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I knew there'd be a Glee thread on here! I loved the Madonna episode, and next week's one ("Home") is really good, too. I really enjoyed the first episode, especially the part with Vocal Adrenaline. The faces they all pulled after she said this had me creased.

I think the Hay Festival coincides with the half-term holidays and if it does... I'm there. I'm supposed to be revising over half-term, but I think it'll be alright to sacrifice one day for the sake of books.

I just found one. In Ray Bradbury's short story, "The Traveler" in Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1, there is a character called Uncle John. However, halfway through the story, the spelling of his name changes to Uncle Jonn. I thought I was seeing things at first, but I went back and it does indeed start with him being called John and ends with him being called Jonn. It's a marvellous story, though.

I'm not sure if someone's mentioned it earlier in this thread (it's a long thread and I'm tired), but I would really, really like to see Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files brought back, made better, or made into films. They did one series for TV but they changed so much of it that it didn't seem like Dresden anymore. They even changed the coat he wears! So yeah, I'd really like for them to make a decent adaptation of The Dresden Files. I think the books would work really well as films.

Good question! It probably affects our dreams because if you read before bed, then it's likely that you'll be thinking of its plot as you drop off. A lot of the time, the things in your dreams correspond to whatever you were thinking of when you fall asleep. I've had some dreams where I was a wizard like in the Harry Potter universe. I was at my nan's house (though it wasn't actually her house) and I broke one of her bowls. I took out my wand and muttered "Reparo," and it flew back together. I liked that dream. So I'm going to say that reading before bed or having the book's story on your mind before dropping off definitely affects our dreams.

I've only read Pride and Prejudice, but I really liked it. I couldn't get along with it at first, but then I got pulled into it and it became really enjoyable.

I do this too! If I'm buying paperback, I always go for the Oxford World Classics. They're the only paperback editions that I can get along with! Penguin Classics are good, like BookJumper said, but the

I have the same problem! Whenever I read it I have to slow down so that I don't say 'Thrushcrosh Grange'.

At the moment I'm at Thrushcross Grange, reading my master a letter I received from Isabelle.

I used to buy from Borders but since they closed down, I'm sticking with Waterstone's. I sometimes buy from Amazon, but not very often because I'm too impatient to wait for the books to arrive. I never use the library because it's rubbish. Then again, I haven't been down there for a while (try six, maybe seven years) so I think it might be worth popping down for a look. Hmm, I might go down tomorrow, actually.

I'm currently reading Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury and there seems to be random apostrophes showing up at the end of sentences that aren't dialogue. I keep going back over it thinking that missed the start of a chunk of speech but it always turns out that there was just a random apostrophe/speech mark. I can't think of an example right now but I'll keep an eye out.

Have you tried phoning a print shop to see if they can help you? I don't see why they wouldn't be able to do it - most bookplates are only one colour, and they have access to loads of different kinds of paper. If you don't know of a local print shop, have a look on Yell. I think your best bet is to search for 'Printers and Lithographers' - if you search 'printers' loads of things will come up, but this one seems the most relevant.

Honestly, you wouldn't believe some of the stuff we've had to put up with from the English teachers at our school. And these people are teaching us for A-levels! Our regular teacher is even worse than the one we had today. And thank you for the clarification in your post. :-) I'm finding Wuthering Heights to be a difficult read (we're supposed to have read it by now) and any explanations or clarifications are most helpful.

I'm not a collector (what with still being in school and not having much money and all) but the most I've ever spent on a fiction book that I can remember is

I'm not sure. She raised the point, but didn't elaborate on it. She implied that Mr Earnshaw had had relations with someone in the past and when he went to Liverpool he brought Heathcliff back with him. She mentioned something about the way they keep mentioning how strong the bond is between them and stuff like that. I thought it interesting, but... yeah, I don't think it's very plausible, now that I think about it.

