Recent content by booklover85

I don't care what people see me reading...or what others are reading. I read for me, not others.

I think it would be silly to break up with someone just because they don't read. That would be like breaking up with someone because they didn't play soccer or watch tv. What about the person? Was their personality compatible? Did you enjoy being with them? Were they able to have a meaningful...

I'm reading Jane Austen and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor. It's a mystery with Jane Austen (the author) as a detective. The author uses people from her life and creates a mystery involving them. There's a whole series; Scargrave Manor is the first one. Hopefully, I'll be reading...

My family tried having us read The Night Before Christmas, but it didn't happen enough for it to become a tradition. We don't have any book traditions. I may start my own once I have a family.

I don't understand the Harry Potter "ban them now" argument. In my opinion (notice, my opinion), they are like any other fantasy book out there. We have a problem with them reading about witchcraft (does anyone notice that we have a problem with having them read about witchcraft but then dress...

Matilda by Roald Dahl Babysitter's Club by Ann M. Martin any historical fiction story by Ann Rinaldi Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene (the older versions with the yellow hardback cover) Cam Jensen mysteries (can't remember the author. It was about a girl detective who would solve mysteries using...

I think the reason Shakespeare is so hard to get into is because we are reading essentially the plays' scripts. It would be like reading a movie script and then asked to discuss what is going on. If you wanted to actually get into Shakespeare's plays and fully understand them, you either need to...

The problem is that you really can't compare Voltaire's writing to that of of the Bronte sisters or Dickens because they did write in separate times. Two different eras with two different views of the world. Plus, Voltaire's purpose in Candide wasn't to sugar coat the way the world is...

I organize by series and then whatever (normally these books are organized according to height or length).

It would probably take the classrooms forever to read EOE; it is a thick book. Unless it was required to read during the summer (although I think there would be lots of protests if that happened). Probably why schools stick to his shorter novellas.

Nope, same cover, just paperback form.

I haven't read Ivanhoe and from what I've heard of the author's writing style (long winded and very descriptive), I don't think I will any time soon. I did see the Robert Taylor/Elizabeth Taylor/Joan Fontaine 1952 version. I had to watch it for history class.

I've tried that but I end up losing the list and then having to start over again. I might try electronically doing it...would save a lot of paper.

I like to borrow from the library. I don't tend to reread books so once I'm done with a book it basically sits on my shelf. Also, I never know whether a book is going to be good, so I'm normally hesistant to buy books. Plus, they are really expensive nowadays.

I LOVE, absolutely LOVE, Laurie R. King's Sherlock Holmes & Mary Russell mystery series. I devoured the series last summer. They are interesting and they keep the reader in suspense. Read them if you haven't; don't necessarily have to read them in order (although the latest two relate to one...