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You should direct your friends to some nice HP adult slash fanfiction....Joking apart I am truly shocked that words such as lorry and biscuit would be altered for a non-British audience. That's so appalling, I am just trying to imagine all of the great non-British books I've read that have been...

I think this will be my Autumn project, mornings of attending to my letter writing. My letters will never be preserved for posterity, but I thank goodness email wasnt around in Jane Austen's day. And Sirmyk, that took me a minute or two to decipher.....

Hello there, enjoy!

It's on my list for today's order, thanks! This forum is costing me a bloody fortune.

A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe ''Oe examines the devastation, fear and shame of fathering a brain damaged child. The central character is Bird, a frustrated intellectual in a failing marriage, who dreams of an escape to Africa. The magnitude of Bird's disappointment at the birth of his...

Welcome to the forum Pilan, hope you get to finish Nicholas Nickleby one day, its a great book!

Dont get me wrong, Im not knocking email because, like Jenn, I do take as much time and care in writing emails as I would with a paper letter, and yes it enables us to keep in touch wherever we are in the world. I think it does depend on the writers as much as anything..Im currently writing...

I'm intrigued by all of these books, tsk, more to add to the evergrowing list. I'm particularly interested in the Alexander book, as the film was...er..not that enlightening but did whet my appetite to know the facts.

My order goes into Amazon tomorrow and Palindrome Hannah is there on the list along with Lolita and a couple of others. Great supportive thread Jay, thumbs up.

Hello and welcome Honeybee

Oh Yes! This is one of my pet peeves of all time. I just hate it if someone writes or messages me like that, how hard is it to write 'How are you?' or even ' I see' This whole horrible language has sprung up and it's incredibly limiting, along with expressions like 'cool', 'it sucks' and my...

I was reading a thread here yesterday about epistolary books and I realised that in the last 18 months or so, I have written just one real pen-on-paper letter. It was an experience that made me really think about how email and instant messaging has impacted on communication. My handwriting was...

mad for me, arent you :p

I never knew BB but seem to read a lot about him - what happened? Happy Birthday wherever you are.....

Not to mention the sun oil...

I loved The Border Trilogy, although I found The Crossing a truly upsetting experience. My favourite of his is Blood Meridian. I'll check this out as I haven't read anything of his for ages.

He likes to spend his day off doing things with me..........

That's twice you've cracked me up this morning Stewart. The so-called twist in The Village was so obvious right from the start of the film, it should be ashamed to call itself a twist at all. I sat through the entire film waiting to be surprised by something, and all that surprised me was...

Stewart you are so mean, but god that made me laugh..

I'm not doing anything today. Eight hours on the beach yesterday followed by going out to dinner and not getting to bed until 2.30 am and I'm a bit worse for wear.* I just spent ages mulling over the hotbabes thread looking for mention of Angelina Jolie, and that's about as lively as I'm going...