Nicola Booth

I have just ordered this book from the library! It came highly recommended to me! Incidentally 84 Charing Cross Road was on t.v. the other day and I have taped it. I think Anthony Hopkins is in it?

I try to read at least one classic a year. My idea of a classic would be a book that is hard going but very rewarding when finished. I read Great Expectations last year and am aiming to read more than one this year. The Phantom of the Opera, Don Quixote, The Great Gatsby and the Count of Monte Cristo are on my TBR pile. Would Agatha Christie books or Daphne Du Maurier books be considered as classics as I just read these authors for pleasure?

I decided to start a book journal this year. I have just decided to keep this journal to see how many books I read in a month and then a year. I hope to eventually add reviews, etc but for now I am just interested to see what I read in a year cos other members seem to keep track. I have a terrible memory insofar as I get so engrossed in a book but when I finish and go on to the next one, I can barely remember what I have read unless it blows my mind!

I read Moonraker just before Christmas and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I do prefer the movies though! My hubby is a big bond fan and has all the dvds, we usually watch them all over again just before a new Bond movie is released. That will be this year again just before Skyfall is released in October.

Welcome to the forum. I read a mixture of genres but especially enjoy Michael Connolly and Agatha Christie. I love a good mystery but not so keen on blood, gore and violence. Have you read Before I go to sleep, S.J. Watson? It is a great debut novel recommended by Richard and Judy. It is also a tv book club choice.

My hubby and I went to see Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol in cinema. Absolutely brilliant! Movies on t.v. over christmas, where do I start: - Sleepless in Seattle City of Angels You've got mail Bedknobs and broomsticks The History of Mr Polly, Lee Evans Muppets Christmas Carol Bugsy Malone Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The Holiday It's a wonderful life Watched Senna on dvd - had already seen this in cinema in June but it is a fantastic movie I watched other movies but mind has now gone blank, ashamed to say that I hardly picked up a book over christmas. I did leave the sofa before you ask as the dog still needed to be walked! Apart from that the house could have fallen down round me over Christmas and I may not have noticed. When else can you indulge yourself if not at Christmas!

My brother and I had a discussion at Easter about the different books we both read. My brother purely reads Fantasy with the odd Classic thrown in whereas I feel that I cover all the other genres. We each decided to get the other to read a book of our choice. I gave him Small Island, Andrea Levy and he gave me the Farseer Trilogy, Robin Hobb! My brother only managed to get to page 100 before abandoning my book whereas I am now on book 3 of the trilogy and thoroughly enjoying the challenge he set me!

My sister just bought a book called Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion. She is zombie mad!

The right person definitely went!

Welcome!

My OH bought me THE LOST SYMBOL, DAN BROWN I see it has got mixed reports but thought I would add it to my collection. I have read the other four and have them all in paperback which is why I had to wait!

Sky Premiere - My Sister's Keeper Cinema - Eclipse Loved them both!

Hope you enjoy these books! I got them both for my birthday last week! I can't wait to start them!

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I read it at school for GCSE so I thought a re-read would be appropriate for its 50th anniversary! It will be interesting to see what I make of it especially reading it as an adult and by choice!

Just back from bookshop with: - Under the Dome, Stephen King To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee The Angel's Game, Carlos Ruiz Zafon Ellis Island, Kate Kerrigan Casa Clara, Kate McCabe

Life in Technicolor - Coldplay

If you like crime, you should try Michael Connolly especially the Harry Bosch books. Best to read them in order, his earlier books are brilliant!

I like to read the book first and then if I really like it I will watch film. Otherwise I just imagine the characters in the movie and it kind of spoils book for me. I prefer to be able to say, oh I would definitely have picked her/him for that part when I watch film.

Radio 1 - Dev As I am off work this week, I am listening to Radio 1 and I discovered that they are still playing that song Fireflies, Owl City which sounds great now that it is not being overplayed!

Eclipse - hopefully going to see it next weekend with my sis who is also a huge fan! A-Team Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows- Part 1

Welcome:friends0: I also love Agatha Christie books! I have only read Poirot books but intend to try some Marple soon!

Radio 1 - Annie Mac

You may be thinking of the books that are being released with brand new covers?

Tomato soup - sounds weird in summer but weather is more like winter!