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Welcome! I too am a historical fiction fan

Greetings Paulo! Welcome

I'm a huge mess with animal movies too

Welcome Donna and hello

I agree that The Notebook film was better than the book. That is the only one I can think of off the top of my head though.

Welcome Wolfy

Well, I recall asking myself this question while I was reading it in high school. I don't remember enough of the story to analyze whether it had any literary merit, but I recall that it did not hold my attention.

I definitely read books, not authors. There have been very few authors I have found where I consistently like their books. This may be because I prefer non-fiction, and there are just so many topics out there.

Hello and welcome

Welcome Vicky

Since I usually read in bed, I usually stop when I'm so tired I have to start reading things twice.

Yep 5 seasons

I'm engaged to a physicist, so we really like and understand a lot of the humor in the show. It's great.

I adore Dexter. It may be my favorite show on t.v. Season 4 was amazing with John Lithgow, and wow, the ending was shocking. This season has been a bit slow so far, but hopefully it picks up.

I almost quit watching this show as it really slowed down for awhile and the plots got very thin, but the finale last season was great and this season has been good so far.

I watched this show and expected it to be too "teen-ish" for me, but actually quite like it. It's fairly exciting and fast-paced. I still prefer True Blood though.

I love this show! I always related to Rory and loved the relationship she had with her mom.

I love how this show pushes the envelope on a lot of hot-button issues (religion, sexuality, etc.) The singing is good, but doesn't hold my attention sometimes. I like the story-lines though.

Lafayette is my favorite character in the show as well. And Eric...whew. He's easy on the eyes I can't wait for the next season.

I have really enjoyed it thus far. I hope it doesn't get canceled.

Always a possibility Vladd

I get my books from the library, so I currently only have one TBR. Magazines on the other hand, are a different story. I have about 10 in my TBR stack.

1) I have two texel guinea pigs who are the cutest things ever 2) I am getting my M.L.S. (Masters in Library Science), with a concentration in archives and records management 3) I have an Etsy.com addiction. There is so much cool stuff! 4) I use Google Reader every day to follow my 35+ blogs/news pages. 5) I am a very picky eater (not by choice). No matter how hard I try to like vegetables, the only ones I can tolerate are green beans and corn

I enjoy Dawkins, but as far as atheistic books go, I don't think his is one of the strongest in the field. I think it receives so much attention because it is quite polemic. I would recommend it for anyone questioning religion, but I maybe wouldn't recommend it to be the first book that they read. I feel that he does rely heavily on Darwinism to refute theism, which is his specialty so I don't blame him. I really like his book The Greatest Show on Earth though. My favorite atheistic book is Why I Became an Atheist by John Loftus. Loftus is a former minister and a theologian. Because he has been on both sides of the fence, his arguments just seemed a bit more well-rounded to me because he knows how Christians think.

I prefer non-fiction as I feel that it expands my intellect more than fiction. However, non-fiction is a much slower read for me as I have to process what I am reading and spend some time thinking about it. I usually mix in some fiction to lighten the load on my brain