Coryographies

Hi Niki, welcome! I'm new here too - I think we'll find good ideas here for what to read next

Maybe though, books aren't just meant to be read - they're like 'knowledge potential' or 'knowledge insurance' for future reference etc. They decorate our lives, they give atmosphere and reflect our interests. I think I'm fine with having books I dont read or intend to read - I might one day, and until then... they make me happy!

Thanks for the welcomes everyone! Pontalba I totally agree - I would have preferred it that way as well! I didn't like the ending scenes at all. Glad to see others like Bambi too - so different from the Disney adaptation, and much better I think

That's amazing... good to put things all in perspecitve some times lol.

I've loved the series, but loved each installment a bit less than the last. So I've decided not to read The Land of Painted Caves. I've heard such terrible reviews, and raelly disliked the 5th book. I can't imagine getting anything but frustration and disapointment from this last one. I first read The Valley of Horses when I was 12. I absolutely loved it, and it might have something to do with why I became so interested in archaeology! I read The Clan of the Cave bear a few years later, and then started working my way through the series. The Clan of the Cave Bear and the Valley of Horses are the only ones I would ever recommend to people - the others I felt lacking. As others have said, Ayla was just to perfect of a character, and I never felt sympathy for boring Jondalar. I didn't understand their wierd hollow relationship and felt the sex scenes were artificially inserted and unecessary. I love the setting of Clan of the Cave Bear - I'm really interested in human evolution and especially Neanderthals, and was so sad that the author didn't continue with her characters in future books. It's really interesting to read the book and see the 'state of the art' of what researchers believed about Neanderthals, and how it is different from today's research. I'll always love reading that one! But the land of painted caves - even though I'm heading to central France next month to go on a dig, and I'll be in the area of many of the sites I'm sure she describes in the book - I'd rather read about from other sources, as I just don't think I'll enjoy it.

I'm terrible for having multiple books on the go, it makes me feel guilty as sometimes I just forget to finish one and it gets forgotten! There's usually about 6 or 7 getting read through the week... I only ever manage one fiction book at a time though, the rest are non-fiction and up to how I'm feeling at the moment. I find non-fiction is a lot easier to put down for a while and then pick up again later. At the moment I'm at various stages of: Savage Lands by Clare Clark - my one fiction book, not sure if I like it yet. It's a bit romance-y, yuck. In Search of the Neanderthals by Chris Stringer and Clive Gamble Boudica by Vanessa Collingridge The History of England Volume 1 by Peter Ackroyd Approaches to the Evolution of Language by James Hurford et al

I love old books! I'm not sure what the oldest one I have is, as we like collecting old and unusual books, so there's lots of turn of the century ones. I also like using old books for my display tables when I do craft fairs! One book I have comes to mind is the complete work of Shakespeare, from the 1840s - its pages are terribly thin so I'm afraid to touch it much, and it has beauitul illustrations in it! I got it from my mother - I'm not sure where so got it though

Same here! I've never cried from a book more than this one. I only read it the once, but it's so worth another read... I'll make sure I have tissues on hand... so well written!

My husband and I live with his parents, so we dont have a huge amount of space. Still, the floor to ceiling bookshelf and the support bought from Ikea aren't enough, and they're covering the desk and the floor in piles! We shouldn't be allowed in the Oxfam charity book shops... But we're moving to our own flat in 2 months and so will hopefully have a lot more room to spread out. I may even not trip over books anymore.

Hm I've never thought about my TBR pile as holding me back, but it's true - if I have lots of books in a pile by my bed, I'm a lot less likely to buy something else! What I find more troublesome is I'm one of those annoying people that starts books before finishing the last, so that I have six or so on the go until some just never get read and get put back on the shelf! This happens mostly with non-fiction though, as I don't know if I could leave a plot unfinished... But I really like having a TBR pile It makes me happy to see exciting books in my not-so-distant future. I never have more than 3 or so lined up for the next one to start, though, my head would explode!

Hi everyone, My name's Cory and I'm a Canadian expat living in the UK with my lovely English husband. I have a degree in linguistics but came to the UK to study archaeology and now I'm here to stay! I've recently become self employed, and am also no longer a student (for the time being anyways) - these two things have combined to make me more likely to *gasp* read fiction! I thought it would be nice to join, mostly to find out about new books that I might like, but maybe to share ones I've enjoyed as well. I make and sell polymer clay book themed jewellery on Etsy, and I have a blog, but I'm assuming there's rules about links and self promotion so I'll wait a while until I find my feet here and learn the ropes before I break any rules on my first post The last book I read was Company of Liars by Karen Maitland, a historical novel set in the Middle Ages about a group of travellers trying to escape the spread of plague. I really liked it, although my mother in law is reading it now and isn't a big fan. My favourite books of all time are Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel (though I have no desire to read the latest in the series), and the His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman. As a child my favourite book was Bambi by Felix Saltan... I haven't read it in years, perhaps it's time to see if I still love it! I hope to have a nice time here with you all