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Dead Center, Shiya Ribowsky The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier How Fiction Works, James Wood (didn't finish) A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Houssieni Henry and June, Anais Nin The...

I agree. Everyone reads books differently--no two perspectives are entirely the same, but relating that to the gender of the reader doesn't hold water.

I wouldn't say I'm "happy" about it, just that I think it's better than the alternative.

Great articles--thanks for posting! I think it'sdistressing that younger generations do not seem to be reading books of substance, but, on the other hand, the fact that they're reading at all is a step in the right direction.

Whatever I'm currently reading is what I read in bed. There have only been a handful of nights in the past year where I did not read at all once I got in bed--it is one of my nightly rituals that I cannot skip over. A lot of times I try to get in bed early so I'll have plenty of time to read.

Yes, the movie is wonderful. I have the book but have not gotten to it--I'm anxious to see how it compares to the movie.

I'm reading Henry and June by Anais Nin right now. It details Nin's erotic relationship with both Henry Miller and his wife June during the early 1930s. The prose are stunning--Nin has a writing style that really reaches out to me.

I"m with you--I'm much more likely to lie by ommission and not admit reading a book that I'm embarrassed to have read then to pretend to have read a book that I haven't.

Faulkner is difficult. I had to read Sanctuary for a college class, and I despised it. I wasn't alone though--I don't remember a single person in my class saying that they enjoyed it. I had to read Heart of Darkness for a freshman English class and I despised it as well, although I had to...

That particular movie was actually based on the book Belle de Jour by Joseph Kessel, which is wonderful. This Belle de Jour took her name from the original book and movie.

Matrimony, Josh Henkin Disquiet, Julia Leigh House of Meetings, Martin Amis To Die For, Joyce Maynard Grace Had an English Heart, Jessica Mitford Shakespeare's Wife, Germaine Greer The Big Necessity, Rose George Lighthousekeeping, Jeanette Winterson The Barrens, Joyce Carol Oates...

I share the same sentiments as other posters--so long as a character has depth and is intriguing, I don't care whether I "like" them or relate to them.

I am about to finish The Barrens, by Oates (writing as Rosamond Smith) and I am really enjoying it. It is about a serial killer but very complex--it deals a lot with identity. I've also read Blonde, which is the fictionalized account of Marilyn Monroe's life. Absolutely wonderful. One of...

The Kindle version of a book is always cheaper than the paperback version--it may only be by a dollar or two, but Amazon always lists what you're saving by buying the Kindle version of a title. I got my Kindle as a gift, so I didn't have to pony up the cost for that. As for the books I buy...

I'm definitely not planning on buying the newer model. Like Isabell, my original is still in great condition, so there would really be no justification. The new one looks great though--Amazon definitely did a great job tweaking the original.

I've been after that book for awhile. Great price!

The Cain Omnibus: Serenade, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and Mildred Pierce, by James M Cain

Seriously? No one on here is going to help you cheat. Read the book.

The Abstinence Teacher, Tom Perrotta Things my Girlfriend and I Have Argued About, Mil Millington The Last Town on Earth, Thomas Mullen The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death, Laurie Notaro Belle de Jour, Joseph Kessel Prozac Nation, Elizabeth Wurtzel The Crimson Petal and the...

I rarely ever leave a gap between ending one book and starting another. I almost always start a new book the same day I finish another, unless I go to sleep after finishing a book, in which case I'll start a new book the next morning with my coffee.