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John Irving's books always sound so interesting, but the only one I read so far, Widow for one Year, didn't really work for me. Especially the mid-section I found boring. How does The Fourth Hand compare to that one? Is it a 'classic' Irving? I'd really like to give it a go because I'm...

As a reader I felt very sympathetic for the girls. Only I felt for them through the boy's emotions. And I think they care a lot for the girls. It remains a lifelong obsession for them, even as they grow up they try to find the reasons for their suicide. And I felt the pov slightly changes from...

I didn't like donald sutherlands character that much in the book, so it was a pleasant surprise in the movie. I avoided Austen until now, thought her books a bit too 'girly'. Now I like that she told entertaining stories while also thouching more serious subjects on the way. Being halfway...

This is a book I keep thinking about although I read it over a year ago. I had to read it in one sitting, I couldn't put it down. I like the way it is told from the boys point of view and the way the girls are a mystery to them. I agree with Ronny on how it makes it all feel real. I didn't...

Sophie Kinsella's books are about the only chick-lit books I really enjoyed,especially 'Can you keep a secret'. I also liked the shopaholic series. Tell me what the Madeline Wickham books are like when you read them!

I also liked the movie a lot! Although i was a bit sceptical at first about yet another austen-adaption (I think there is one with colin firth in it). I thought the actors were great especially keira knightly and donald sutherland. If you liked the film you'll definitely like the book. It's more...

Spent the whole afternoon at bookstores yesterday: Merde Actually by Stephen Clarke Americana by Don DeLillo Dead Souls by Nikolaj Gogol Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Dracula by Bram Stoker Thinks by David Lodge Ten Novels and Their Authors...

Many thanks for the warm welcome!

hi everyone, i'm new, obviously. i'm a book addict and thought it's time to join a group of likeminded people. i hope my english is ok (i'm from austria). my all-time favourite books are albert camus/the plague, t.c. boyle/watermusic (he is my favourite author) and susanna clarke/jonathan...