Rosalind

My brothers girlfriend came over last saturday and was "oh my god oh my god, that's a great book thanks for getting it for me" I had to break the news to her that it's 1 out of 4 and that the 4th isn't even translated yet to dutch. She didn't like that. She's made a 'date' with me to go to see new moon when it's released it the cinema. At least this time I don't have to go alone

the night before Virgil Duffy's funeral, a storm pounded the Puget Sound. True Love and other disasters - Rachel Gibson

I kinda put a limit on books that have about 300 pages and are of the chick-lit persuasion. I don't give myself more than a week for those. It often happens that I start them on monday and if they aren't finished by friday that I spent my friday evening finishing them. On the other hand I have books I call night reads (the books I rather don't carry with me on the train, they are of the 18+ persuasion) for those books I don't set a limit since at night on a working day I only read one or two chapters. They can stay on my bedside table for a month before I finish them. When it comes to classics, crime, contemperory, 300+ and other non-chick-lit books I don't set myself a timing it will be read on it own good time.

Blurb: Tumbling through Time by Gwyn Cready (from fantasticfiction) In her sparkling and hilarious debut, author Gwyn Cready introduces Persephone "Seph" Pyle, a total control freak who plans for everything -- until a pair of killer heels sends her back in time and into the arms of a ruggedly handsome sea captain straight from the pages of a romance novel. Wandering the Pittsburgh airport before a business trip, Seph decides to kill time with some preflight shopping -- anything to get her mind off Tom Fraser, her irresistible, dimple-chinned coworker turned travel buddy. So when a pair of to-die-for pink stilettos calls her name from a store window, she tries them on -- only to be swiftly transported back to the eighteenth century and flung aboard a turbulent ship sailing the Mediterranean! There, Seph is stunned to meet Phillip Drummond, an arrogant British pirate and the spitting image of Tom. Phillip has summoned her back in time to straighten out his complete mess of a life -- for he is the burly hero in the romance novel she someday hopes to write, and she is responsible for his destiny. But in the midst of turning things right so she can get back to reality, Seph starts to fall for the smolderingly sexy Phillip. And when Tom is thrown into the mix, she doesn't know what -- or who -- she wants. Seph soon realizes that spotting the perfect pair of shoes may be easy, but finding the perfect man can be a real trip. My Opinion: A good summer read, it has all the elements to get swept away to venice(present) and a big privateer ship(1706). Beside that it's the romance story/triangle between Seph, Tom and Phillip that is evenly gripping. I liked it, it was an easy read in my eyes and I think I'm going to read the previously released book "Seducing Mr Darcy" by Gwyn Cready as well now that I liked her writing. Grade:7/10

Blurb: Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen (from Wikipedia) The story revolves around Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John, and the Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances. The novel follows the Dashwood sisters to their new home, a cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience both romance and heartbreak. The contrast between the sisters' characters is eventually resolved as they each find love and lasting happiness. This leads some to believe that the book's title describes how Elinor and Marianne find a balance between sense and sensibility in life and love. My Opinion: You can't knock a classic in my book. The story is good, but I had the feeling that toward the ending it started to get too messy. She tried to wrap up the story too quickly. Still not saying a bad word about it in general though. It's a nice story. I just missed the feel that I got with Emma or Pride & Predjudice. Maybe that's because this was the first one written and published. Grade:8.5/10

I've seen the tickets on http://www.ambassadortickets.com/5/0/London and for 16/07 there is even some 15

Whenever I go to the Duke Of York I have tickets of about 50

Weirdly enough here in belgium I've found and bought a paperback version of Breaking Dawn was waiting for it to be available on Amazon and then stumbled upon it in a bookstore here.

Still need to read Rozencrantz & Guildenstern are dead it arrived a few days ago, but me and a friend are going to see Arcadia in August. It's not necessary because it was by Tom Stoppard though, I've been to the Duke Of York every summer for the last 3 years to see the play that is performing there. Coincidentally this year it's Arcadia

Seems that the summer holidays started I haven't stayed up so late to finish a book since I was in school

Never been kissed - Cathy East Dubowski

The family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex. Sense & Sensibility - Jane Austen

Perfume - Story of a murderer - Patrick Suskind

I'm a young woman(in the regency period??) who's at the moment staying with friends of the family in London, sending letters to the guy my family thinks I'm engaged to.

For me it's mostly the combination of title and cover. If the title seems good but the cover bad or the other way around I tend to think "do I know of this author?" If I don't I probably won't buy the book. On the other hand when I'm reading books by certain authors that I like a cover or a title doesn't matter at all because I know that they write good books. So the cover/title thing is only a guideline for me when I'm looking for new authors to read

I've spent most of my saturday crying while finishing The time traveler's wife. It really get sad to the ending Reconsidering if I even will see the film in the theatre, they might make me leave because of flood warnings

Blurb: Audrey Niffenegger - The Timetraveler's wife (from FantasticFiction) This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. His disappearances are spontaneous and his experiences are alternately harrowing and amusing. The Time Traveler's Wife depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare's passionate love for each other with grace and humour. Their struggle to lead normal lives in the face of a force they can neither prevent nor control is intensely moving and entirely unforgettable. My Opinion: This is one of the best books I've read in the last 5 years(reason for the grade I'm giving it). It completely moved me. The story is compelling and grips you from the start. For me personnally once the pieces started to fit together I got so sad, I could predict what was going to happen. Would recommend it to anyone, and those of us that cry easily with books don't forget your tissues. Grade:10/10

The crying over Sirius wasn't really for Sirius but for Harry who lost a possibility of moving out of the Dursleys earlier. But in the sixth there were a lot of tears on my account and then the seventh almost from the beginning on

You're not the only one, I cried at the end of every HP book since the Goblet of Fire. I always made sure to be at home when getting into the last chapters. I cried for some unexplainable reason with Spirit Away by Cindy Miles. Ok it was kinda sad at that part of the book but still it was the end of the book there was still a happy ending possible.

Dark Prince - Christine Feehan

Hello Tim and Have fun on here

9/10 not bad for a first timer

the day the earth stood still

I'm actually still in the middle of it (likewise with sense & sensibility) but so am not going to put it down till I finish. I love the book. I really do, it makes you want to read on and on and on to get the story. At first it was a bit weird getting my head round to the timeline, but now I get the flow and LOVE the book. Shadow of the wind was bought together with The Time Traveller's wife and on a recommandation of someone. Never read any other book by that author (lost his name for a sec) but I'm hoping it to be a good read. Otherwise it would have been a waste of money;)

I haven't read anything yet by Robyn Sisman - I am a totally bad book shopper, I do tend to go for nice titles and covers, sometimes recommandations. This one was bought on my last trip to london, where I spend most of the week in book shops and this was one of 20 books that came back home. Ok it has been on the shelves since then (christmas) but I think of starting it as soon as I have a free weekend. I hate to lug around hardcover books;) When I've finished it you'll hear it here:D