Scoopalicious

I absolutely adore this show and even though I knew Rory was a complete bookworm I hadn't actually realised just how many books were mentioned on the show. That is some list and there's definitely a few that caught my interest. I shall be keeping an eye on this thread and may join in now and again if that's okay.

Aww! Thanks for the welcome everyone. I'm thinking my to-be-read pile probably will grow rather than get any smaller, not only because of recommendations etc. but after only being on here for a day I'm already coming to realise that the Book Club Forum may well become a bit of an addiction in itself. There are so many different boards and established threads to look at I can see myself spending rather a lot of time here! I may have to limit myself because otherwise not only will I not get any reading done, but I won't get anything else done either!

One of the things I do before either buying a book or borrowing one from the library is read the first page. I find the first page of the book gives me a general idea as to style of writing used and as such helps me decide if it's something worth trying or not. Overall though I can usually tell within the first couple of chapters whether I'm going to enjoy the book or not, but even then once I start a book I do try to read it right through to the very end. I've only had to give up on a few books so far so all in all I'm not doing too badly. I do, however, tend to stick to tried and tested authors or failing that books that fall into the genres or styles that I know I like so it's not usually a big problem with me. I am trying to read more books outside my comfort zone though, so it may be something that comes into play more and more as I go. We shall have to see.

With regard to bricks and mortar I tend to stick with Waterstone's - I love their 3 for 2 offers, plus I have a loyalty card - and WH Smiths, mainly because my local store has a permanent sale section and I've picked up quite a few great books for the bargain price of about 50p each. I've also been using my local Sainsbury's recently too, 2 paperbacks for

Tennis is about the only sport I watch, other than some of the Olympics when it's on, so I love this time of the year! The match between Isner and Mahut was amazing, if a little boring towards the end, and you have to hand it to them for not giving up and for fighting all the way to the end. It's just a shame someone had to lose. I also felt really sorry for Isner during his second round loss. Poor guy, he looked as if he was in agony and it was only to be expected that he would pull out of the doubles too.

Only one for me. I don't think my brain could cope with any more than that.

I tend to read at least a chapter or two (depending on length) with each sitting, although depending on the time of day this isn't always the case. I quite often read before work for about 30 minutes, then again during my lunch hour if I don't have other plans, and I do try and read for at least an hour before bed each night. I try and aim for 100-200 pages per day, although more often than not it doesn't work out like that. I LOVE the idea of reading while in the bath too, however I'm more of a shower person and somehow I don't think that would quite work!

Wow! This thread is really interesting; although I do have one question for those people who have admitted skipping parts, how can do you do such a thing? I'm really anal when it comes to reading. I have to read every single word, even the acknowledgments and 'about the author' pages. If I don't I feel like i've missed parts out! Anyway to answer the question, I think I'm probably about average when it comes to how fast I read. It actually depends on a few different factors including the genre, author, style of writing, subject matter, where I'm reading etc. I don't like to rush through books and tend to take my time with them. I probably average out at about a book and a half per week depending on length etc, but again this can vary depending on what else is happening in my life.

I'm a stickler for having to use a bookmark, although I don't have a proper bookmark at the moment. I'm currently using a piece of patterned paper which I've laminated. Those little corner bookmarks that Kell made look really cute though and are such a brilliant idea. I'm tempted to have a go at making one but they do look as if they might fall off really easily...particularly as I tend to carry my current book around with me in my bag. Sometimes even a standard bookmark falls out in there.

Hello! I'm Scoopalicious, Scoop for short, and I'm a bookahollic. So much so in fact that I actually think I have a problem - although in all honesty I don't personally see it as a problem, after all there are worse problems to have - but either way I can't stop buying books. My to-be-read pile is currently sitting at over 200 books and that's not including all the ones I want to re-read! And then of course there's the 'I'll just pop into the library in my lunch hour to while away a bit of the time' moments that no matter how hard I try, always end up with me leaving with yet more books. But then again who can pass up free books, even if they are borrowed?! Although I'm a fairly prolific blogger I've been looking for a book related message board for a while now and after Googling the various different terms came across half a dozen active ones, however on closer inspection the Book Club Forum jumped out at me as being a good place to come to talk about everything, not just books, so hence my reason for signing up. Anyway, that's about me in a nutshell! Hopefully I'll see you around the board. Ciao!