Ooshie
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The covers on paperbacks don't bother me too much one way or another (although it irritates me when publishers keep changing the design of covers throughout a series as it spoils the way they look on my shelf!). But if I am having trouble choosing between two Folio Society books, I sometimes make my final decision on how good the spine looks.
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I probably usually read one long book (800 - 1,000 pages) or two or three shorter ones per week. But it does vary, and occasionally I will just read one shorter book in a week.
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Harlan Coben
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I have taken on extra hours at work for the next few weeks, so I'm not getting half as much reading done as usual.
Just as well I'm not still trying to get through Crimson Petal or The Stand! 
Up to page 150 in Wicked, and hoping to get a few more pages read before I go to sleep.
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Finished The Stand, and 100 pages into Wicked which I am thoroughly entertained by so far!
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Welcome from a fellow Aries!
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You are making me feel very guilty for my profligacy, BookJumper!
You do often see FS books in excellent condition in secondhand book shops, and I do have a few of those, but I can't resist them all new and beautiful. (Hello, my name is Susan, and I'm a Folio Society addict...)
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Hope you enjoy it!
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Nice to see you back BookJumper!
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Yes, I'm up for Wicked, should be ready to start it in a couple of days
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Terry Pratchett
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When my husband is out I quite often hear him coming in through the door and walking towards the living room, but he doesn't come in and when I go and look he isn't there. On talking to him about it, it turns out that it is usually about the time he leaves wherever he has been to come home. He was brought up in the mountains of Jamaica and is totally accepting of all sorts of phenomena, and says it is his spirit reaching home before him.
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Like kreader, I always dream in full colour; I also feel everything and taste everything etc. I don't like the feel of flying at all! I do dream a lot, and I have certain dreams that recur again and again, especially when I'm stressed. I can usually remember my dreams when I wake up although I forget most of them during the course of the day, and some dreams can affect the way I feel for the whole day.
And yes, I am permanently exhausted!
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^ You're quite right - I used to work for someone who had had a classical education, and he always used -ize when appropriate. As I had a very ordinary education, I always use -ise to be on the safe side!
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Its great so far, goes at a hundred miles an hour from the first page, from what I've read about it grows into an apocalyptic/zombie fest bit like The Stand without the 500 pages of back story
Excellent! I'm 750 pages into The Stand, and thoroughly enjoying it, but there is a lot of back story to get through...
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^ I'm sure I bought Cell months ago, but can't find it! It will be a nice surprise when I finally come across it, though...
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Arthur Conan Doyle
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I have had a day of extremes today!
From the Folio Society I ordered:
Charlotte's Web by E B White
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
and got the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman and leatherbound editions of David Copperfield and Great Expectations by Dickens free (plus an umbrella...
)and from Amazon I ordered
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Thanks, Nienna, I'm going to have a look now!
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My dad used to go to Hay-on-Wye for a couple of days every year and come home laden with books. I never went with him, because I would have totally bankrupted myself! But I would love to go one day - although I would take cash not my credit card so once I run out I would have to stop.
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I must admit to being scared of taking on 'Labyrinth' .. I've no idea why.
Am getting close to finishing 'Cloud Atlas', I can't say I'm sorry. Bits I've enjoyed and bits I haven't but all in all a bit of a struggle.
Poppyshake, I was a bit wary of Labyrinth too, but thoroughly enjoyed it once I got started - I hope you do too.
I agree with you about Cloud Atlas; if I remember rightly I was really drawn in at the beginning of the book and expected to love the whole thing, but was less and less impressed as the book went on. I kept hoping I would enjoy it more again, but didn't. I'm up to page 650 in The Stand by Stephen King now, and have also read 50 pages of Shadow by Karin Alvtegen.
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Hope you enjoy the forum!
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Hope you enjoy the forum, Fran, I enjoy sci fi (although I haven't been reading just as much as I used to) as well as fantasy and horror, and all sort of other stuff as well! Philip K Dick's book A Scanner Darkly is this month's book of the month for the reading group if that's something you have read/would be interested in reading?
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