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Romance. I couldn't write a sex scene in a book I knew my parents would read. Probably ridiculous, but there it is.:o

Well, it's coming along pretty slowly, because a lot of it is just data entry. What I'd like to eventually accomplish is a website where you can search for books you know (as in, something you've read and liked) and then get a list of read-alikes for that book. I will also have a list of most...

SK's work is also hard to translate because I think that good character writing just doesn't go as well in the medium of film. Plus, SK likes to gross people out and the film ends up emphasizing that a bit too much.

Sounds interesting, kuroc. I am doing something very similar with the online fiction database I'm building. All I have to say though is, if you constantly have to stop reading and record facts or descriptions, it takes some of the pleasure out of the experience.

It helped that I wrote at least two undergraduate papers on Lolita :D But I found myself doing the same thing with Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad. You can't trust the narrator (and now that I think of it, the same goes for The Blind Assassin). You have to dig to get further at the truth...

Thanks Still :D What I find extremely interesting also is the tension between Humbert and Aubrey McFate, aka Nabokov himself. Sometimes there's dialogue between the two, where Aubrey tries to force Humbert out of his various refuges and make him admit culpability. Aubrey is there to...

I am with Samerron, I wouldn't want a tattoo because I think I would get tired of it after a while. But it is definitely interesting seeing pics of tattoos :)

Lovely poem, Gem. I really enjoyed that one :D

Thelma, looks like we have even more in common! I like SK too (most of the time!) and have really enjoyed the Dark Tower series as well as his longer works like The Stand and It. Besides those, I also especially recommend Insomnia, Pet Semetary, and (for short stories) Different Seasons.

From what I remember, the prose was well-handled. But for me the prose couldn't save the book - the subject matter and plot were just too slow and boring. But my fiance liked it and I'm glad you did too. Like steffee said, luckily we're not all the same :)

I actually haven't read any Nabokov except for Lolita, which is why I haven't even poked my nose in the other Nabokov threads. I saw the "Open Spoilers" label and thought I should stay away in case I ever got around to reading some more of his (amazing) writing. So thanks abecedarian for...

Thelma, cats are awesome. I actually like dogs too but not quite as much as a friendly purring cat-in-the-lap. :D By the way, have you found any other books of interest besides The DaVinci Code? What did you like about it?

Thanks for the link, curiouswonder :) It was interesting.

Hi Thema. I laughed pretty hard while reading your first thread and the lovely exchange between you and Stewart. You will do well here, young one :p

Ronny, you're awesome :D That had me laughing for a while.

I enjoyed both books quite a bit. Although, I suppose I have a high tolerance for description. I think what kept me going was all the characters... SK is such a good character writer that it really takes a lot for me to abandon them.

I picked that one up recently and put it down again after less than 100 pages. All the blurbs said it was supposed to be funny, but if it is, it's so far away from my kind of humor that I couldn't see it. Honestly I thought it was boring.

I enjoyed it. However, please don't start it with extremely high expectations. It's enjoyable and interesting, but I don't think it's a book that I'd read over and over. Gregory Maguire's characters are fairly engaging, but they end up being undermined by their own positive traits. To me...

Is it too late for me to put mine in? :o And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Cell by Stephen King The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie Wicked: The Life and Times of...

I recently read a book that addressed, among others, this very question. I posted about it here.