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Hi all, I always cover my books in clear plastic self-adhesive film (sticky-backed plastic to those of a certain generation), it does seem to help to stop the spines from drying out and cracking. And I kinda like the ritual of doing it.....does that make me a tad weird? I collect those...

Hi all, I had to give up on Peter Carey's 'Oscar and Lucinda'. I couldn't bear the cloying religiousity or the prose stylings. I also struggled to feel anything for the characters. I found it very overwritten. Though I understand both it and its author have many admirers, I'm afraid I am not...

Hi all, After finishing the brilliant 'Birdsong' by Sebastian Faulks, I was really looking forward to 'Charlotte Gray' and then 'Human Traces'. I couldn't finish either of them, both abandoned in disappointed frustration after 80-100 pages. Maybe he's just a one-novel writer?

Hello everyone, This is my first post here. Since I'm about to finish Jonathan Coe's 'The Rotters' Club' I thought I'd ask what others thought of it? I loved it, I'm really sad to be finishing it, although I hear there is a sequel but it's not as good. There was a BBC adaptation last...