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Neat responses! Novella, I thought about the same things while I was making up the question. It seems like women probably "have to" read in a more diverse way, because there's just not nearly the history of female authorship that there is male authorship, but then, that makes men who read...

Since the horror thread, now I'm really bothered that I can't remember the name of this darn book. It was about a ghost named Helen that was trying to lure a little girl into a pond to kill her, like the ghosts in "The Shining" that wanted Danny to come play with them. The story was told...

It depends how much time I'm spending on the computer, but most of what I do on it comes from the same love of the written word. I used to read a book a day before I got really into online talk. I can still hit that in spurts, and if work is slow too. Like yesterday, I started a novel at...

cFaniak, do you mean odd as in rare, or are you asking if the stereotypes of Poles indicate odd things? I used to do some world discussion and international community type stuff here in Houston, which I enjoyed, although having an abusive stalking ex in the same community kind of turned me...

Honestly frightened? Not just sort preoccupied with morbid ideas? Hmm, I was a kid, I think I was 8 or 9 years old. I can't recall the precise title or find it on Amazon with what I remember, but it was named something like "I have a Friend Named Helen" and it was about a girl who was...

The Hemingway thread in the Author forum made me think about this. I've met lots of women who read romance novels and guys who read westerns, period, that's about it. But that's just never been for me. I guess it started because my Dad was/is a more prolific reader than my Mom, so if...

I'm a warm fuzzy kind of person, give me good old furry footed Hobbits every time. With thier simple little Shire life, they make me feel cheerful and silly. The Ents are pretty cool though, they sort of put me in mind of Native Americans, for a deeper more thoughtfully appealing image...

Happy Mother's Day! If you live in the USA, you already know all about it, and hopefully get some flowers or a breakfast in bed. If you don't, use it for an excuse, maybe say something akin to sibling psychology like "Why can't you kids be giving me presents and honouring me the way American...

Man, you were really fascinated by that one little comment weren't you? FTR, it was the mental component of the film that got to me. I'm not especially sensitive to violence in general.

WTF is wrong with people? Tennessee Williams? You've got to be kidding me? I can't imagine any story more sweetly innocent and tragic than "The Glass Menagerie." It's not like it exudes queerness, which is stupid and irrelevant anyway since being gay isn't catching! "Can't define...

Um let's see, more Texas than Yank is what usually gets picked up on when I'm AWOL from the States. . . My dad owns oil wells. I wear boots and jeans all the time and ride a horse to and fro places, mostly around the old ranch, except for when I'm driving my pick up of course. I can do...

Ah well, fug the job. I'm new here this month, but not to forums in general. I just don't fool around with "I'm here, bow now" type posts in Welcome Threads when I'm a newbie, instead, I try to cut straight to the "bow now" part. LOL, I don't actually calculate time zones on my fingers...

Ah Irene, is that GMTA, or am I just really egotistical thinking I have a great mind? I love trying to figure out when my "weird times" for posting (later than 3AM, earlier than 11AM) are convenient for other folks in different locations. Can't beat an international board! Ugh, time to...

We're in the same time zone here tx, lunch time. I'll be posting from work later, but most people who do so probably have office jobs and have run out for a burger. And in the UK, or at least London, it's about dinner time, I'm guessing. Maybe people are hungry for bread alone right...

I never read Sparks, but I like Barbara Delinsky. Her books are usually more interesting than the standard "He chases her" or "She chases him" scenarios.

U peeple R soooo wrong for 'dis! Gwen is kewl, she ToTaLLy rox! Nah, honestly, I really liked No Doubt when they surfaced to the mainstream. Spiderwebs was a great song for one. I thought they had some pretty nifty lyrics all around, and I liked thier music. But now, Stefani solo...

Let's see, as a newbie, I guess I should be green. Sort of a nice piney green with a touch of earthiness to it, or maybe a slightly dull jade shade. In RL, hmmm. . . .is cellophane a colour?

LOL Kookamoor, lemme guess, was it X-Files fan fic? For some reason, Mulder has gotten himself into a lot of slash fic (read: fantasy). I don't think I've ever read anyone to match Wally Lamb though, to answer your question. As someone mentioned, there are plenty of authors in the third...

Ha ha Smart Alec (punny isn't it?). Mostly coffee FYI.

LMAO at being graded on farts! Omigosh, my pretty new monitor, baptized by coffee for the first time. Okay, I'll bite. I'd guess I fart about 6 or 7 times a day. But its sort of like dreaming isn't it? I mean, I can only count the farts I recall, and some of those little squeaky ones...