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[Jeshu]

Martin wrote: "Update on the whole Kindle thing:
I hate to admit it but I think I'm starting to prefer it to an actual book. it's so much more convenient and streamlined.
I can have a book in seconds, I can read..."

Those advantages are the best thing ever! Good to hear you're starting to appreciate it :)
It also helos to finish books faster!

[Rea, Ghost]

Martin wrote: "Update on the whole Kindle thing:
I hate to admit it but I think I'm starting to prefer it to an actual book. it's so much more convenient and streamlined.
I can have a book in seconds, I can read..."

Sounds good!! Though I can both drink tea while reading and read lying on my side now. =P For me it's more that I have a certain number of ebooks and reading them on the PC screen kills my eyes after a while. Getting an ereader should help with that problem!

[Hayley]

Here's a random-ish question that I'm not sure if it belongs here or somewhere else but I had a potentially worrying thought the other day: going by what may make a classic - sales, reception, how well known it is etc - what books of today can you see being labelled a classic and/or being studied in schools in 50+ years time.

For me I had a terrible feeling that, due to it's success with many people as well as being turned into films that also became big hits, the Twilight books may be thrust upon unsuspecting children of the future... and that's slightly worrying for me as there are so many other's that should be studied instead (I've already accepted Harry Potter will be there).

[Varian Rose]

Can you imagine discussion questions like "What metaphor was the author using by having her vampires sparkle in the sun?" Poor kids.

[Hayley]

Rose wrote: "Can you imagine discussion questions like "What metaphor was the author using by having her vampires sparkle in the sun?" Poor kids."


Oh dear lord - if I have grandkids and they come to me asking me about the book 'in my day' I'll write a strong letter to the teacher ;P

In fact, just in case I'll have a strongly worded letter to be put in a time capsule to be opened in the event that the books are studied in school by my children's, children's children and I'm not around. Same goes for the music-history teachers and Justin Bieber (et al in that area).

[Varian Rose]

Music history and Justin Bieber? *shudders at the thought* No thank you. It could be worse, they could study Lady Gaga's live shows. I don't think JB has made that much of an impact on the music world.

[Hayley]

Rose wrote: "I don't think JB has made that much of an impact on the music world."

He's only 17 - he could go on for a long time :O

[Varian Rose]

Does anyone on here use http://www.lendink.com/ ? If so, what do you think of it?

[Tara-Jayne (♥ I Read, I Love ♥) , The Great & Mighty Mod! :P]

My arm hurts.. just though i'd put it here

[Arushi]

i love ash, patch, alex, alex, four, and magnus

hahaha, thats from the iron fey, hush hush, delirium, angel burn, divergent, and the mortal instruments. respectively. great fantastic books & highly recommended if you havent read them yet !~

[Hayley]

I have stupidly busied up my Saturday morning: hafta run to the post office to collect parcel, rush back and take gerbil to vet then rush back and wait on a lift from my grandma who I promised I'd attend a craft fair for her W.I with her... all before 10am - if it'd got spread out more it'd be fine :S

[Varian Rose]

My TBR pile has exploded.

[Rea, Ghost]

Rose wrote: "My TBR pile has exploded."

Mine did that a couple of months ago. I have this compulsive need to buy at least one book whenever I go into town but never read it before I buy the next one.

[Rea, Ghost]

Hayley wrote: "I have stupidly busied up my Saturday morning: hafta run to the post office to collect parcel, rush back and take gerbil to vet then rush back and wait on a lift from my grandma who I promised I'd ..."

I feel your pain. Yesterday was all go-go-go for me from 7am till midnight. And I had to do it mostly in Dutch. I'm knackered today! Was the fair fun? I love going to W.I. fairs with my nan!

[Rea, Ghost]

I have lost all desire to read. I am seriously bummed about this and don't know what's caused it. :(

[Hayley]

Rea wrote: "I have lost all desire to read. I am seriously bummed about this and don't know what's caused it. :("

NOOOOOOooooooo Rea!!! We must find a cure :O I have had to put DQ aside mind, 16 chapters in & I need a break!

[Rea, Ghost]

Hayley wrote: "Rea wrote: "I have lost all desire to read. I am seriously bummed about this and don't know what's caused it. :("

NOOOOOOooooooo Rea!!! We must find a cure :O I have had to put DQ aside mind, 16 c..."

