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Aaah clearly artists temperament. The publisher probably refused to put a picture from when the author was young and sprightly in the cover and wanted to use a more current one. The author was appalled, as she was a vain creature, and stormed out of the publishers office. Then she went to the...

Maybe she was a bit loopy. Not all there. Just decided to hide in the freezer. Maybe she got really drunk, put it there and totally forgot, and then searched for years but never quite ate the last bits of food in her freezer. Maybe she put the book in the freezer and the ice cube tray with...

Yeh like they said - you stay logged in for a little while then it times out. I promise I've logged in plenty of times and not seen Kookamoor on the who's online list!

Germans can't queue!

Obviously there's something going on, or there wouldn't be a whole genre devoted to 'chick lit'. How many men do you think pick up a book from the 'Romance and Family Saga' section in a book shop? And look at the covers - walk through the chick lit section and the covers are all pink and...

Indeed, as far as emoticons go it's possibly one of the more intelligent.

Moto, the forum needs all sorts of posters to make the community. People aren't any less worthy just because they've only started a few threads! If one person is genuinely offended, it's my experience that more are, but the rest are just a bit quieter about it. Fair enough you can blame them...

Well we're both happy then Irene :p

I'm not addicted. I'm just chained to the computer :D For the next TWO WEEKS anyway yippee :D See my glee :D But then all my interweb friends will be lost as I might have to get a proper 9-5 job or something. Gutted!

Aaah the fear is because I'm a big scaredy cat :D Fear that they won't meet my expectations, and fear that I won't meet theirs. Me too, by internet people I meant internet friends. Ones that I spend a LOT of time talking to. Worrying amounts!

You could always try checking the website of wherever you're going, or emailing someone there to get a list. Or do they like to keep it all a secret? SURPRISE! These are the books we'll be forcing you to read!! I know it's not the same, but quite a few of my friends and myself had reading...

Hmmm. Pretty much the only reason I'm so constantly on the internet is keeping up with real life friends. We're pretty scattered all over the place now (in fact one very close friend is in Surrey and another is in Chile, sob). Whilst I was in Newcastle I was even further removed from them...

:mad: Damned softy southerners. I thought the English were generally perceived as football hooligans these days?

Dear God, a thread on beer without my input? Beer is possibly my passion (yet I haven't touched a drop since Jan, so hold the alcoholic comments thanks). There are so many varieties of beer you can't possibly say, 'I don't like beer'. You just haven't found the right one! English...

So long as it doesn't infect every thread, no. The constant 'spam' and in-jokes can be off-putting for newbies. I can assure you, it certainly put me off, back in the day. I know I'm hardly innocent if we want to look back 5 months or so, but I do feel for people who start a thread that gets...

"I don't look at it as censorship," says State Representative Gerald Allen. "I look at it as protecting the hearts and souls and minds of our children." Oh dear.

Hmmm. Interesting article novella. Adding value with the photo of the author. I don't know about anyone else, but I just don't buy books like that. I buy quite a lot of my books off the internet, where you don't get a picture of the author. Those that I buy in shops, I either know exactly...

I absolutely agree with Hay. The phrase that springs to mind is lead by example.

That's ok Moto. Anything for you.

I think you're an elaborate troll Moto.