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Hey Charm!!! I am soooo sorry if I ignored you..... I didn't know what to do!!!! I confess to not being very technically minded - Is it easy??? The only book I have read on your wish list is Life Swap. I can't really remember enough to give an opinion except that it can't be very memorable . I have both feet very firmly in the read-book-first camp. I have always been disappointed with the films/series after having read a book. I think our own minds can imagine a character that will enhance our personal enjoyment of a book. I think a book is able to tap into, and enhance, my imagination far more effectively than a movie/series. Some of your books and authors I have never heard of........ there are just too many books and so little time.

Oh... thanks for that. I was really thinking I was a being more of a numbsky than usual as I couldn't figure out where the edit option was. I've looked a number of times to correct the typos- I have a sticky space bar that is driving me nuts. Also, Charm was kind enough to offer a personal welcome and send me some sort of invite to conversation or something. I read it but have no clue how to respond or anything and now I feel awfully rude. I'm off to find her/his thread to apologise - publicly because I don't know how else to:blush:. I guess I should have learned how to use the site first eh. LOOK LOOK I'm editting!!!

Post Birthday World by Lionel Shriver ***** Great Dream of Heaven by Sam Shephard (short stories) *** A Matter of Death and Life by Andrey Kirkov **** Exits and other stories by B A Kennedy (short stories) ***** The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad *** bridport short story winners 2008**** Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult*** Currently a third waythrough Private Papers by Margaret Forster and rather enjoying it. The library have rang to say they have some of the books that I have reserved come in. I will collect them tomorrowif I can finish Private Papers in time. Otherwise it can wait till Monday.

oooooo, until reading this thread I had forgotten about the 'different seasons' - amazing stuff. I am another one who has 'Bag of Bones' on the shelf and am now tempted to add 'The Stand'. I have yet to read either. I am not the biggest fan of his stories but I am one of his greatest fans of 'Stephen King the writer' ifykwim. When I try new (to me) authors/books and have been let down I can pick up any SK and think ...wow. Ahhhhh..... so many books and so little time.

Hi Angel I am new here so just thought I would say Hi and to say how impressed I am with your organisation. You have a well varied list there, many of which I confess to having never heard of. I have read a few Jill Mansell, including the two on your list. Her books are very easy to read and are all fairly similar in content. They can be very amusing as well as light and are a great summer, beachy read I think - no peace required etc. I pick them up when I know I will be unable to concentrate too hard;). I think I may try and follow your example and organise myself a little better..... mmmmm, we'll see.

For the full(er) list go to post 10.... ..... please. Well. I thought I would start listing the books I read on here. I have already added many books to my library list after reading other peoples threads on here. Thanks to all of you. Hopefully this thread will offer some new ideas to some of you. I am a newbie and so am a little shy of reviewing but will 'star' each book according to how much I liked it. So far this year I have read.. Post Birthday World by Lionel Shriver ***** Great Dream of Heaven by Sam Shephard (short stories) *** A Matter of Death and Life by Andrey Kirkov **** Exits and other stories by B A Kennedy (short stories) ***** The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad *** I am currently reading the 2008 winning short stories from the Bridport competition. I loved the 2007 selection and am really looking forward to burying myself in this book too.

Well............ I think my mood dictates what I read. Stephen King (we have many of his books as my middle child has read/bought loads) appears when I am a trifle moody:blush:. My other half knows to not mention any little misdemeanours until I have put it down for something a little easier on the soul. Although his books are not in my most 'enjoyable read' list I have to put Stephen King on my 'wonderful author' lists. I think he is soooo clever. Some are a little too weird but he is the only author to have made me jump!!! - Gerard's Game, "there was somebody stood in the corner". Maybe it was because I was half snoozing at the time but oh my goodness... I don't dislike Jodi Picoult. I think when I reading any of her books my OH thinks I am quite approachable. I have read My Sister's Keeper and another that I fail to recall the title of. I have, however, taken BookBee8's recommendation and brought home a copy of Nineteen Minutes from the library. I haven't started it yet but very bizarrely it sounds a very similar story to another book I have already mentioned - and I have only written a handful of posts. I also managed to get a copy of The Book Thief, The Big Picture by Douglas Kennedy and Private Papers by Margaret Forster - all books or authors mentioned right here on this forum:mrgreen:. I am currently reading The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad. This is a book that has been loaned to me by a friend and I have promised to pass it on to a named person when I have finished it. It is one of three very different books. One was Slummy Mummies - the title says it all really and the other was Brick Lane by Monica Ali. I read a review somewhere about Brick Lane that says it was highly amusing. I got some way in and the poor woman had been pressured (if not forced) into a marriage and her baby had died. I have tried to start it again but have failed to get very far. It just proves how sometimes our preconceptions or expectations of a book can either spoil or enhance our enjoyment of said book. Anyway the Bookseller of Kabul is interesting and easy to read and, half way through, I have to confess I am quite enjoying it. Enough waffling. I think maybe my introductory thread has introduced me adequately enough and I must take the plunge and post elsewhere. Can't be a newbie for ever;). Thanks again to all of you have taken the trouble to post a 'welcome'..... I really appreciate it.

