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All I need is a comfortable place to sit or lie down, and I'm set. :D I do prefer to read in silence though, to avoid distractions.

The only time I have found footnotes distracting was in House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. They went on and on, in some cases for another page, and off on a tangent. I found it very hard to follow the footnotes, and then jump back to the main story. The footnotes were very frequent, if I...

It's quite a quick read, so you shouldn't have too many problems with it. But as SFG75 says, there's another thread on it, which should have more info. :)

I tend to shuffle about a lot when I read, but generally the most comfortable position for me is lying on the sofa on my right side. Any other position, and I tend to keep moving about. :rolleyes:

Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space. - Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood

I personally loved The Stand, but I wouldn't call it a great piece of literature. I just think it's a great book. To each their own. I haven't had a chance to read the previous posts for post-apocalyptic books, but I'm sure The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood have been...

I've read a couple of e-books; I do prefer the paper book though - just the feel of it in my hands is much better than my Palm Pilot. The thing I like about e-book readers is that you can carry several favourites around with you in one small package. Also, you can insert notes/bookmarks into...

I'm living in a tiny basement flat at the moment, so I don't have much room for books. Hence, I've been borrowing rather than buying, for the most part. When hubby and I move (and hopefully it will be quite soon), we already have plans for how to organise our books (well, my books - he isn't a...

Wow, Stewart, that's a lot of books there! :D I didn't know Mark Z. Danielewski had another book out (I'd only heard of House of Leaves)! I see you have the His Dark Materials trilogy too. That's a book that keeps popping up lately, and one that I'm determined to read sooner rather than later.

Great purchase. ;) Yesterday I popped into the second hand bookstore and came out with: Cosmic Dispatches - Edited by John Noble Wilford. Basically it's a collection of articles on astronomy and cosmology that appeared in The New York Times. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory...

Something science related. :)

I'm not particularly into fantasy either, though I have been considering giving The Gormenghast Trilogy a go. It's supposed to be a pretty dense book, so I think I'll have to wait until I'm in the mood for it.

Books I am planning to read: Catch-22 A Clockwork Orange Gone With the Wind Gravity's Rainbow The Great Gatsby I, Claudius Lolita Midnight's Children Neuromancer On the Road Ubik White Noise White Teeth Books I have read: Animal Farm - read it years...

The Lord of the Rings. I just cannot, cannot, cannot get into it. :mad: It's one of those books that I do plan to try to read again, but every time I pick it up, I end up putting it down shortly thereafter.

Probably 1 - 2am, but that's only because I'm not working. When I'm working, I make sure I'm in bed by midnight, otherwise I'll seriously regret it in the morning. :rolleyes:

I have way too many to list. There's loads of books that I bought 5 -6 years ago that are still on my TBR pile. Oh, the shame.... :o :p

These days I prefer to borrow from the library, rather than buy. However, I still love to browse bookstores. I just love the look and smell of new books. :D It also gives me a chance to look at the new releases and highly recommended sections for some books to add to my TBR stack. ;)

The Demon by Hubert Selby, Jnr. It's a very disturbing account of a man's descent into insanity, with a pretty brutal climax. I read it years ago, and have forgotten the details; I'd love to re-read it, and see if it has the same 'shock impact'.

Yep - same here. I too have tapered off his books though. I used to buy the hardcovers as soon as they came out, but now I just borrow them from the library when I get around to it. :rolleyes: When I was a child, my most read author would have to be Enid Blyton. Loved The Famous Five series...

I usually use the free bookmarks I pick up from the library or bookstores. I used to buy bookmarks, but I found that I would either lose them or wear them out. :D I have to use some kind of 'proper' bookmark though - I can't just use a slip of paper. That would bug me. :p Don't ask me why...