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Flora Prost from Cold Comfort Farm, closely followed by Jeeves from the Wodehouse books. Mxx

1 a week perhaps. So around 50 a year. Mxx

Most authors, I imagine, would do it as part of their contractual obligations to promote books. Most bookstores charge for priority spacing (something I disagree with) which means publishers are able to buy the best space in the store to have their book. I imagine if they agree to have an...

I would call mine 'murphyz' (how original) just becuase I have wanted that name as my own business fro the last 11 years (since I was 14, so I won't go through the various businesses I have wanted to own). It would probably be a second hand bookstore specialising in rare books and author...

Carter Beats the Devil - Glenn David Gold Mxx

Audio Link found at the top of the page. Mxx

Hi Brian, welcome to the forum - and an excellent post to start you off with. It's been a while since I read Life of Pi, so can't recall everything in detail, but I pretty much agree with what you have written. As a theological novel I don't think it was expecting to delve deeply into...

Hi Christmas, I think there's a difference in the type of gore. Horror and War movies tend to display gore as a way to show fear and try and make you cringe. In most cases they are a relatively quick, and yet painful, death where Freddie then goes on to his next bimbo victim and another...

Mike - excellent summary of the book - very well done. I loved it once I got into the swing of the language, although it did end up taking a little longer to read than a book that size normally does. That in no way distracted from the story though. I often had to remind myself that this...

Been using it for a few weeks and have had no problems yet. No, you cannot forward gmail elsewhere. Luckily I use one generic email address from my site so I can redirect mail anywhere I like, which means the transition to gmail was painless. I have had no problem with inappropriate...

Yes, you will indeed. Just make sure you do read it before seeing it. Owen is a character that is purely for the imagination and any attempt to recreate on the screen is a) deemed to failure, and b) likely to influence your own creation of him. Definitely one to read and not watch. Mxx

I read The World According to Garp first (last September if I remember correctly) and then A Prayer for Owen Meany a few months ago. They are both good but Owen Meany is the better of the two. I have several more Irving books sitting on my shelf, and this morning finished 'My Imaginary...

So good I went to see it twice at the cinema and own it on DVD. I liked that usual zombies are slow and dumb - whereas these ones had a bit of speed and oomph. Mxx

Who's Darren? Mxx

How to submit a review in 5 easy steps. 1) Go to the 'Library' tab at the top of the page. 2) Search the Library for the book you wish to review. If the author or book is not listed, you can request that they are added to the database using the Contact Us page. You can also submit your...

But the bias comes from it being your own statement and opinion...which is fine if that is what you are providing. I think if you are writing an article (which to me is something which is used to inform anyone and everyone of something, not as a personal statement) then there should be less...

Waterstones had a 'sea shanties' table recently and Captain BB was on there and looking rather tempting. Unfortunately I was going out that night, Waterstones being the meeting place, and opted for The English Passengers instead, swayed only by the size of the book in comparison and, thus...

Andrew Marvell, in particular, To His Coy Mistress. Mxx

I've mentioned it before, and I'll mention it again. #1 LDA is like Nancy Drew on Morphine. :D I do, however, think it would be good as a TV series shown on a lazy Saturday afternoon along with Cagney and Lacey and Monk on BBC2. Mxx

But how do you quote posts? Mxx seriously though, I'll eventually get around to creating videos of how to do the basics with the forum.