Argon9

Balance.

Some slices of home made bread topped with something very, very sweet (sugar sprinkles, chocolate sprinkles, jam or peanut butter) and some nice hot mug of black tea. Some bit of fruit if we have it will do just fine too. I see a lot of cereal and other things eaten from a bowl between the comments. I never eat cereal or porrege for breakfast.

I've never slept in a hotel. Though I've slept in more tents and hikers shacks then I can count.

apprehension

You guys sure read fast, and a lot. Let see, this month I finished An Angels Game by Carlos, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess and 2 of Doyes Sherlock stories (A Study in Scarlet and Sign of the Four) before I lost my copy on a bus. Now I'm half way through Collected Ghost Stories by M R James but it bored me so I started on Gone With the Wind which was on my mental TBR list for a while now. I've found that I like the account of the war better then Scarlets endless flirting and love live. I've read about 1/3 of it now so I hope she gains some guts and half a brain before the end of the book.

I've read about Titin. It was in a footnote somewhere in my school literature. It has something to do with muscle contraction I believe. I did not know its name was this insanely long though.

The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam sure is a interesting title. What is it about?

I personally love it when the language is less "modern" but even I get into trouble when the books in question are written over 250 to 300 years ago. At that point, googeling the words I do not know becomes a choir and ruins the experience for me. I've yet to read historical fiction that forces me to learn an entire new set of grammar and vocabulary though I've come across several books who used words and phrases who did not exist at the moment the story takes place. I think the weirdest example I've encountered in modern written historical fiction was an early Renaissance gentlemen claiming his son (or was it brother, cant remember) was suffering from Stockholm syndrome. Then again, it was probably not written to be taken seriously.

I'm not the one to read from lists but if you guys find some particular good book from across the world I'm very open to suggestions I've only read a very small amount of books from Africa and the middle east. I'm sure they are writing its just so seldom that it gets translated and sold here up north.

Ah cats. You know what they say about cats. "Dogs have masters and cats have servants." I've one myself too and he insists on sleeping in my neck like a oversized purring shawl or on top of whatever I'm trying to read at the moment. He is attention addicted for sure. I've been thinking of buying a e-reader but there are so many models and makes on the market that I'm very indecisive on what to buy. They are also rather expensive and have limited memory to save the books on. Meaning that, after a while, every time I buy a new book I would have to throw away one too. I think I will keep it on my paper books and over full bookshelves for a while.

Wait wait wait, Murder is Easy is a book?! There is a miss Marple episode with the same name. *does a swift google search* Miss Maple is a book series by the same writer? Ohhh this goes on my TBR list right away. How dare they, making good tv shows without telling me there are also books to be read!

It was a bit boring at first but after a while they get this cryptex and then the horror began. First, papyrus is made of a plant, a grass, so it has rather long sucker like molecules who can take some damage. Vinegar cannot just "melt" it and vinegar freezes around -4. So they could have just smashed the damned thing and/or thrown it in the nearest fridge to figure out its "big secret" (knowing a bit of science ruins book/movie plots for me quite a bit T.T). After that I noticed every single one of the glaring plot holes and simplistic or obscure puzzles and the whole fun was taken out of it. I was told it was the "best book of the year" and that it had "some very refreshing and new ideas". I was so disappointed. I read "a digital fortress" after that and it was the exact same thing just with a computer instead of the Illuminati. (what have writers with the Illuminati anyway? Don't they see they have gone cliche by now?). .... but I digress, and agree. Its most definitely NOT the best book ever.

That took you just a little over 2 days?

Joining or not (is there any etiquette involved with joining here?), I will be reading the novels this summer

I've just ordered a leather bound omnibus with 7 of her best known novels. It will be arriving next weak. Oh, I can't wait! I love my books heavy and chunky and smelly. I rarely read in public places and having some weight on my knees while reading, wrapped in a blanket and sipping tea with way to much sugar, gives me some sense of comfort. The thing I dislike most is when there are lose paper wrappings around hard cover books. When the books are new they are always in the way when reading and when the books are old the paper is often gone too. That includes the informative text on the backside. Since I buy mostly second hand books I really like it when the text and pictures are directly printed on the cover. It would make live.. well, buying books... a lot easier for me if that where done all the time. I think that at one point, we all have done something similar. I once forgot my backpack while shopping (I don't have a purse) and found a shop who sold books for one krona each (that would be 0.09 pound or 0.14 American dollars.). It was raining cats and dogs outside (possibly monkeys too) so I stuffed all the books i could carry under my coat and walked to the bus stop that way. I looked like a complete idiot walking very carefully trying not to let them drop out from under my layer of clothes into a puddle.

Yes, but "horrosshow" had me confused for several pages because why would he call his boots "horrorshow" when he liked them? Its a rather impractical word to replace "good" or "well".

This is not actually his list. I think its origin in the BBC somewhere and they stated that the average Brit has read 6 books on this list. We bookworms score evidently quite a bit higher then that.

Wow its expensive, even for Swedish standards. I think I will wait until it begins to pop up in second hand stores and that just might take a while. Particularly if I want a English copy it might take forever.

Not a fan of Dan Brown I take it ^.^

One question. *raises hand* Are they a trilogy or separate books?

I lost my copy on a trip to the city the other day. T,T I called the bus company asking if they had found it the day after. They were so nice to look through the bus for me but it wasn't there. Maybe someone else has it now and hopefully he or she enjoys reading it. People care so little about books these days they might have thrown it away. I really don't want to think about that. I've already ordered a new one since I had a bit of money to spend this month. I'm getting a nice leather bound copy with a ribbon bookmark containing every single Holmes story Doyle wrote. I have to wait 2 whole weeks until it arrives though so its going to be "Collected Ghost Stories" by M,R, James until then.

Oh dear, pardon me, sir. My apologies. I assumed you were a girl because of your Seven Of Nine profile picture.

Thank you Bookworm

It is, isn't it?. We should all use it on regular bases until it catches on. Also, I've just finished the book with the weird words, "A Clockwork Orange", and only now I've noticed the explanatory word list in the back. I feel kind of dumb for not noticing it sooner.

Oh god... castlevania, that game drove me to tears in frustration and got me cross eyed staring at that tiny screen for to long. That game drove me half insane. The guy in the video is right I suppose, assuming that games are pretty much the same as books just different. I've not played nearly enough games to be sure ^,^ I'll remember "I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream", If I ever come across it I will read it. Argon is a nickname I got from something quite a bit nerdier then just love for the periodic table. There is an amino acid called Arginine and at one point in my biochemistry studies we had to know the structures and properties of the 20 most common amino-acids. (among other things) In the exam they showed us pictures of several acids with the question "name these amino acids" my mind went blank (as usual when I really HAVE to remember something.) I could only recall that the last one had something to do with Argon. In a fit of silly desperation and only 3 more minutes on the clock I gave every acid the first name that came up in my head. They ended up being called "Dave" "Gorge" "Steve" "Dumbledore" "Bob" and "Elvis Presley". Arginine was last on the list with pictured formulas and the only one I kind of knew the name of. So in the last second before the end of the exam I scribbled down "ARGON9". A few days later we had to make an account on the universities new forum and a friend, who had by then heard of my stupid test answers, had made me almost famous at campus for it. He suggested to take it as an username and I did. I've been using it, and variations on it, ever since