Scarlette

Well, first I must say that I've read a lot of brilliant, memorable books, but these five are of the gave-me-chills variety: Violin (Anne Rice) The Book Thief Falling (Olivia Liberty) The Historian And, of course, The Time Traveler's Wife. (A few author's names left out, because I'm pretty sure everyone knows them by now, and also, they all have very difficult surnames )

I sometimes buy from the bookstore at the mall - although their prices are a bit steep. I've bought quite a few books online. I enjoy buying online, because I can pick from a wider variety of covers. Recently I've found that the secondhand bookstore has a much bigger selection of books, now, and I've been visiting there more often. They also swap books, which is great for me, because I'm prone to impulsive buying on book sales and often end up with things I don't really want.

Resurrecting an old thread, just to add my two cents after finally reading this novel. There are only five books that have given me chills, were absolutely compelling from beginning to end and made a forever lasting impression on me - The Time Traveler's Wife is one of those books. This book made me laugh, made me feel nauseous, made me sad, made me cry, made me fall in love with the characters, the author's idea... I even became frustrated, because I didn't have as much time to read it as I would have liked. I've read some complaints about the ending, but I was satisfied with how it ended. The thing I loved most about this novel is that it's a love story with a twist.

I used to love poetry. In high school I always loved figuring out the hidden meaning in the poems we discussed in poetry class - the hidden meaning was somehow always death, which made answering exam questions quite easy . I even had a nice little booklet I used to jot down poems of my own making - I enjoyed writing poetry when I still had a bit of teenage angst in me. But then my interest in it just, well, died. But, even though I don't usually like poetry, (), I can appreciate a good verse when I read one. I suppose, like most things, it's simply a matter of personal preference.

Welcome to the forum. You have a very pretty name.

Neil Gaiman is very good looking - I Googled . I always pictured him as rather old and eccentric, but he's just moderately old and handsomely eccentric. Oh, that sentence worked better in my head.

I knew there is life out there... *looks to the skies* No, I'm just kidding, I have a silly sense of humour like that. Welcome to the forum!

I'm only 22, now (23 in August). I find it very depressing when little kids seem to think that I'm very, very old and treat me that way, too... But then I suppose to a child, 22 is very old.

More than reading any books, I remember waiting in anticipation for my mom to return from the library (or take me with her), with new books to read. Sometimes mom chose things that I wasn't sure belonged in the children's/young teens section, though... I also remember the thrill of being scared witless by a book. Something that hasn't happened again for me since childhood. As an adult, The Historian gave me chills, but didn't scare me as much as I would have liked.

Jess! Yes, that was his name. Thanks to those who mentioned him. I loved Jess. Dean was much too good to be true... Good boyfriend material, maybe, but not good husband material... if anyone remembers that particular storyline... I wasn't impressed with any of Rory's other boyfriends. For such a smart girl, she really has questionable taste in men...

Egregious. As used by Mona in Blackwood Farm, by Anne Rice. Didn't care much for her, though... But egregious - what a lovely word. Egregious. Everyone together, now. Egregious.

I forgot about this thread a little... Yes, I did finish this, although as mentioned above, I wasn't all that impressed with it. Good writing, etc, but just not my kind of book, unfortunately. And the ramblings made no sense to me whatsoever. You can skip all that and you wouldn't be missing out on anything relevant. That's just my opinion, though. I gave the book to my sister and she enjoyed it very much, so it's simply a matter of taste, I think.

Thanks very much, Chrissy. That is a monstrous list, indeed. I have.. two.. of those novels on my wishlist, already, so that's a start.

I've read Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice quite a few times. Also, Twilight, I've read twice - it's a nice Sunday afternoon read that doesn't require too much concentration.

I've had a piece of chocolate and toast.. thus far... Tonight's dinner will happen over the course of a few hours. I think I'll have some fish later on... and then perhaps pasta.

I want to add Pan's Labyrinth... But I notice you said "feel-good", and that is certainly not a feel-good film... Anyway, if perhaps you or someone else feels like watching something very dark and quite brilliant, I recommend that to you.

Where can I find Rory's book list? I had no idea there was a book list... I love, love, love Gilmore Girls. I don't have cable anymore, though, so I'm quite a few seasons behind *grumble*. Who was that very cute, moody guy who was related to Luke and sort of dated Rory? I quite liked him, but his name eludes me, now.

That movie is a book?! Well, film version of a book.... Anyway, I found the film quite creepy. And the book is even (much) better? I have to get it, now.

I loved The DaVinci Code, and the hype surrounding it quite amused me. It seems that quite a few people forgot all about it being fiction, which was funny. But that's a thread on it's own... I wasn't planning on reading Angels and Demons, but I've added it to my wishlist. It can serve as light, entertaining reading when I feel like taking a break from more serious novels.

It's not that I didn't like the character and I've read more sexually explicit books than this one, but something about it put me off. I took it off the shelf again (I'm only keeping it for the pretty cover) and gave it another try... but I just can't seem to get into it. I don't know, it just doesn't work for me *shrugs*. I guess it's just one of those books I'm incapable of enjoying... Oh, well...

I'd love to try and get a job at one of our local libraries - we have three, and one is haunted, so I think that would make for an interesting work experience . But I'm pretty sure a degree is required for getting a library job...? Writing is also something I'd love to do. I very much regret not persuing a career in either of these sooner. But I suppose at 18 I was too much of a rebel to even consider a career everyone else told me I'd be good at.

I'd like to see more ghost stories. My local bookstore have very few and the ones they have aren't that scary. I want to read something that makes me feel the way the Goosebumps books made me feel when I read them as a child - scared out of my wits. But perhaps vampires are more in vogue these days than ghosts...

Hmm... I'm trying to decide between Lestat, and Alice in Wonderland. Both are quite adventurous choices. Can I have both? I'll switch from one to the other every few days.