I read three books last year. Three. Appalling I know, what made it worse was they were trashy receptionist by day, high class escort by night. ‘In My Skin’ by Kate Holden was the most bearable of the lot. Having not read ‘properly’ since High School I think it’s time to get stuck into it again. So far so good.

Have Read So Far:
Bright Shiny Morning - James Frey
American Psycho (Half Read) - Bret Easton Ellis
The Nightstalker: Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez - Philip Carlo
Helter Skelter - Vince Bugliosi
Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Picnic at Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsay

Currently Reading:
Valley of the Dolls - Jaqueline Susann

Next to be read:
2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke

Next to be bought:
The Blood Countess: Erzebet Bathory - Valentine Penrose
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Wonder Boys - Michael Chabon
The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Shining - Stephen King
Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy

To be continued…:lurker:

The book is about a person’s journal about being in a psych ward. The pages have "hand written" pages in it as if the person was really keeping a scrap book. There are mock pictures in it too. The book is designed to look old and tattered.

I’m looking for a recommendation. I know i want to read some ‘essential fluff’ in the Douglas Coupland mold, but don’t know any other authors like him. All suggestions greatfully received.

Hi,
I read a book about 30yrs ago, that I would love to try and get hold of for my children. However I can not remember the name or author..!
It was about a black labrador, possibly a gun dog, there was snow involved and a malard…!
I know that this is very vague info, but just wondering whether anyone can help?
Thanks.

I have aquired about 30 books, which were being stored for a publishing/editing company, they are all like new and mostly first editions, are they worth any thing, as i have them on ebay and want to make sure i have not priced them too low

TIA

Is there anything on the net to type the name of this book into, to see if its rare or worth something?

The book is "the furniture of our forefathers printed in 1901

I am trying to remember the name of a book I read a few years back when I was living/working in Bath, so I can recommend it to a friend.

This is what the book is about:
A BBC Radio conductor (I think his name was clive - can’t remember his last name)
He got sick & lost his memory (other than his memories of his kids as children & of his second wife)
The book was written by his wife

I have googled every possible phrase I can think of, but cannot find this book! Any ideas?

Does anyone know which order the two books are in by Chris Manby? Running away from Richard and Lizzie Jordans secret life. They seem to be in a 2 book series but they do not say which order they are in and i only have running away from Richard. Sorry for waffling!

I can’t get to in to the Black Magician Trilogy because of the way it flips from one characters thoughts to another (highly confusing!) so I decided to start on a classic, Wuthering Heights, I’m only on the third chapter though because it’s so damn hard to read as the writing is sooo tiny!

Why do they do that with the classics? Why can’t they print them in normal size font? I find that I’m reading and re-reading the same sentences because I lose my point on the page it’s a nightmare!

Apart from that I think it’s a bit soon to decide whether I’m enjoying it but I do really want to persevere with it. Has anyone else read it?

Hi all

OH loves all things Japan, Japanese cinema, anime etc and would love to go there one day. He also enjoys reading but generally sticks to fantasy and occasionally sci fi.

His birthday is coming up and I am quite stuck for ideas for surprise presents for him so I wondered about getting him a book with a Japanese theme.

I think I am looking for something shortish (He faints at his TBR as it is - all 8 books of it :mrgreen:) and was thinking of maybe a Haruki Murakami. I spied South of the Border West of the Sun on Gyre’s reading blog but wasn’t sure if as a love story it would be blokey enough.
I would probably want to avoid any Manga type graphic novels as I wouldn’t have a clue what he’s read and not read.

Any ideas??

Thanks in advance - I would really appreciate any suggestions.