I'm about halfway through reading Wuthering Heights at the moment and it is singlehandedly responsible for killing my reading mojo! We did have an interesting lesson on it today, though. A different teacher came in to teach us (our teacher likes having 'guest teachers' - she had her father in before) and she raised the question: what if Heathcliff is Mr Earnshaw's son by another woman? That would make him and Cathy brother and sister! So although I think it's boring and - as someone said earlier - dense, I still think it's a very interesting book. Riddled with scandal, and such like.

I feel like this, too. My TBR pile currently stands at approximately 130 books tall, and as much as I'd like to get through them all I just don't have the time. And the more time goes on, the more guilty I feel about not reading them and the more I feel pressured to do so. It doesn't help that I am stuck with reading what is possibly the most dreadful book that I have ever laid eyes upon. Deary me.

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Yes! I love the Skulduggery books, and I remember laughing at the dedications too.

@Talisman Thanks for your suggestions! I really like the look of Weiss's Many Lives, Many Masters, but I've yet to look up his other books. I really like the look of A Soul's Journey, too, but Amazon only have used copies, the cheapest being

@Cookie Yay! I didn't know about that one - I've only read one book by Tom Holt, which was You Don't Have To Be Evil To Work Here But It Helps and I found it highly amusing. I'll definitely be checking that one out. @sirinrob Ooooh... I just read the synopsis on Amazon and it sounds great. That type of book is definitely up my alley - thanks! Flashbacks don't tend to bother me that much, so I'm hoping it won't in The Quiet Girl. @Nicola Thank you for your suggestion! I had a look of it on Amazon and there seem to be some VERY mixed reviews on there. It does seem a little bit too religious/preachy to me, but I think I'll have to read it for myself to find out. @BookJumper Thank you! I do indeed consider graphic novels fiction, but I don't read many of them because so far I've managed to find only two graphic novels that I like. I'll definitely have a look at the Sandman series, though. It sounds interesting and I like Neil Gaiman. I'll have to read Hamlet too. I'll add it to the list along with Macbeth and King Lear.

Hi guys! Sorry I haven't been able to reply sooner - I've had no time at all for internet browsing lately. I'll split the replies into a couple of posts... @Rawr Thank you! I've read some of the Greek mythology but not Egyptian. I'll be sure to check it out though. @Chrissy Ooh! I just looked and it's actually on my TBR pile - excellent! I think I may have bought it purely off a friend's recommendation. It's definitely moving up a few notches on mount TBR. @pickle Thanks! I tried to read that but couldn't get into it. Quite a few people felt the same as I did; we got to about page 200 and the just stopped reading it for no reason. We just sort of put it down and forgot about it. I've heard there are a number of books in the Discworld series that focus on Death; would I need to have read the rest of the books in the series to be able to follow what's going on, or do you think it'd be okay to just jump right in with the books focussing on Death? @Kell Ooh, I've read that! And I agree - it was absolutely amazing. I liked it so much that I put it down to be approved by the exam board for my English Literature coursework - and they didn't approve it! Although I have read The Five People You Meet In Heaven, you have reminded me to check out his other books - I think his For One More Day is about the death of the main character's mother, so it should be interesting to check out.

It's a little morbid, I know, but does anyone know of any good books about death? Either death itself or the afterlife, something like that. I've a bit of a fascination with death and I was wondering if any of you guys knew of any good (fiction) books where it is a main theme. Thanks in advance!

Generally quite a while. If I know what I'm going in for, I'm in there for about half an hour because I like to have a browse while I'm there. If I'm just going for a browse, I'll end up being in there for one to two hours: I like to browse every shelf, and read the blurbs of any books that catch my eye.

I lost my mojo for a while, and by 'a while', I mean about 4 months. I went ages with just about finishing one book a month, and two of the books I didn't actually finish. (This may partially be due to one of the two books being 253 by Geoff Ryman - possibly the most infuriating book I have ever attempted to read.) However, I am proud to say that my mojo has returned, and I am currently reading three books. Woo! I think reading more than one book helps because if you get bored of one plot you can just switch to the other book. It helped me, anyway. :-)