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Gem: Good. I wouldn't want unclaimed points just floating around. They would get in everyone's hair :p What's the next quote?

I'm not fussy about the condition of my paperbacks, but if my husband or I have just spent a lot of money on a brand new hardback right after it comes out, I take off the cover and set it aside while I read it, in order to protect it and make sure it looks nice on the shelf. But paperbacks...

Happy birthday, Aqua :)

Anything by Janet Evanovich will definitely fit the bill. If you haven't read any Stephanie Plum books yet, you are missing out on the ultimate in "light and funny" summer-type reading. Jennifer Crusie is pretty good for this too, but the romance element is pretty strong in her books...

A point for you, never_know :) what's your quote? And Gem, come back! You got the point! Come back and get your point! :p

RESULT: Score: 115 of 120 Estimated vocabulary size: 14215 Not bad, I guess. I second-guessed myself on two of them, and that was my downfall :p Edit: Oh, whoops, I took the intermediate test instead of advanced. Oh well.

Gem: Right movie, so you get the point, but I believe it was Einhorn saying it to Ace... she was talking about the dolphin and called it a porpoise, which pissed him right off:p The Princess Bride? Inigo talking to Wesley after he comes back alive? Right, if I'm correct here's another one...

Ok, how about Anne of Green Gables? :D

How about this, muggle?:D Or maybe you're more in the mood for this, or this. By the way, I'm not actually cooking any of this. I'm too comforatable to get up :p

Grumpy Old Men! Heehee. Here's a harder one: "We'll find the porpoise." P.S. It was actually the scene in A Christmas Story when Flick was being dared to lick the telephone pole in the middle of winter. :D

Ok, I'll bite: Anchorman: the legend of Rod Burgandy (sp?) "I TRIPLE dog dare ya!"

Happy birthday :)

Wow Shade, I really admire your efforts to find a Margaret Atwood novel you liked:) If I had the same sort of experiences I would have given up long before. I read and liked The Penelopiad, The Handmaid's Tale, and The Blind Assassin. Heller ended up at the bottom for me because I read the...

:D :D :D You can always count on cookies to make a party better.:p

Oh no, Gem stepped on all the food, and everyone is starting to look undernourished from too much alcohol and lack of sugar. I know... *KristoCat whips out some COOKIES*

Thank you, Samerron. I am very glad that you keep coming back here and posting. I always read your posts with avid interest and relief, and it's good to know that you, and hopefully your family as well, are still ok.

One poet I would really like to recommend is Billy Collins. Try The Apple that Astonished Paris. Amazon says, "Imagine Smokey the Bear walking through the forest carrying a red gasoline can and a box of kitchen matches, or Frankenstein absent-mindedly tapping the bolts on his neck as he...

Out of those I've read: George Orwell William Golding Harper Lee Margaret Atwood Ray Bradbury Aldous Huxley John Steinbeck Joseph Heller This was hard! Why is Margaret Atwood getting such a bad rap? I think she's very worthwhile. Some I would add include Don DeLillo, Salman...

I read Eragon and liked it. Yes, it does follow classic fantasy conventions quite closely but I found the characters likable and the plot engaging. My husband immediately became absorbed in Eragon right after I finished and is now immersed in Eldest :)

Happy birthday, you two :)