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    Twilight The Movie

    "Edward and Bella"
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    Need some suggestions to get myself into reading

    If you like space and comedy, how about Douglas Adams' The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy?
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    Fascinating scientific stuff

    Happy 35th birthday, Voyager 1. Happy 3.5 billionth birthday, everyone else.
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    Fake reviewers on the attack on Amazon

    Follow-up article.
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    What are you listening to Right now?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9ZxQ-5vZLE
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    Nobel Prize for Literature 2012

    So, it's about a month to go until the announcement, the betting firms have their odds up, and bloggers are already preparing their angry comments about Philip Roth not getting it this year either and how they've never heard of [insert name later]. Current favourites at Ladbrokes, with the...
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    R.J Ellory, anyone?

    RJ Ellory: detected, crime writer who faked his own glowing reviews - Telegraph
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    How crazy am I to want this?

    Same here. Though in my case it's partly because of portability. If it were possible to transfer my dead tree books to my e-reader, I might feel the same way about e-books. As it is, I can choose to buy a book in either dead tree format or electronic format, whereas when I buy a CD, I get the...
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    How crazy am I to want this?

    I know, I know, not the same thing. It's odd, I keep buying CDs even though most of the time I listen to music on my mp3 player or on Spotify. I know it's not rational, but I don't own the album until I own a piece of plastic with the name of the album on it. Anyway, Ryan Adams yay! Ryan Adams...
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    How crazy am I to want this?

    Or just wait until they put it up on Spotify. :whistling:
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    Flying soon? Watch what you read.

    Apparently they realised that they're out of excuses, and are now asking the public to come up with new ones.
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    Where are you? (in the book you are reading) - please read 1st post

    In the deep woods, having lots of gay sex and discussing nazi mythology.
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    How not to react to a bad review

    I agree that a carefully written review is more useful than one that just says "This book sucks" or "I loved this!!!1!". However, the purpose of reviewing a book on your facebook, or on Amazon, or on Goodreads, or on Book And Reader, shouldn't first and foremost be to give constructive criticism...
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    Recently Finished

    Sjón, From The Mouth Of The Whale. A story of superstition, xenophobia, discovery, myth, understanding, blah blah blah, mostly set on a small island off 17th century Iceland where Catholicism and biology is considered idolatry, where the sun never rises, where magic is either coming back or...
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    Penguin Publishing owns ALL penguins

    Long story short: writer, previously published by Penguin Publishing, publishes second book. Cover features penguin flipping the bird. Penguin's lawyers get involved. Hilarity ensues. Trademark Infringement and Dilution
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    Ray Bradbury

    Ray Bradbury investigated for communist sympathies | Books | guardian.co.uk
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    How not to react to a bad review

    Authors Behaving Badly: How I Pissed Off Legions of Emily Giffin Fans | Corey Ann Author publishes book; reviewer posts negative but informed review; author's husband insults reviewer; author sics Facebook friends on reviewer; reviewer gets death threats over phone; etc.
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    What are you listening to Right now?

    The Vaselines - Lithium - YouTube
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    E.L. James: Fifty Shades of Grey

    I assume this one must be on it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbt30UnzRWw
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