ooooo just found Lionel Shriver in the contemporary thread - quite predictably, some liked... others just couldn't... If you are one that 'couldn't' then the Post Birthday World is unlikely to be for you either. great stuff going on here......... loving it. Jodi Picoult seems another popular one....... not as many Stephen King fans as I'd have thought..... other groups seem to LOVE him. Is there a way to edit a post???? Sometimes my typos are quite appalling and I have a sticky space bar:tong:

Why thank you soooo much for the welcome(s). I have been looking around and my list for the library has grown by half a dozen already. I am currently tackling the last of the current choice. Another short story collection only published in 2008. It is 'Exits and other stories' by B A Kennedy. I am only on the 5th story but I have slowed down to savour them as I have really enjoyed it so far. I am going back to have another look at the reading circle threads.I am also enjoying the members' favourite and worst 5 threads. It's fascinating isn't it how some will love books others just can't 'do'? I am surprised I haven't read anything about Lionel Shriver here. I really enjoyed 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' but am aware of many reading group members elsewhere that struggled with it. I have noticed many have liked 'The Time Travellers Wife'. Maybe I'll give it another go...... it's that fantasy thing... I'm rabbitting now......... sorry. Thanks again.

Another new member here. Happy New Year everybody - lets hope it is a year that brings peace and stability to us all. According to my other half, I do nothing but read all the time . Sometimes I worry that I do nothing much but read too. I am a fairly unsociable old so-and-so. I have an unsociable job, working unsociable hours.... but working solo means I can bring my book for those slack periods. I also have few friends as I either opt to stay in and read rather than socialise or I bore them to death by discussing books I have read or am reading:blush:. I happened along this forum last night whilst looking for some book reviews. I think people can learn a lot about a person by what they read and so here is 'all about me'. I read for pleasure. I read almost anything but not so keen on historical novels, much prefer contemporary stuff. Also, I tend to struggle with fantasy. Couldn't get to grips with Lord of the Rings - Lord of the Flies is much more my thing. (I tried to watch the Lord of the Rings dvd and struggled with that too, but then I struggle with tv full stop as a rule.) I have just finished (last night) Lionel Shriver, the post-birthday world. I enjoyed this almost as much as 'Kevin'. Overnight I have read the collection of short stories by Sam Shepard, Great Dream of Heaven. I am currently on 'A matter of Death and Life' by Andrey Kurkov. I cannot wait to read my pressie off Santa which is the winning short stories in the 2008 Bridport competition. Maybe this year I will get it together to write and enter one of my own - wouldn't THAT be something? I keep picking it up and sniffing it and then putting it down again.... torturing myself....... weird eh? The reason I haven't read the Santa pressie yet is I am having to read the library books first. I use the library rather than buy as I prefer to lock myself away with a book rather than have to go out and work too hard to earn money:tong:. Though I see a few like minded frugal people on here that frequent charity shops. I have a list to take with me to the library next time, largely made up out of the 'author's picks' at the back of 'post-birthday world'. The book thief by Markus Zusak Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone Paris Trout by Pete Dexter Atonement by Ian McEwan Have the Men had Enough by Margaret Forster Iam always grateful for suggestions. Now you all know the inside of my soul, you may have a few more for my list. So.... that's me.