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Took ages for amazon to deliver but: 1984 - George Orwell Animal Farm - Ditto The Wreck of the River of Stars - Flynn Perdido Street Station - China Mieville Assassin's Apprentice - Hobb

move your left foot around in a clockwise direction. Now trace the number 6 in the air with your index finger.

Don't have many books sbout Chrismas myself. Just Dickens and this book: It's not bad, though I wouldn't go so far as to call it brilliant. Oh it's also pretty hard to get hold of now, so just forget I mentioned it.

Don't worry- he comments on agnostics and atheists ;)

Finished Le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness, but didn't really enjoy it due to the style it was written in (I couldn't get into Earthsea either for that matter). Reread Brin's Startide Rising which was enoyable, though not quite as good as its hype suggests. I still prefer Sundiver...

I've been wondering whether or not to read that book. What did people think of it? What appealed to you about it?

Spain? Stuff me in your top hat you lucky wabbit. Seriously though, have a great time.

Good topic magemanda. I guess I'm with the Wabbit on this one. The 'epic quest' had me bored a long time ago. As you read more and more, the more originality you want in your stories. However, despite what bookshops have stocked on their shelves, there are still quite a few good books out there...

I've just started Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, and thus far it's not bad. The author conjures up quite an image of poverty and its consequences. It also helps that he's got a sense of humour.

On every car (over here anyway) above each door except the driver door and the boot, there's something that looks like a handle. What's the purpose of such a contraption and why isn't one over the driver door?

Finished rereading Heinlein's Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Still pretty good, though a little cold. Currently reading Shakepeare's Richard III. Rubbish thus far, and a little overt with the character defamation

Been a few yrs since I read this, but I did really like the book. I don't think it can be read as a standalone though as some issues only make sense after the reading of the 4 books in the series (IMHO Book of the New Sun is better on the reread than the 1st time though as you then pick up on...

I liked that one- seemed fresh compared to a lot of the books I was reading at the time. Good selection. Anyway, I finished The World according to Garp - strange in a good sort of way. I'm now either moving onto either Earth Abides or The Da Vinci Code

Got mine free from a drug company rep. The picture? Flying pigs

Well, I finally found it again. Currently devouring Middlesex. If it keeps up the quality of the 1st half, it'll probably be amongst the best books I've read this yr.

Since I'm in Malaysia at the mo, I'll ask the following Exactly what could I potentially catch from these mosquitos that keep biting me :mad: ? Espescially around jungle terrain.

Finished Frankenstein, which wasn't bad. Currently reading Tom Holland's Rubicon. As a piece of narrative history, it isn't bad, though I'm not enjoying it as much as Beevor's Stalingrad. Part of the problem is that it's pretty detailed with regards to the republic. Tyrants and conquerors are...

Good idea you Wascally Wabbit Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and incertainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear. Justine died, she rested, and I was...

*puts on official hat* I have closed the current Jul-Dec '04 thread as it wasn't getting very far (though there were some very good suggestions made). The current July book is 'A Suitable Boy.' However, August is just around the corner, and we don't have a book lined up. In hindsight...

I hate it when you're right. It's like the author thought, "Sod it I'm bored." Faber writes beautifully, but his sense of pace and plot could be improved. Anyway, I'm moving onto a nice relatively thin book: Frankenstein.