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SFG, so while you agree with the majority of the comments she makes, you think she deserves all she gets, and is a terrible mother. Vesper, where is your evidence that children today become bored more easily and require entertaining? I'm 25, and grew up with a TV and games consoles, and for...

If The Spirit Moves You by Justine Picardie Out by Natsuo Kirino The Rachel Papers by Martin Amis Perfume by Patrick Suskind (reread) The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios by Yann Martel The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Buddha Da by Anne Donovan

Thanks, I kind of worked that bit out. ;) Oh. Thanks. So it suggests similar books? Right. Great. It's not that, it just makes it hard to read the instructions.

Why? Why would someone reading this thread rush out and buy one of Steinbeck's novels based on these comments? Why? Any in particular?

I don't get it. I tried very hard to understand how to adjust bits of the wheels - which were very hard to read, by the way. And then the descriptions of axis and weight, and facets just threw me completely. The facet descriptions were unnecessary, as well: we all know what 'romantic' or...

Sorry, meant to do a rollseyes and then a wink. :rolleyes: Gem - when I find it, you'll be the first to know. :D

I've never read a series as an adult, either, I don't think. The only series I've read have been Enid Blyton's Secret Seven and Famous Five, Point Horror series, Sweet Valley High etc, but these were all under the age of eleven or twelve. I know that because I left primary school at eleven...

Er, why? :eek: Even that, as amazing as it sounds, is not the one, Gem. ;) EDIT: very nice answers jaybe. Is heroin really better than life? Oh, isn't diamorphine the same thing? Strange. Stewart, I think you can do better than that. ;)

Only one, that I'll achieve never making a list like this. ;) No, I, er, try not to think about dying, to be honest. I could liv... okay, I won't say that. Climb the whole of Mount Everest! Go on, you can do it. Why you would want to do it is a whole different question, but if you want to...

Surely almost anything with much of a plot. Time Traveler's Wife, if I'd even bother with it again, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Out by Natsuo Kirino, Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Books that you read and the plot is way beyond anything you could ever imagine: Sophie's World by Jostein...

And of course you must have them all. Those poor books though, for once you have completed your collection (!) you will move onto something else and neglect them. ;) I think I'm aging fairly well.

But Stewie, there are hundreds (I'm guessing) of Penguin Classics, without resorting to ol' Boz's. Might as well go for Moby Dick. ;) Oh, good reason. Dickens was born on my birthday, a fact that of course I must mention at every opportunity, but which has nothing to do with his long and...

I wouldn't bother. However, if you haven't read it, how can you liken The God Boy to it? You're a phoney! ;) ;) Aww! Reminded me of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. As it doesn't come in a lovely black or silver Penguin Classics cover, you won't be interested. ;) And possibly...

Whatever for? :confused: ;)

Woah, toe nails fall off? No way. Have done four half marathons now and never has anything like that happened. Yikes. Maybe with a full marathon they might. :eek: You never know, your back may heal quickly and if you wanted to, you could run a marathon. :)

:eek: :eek: No thanks. Although I didn't run for two months due to a sprained ankle, then ran 10 miles expecting to be unable to move the next day and I was fine, other than for shin splints. First time I did a half marathon though, when I was 18, thought 13 miles would be a doddle, and...

I knew that.

Sit Down - James Oh yes, Sigur Ros, their music is amazing, Poppy. Glad you liked it. :D

lol, I remember feeling like that when I first saw it. Very powerful! Made me not want to read the book, though.

Sweet Baby - Prince? (Love Sweet Child O' Mine Poppy, might listen to it... oh, bought an Emma Shapplin album thanks to you Poppy, it's lovely :D )