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On the positive side of things, people that cannot feel this way will never know the intense involvement that we develop in our reading. In a way it's like life itself - the more you get involved with someone or something, the harder it is to accept it when things change or the person goes...

Everytime I finish a book I like, I go through a kind of melencholy withdrawal. I find it hard to face life without the characters I've grown to know and sometimes to love. That might sound pretty weird - at least, to anyone that lacks the passion for reading that I (we) do. I find it hard to...

On my TBR pile, I have Humbolt's Gift, and Herzog. Both highly recommended.

Never. Not 2 novels, anyway. I might read a fiction and a non-fiction - for informational purposes, but not for pure enjoyment. If I'm deeply into a book, that's what I want to read. The book is my world - it's my alternate existance - the characters are my friends (and enemies). I would...

We do what we can.

I dislike bare feet - in the house or outside. I like them protected from injury - sharp objects, splinters, etc. I also dislike wearing street shoes in the house. I've adopted the Japanese custom of immediately changing from my "outdoor" shoes to my "indoor slippers", although I haven't gone...

Looks like they have quite a few copies. I still suggest you pick it up. It won't ever be suggested as a great piece of literature - but it's a heck of a lot of fun.

Well....I'm not so sure that it is "sad" that kids have sex on their minds, more than ancient Greek epic poems - as good as the poems might be - but, let's not be too judgemental on that score.

Waiting for the Barbarians, by J.M. Coetzee is astonishingly good. I'd rate it as one of the best books I ever read. I'm in total awe of this work. I can't recommend it highly enough.

I tried googling again - now it did turn up. But it is still very hard to get - none of the mainstream online stores seem to carry it. I really recommend it for an off-beat twist on the old fairy tale.

I have a book in my collection - long out of print - and so obscure it does not even show up in Google or Amazon searches. It is a wonderful little book, called Beanstalk by John Rackham. It's a takeoff on the Jack and the Beanstalk tale, set in some medieval world (as usual) but in this one...

As everyone who is "well read" knows, the Trojan War was the dispute that arose when they tried to get high schools to supply condoms to the student body.

I just picked up Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes, who was born in 1547. It's safe to assume the book is at least 400 years old. I'd say that qualifies.

Rules are made by people and people make mistakes. Some rules are just wrong. It really irks me to abide by such rules. Rules are also made for general cases. Specific requirements override general principals. There are times that blind obediance to a rule would be wrong and dangerous -...

How 'bout this one? It's real (but in a glass display case).

As most sociological issues, this is complex, and there is no one simple answer. While I mostly agree with Motokid - that often we look for problems where there may be none, and the Astros being an all white team might be a total coincidence, on the other hand it might not. For one thing...

I think it would be awsome! It might not appeal to everyone, but I, for one, can't think of too many things more fascinating. That picture you linked me to, for example, is AMAZING.

WOW! That IS cool!!!!

I just finished The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham. I loved the opening, and overall thought it was a good book - the descriptions were good, the writing was snappy and engaging - however, by the end, I felt somewhat unfullfilled by it. The opening was super, very visual, and getting you...

Well, let me amend what I said. It's not like every book I read needs to have an Arnie type of action hero. Not at all. I like high octane books but I also like pensive, and thoughtful works, which the Stratton books seem to be. And especially if they deal with wildlife, so much the better -...