I know, it's horrible. :( So I'm listening to a book instead and doing some knitting at the same time. My current crochet project requires me to count stitches and I've discovered that I can't do that and listen to an audiobook at the same time. :p I've not read DQ - I dropped lucky and joined French school the year after they studied it. ;) Is it good (despite being tiring)?

[Hayley]

Hmm, might be best to count stitches without distractions - the crochet may turn out a bit odd looking otherwise ;)

DQ would definitely not have been a school choice, too long to talk through in any great detail. I quite enjoy it at the moment, just need a break every now & then :S

[Varian Rose]

Rea wrote: "Rose wrote: "My TBR pile has exploded."

Mine did that a couple of months ago. I have this compulsive need to buy at least one book whenever I go into town but never read it before I buy the next one."

My problem is that I keep marking books that look interesting as "to-read." The result was the TBR pile explosion. I think I need to find a library now....

[Hayley]

This GR Recommendations thing has stupidly expanded my online TBR list. Thankfully have refrained from going book shopping at the moment (free eBook downloads don't count ;P) due to amount I still have to go through!

[Rea, Ghost]

Hayley wrote: "Hmm, might be best to count stitches without distractions - the crochet may turn out a bit odd looking otherwise ;)

DQ would definitely not have been a school choice, too long to talk through in a..."

Haha, yup! With the knitting I just have to make sure I don't increase to more than 40 stitches. I'm using up all my left over wool, so that's good!

Ah but in France they like to study those sorts of books that are too long to be studied properly. We read Les Misérables when I was 13... you seen the size of that thing? I suspect that most kids didn't even bother to read the whole book, the teacher never would have noticed.

[Rea, Ghost]

Rose wrote: "Rea wrote: "Rose wrote: "My TBR pile has exploded."

Mine did that a couple of months ago. I have this compulsive need to buy at least one book whenever I go into town but never read it before I bu..."

Haha yes, I've been doing that too. Like you and Hayley, ever since the recommendations thing was added, my TBR shelf has suffered. Most of the ones I get recommended aren't coming out till next year, though, so my TBR shelf will just have to look a bit... huge... for the time being.

[Hayley]

I've just been told the place we're gonna be sleeping at for xmas (not enough space for everyone in 'rents house) No phone signal, no internet, very little TV choice... somehow I see myself getting through a large classic on my eReader :D

[Jeshu]

Hayley wrote: "I've just been told the place we're gonna be sleeping at for xmas (not enough space for everyone in 'rents house) No phone signal, no internet, very little TV choice... somehow I see myself getting..."

sounds like a nice activity!!!! Classics *_*

[Voula]

Hey guys, I have a question. Is there a space here in GR where I can take personal notes on a book? Besides the one on the review box that gives you 500 characters... I would really like to start taking notes of what I read, and since I am getting used to using GR I thought maybe there is something like that. And if not, shouldn't it be?

[Char]

As far as I'm aware there's only the one in the review box. I'm not sure there should be though as I personally don't use the one there. I make mental notes. I have seen that people want more though. I guess it just depends on how you read. I tried taking notes once... it distracted me from the story.

[Rea, Ghost]

Otl1987 wrote: "Hey guys, I have a question. Is there a space here in GR where I can take personal notes on a book? Besides the one on the review box that gives you 500 characters... I would really like to start t..."

You can take notes in the review space. I've seen a few people who review in 3 stages: before read, during, after. I'm not sure whether or not there's another way.

[Rea, Ghost]

My boyfriend asked me to go fetch his bike from the bus stop (someone gave him a lift home) but then he said "Oh no, it doesn't have a light. Can you cycle in the dark?" Cue me blinking at him. Obviously, I resorted to sarcasm. No, I cannot cycle in the dark: cycling in the dark requires a completely different skill set to cycling when it's light!

-_-

I went and got the bike.

[Voula]

Char wrote: "As far as I'm aware there's only the one in the review box. I'm not sure there should be though as I personally don't use the one there. I make mental notes. I have seen that people want more though. I guess it just depends on how you read. I tried taking notes once... it distracted me from the story. "

I didn't take notes either, but after reading the last books I read, I find myself wanting to take notes to read afterwards, to organize them in my mind. And mental notes don't work for me anymore... Maybe I'm getting old! (seriously, my dad told me yesterday I should start thinking about getting married!)

