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My record was 100, usually it's between 80 and 90. This year I've been slower - or reading fatter books - so I guess I'll be lucky if I reach 80.

Apple crumble. (I love the way you put that question! ;) ) Your favourite girls' name?

"Beach Music" is just as wonderful - in fact, I think I liked it even more than the "Prince of Tides". "South of Broad" was a bit flawed and overly dramatic, but I still loved the vivid atmosphere Conroy is so good at creating. I'd also like to recommend John Irving, especially "A Prayer for...

I recently read "The Naked and the Dead". A raw, very realistic war novel, no hero worship there - a little depressing but very readable and very impressive.

I didn't have high expectations for the book either but ended up liking it surprisingly well. It was well written, including lots of real facts about the historic Lincoln, and much less gory than I'd feared it would be. I bought it initially because I wanted to see the movie who's got my...

Racing pigeons. Best movie ever?

Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita

I'm in a South Pacific island and have just watched a "holy" pig being slaughtered ritually.

My favourite new album in 2012 so far is "Babel" by Mumford & Sons, and I also liked "Here" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Apart from that, I've been listening to heaps of really old stuff this year ;)

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy :stars5: I loved it thoroughly. I adore Hardy's beautiful style and his descriptions of people and landscapes that make you feel like you're right there in 19th century Wessex, and he has such a lovely way of painting vivid main and minor characters.

Hello everyone, I've been a member of this forum for quite a while but have to admit I haven't been here in ages :whistling: Just a quick word to re-introduce myself: I'm thirty-three, German, and have loved books for as long as I can remember. In recent years, I've been reading almost as...

Treat her like a lady - Céline Dion & Diana King

After a weekend trip to Paris two weeks ago I can't seem to get rid of Joe Dassin's "Champs-Elysées".

I took the film as a "popcorn" action thriller that doesn't require too much thinking - as such, I quite liked it (actually better than "Da Vinci" which was way too confusing).

Peder has already mentioned some of my absolute favourites. Another poem I love: "The Tyger" by William Blake ("Tyger! Tyger! burning bright ..." )

I'm still wondering if I'll visit my grandma for her birthday after work today or, which would be more relaxing, on my day off tomorrow ...

My last film was "Angels and Demons", I quite liked it as a none-too-sophisticated popcorn thriller.

I'll try to translate the titles of the books I read in German for better understanding ;) Elizabeth George - What came before he shot her 4/5 Christoph Marzi - Lilith 4/5 Anne Chaplet - Schrei nach Stille ("Scream for silence") 3,5/5 Christoph Marzi - Lumen 3,5/5 Patrick Rothfuss - The...

I'm in some lonely bedroom where I have just repaired the electrical device that powers me after it gave me a blind eye and a paralysed arm. (Sounds strange? It IS strange ...)

U2 - Sunday bloody Sunday