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So how does everyone go about choosing the next book to read? Do you go on recommendations or just browse bookshops and libraries? Are you big fans of lists like the Booker Prize? Personally, I love to spend hours in libraries and bookshops, I always find there's such a lovely atmosphere...

The Black Album by Hanif Kureishi

I'm with phil_t and Kaz on this one, junk food is yummy. I adore chinese food but I find Indian food quite boring because both my parents are originally from India so I get to eat it quite often. Grass is always greener and all that. If we're talking ice-cream cookie dough chip Haagen Dazs...

Big Sur by Jack Kerouac, a friend lent it to me and has proved to be a fantastic read. The style of writing is so free and easy, a little difficult to read at first but once you get into it it's quite something. The story details the slow breakdown of the central character, it's a bit of a...

I loved your entry Murphyz, especially the bit about what lay beyond the field. I agree with Ruzi on this one, you can be a lot more open with a personal diary, you're free to say all the things running around in your head regardless of how mad they are. Ell I think your kids would...

I definitely keep a diary because sometimes it's just interesting to look back and remember thoughts and feelings I had at a particular moment in time. It works as a snapshot of emotions but purely for myself (probably because I can't believe how silly some of the things I thought about were...

I know clever girl aren't I? :D I'm new to this bear with me.

Hello to everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself. I live in the UK and I'm 22 and absolutely adore books. Can I just say how fantastic it is that so many people are reading books, I was having this discussion with a friend and we were convinced people who read books were a dying breed...