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I buy more books than I borrow from the library. Mostly from secondhand book shops, or charity shops. I pick books that I am reasonably confident that I will enjoy, so I don't end up with that many 'rejects', and if I've only paid a £ or so for a book and I don't like it, it can go back to the...

Who knows indeed...I suspect that he never even read the book!

Perhaps that is part of the reason you cannot seem to get beyond page 34. Heathcliff is not supposed to be a romantic hero. If you approach 'Wuthering Heights' expecting it to be a romantic novel. you will be disappointed. It is a study of obsession, jealousy, revenge, everything that is dark...

Now I get it....although I have to say, it is not blindingly obvious (to me, at any rate!) that the 'Bookshelves' pages link to forums of their own. 'Forums' is shown below 'Bookshelves' as a section on its own, implying that 'Bookshelves' are not forums. But maybe I'm just being dim. I...

I know...I can see the threads! My point was that a general BOOK discussion forum is, IMHO, no place for a discussion of bookmarks, or bookshelves, etc. But I'm quite prepared to be 'flamed' for my opinion.

Ah...I see. My mistake. But if a book is challenged, and the ALA deems the challenge unworthy, why do they still publish the list? Can't they just tell the challenger(s) to, er...go forth? Or maybe the list is a good thing - if it exposes narrow-minded reactionaries for what they are!

(snip long list of books) I would suggest that the American Library Association's list is unworthy of our attention. Since when were they moral arbiters? I find it bizarre that a country like the USA can still be home to reactionaries who claim that Darwin was wrong and that the world really...

Hmmm...well, to turn the question on its head (sort of), I rarely read anything simply because it is highly recommended. In fact I'd probably avoid some books simply because everyone else was recommending them! I don't often recommend books to anyone else either. I know what I like and I keep...

This site needs an extra forum - book trivia. How should I arrange the books on my new bookshelf? What do you use as a bookmark? Do you prefer hardbacks or paperbacks? Etc., etc. WHO CARES? Or if you do care, as I say, stick it all in a separate forum. And now I'll go and out my...

Off the top of my head and in no particular order - Wuthering Heights Silas Marner One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich The Cruel Sea Bomber (Len Deighton) The Day of the Jackal The Coldest March (non-fiction) No Highway On the Beach Why? Why do you listen to a piece of music...

'Wuthering Heights'? I love it. And to compare it with 'Jane Eyre' - well I read 'Jane Eyre' when I was about 18. And enjoyed it. Now I'm 49. I first read 'Wuthering Heights' a few years ago. Have re-read it since. Will re-read it again. If 'Wuthering Heights' is champagne, 'Jane Eyre' is, well...

The only people who seriously believe that books will die out are those who manufacture, market or sell the electronic devices that try to replace them. And maybe even they don't seriously believe it, they just have to be seen to believe it :D Tactile, no batteries required, take it anywhere...

You're kidding, right? Firstly, it's not a love story, it's social satire. And the characters - some of the very best in English literature. Mrs Bennett - the original 'airhead' perhaps? Lizzie Bennett - one of the best female protagonists ever. Mr Darcy - not what you first think, turns out to...

I read this - I enjoyed it, but was very disappointed with the ending. Maybe it's just me, but it seemed simply to 'fizzle out'.

I have yet to read 'Cancer Ward'. But I will be doing so for certain.

Stick with it. I enjoyed it even more the second time around. And draw yourself a family tree for the Earnshaws and the Lintons - helps you to keep track of who is who! Oh, and always remember - 'Wuthering Heights' is neither a 'girly' novel, nor a 'romantic' novel. I don't think you can...

I hope you were being deliberately ironic there. War - c20th or otherwise - is not 'cool' If you would know about the war at sea in WWII, read Monsarrat's 'The Cruel Sea'. A fine film as well, one of the very best film adaptations of a novel. If you would know about the bomber campaign...

I've read the (authorised) one-volume version. I think you need to have a 'feel' for Russian literature and Soviet Russian history to enjoy it, but there's no doubt it is a powerful book with an important message for the world - even now, in the post-USSR era.

It's NOT a girly book. It's bitingly satirical.