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Careless in Red by Elizabeth George. Finally she's getting back to Lynley and Havers and leaving the boy who killed Helen alone. Really we don't care anymore.

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Excellent article beergood. It's great they've had some success but still highly controversial. I wonder what victims think of this alternative to prison?

I heard recently on CBC radio that books are no longer allowed in prison (maybe just Canadian prisons?) as they are used too often to smuggle contraband. How incredibly sad. All that time on their hands and they can't read. It's adds a cruel dimension to their punishment in my opinion.

Really? Not for me. Bridget Jones all the way for laugh out loud funny. Also The Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast is a riot. And anything by Will Ferguson. Oh and I can't believe I forgot Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction by Tom Raabe. From the back of the book: Have you ever...

I have a wingback chair that reclines and a table next to it for my reading lamp and teacup. I love Elinor Loredan's library depicted in the movie Inkheart. Especially the window seat where her niece used to curl up and read. I would love to have a deep window seat, lots of padding, with...

I searched through the thread for Lists of Bests but didn't find it. The website allows you to register and keep track of your progress through various lists. The "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" is on there, along with over 2000 other "definitive" lists. Kinda neat.

Living in Calgary for the past 13 years. Originally from Nova Scotia. You?

Too right. At least in Blindness there is a reason for the lack of punctuation - the author wants the reader to feel almost as blind as the characters. And it works. As for the bestseller that I've hated, I would have to agree with the Twilight series. I've heard from so many readers how...

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kcmay that is a good way to weed out the books that you will not enjoy. My local library offers a "First Chapter" service that I often use. And Amazon has that too, with certain books. The problem for me is often I can't tell by the end of the first chapter!

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once: The Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast, by Bill Richardson 2) One book you would want on a desert island: A survival handbook of some sort if applicable. However if I don't have to worry about survival then Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy...

I didn't make a comment about BK initially as my memory of it is sketchy. But I do remember intensely loving the character Smerdyakov (sp?). It was one of the few books in an insanely exhausting syllabus that I actually enjoyed.

Sparkchaser - thank you. Love your avatar by the way. SFG75 - I love Stephen King, Anita Brookner, Elizabeth George, Robertson Davies, Ethel Wilson, Hugh MacLennan... to name a few. Just finished the Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson and am currently reading EG's Careless in Red (she's my...

Love it! Great system. Personally I follow the 50 page rule - if it doesn't grab me by then it's not for me. Too many books, too little time....

Our library accepts books in good condition. If they can't use it in their collection they put it on their sale table. And it's completely anonymous. What about hospitals or old folks homes?

Thanks Peder. Can you tell me how long I have to be a member before I can add a signature to my profile? Just wondering. :)

Duma Key is good, I'm reading it right now. The Sea, The Sea is one of Iris Murdoch's best, in my opinion. I've also wanted to check out The Sea Road: A Novel by Margaret Elphinstone. And of course Gift From the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindbergh, but it's not fiction. And I just realized I'm...

It can change depending on the day or my mood, but I have to say Anita Brookner consistently delivers for me. I enjoy her studies of people in mid-life, often living in London, with nothing much to do and to whom nothing much happens. But the joy they find in the day-to-day is endearing. I...