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Well since I'm reading Jane Eyre atm is supplies me with new words every few pages. However, one I really had to look up was, pinafore. It's not just a word but an item of clothing that I had no idea what it was. Wikipedia; Aha.

yeah see, I got this as a gift, loved the series, but just only got about halfway and never finished the book. Everyone says they love it, but for me, it's not that amazing. I will finish it one day or another, but as of yet, I can't be bothered.

I'd have to go for Frankenstein too, out of that list, it's the book that most interests me. I've read some of the others, but Frankenstein wins hands down.

I hate grapes. I sometimes like the way they taste, but the skin and seeds make me want to gag, so no grapes for me I do however love wine, made form grapes, so yum. I'd love to get married. And have kids. I recently said goodbye to the second guy ever who wanted to marry me and have kids. Ouch. He lives in the UK, and I, well don't. I never thought it possible to to break up and still be friends, but for above reason, I now do. Thank him.

Hahaha well what can I say? I am not anal (can I post that word here, we'll see, if not, do remove), about keeping my books in perfect health, I try to buy hardbacks when I can just because they can be read over and over without looking it.. but my reading comfort is more important than keeping my books looking perfect. When you see my books, you'll know I love reading them. No food smudges or dog ears though, that's horrible.

Well, about the Gunslinger, I've recently bought this edition: at Waterstones, admittedly it was quite pricey for a thin paperback, 8 pounds, but it seems like a decent enough edition. I do crack the spine etc on my books (they can look like they've been read, gives them more charm) and I tried it out on this one and it seems to hold out pretty well. I haven't read it so far yet though, but it seems ok. Good luck with the relationship thing, seems you've been troubled a long time now, and I know what you mean by not wanting to read about anything related to real life when real life's too painful. I've come to love romance novels again, but still can't read about cancer etc. But when my ex and me were in trouble, I couldn't read romance either. Good luck. And cuddles.

Well, as I've been to visit Southampton again about a week and a half ago (time sure does fly, wish I was there still), I went to Waterstones again, I sure do love that store, and there are two close to eachother too, so we (the friend that lives there and me) always go into both. He says it's like watching a kid in a candy store. Ehm. Well. BUT, anyone, I'd recommend Forbidden Planet. It's a comic/collectors items store, but they have great fantasy/sci fi and horror books. I got James Clemens' Shadowfall hardcover there on sale for three pounds, Robert Jordan's Crossroads of Twilight hardcover for 4 pounds and James A. Moore's Writ in Blood and The Pack (paperbacks) for 99p each! They have a great collection of sale books always, and very cheap too. Love it there. Plus, they had bottles of Tru Blood. Seriously, okay it wasn't the real thing, but I mean.. bottles of Tru Blood?

I'm Jane Eyre, and have just met Mr. Rochester for the first time and do no quite know what to make of him.

I think that's cheap too.. 40p is practically nothing, No way you'd get that cheaper anywhere else, try even making it yourself up like that, it would cost you more. But customers always have something to complain. Trust me, I work in a supermarket.

So far a little more than 50 pages of Jane Eyre, just gotten to the part where she decides to advertise.

Just started this book last night after picking it up about a week ago at clearance at waterstones. Have read only about 50-ish pages, it's been easier than I thought! With some classics I have trouble getting into the characters because they are quite two dimensional and unemotional. However, even if this might be the case here a little, this book so far is well written and I am shooting through the pages faster than I thought. I loved the, what was it, 2006 version of the miniseries, and even before then always wanted to read the Bronte sisters books, but since I am not a big fan of books that have mostly female fans (romance novels, drama), I kind of put it off. I have read somewhere this is the easiest book by them to read, and I can believe it. Might have to grab a notepad to write down some words, I have no idea what they mean.. not plain english words, but words involving things customary to that period, like items of clothing and such. but yeah, loving this book so far.

Pff let me think. Lots and lots of books have romance in them, so it's kind of hard. Looking at my bookcase from where I sit I see Stephen King's Talisman (with Peter Straub), it reads quite a bit like fantasy with some horror elements, no love story there, just a young boy going on a quest to save his mom. Love for friends and mom, but no love interest. One of my favourite books. And what about Stephen King's Dark Tower series? Have only read the first two or three but can't really remember much of a love story. Has been years since I've read them, so I could easily be wrong. War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, there's no romance in that one, also a great read, though short. His Time Machine has a bit of affection for Weena, but there's no real romance. I've also got some Jules Verne books in my bookcase but haven't read them yet, but from what I can remember from reading abotu them, they don't have much romance in them either. I know Journey to the center of the earth doesn't have that. I see a pattern too, if you stick to the classics that aren't romance novels (classic horror and sci-fi) there's rarely a romance story present. Seems like these days every book HAS to have some romance in it, but in the classics, much less. Alice in Wonderland, H.P. Lovecraft. Stephen King's It has got some, but little romance in it. Same with the Harry Potter books. Hope I've helped a bit. P.S. Just read who it was that actually posted this, seeing it was you Bookjumper, don't think you'll have trouble with the classics there.

