BookJumper

I've been uhming and ahming whether to get these for a while now (as I love Wilde but loathe crime fiction), you'll be happy to know you've made my mind up for me, and in the positive too!

Glad you liked Neverwhere Joker, it's one of my favourites a very different book which had a very similar effect on me was Gregory Maguire's Wicked, an alternative look at the Wizard of Oz universe from the "baddie"'s point of view which I would unreservedly recommend to anyone.

As far as I know, the inspiration for Eleanor Rigby was simply a gravestone in Liverpool bearing that name do you remember where you heard about the connection Ethan?, I'm intrigued now!

*is scared* I am currently reading de Lint's The Blue Girl and loving it, I hope I don't lose interest too as I have Dreams Underfoot and Spirits in the Wires on Mount TBR!

Oooh, sounds Neverwhereish - and as Neverwhere is one of my favourite books, I think I'll start with that thank you!

Prissy Princess of Preservation that I am, I would never throw any component of a book away; I find DJ's annoying though so I take them off while reading and put them back on prior to storage. Carefully removed DJs will still manage to acquire creases even when lying on top of other books as soon as your back is turned however, which vexes me greatly. What I don't understand is why they don't just all print covers straight onto the hardback, it looks so prettiful and doesn't get tatty! I tell a lie, I know exactly why they don't, it's because printed card covers cost more than plain cloth ones. But stil...!

If I'm lucky enough to be at my parent's house - I co-own these with my sister; she said I can be the one to buy brand new copies as I'm the one who's fussed about condition - I tend to return to the books of Bianca Pitzorno I adored as a child. In particular: Ascolta il Mio Cuore (Listen to My Heart), about three best friends overcoming the tiranny of an evil teacher, directly contributed to my discovering that like the protagonist I wanted to be a writer when I grew up, and is therefore always invigorating to pick up again when my inner author feels disillusioned; while Extraterrestre alla Pari (Extraterrestrial Au Pair), about a little alien whose sex won't be revealed until he/she is much older because why should boys and girls be brought up any different?, is simply beautiful and inspiring.

... you... you heathen *bursts into inconsolable scholarly tears*!!!

Oooh do let me know if The Book on Fire is as good as its predecessor!

Uh-oh, I've got Dacre's book on my shelf waiting for its turn - what didn't you like about it, Eliza?

I find that it is always advisable to jump back a century or two if one wants to find creepy stories un-marred by needless, in-your-face gore my own personal favourite is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus - simultaneously chilling and beautiful, scary and sad, everybody should read this methinks. ETA: you're welcome !

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I'd love to hear your thoughts on Triumff Kell, I've picked it up and put it back down in bookshelfs I know not how oft!

I've read a chapter and a half, thus reaching page 58, of The Blue Girl this morning; hoping to get through another two & reach page 99 before going to bed tonight - might this be a mojo I see before me?

I've tried putting together one such book of new & wondrous words but, as I am commonsensically challenged, I feebly attempted the task on a notebook rather than an alphabetised addressed book so it didn't work very well I think I might need to procure me one of those and give this method another shot!

... exactly ! I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I did, and am delighted to bear good news - I'm not sure it's a sequel as such, but Miller's written a second book called The Book on Fire you know what to do.

I'm pretty sure that this was part of a series, and that I read it also. I'm afraid I do not remember what it was called or who it was by though if you're very lucky I might still have it at home, I'll have a look later and let you know if I can find anything .

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman springs to mind as a book that'd tick your boxes perfectly I'll let you know if more springing occurs.

Oh, it is the ending might madden you (it sure as Hades maddened me!), but the journey is worth it regardless. Please don't give up on me yet, guys the (not so) little list is in the process of being compiled; you wouldn't want me to display anything less than my trademark thoroughness now would you ?

... for as long as I am able to before loud people / loud music / television / whatever interfere with my concentration this doesn't usually take long, unfortunately. I am vexed at how little I actually manage to read these days, so I'm re-training myself to read at least a chapter per sitting when at all possible. It's a struggle sometimes as I lose focus very easily but I do try.

... a clear case of great minds thinking alike, obviously !

Waterstone's sell it Kell .

I'm not sure I'd call it bravery it's more of a mixture between poverty (I simply cannot afford to turn down a free book) and a proud inability to turn down bets (there've been times when, just because I'd been dared to, I've drunk a whole dipping bowl of Tabasco through a straw / eaten a packet of mayonnaise on its own straight out of the wrapper)! In other news, I read 22 pages of The Blue Girl between last night and this morning and will try squeeze a few more in before the day is done I'm enjoying this immensely, it's the YA book I would have given my right arm to have read as a young adult.

Well spotted merged courtesy of your friendly neighbourhood Mod.

Why, thank you! I'm sure he thought nothing of the kind... Oh. My. God. He did? Badger. Maybe I shouldn't send him a made-up questionnaire then... How are you getting on with it? 'tis one of my favourite books ever, you know.