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The last non-fiction book I read was Suppressed Inventions and Other Discoveries by Jonathan Eisen. I thought it would have been more beliveable if it had pretended to be fiction.

I think the reason I liked the 3 Investigators was because the author(s) didn't actually mention the boys' ages. That way I always felt as if they were my own age. It was also good how Jupe was knowedgable, brainy even, yet not annoyingly so. I still read new stories as I find them, and my...

How far back into my childhood do I go? I remember having a Golden Books omnibus with all the stories in it - Pokey Little Puppy, Saggy Baggy Elephant etc. There's Sam Pig and Brer Rabbit stories squeezed in these years as well, as well as Paddington Bear, Mary Plain and The Wind in the...

At the moment all my books are in a pile, so the next book to be read is James Herbert's Portent. Sometimes, though, I am in the mood for light entertainment. In which case I go through my shelves and pick a favourite. But that is more a spur of the moment choice, not a planned read. Any...

Presently reading Le Carre's The Night Manager, and Hal Clement's Mission of Gravity.

For me, my favourite author is Dick Francis. At the moment I am halfway to having all forty of his novels. What makes him special to me is the detailed research that went into them. I found out only recently that it was his wife who did the research. During the time he was writing she...

When he first came out I thought he might have been trying to cash in on his cousin James' name. After reading The Pillars of the Earth I accepted that he had enough talent of his own not to need to. I found Pillars enthralling. The combination of religion, politics and architecture was...

Running Blind - Desmond Bagley (a modern take on Conan Doyle's Brigadier Gerard story?) Reflex - Dick Francis Take Back Plenty - Colin Greenland Expecting Someone Taller - Tom Holt The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster No great classics there...

I've read Friday as well. I agree, an enjoyable book. Heinlein had some interesting points to make about genetic engineering, especially with regard to what he called' Living Artifacts' and 'Artificial People'. IIRC, the main character spent some time in New Zealand. The idea of a NZ with...

I'm working my way through the Paddington Bear series at the moment, reading them to my 7 year old grandson. Other stories I like to read are the Sam Pig tales, Mary Plain, and The Phantom Tollbooth. All rather dated, I know, but it's what I grew up with.:) Does anyone have any suggestions...

Is it one book of The Icewind Dale Trilogy or Dark Elf trilogy by R A Salvatore?

The first song that came into my head was Iron Maiden's version of Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. After that I hit a blank. It was only after the looking at the links posted that the forehead slapping began. Doh. I have Alan Parson's Tales of Mystery and Imagination, and I, Robot. I even had...

I've heard of a person building a dividing wall for a room out of Readers Digest Condensed books. I have mixed emotions about this.

I print up my own bookmarks and leave them in the book for when I give them away. As a double precaution, I also memorise the page number as there are young visitors to the house that like pulling the bookmarks out..."here's your book thing, Poppa". I never fold the corners, nor do I leave the...

Book reviews, other peoples recommendations, and lucky dip box lots. I've read quite a few recently that I wouldn't have even looked at usually, just because they came in a box from a garage sale.

It's more like 'how long can I remember a book for'. I could probably give a reasonable rundown on plot and character for most of the books I have. I would have to guess at a couple of years. I tend to visualise the book as I read, even to the extent of assigning film stars as characters.

I read whatever is at hand, whenever I can. If there isn't a book or magazine handy, I'll read the label of a sauce bottle or something similar.

It depends on the authors style, my level of concentration and alertness and the size of the print. Oops, did I say that out loud? It would probably take me a week or two of night time reading, or a couple of days if that was all I was doing. The last book I read in one day was Robin Cook's...

I don't keep lists. I pretty much know which books I've read, which I haven't and which I'm interested in.

I find it as difficult to read one book at a time as I do to indulge in one hobby at a time. I have an attention span that is, if not short, certainly medium. At the moment I'm reading Philip Norman's The Stones, Scott Turow's Burden of Proof and Michael Palin's Full Circle.