Rea wrote: "You can take notes in the review space. I've seen a few people who review in 3 stages: before read, during, after. I'm not sure whether or not there's another way. "

I've seen that too, but I don't want it to be public, I wanted something I can keep private, like a notepad...

Thanks guys, anyway!

[Char]

Otl1987 wrote: "Char wrote: "As far as I'm aware there's only the one in the review box. I'm not sure there should be though as I personally don't use the one there. I make mental notes. I have seen that people wa..."

Fair enough. It happens to us all. Although if you want something like a notepad... couldn't you just use one? Or write in a word document. :) Hahah!!! I haven't found myself being shoved down the aisle (yet)... :)

[Rea, Ghost]

On the review page, there's a part towards the bottom called "Private notes - shown only to you". I don't know whether it has a character limit, but would that work?

[Varian Rose]

How do you remove books from the TBR pile?

[Char]

Rose wrote: "How do you remove books from the TBR pile?"

You click on the shelf you want and in the top right corner of each listing is an "x" click that and it'll remove the book. :)

[Varian Rose]

Thanks.

[Char]

Not a problem. :)

[Voula]

Rea wrote: "On the review page, there's a part towards the bottom called "Private notes - shown only to you". I don't know whether it has a character limit, but would that work?"

Nope, that's the one with the 500 character limit. Anyway, I'll probably take notes somewhere else... I just liked the idea that since I have my books organized here (even if only virtually), I could also take notes on each book here, privately though...

[Rea, Ghost]

Otl1987 wrote: "Rea wrote: "On the review page, there's a part towards the bottom called "Private notes - shown only to you". I don't know whether it has a character limit, but would that work?"

Nope, that's the ..."

Aww that sucks :( Wonder why they have such a short limit for it. I take notes in a book while I'm reading, or just on random pieces of paper if I don't have the book with me, but it would be much better to have somewhere private to save all my thoughts on here as well.

[Voula]

Rea wrote: "Aww that sucks :( Wonder why they have such a short limit for it. I take notes in a book while I'm reading, or just on random pieces of paper if I don't have the book with me, but it would be much better to have somewhere private to save all my thoughts on here as well.
"

Yeap, that was my thought too. Anyway, I'm just updating my review anytime I want to take note of something... At least till I figure out a better way...

[Rea, Ghost]

I came across a Christian romance yesterday. The blurb opened with 'baiser is the French word for to kiss'. All I could think was: "no, no it's not. It's the French word for 'to f***'." Obviously, I immediately contacted the author! It took over three years for someone to tell her about this. :/ But she's offered me one of her books - that was very kind of her!!

[Jeshu]

Guess who is suffering from chicken pox for the second time in her life?

[Tara-Jayne (♥ I Read, I Love ♥) , The Great & Mighty Mod! :P]

Oh nooo.. Jeshu.... i hope she gets better

[Rea, Ghost]

Oh no, poor Victoria! :( Just as you thought it was all over.

[Jeshu]

nonono, I'm the one with chicken pox now :( I had it when I was little, so now I'm a chicken pox weirdo

[Rea, Ghost]

Nooo! Resist the urge to scratch! And take the time to enjoy some good long baths! ;)

[Char]

My Kindle arrived today... wrapping it up was painful. Mind you so was wrapping up the 2011 BTCC review DVD that I'm also getting for Christmas. I've got so many good presents!!! I want them now!!!

[Tara-Jayne (♥ I Read, I Love ♥) , The Great & Mighty Mod! :P]

i wouldnt be able to wrap my own pressies.
Though i was there when my mum bought it.

[Char]

Hahah! I get paid to wrap so I wrap. I did nearly open my BTCC DVD though. All eyes were on me as I held that. :D My mummeh bought mine online.

[Tara-Jayne (♥ I Read, I Love ♥) , The Great & Mighty Mod! :P]

My mum bought it in Pc world :P lol

[Char]

My mummeh bought mine on Amazon. Oh yeah. :P

[Tara-Jayne (♥ I Read, I Love ♥) , The Great & Mighty Mod! :P]

Ha.. which kindle do u have.. the one with no keyboard or oen with keyboard ?