forum, here I am Later edit:... um, of course I used a divining rod and pixie dust, just like Raven did, what was I thinking??

I have added Midnight's Children to my To-Be-Read pile. Looking forward to it too. Thank you for your recommendation(s), you make it sound like a book really worth reading.

I never lie about what I've read (a) because I try to never lie and because I have read many of the classics/famous books anyway ). Nevertheless something quite unpleasant happens to me every now and then: I say I've read a book (and I did),and then I discover I don't remember anything at all about it. Let's take Shakespeare as an example: I have read more than half of his works, famous and non-famous alike, so should anyone ask, I can say in all honesty that I did. Were anyone to ask me about them it would be a whole other issue -- I don't even remember the names of some of the works not to mention anything about characters and/or what happens there Luckily about a year and a half ago I have started a book blog and I started taking notes about books. Meaning I'll never forget characters/events ever again :D (hopefully, of course)

I'm currently in the middle of the A Series of Unfortunate Events series and so far I am quite enjoying them. Another author of children books that I have really liked reading as an adult are E.Nesbit's books (especially Five Children and It) And of course Terry Pratchett.

Thanks!

Thank you both!

First of all, I have read all the books (including the partial draft of Midnight Sun and the left out chapters). To me Edward is simply perfect, from any point of view one can think of (well, he is a vampire but he is vegetarian so I cannot hold that against him). I loved Bella too, especially in the first book where I found it very brave and ready to give up her own good for the sake of others (one can understand and get to appreciate Bella even better after reading Midnight Sun and seeing what Edward sees so attractive in her). Other than that, I have also liked Alice, Esme and Carlisle. Would probably have liked the others too but they didn't manage to capture my interest in them far enough. As of Jacob, I didn't quite like him, I thought he was more like an egotistical spoiled brat than anything else (at least compared to Edward). PS I'm not into vampire books and I didn't know about the hype around these books at the time of reading -- but I was truly captivated by the books. I found them... filled with passion (for lack of a better word), especially Twilight and Midnight Sun.

I love Dean Koontz, especially as the very first books I read of his (unfortunately long ago so I don't remember the names) kept me on the edge of my chair. Lately I don't seem to find any book of his that interesting as those very first ones (don't get me wrong, I still love his books, but they don't seem that intense anymore -- perhaps I just grew up?). This last year I have read and liked The Husband, Life Expectancy, Thomas Odd and Lightning. I have also read The Taking and found it utterly below expectations (although to my surprise I see in this thread that people have usually liked it, so it's probably my fault not the book's.) This being said I'm very looking forward to discovering more good books to add to my to-be-read pile, so I'll go back to browsing this thread PS About The Taking, for example, has anyone managed to discover the connection between ?? It's like some idea has crossed the author's head and he has given it up half way. Was there some connection and have I totally missed it?

Kay would be okay (well, Andreea too since it's my given name -- but I'm more used to being Kay online than Andreea) I was really lucky to find the format I used -- else my presentation would have been something like "Hello I'm Kay, I'm a programmer, I love to read and I have a book blog", period. I don't think it can get much worse than that Thank you for your welcome

To me it was a captivating and well written book that I have truly enjoyed. It made my gratitude levels soar up seeing how tough it was to be a woman in that place and time. Nevertheless I liked it a bit less than I liked Kite Runner because the characters sort of give up the fight half-way (well, I know "they are forced to give up the fight" would be a better phrasing, but regardless of their reasons and choices or lack of them that's the way I felt).

Hello, I'm new here, let me introduce myself: (I just had to borrow the format given that I usually have no idea whatsoever what to say about myself ) THE BASICS: Name