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You're obviously not clueless, as that is indeed what I mean OH is asleep now so I can't get at my bookcase; when he rises and shines I'll heft down my good old Romanticism: An Anthology (an enormous Best Of of the good and greats, and one of the few uncarriable textbooks I couldn't bear to part from), have a search in that and report my findings .

I actually read this about a decade ago (when those types of scenes didn't constitute a problem yet), and didn't like it at all - but then, I consider DH Lawrence a mysoginistic little so-and-so. I'll be the first to admit he can turn a phrase, though.

Awww and thank you, that's all I need to know really I love romantic films but usually avoid (modern) romantic books like the plague because I can't stand the way they're written! This sounds like it would be right up my street, then. The reason I asked is that the Folio Society edition is

May I badger in with an opinion I feel very strongly about:lurker:? It is this: if the author didn't put it there and it's not ascribable to the author's historical/biographical context, it is not an underlying theme.

Astonishing the Gods - Ben Okhri.

Rocky IV - I initially grumped at OH for putting this manly film on; by the end I was bouncing up and down and singing 'hearts on fire / strong desire...' along with the credits !

You may indeed say 'Oi' if you so wish you shall receive emailage forthwith, hopefully it will earn me forgiveness.

Has anyone read Possession by A.S. Byatt? I'm speculatively planning my Folio Society purchases should I suddenly become a millionaire, and I'm torn about this one. I love the sound of all the poetry, correspondence and heightened language (the very things that put off the Amazon reviewers who rated it one star), however I'm not a big reader of romances and I've been scared by someone's mention of The Da Vinci Code in relation to this book. Halp?

Indeed you are not being too forward Libri; to tell the truth, you have rather made my day with your suggestion that I may already be published I am not, except for a couple of poems and translations thereof in my high school's anthology of poetry prize winners. And of course you may read more, I'm only too happy to share my brain children with the world. You can find a brief blurb to the novel-in-progress my signature is lifted from here; I do however have some short stories and much lyrical poetry up my sleeve should you prefer to dip into something shorter. Just PM me .

Stephen King's stunning debut novel Carrie, about a bullied high-school girl who develops telekinetic powers, springs to mind rather forcefully. Haunting, believable, moving and horrific in the truest sense of portraying the horrors so-called human beings are capable of committing against their fellows, I remember staying up until the early hours to read it, and not being able to sleep thereafter I was in such floods of tears.

American Psycho - Breston Ellis.

A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle.

*blush time* thank you . Some of my favourites include: CaliLily's: Life is not about how well you weathered the storm, it's about how well you danced in the rain. Nightwish's: A Warning: If you rip, tear, shred, bend, fold, deface, disfigure, smear, smudge, throw, drop or in any other manner damage, mistreat or show lack of respect towards this book, the consequences will be as awful as it is within my power to make them. - Irma Pince, Hogwarts Librarian. Chimera: Time to read is always time stolen. (...) Stolen from what? From the tyranny of living - Daniel Pennac.

Andy, I think we were meant to pick just one otherwise it's not fair, I wanted to put three down but couldn't!

Both of these are about Lucifer's fall from Heaven; I haven't read them yet but I intend to: To Reign in Hell by Stephen Brust The Fall of Lucifer (Book 1 of the Chronicles of Brothers) by Wendy Alec I've heard only good things about the first one; the second seems to divide people a lot so it would be interesting to see what you think. Good luck on your first whole-book reading, do let us know what you pick and how youget along!

It was really hard to choose between my three personal favourites of the 2000's, but here goes my choice before I change my mind: The Horrific Sufferings of Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot, His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred by Carl-Johan Vallgren (2002)

God forbid! Nothing against the library (it's a great and sacred institution), but I'm a proud gatherer and need to own the books I enjoy; as for supermarkets, selling books in them should be illegal. A book's not a tin of beans, for cryin' out loud! The bright lights, the sterile atmosphere, the proximity to packaged food and noisy people... hardly an atmosphere conducive to happy book-buying. Besides, they only really stock bestellers and therefore don't even cater to my needs.

The Dead Zone - one of the few favourite films I've ever shown OH that he's truly approved of, I'm getting slightly better at this!

Looking forward to exchanging opinions with you my humble opinion is that if you like Pratchett, you cannot fail to like Fforde - proof of the matter being that the former has said of the latter, 'I'll be watching Fforde nervously.'

Tee hee.

I so hope you enjoy this, I for one think Jasper's a mad genius and it's hardly just me: Shades of Grey (the first book of his new series, due out at the end of December) is sold out on Amazon just thanks to preorders... good for him, but what do I do ? They'd better rush a second printing or I won't have anything* for him to sign when he does his promototion tour in early 2010! *well, apart from my copies of The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots and Something Rotten not to mention the "i" he needs to add to my name in First Among Sequels, The Big Over Easy and the Fourt Bear .

Oooh, interested in your thoughts on Spindle's End... Sleeping Beauty is my favouritest fairy tale evvur!

Hello and welcome yay for Adams and Pratchett being on your list; what can you tell me of De Lint (Waifs and Strays) and Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game)? Both have been recommended to me - I'm already intrigued by the De Lint universe but Ender's Game sounds a bit too militaryish for my taste... I understand nothing of tactics so if these play a big role, the book will be unintellegible to me! Thoughts?