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Wow - would love to go on Safari! It's my dream holiday but the cost is just so high!Hope you enjoy your work with the young mum's Bridget - it must be really scary having to bring up a child without a whole lot of support so I'm sure they really appreciate everything you do to help them!
Yeah - took me a lot longer than it should of done - spent a while doing the exact same thing but had to snap out of it cos there was piles of books everywhere!
Ha ha, I must be on the same wavelength as Sam - I spent past of yesterday evening re-arranging my bookshelves too!
It was posted in another group but I didn't think they would mind me sharing it here! I loved it, was a Gaiman fan already but even more so now! I think the point he makes about literacy rates and crime rates was very interesting too - the councils are only thinking about short term gains by closing libraries down but it could potentially have quite far-reaching effects. @ Lee - I know some people who NEVER pick up a book and I just can't understand it. I think people are too reliant on visual media like the TV to do their imagining for them and then of course opening a book and providing the visual's yourself seems like too much work!
Here's a quick re-cap of the nominations so far:A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
Lost Christmas by David Logan
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Nutcracker by ETA Hoffman
Plenty of time for any other nominations! I will leave it till after we finish our current Hallowe'en side reads before putting the poll up.
Welcome Bridget! Hope you like it here - please feel free to just jump into any of our group reads and/or threads that take your fancy :)
Just thought I'd share this - it's a condensed version of Neil Gaiman's lecture for the Reading Agency the other day about reading and libraries:http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013...
I usually give mine to the charity shop as well if I don't think I will ever want them again - was going to do that this time but then Hilary mentioned Barter Books and I came over all selfish :(
That's good cos I've just had a clearout so have got a pile of books that I don't want any more that I can take for credit! Yay! I've wanted to go for ages but it's a bit far without the car and I only passed my test in the summer.
Glad you enjoyed it Joy - it is a lovely story even with the slightly disappointing ending. I always thought (view spoiler)
Aww I will have to go to Barter Books now that I have the car - have heard so many good things!The talking clocks were actually quite sweet! But I was a bit concerned when Dixon started talking to his as well (Disclaimer - not all people from the north-east make a habit of conversing with timepieces, just some of us). I can totally see why you could struggle with this but right at this moment in time I seem to be in the right mood for it! (Happen tha's summat a bit awry in me brain)
It is sounding very promising so far then! I will be starting soon. So glad you're joining us for this one Ulli & Angela!
I don't really mind either way - sorry not much help!
December is fine for me too for the Austerlitz readalong
No I wasn't surprised either but I'm always happy to be proved wrong! I like the central library, it's the one I always go to cos the one at Houghton isn't very big and doesn't have a lot of choice (the usual suspects you know...).Also, it's totally fine for us to criticise it but I was really cross with the morons that wrote Crap Towns! Not impressed
Ellie wrote: "Ugh, just seen what iPad autocorrect did to my last post - first three words should be "A buddy read""oops!
Here's the link about the winner: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainme...
Me neither but then again at least we will never be stuck for something to read :)
OK so the prize went to Eleanor Catton for The Luminaries. Apparently she is the youngest person to win it!
Apart from the infamous Mason & Dixon, I am also reading The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes as a lighter read. And I mean that in both senses of the word cos I can't lie in bed reading the Pynchon book as will most likely give myself concussion if I nod off!
That's a shame - must be a lot of interest with the prize being announced tonight - if you want to do the buddy read, we can leave that one till it comes in! Out of the whole list, only one is checked out of my library which is good for me but obviously means the Man Booker Prize has gone completely unnoticed in Sunderland :S
