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I second "Eats, Shoots and Leaves". I'd also like to nominate "Gun's, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond, because I saw a brief discussion about it elsewhere today, and some of the ideas are very interesting talking points and ideas, but I would argue not necessarily to be taken at face value.

Good grief, I despise text speak! It's so disrespectful to the reader. I appreciate that not everyone is a reader and they do not relish sitting down with a tale as we do, however you should also learn to type properly - I guarantee that sort of language won't cut it in the real world you'll be...

100 books in a year... so she escaped writers block by avoiding her writing all together?

Oprah's gonna be mighty pissed if that's the case, because I first heard of David Peltzer through her show. They also had on the show the teacher who saved him and finally brought in the authorities. She seemed such a lovely lady, and it was really emotional to see his reaction as apparently he...

Probably 'cos then, as now, he was the one with the money/mammoth hides.

Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-Lot (sorry :p )

Awww! Muchos thanks to you too, ya groovy primate! 'Tis indeed wonderfreaking lovely to be back.

This was a fun read! New York writer and reviewer, Sara Nelson, sets herself the task of reading a book per week for a year. This book is a synopsis of her journey and how her books and life mix and how books 'choose' to be read. I really liked the concept of this, and it made me think of my...

I want to know more about Rwanda and the basis for the conflict in the 90's. I know far less than I'd like, and the movie 'Hotel Rwanda' was eye opening for me. I'm unlikely to sit down with a nonfiction account, however. Does anyone have any recommendations for a narrative account of the...

I'm sitting here with Birdsong in my hand trying to recall what I was going to write about it. I finished it a month or so ago, and had been looking forward to writing about it, but the main thrust of what I wanted to say has gone. Is that the sign of a poor story or a poor reader or just the...

Red Rooster :) I can't believe this thread is still going!! What relatively current thread can you still see being popular 6 months from now?

Toques. It's pronounced 'took', ryming with spook. It's from the French-Canadian word 'tuque'. Thanks for the welcome back, everyone. Lovely to be back in the superior hemisphere! :p

Man, where was this thread a few months ago? I'm in a total writing rut. I should be: - Writing some interesting TBF threads about what I've been reading of late, and my struggle with Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel continuing. But I seem to be in a writing rut as well as a reading rut...

Hmm, not too much to tell regarding 'travels'. I was doing some postgrad study in Canada for the past couple of years and finally came back to Oz to start working for the Man. I've been in Canada off and on for the past five years and my partner is a Canuck, so the differences between the two...

69 % Nerd, 34% Geek, 13% Dork I don't agree with their definitions of 'geek' and 'nerd', personally. I reckon they're reversed, but that's just me I guess!!

Friggin' awesome, Occlith!! I was getting a little overheated in my heavy christmas coat, I must say!

Aww! Thanks guys! So lovely to be missed, and even better to be back! (Occlith - you gotta send me that akubra pic! My avatar is sorely wanting!) THings are still settling - my computer finally arrived last week, and our interweb seems to be settling into it's mode too. Thank goodness...

Hi Everyone! Just wanted to check in with y'all and let you know that I'm still alive! I haven't really had Internet access since I got back to Oz, and while we've now got it connected, I'm still waiting for my computer to arrive from Canada. Things are slowly coming together, though, and...

In my high school english class we did Fitzgerald and I really didn't like it, so it wasn't one of the ones I chose to do for my exams. We also did Carver's Short Cuts for Literature. If you like his work it could be really great for either a Views and Values CAT or a creative CAT. But I don't...

What's "librarything"?