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Good grief! Here's another case of parents trying to abrogate responsibility. Since when did the advertising companies or Nickleodeon force someone to put something in their shopping cart? It's a complete misuse of the court system by parents too lazy to parent. :rolleyes:

Oooh, Ronny. I wish I had seen this post earlier (hoping you'll see this now). I really liked Snow Falling On Cedars, too. You may be the first person I've found that agrees with me. I easily related to the plight of the Japanese-American family and thought the descriptive passages were...

I've just started reading this. The voice of Penelope seems so much like Atwood, herself, that I can't help but picture Penelope AS Atwood - curly hair and all. If any of you have seen or heard live interviews with Margaret Atwood, you'll see what I mean -- the droll, flat delivery...

Well, ummmm . . . I promised myself not to buy any more books until my BD, but I went into a Chapters Store yesterday and saw a couple of books I just HAD to get. One was Collapse by Jared Diamond and the other The In-Between World of Vikram Lall by M J Vassanji. Now, I've got to explain...

Bulfinch's Mythology is considered by many to be one of the best books for Greek and Roman myths as well as medieval and Scandinavian mythology. .

An excellent book set in India is A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. It's set during the time Indira Ghandi was Prime Minister, her state of emergency measures and the impact on the people of India. It details the lives of two young men and a young widow who are thrown together by circumstance...

I think it's the other way round. The mass market paperbacks are the smaller ones and what we, in Canada, call trade paperbacks are about the size of hardbacks, but with softcovers. The trade paperbacks have better binding and paper, so last much better than the mass market pbs, which tend to...

Isn't this a variation of the puzzle in one of the Die Hard movies (the one with Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson)?

I like the science and tech stuff, too - appeals to my geeky side. I think Crichton, on the whole, does a good job of including the science while maintaining the pace and flow of the storyline.

I think mass market paperbacks are aimed at the 'mass market'. I don't think either gender or class have much to do with it. See this thread where reasons for choosing one over the other are discussed. I don't see how paperbacks are aimed at a particular gender (unless you mean the...

Pfffft! Sounds like a wacky theory. I don't see how the title of a book can determine it's success -- statistics or no statistics. A catchy metaphorical title might make someone pick it up, but for a book to become a bestseller, there must be something else going for it - great writing (gee...

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do. No crocodiles or rhinoceruses, I only like Hippopotamuses. And hippopotamuses like me too. - Telus commercial.

Hope everyone had a good Christmas. We got a good haul of books this year - 16 in total with a good mix of fiction and non-fiction. (We share the books in our household, so what one person gets we all get. :D ) IDEAS: Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Mind - assorted authors Everything...

I didn't mind the unresolved issues either. I think the goat is key to understanding the symbolism of this piece. The mystical qualities Munro gives Flora underline the importance of the goat as symbol and I believe there are a number of possibile interpretations. The sexual aspect is one...

I just found this review of Alice Munro written by Jonathan Franzen that expresses much of my own feelings toward Munro's writing. Peder, I re-read the title story and I'm not clear about what you mean by disagreement about the ending.

I've never walked out of a movie, but fell asleep during the second Batman movie. I probably missed the last third - from the attack of the penguins on - I think. :o

For modern, here is a very good starting point for you: Modern Library 100 Best Novels There are actually two lists; the library board list and a readers' list. They include many 'classics' of modern literature (particularly the board's list).

Didn't think of it as hijacking. It was a good reminder (I need them from time to time). :D Now, you've got me intrigued. I need to go back and re-read it.

Gee, just got back from vacation yesterday and found this thread today. :( Oh well, there's always next year.

Runaway is in my top 10 list for 2005. I've been a fan of Munro's short stories for some time now and have most of her collections. Jughead, have you read anything else by her? Runaway struck a deep emotional chord with me - which is usually the case with Munro. When I read Munro, I...