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A sentence is by definition an idea or statement. How complex or long it is is irrelevent.

After having seen this transparent self-promotion many times before and I can relate my usual reactions: - Disdain for the poster. - I never look into the book they're pandering. - I never remember their names. This post is the most effort I've ever put into this sort of thread.

Damn. I just deleted a little blurb bitching at eyez0nme in another thread. I thought my present mood was influencing my post too much so I deleted it. If I read through here first I would not have.

I agree with MonkeyCatcher, second time in a day ;), about the punctuation. And I couldn't disagree with Heteronym more. Punctuation, in my opinion, makes work far more readable, powerful and simple to understand. I dislike when authors use the topics of the day. It's difficult to do without...

I agree with MonkeyCatcher on Blindness except for one point; I thought the lack of names was interesting, although like she said it was unnecessary. The lack of structure was annoying but I felt given the content it was acceptable. Then he uses this same structure in other books! Completely...

I'm sorry you left too! At least I'd have someone in a 100km radius with the same taste in books as I have. :)

I haven't read any but from what I hear Steve Berry may be an author for you to look into.

Harper Collins did a bit of a preview show in Toronto today. I was not as impressed with theirs as I was with Random House. They brought authors in, but just to speak at a podium and leave. Not sign books or talk with any of us. We did get some signed books but by people who weren't even...

See what similar or identical things go for on ebay.

The damage has been done my friend. You have now forfeited one of your testicles. Jodi Picoult.... :rolleyes:

I went to a Farley Mowat signing today. I got my copy of Never Cry Wolf & Bay of Spirits signed as well as the copy of The Boat Who Wouldn't Float that I bought today. He was funny and intelligent. Definately a pleasant experience.

Again, Notes From Underground.

Philistine. And frankly, stupid.

Yes, they do. So the latest studies say. And not just in certain genres. Women are catching up to men in what used to be male dominated subjects like History and Political Science. Even manly-man writers like Wilbur Smith's audience is turning to women.

Some author suggestions: Anton Chekhov - Considered the short story master. Ernest Hemingway - Considered the American short story master. Fyodor Dostoevsky - There are of course his short stories but you could also easily pick something from the novella Notes From Underground. I've seen...

Go to your local big-box bookstore and harass them for boxes. The box sizes aren't too large and they'll have additional packing materieals for you. The couriers won't lift boxes over a certain weight so only so many books are packed per box. Good luck!

Like MonkeyCatcher said, it's hard to justify re-reading when there are so many good books that have yet to be read once. I've read LOTR twice. Because I'm foolish. I've read Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat a few times and will read it many more. It's one of the most beautiful, and important...

Beloved by Toni Morrison. I forgot that I didn't expect to enjoy this and it really wasn't that bad.

The Brooklyn Follies, Paul Auster. Just came out here in trade paperback.

I have nothing against audiobooks but that's not really the best way to experience Nabokov's beautiful prose.