I picked up this book when I was in Southampton last week, our local bookstore didn't have it (their english section is very small) and couldn't resist buying this one. I haven't quite finished it, but I love it! I'm about 2/3 in, and it's very diffrerent from everything I have read so far, I love that it's got philosophical (usually not a big fan of that) and science issues in it. Ariel took some getting used to, but now that the perspective is being switched around she doesn't annoy me anymore. I don't quite know what to make of this book, but that's why I love it. I can barely put it down everytime I start reading, and have to say it's both an easy and a complicated read. Easy is just the story, and complicated are some of the philosophy things. Or the science, if you have trouble with that, but am a science girl, so quite a bit of that I can understand at least partly. Not everything, am no quantumphysicist. Anyway, before I start rambling more, and the book hasn't sunk in yet since I haven't finished it, but just wanted to say I LOVE it! First recommendation I got from this forum that I bought and loved, and was something I'd never read otherwise. So thanks guys.

Our Yorkshire Sanne asleep on my bed.. And Jamie thought it very interesting when I showed him a video of birds (sound included) on my laptop..

Eh sort of like a curry? Chicken with noodles, some curry paste, onion, tomato, leek (had to look up what that was in english), ginger, garlic and coconut milk. Noodles will be boiled in water with some chicken broth tablet added. Variation of a recipe a friend made for me when I went to visit him in Southampton. He asked me if I needed the recipe, hell no, this easy, I'll make it myself from memory, and add some twist whatever I like.

Ugh, my reading mojo's has disappeared lately, just deciding which to read of the lovely books I bought when visiting Southampton a couple days ago (back home now) is hard enough. (My english is great today, I know) Have t show em off though. Oh, the Avatar one was a gift from a friend who accidentally had two (came with the blu-ray for him when he'd already bought it) so he gave me the other copy, since I too loved Avatar. Pretties.

Am making Daging Semoor right now, this Indonesian beef stew, with other than usual veggies, now with peppers and snow peas. Never eaten or made this before, it's with pre-made herb/spice-mix to be honest, this sachet of wet herbal mix. Might go for the real thing when I know I like it but not planning to spend that long in the kitchen for something I don't know I like. It smells okay, and tastes that too, but there's some spice I can't identify yet, let alone know the english name, that I don't know. I had to wiki to know what snow peas where called in english. We just call them "peultjes". Back to making food now.

Well the Henna thing last for a while yeah, few weeks at most, feet maybe less. Watch out, don't get black henna tattoos though, those CAN contain chemicals or whatever that are carcinogenic or cause severe allergic reactions and burns on your skin. Just get the reddish henna, it looks a little different though. Try Indian and Moroccan beauty shops or something, if they have them there. Like I said, I always did it myself, you can buy henna powder and google for recipes, but you have to have a steady hand. And nope, honestly, I won't look at that either at shops. I'll google a bit, to see what it really looks like, and ask the tattoo artist what's possible when getting such a tattoo (size, detail etc) but that's about it. Plus, not like I'll have the money for it anytime soon.

^Oh that's pretty.. I don't like feet tattoos really, but this looks pretty, is that just a pic you found or your own foot? Because if it's just a pic you found, you should try getting in in henna like that first and see how it is. I used to do henna tattoos like this all the time. Love it.

So, my tattoo has to be, how you say, touched up? Friday the 13th hee hee. First touch up is free, and since always in the healing process some color disappears, I'll gladly go, even if it's not too bad for me. My mum's was worse. Am looking forward to it already, loved getting inked and even if it's just the touch up, I kinda like the feeling.. so yeah. Friday the 13th cometh. Also, have been hooked, thinking about next tattoo idea already. See, am fond of ancient keys. Like this: Of course I don't have those old keys really, but I have lots and lots of jewellery with keys like this, always loved em, always loved keys. You know, doorway to anything, it matches a perfect lock somewhere. There's more, but too hard to explain. So am thinking about a tattoo like this, somewhere on my left wrist/forearm.. not a big one, just little. However, creativity and money is what I need.

See, I'd go for these, this would have been my recommendation. My dad loved the series of films they made of these books, and I sort of got him the Sharpe series, unfortunately he didn't have much time to enjoy those, but anyway, they seemed to me a lot alike. I loved both films too. Don't know the books, didn't even know they were books, but well..

Garth Nix - The Old Kingdom/Abhorsen trilogy, they are very suitable for kids, even if they are about necromancy etc, and they certainly are not too childish, they're amongst my favourite books. Even IF they have the shambling dead in them, they aren't too gross or scary, so worth a try.

You're kidding me, I love both films (though Event Horizon could have been better) but did not know they were both books! More to add to my TBR list.. Thank you!