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Is it Wild Bill from The Green Mile?

The Muppets Christmas Carol was on the other night. I know it's nowhere near Christmas yet and it shouldn't be allowed but Damn I love that film.

I like CaliLily's one. It makes me laugh.

Bravo. Your turn again Chrissy. Everyone else, feel free to step in at any time

Dressing gown, towel, two-headed friend. (technically 5 words?)

Robert Langdon?

What a tune!! Only - Nine Inch Nails.

No, it's all about Revenge Of The Garden Gnomes... That one was the best.

Nigella Lawson. for me. That woman has incredible curves and her hunger for good food rivals mine. And Will Smith I'm not gay (and am happily engaged to someone from the opposite sex) but that man could turn me. He is the personification of sexy.

Just Tonight - Jimmy Eat World

1. The Kill – 30 Seconds To Mars 2. Perfection Through Silence – Finch 3. Vessel – Nine Inch Nails 4. Always & Never – Coheed and Cambria 5. Fast Forward – A Day to Remember 6. Defeatist – Hatebreed 7. Beauteous Rot – Gwar 8. Suggestions – System Of A Down 9. One More Time – Daft Punk 10. Everyting – Boy Hits Car

Crocodile Dundee 2 was on TV last night, so watched that. Classic.

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I've read 1-4 and have the rest on my Self ready to be read. Easily some of the best story writing I've ever read. Each book is set in very very different surroundings so your reading a completely different book each time. The characters are so strong and vivid. I can't wait to finish my current book so I can continue this series. I desperately want a Billy Bumbler of my own.

Stephen King's "The Stand" Terrified me... obviously the part in the corn Field. The film then scared me ever more, giving me a phobia of corn fields.

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You may be right, but I find it very hard to believe that an Author could be fed up/burnt out with the franchise that that pretty much makes them a multimillionaire almost overnight. I'm sure she'll just want a break from it for a while before going back to it. Give it a year or two and I'm sure we'll see something

I'm with you on this Ian. Nothing can substitue the feel of a good book between your hands. Plus, I like other people to see what I'm reading... it can be a great conversation starter sometimes. I do however like how compact these eBook readers are. A lot of the books I have are quite large and cumbersome and can be a pain to lug around.

Watched Avatar again for the nth time. That film doesn't seem to get old for me.

Erm, I managed to finish that within 4 hours. It was like trying to satisfy a Cocaine addiction with paracetamol... It was something... but not enough. LOL. I do hear rumours that Stephanie Meyers may be releasing a book from Edwards perspective from the period he leaves Bella and ending up at the Volturi's doorstep in New Moon. That would be great if it were to happen. What do you guys think?

1. Age (<18, 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55+) 18-24 (24) 2. Gender Male 3. What do you read on a daily basis? (blogs, newspapers, books, etc.) Books and online comics 4. How often do you read for fun in a week? Every day 5. What time of day do you like to read? When ever I can but mostly early morning or evening 6. Where do you read? Anywhere I am. 7. How many books have you read in the last 6 months? 9 8. What type/genre do you enjoy reading most? SciFi/Fantasy 9. Why do you read? (entertainment, relaxation, learning, etc.) Entertainment 10. What barriers prevent you from reading more? Work and Computer Games 11. Do you think reading for fun is important? Yes, it furthers an individual's vocabulary 12. Do you fold page corners or use a bookmark? Bookmark 13. Do you prefer to read to music or in silence? Silence 14. Do you discuss books with your friends? Yes 15. Do you borrow books from the library? No 16. Do you borrow/loan books from/to friends?Yes

I always use the same one. Black leather with sheep on it. This is because I once lost a red leather one whilst on holiday in the Lake District and the first shop that sold bookmarks only had that on sale at the time. It's stayed with me ever since.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6 The Bible - 7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 8 1984 - George Orwell 9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman 10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott 12 Tess of the D�Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy 13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare 15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier 16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien 17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk 18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger 19 The Time Traveller�s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 20 Middlemarch - George Eliot 21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell 22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald 23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens 24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 25 The Hitchhiker�s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy 32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens 33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis 34 Emma - Jane Austen 35 Persuasion - Jane Austen- 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis 37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini - 38 Captain Corelli�s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres 39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden 40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne 41 Animal Farm - George Orwell - 42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown 43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 44 A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving 45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins 46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery - 47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy- 48 The Handmaid�s Tale - Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding 50 Atonement - Ian McEwan 51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel 52 Dune - Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen 55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth - 56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon 57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens- 58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley 59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon 60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez- 61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck 62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov- 63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt 64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas 66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac- 67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy 68 Bridget Jones�s Diary - Helen Fielding 69 Midnight�s Children - Salman Rushdie 70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville 71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens 72 Dracula - Bram Stoker- 73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett 74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson 75 Ulysses - James Joyce 76 The Inferno - Dante- 77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome 78 Germinal - Emile Zola 79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray - 80 Possession - AS Byatt - 81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell 83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker 84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro 85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert 86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry - 87 Charlotte�s Web - EB White 88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom 89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton - 91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad 92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery 93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks 94 Watership Down - Richard Adams 95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole 96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute 97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas 98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare 99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl 100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo 27 for me... more than I would have expected.

Thanks for the warm welcome guys. Hey Kylie. I can highly recommend the Nights Dawn Trilogy by Peter F Hamilton, starting with "The Reality Dysfunction" it's about spaceships and space stations (known as habitats) that are alive and are mentally linked to their Captains. It also provides a very interresting insight as to how the future of human kind could evolve. Also, My favourite book is "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams. I don't think I've ever read a funnier book. Don't be put off by the film (I didn't much care for it). Or if you like something very challenging to read, try something by Iain M Banks. Hard a nails to read but worth it. This won't go down too well with many people but I'm a fan of the Twilight Saga.... Yes I know they are a little girly, but I've never been more enraptured by a group of characters than the Cullen family... sad to say but I actually miss having them to read about, after finishing all 4 books.

Hey guys and gals, I'm James, 24, from Hertfordshire but friends call me Amesy (pronounced Aimsey). Always been an avid reader of SciFi and fantasy and thought it would be a good idea to join up so I can add more books to my seemingly endless "To Read" pile. Currently reading "The Neutronium Alchemist" by Peter F Hamilton. It's the Second book in his "Night's Dawn" trilogy. Anyone that has read it will understand what a challenging but gripping read it is. Favourite author is one of two people... Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett. Other hobbies include Music (of the Rock/Metal/Punk variety), Movies,Gaming and Photography. I regularly hit the gym for damage limitation owing to an otherwise lazy existence and I also play football one a week in a Weekly league. During the day I'm a PC Support Analyst fixing computer issues for the UK's largest Mobile Service Provider.... it's pretty boring, but that's my life. Looking forward to getting to know you lovely people. Questions are welcomed with open..... keystrokes?