Excellent book, I enjoyed it a lot and read it rather fast.

I bought it as a recommendation from my sister, who really enjoyed it. I started it, thinking that it would be one of those books that I will read a little bit of every now and again between other books...

...I sat up until 2am reading it.

Really captures you, doesn't it Wonderful emotional ride. I'm sure I teared up a couple times.

Although I do get massively 'into' a good book, and can lose hours of time reading - when I think it is only minutes - and will really care for the characters, I cannot remember ever having felt myself welling up. Not for probably over 15 years.

My sister told me that she found 'The Five People You Meet In Heaven' emotional, and had a little cry occasionally. And I really did not expect a similar reaction from me. But, I have to admit, even though I'm only about half-way through, I've already felt a tightness in my stomach at certain points, and been forced to blink some water out of my eye.

I think it is because, in some ways, the book mirrors certain feelings I have about particular aspects of life. I often feel that a person can affect several people around them, and never really know it - even those affected won't know it. And neither will probably ever know it. But that's life.

This book does well in taking that idea, and then saying, "But what if you do find out!" It's good to have life explained to you at the end of it all, I think.

P.S.

I finished that ^ book last night.

I have now begun reading 'Bad Influence' by W. Sutcliffe

Now reading this book I found in hot topic, A biography on "Green Day" (How they started, How they got their place, Etc.) It's pretty good so far...

I am currently reading a biography of Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey, and it is really well written.

I'm only reading it as it is one of the many books I managed to save being thrown away at my 6th form, into a skip because they needed the cupboard space.

All of the 12 or so books I saved were printed before 1960, and there is even an A-5 sized pamphlet entitled "Agitating questions without agitation" printed in August 1885.

Enough rambling...

I had a similar thing happen at my old junior school. It was the last day of term, and there was plenty of tidying up occuring, and I watched as my teacher started throwing books into a bin. I assumed that they were faulty in some way or other, but was shocked when I discovered they were perfectly good. I asked him if I could take them, and he said no.

Whilst he wasn't looking, I managed to swipe the top one - which turned out to be a rather good book of 20th Century poetry.

Stupid schools.

*Gasp!* destroying Books! That's sacrilage! They should be taken out, and shot!

I am reading The Eight Day By John Case its goood. Although some of the detail written in the book, isnt accurate.

I'm now reading the 6th Harry potter book! Woohoo! *does her little dorky turtle dance and runs*

I finished William Sutcliffe's 'Bad Influence' last night. I found it very similar, in style, to 'The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-time' by [author I can't remember name of]. But still very enjoyable - showing childhood relationships very well indeed, and also showing that sometimes adult friendships aren't much different.

I have now begun to read 'The Colour Of A Dog Running Away' by Richard Gwyn.

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turtle dannceee heeeheee ^^

If you like Dark comedic stuff a la The Book of Bunny Suicides, you should try The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy by (drumroll) Tim Burton. For the past half hour I have been reading htis thread and writing down book titles Anyway, I recently finished The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, about a group of Chinese Immigrants and their daughters. It tells the sotries of the mothers in China, and then their daughter's lives in America, and how little they understand each other and yet are so similar. Excellent. Also... Re-read Wicked, and Sabriel. If you've never read any of Garth Nix's Sabriel/Lirael/Abhorsen/Over the Wall books, go. NOW. They are the Shiz, to sort of cross-quote someone black and Wicked. So now With my slightly over a notepad page of titles, I shall read happily for a week before Choir camp...

I've been told this and I keep trying to read Sabriel... the first time I didn't get far, the second time much, much further. I don't know why I didn't finish it the second time, because now I'll have to read it all over again. I think I got halfway through Lirael before I put it down. =\ But hey, it's 700 pages... I get some credit, right?

Also: I love Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy. I own a squishy Roy the Toxic Boy figure.

I've been reading loads recently, 'cause theres nothing else to do during the lunch breaks at work.

Life of Pi was a great book, but I felt the author was going over the top with the disgustingness and gore in some places.

I re-read the His Dark Materials trilogy, which was just as good second time round.

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat is a fascinating read. Its written by a neuropsychologist, and its a series of case studies of patients of his with nerve damage giving them really wierd brain disorders. Like the guy from the title study, who's damaged something important to vision, so he doesn't recognise objects straight away, and can usually only recognise people by their voices. Or the woman who has no idea of the concept of 'Left.'

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I'll hopefully be properly back to the forums soon.

I read 'Wicked' sometime ago, borrowing it from the library... the library no longr has it. I'm going to buy my own copy soon, though. Ah loves that book!

I bought that about a year ago, and have yet to read it. Once I have finished reading my current book (The Colour Of A Dog Running Away... which, by the way, is really starting to hit the plot properly), I might go onto that.

Currently, Now to past free time in class, Brought along 'Artemis Fowl' To re-read.

The school library doesn't open for another week or so, so I finally got my dad to bring me to the library.

So, now I'm reading Alice in Wonderland. It's....weird. Not like that's a bad thing, though.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Really interesting actually - the only reason I'm not further is because I'm spending so much time online...

*Ahem* Grammer Nazi Whinge: You TAKE things to another location; You BRING things to THIS location... So, your father could only TAKE you to the library, then BRING you home, again...

It's a good choice in books, though...

Well after reading The Shadow on The Glass three times over just to get the hang of it, I've finally moved on to The Tower on The Rift by Ian Irvine. It's odd, the ending of the first book, wasn;t so much of an ending, but a cut-off-at-around-the-600-page-mark job. It seems that he just wrote one giant novel and split it up into lot of books.

I'm a good way through The Beach at the moment.

I quite liked The Beach by Alex Garland, though as usual, the film didn't quite hit it for me. I'm curious to see The Tesseract, because I've read the book and was quite disapointed. I've just looked up The Tesseract, it has Jonathan Rys-Myers! Oh baby. I've seen 28 Days Later, and really enjoyed that, but not read the book. Wait, this is turning into a film post now. Okay. >_>

I've avoided watching the Beach so I could read just the book.

Yeah, I did the same.

I have The Tesseract book, if you want to borrow it. Oh... And I think I'm done with the Bill Hick's book if you want it back anytime soon?

Is that the sequel, I've been warned his next book was pants so that might be it. I'll read it, after all I liked the Bridge when it didn't do anything for you.

The Bridge? - That the Iain M Banks one? -I'm not really into his books at all. Hence the giving/ selling of them We can meet in the park at one, one day during the week if you want?. Two birds with one stone and all.

I think The Tesseract was his eagerly awaited second novel, that turned out to be pants.

Oh, whilst I'm at it, don't suppose you want White Teeth by Zadie Wahtshername?

White Teeth? Smith I think she is. And yes please .

Okies, I'll bring: Bill Hicks; The Tesseract; White Teeth. Do you want to meet tomorrow at one (that way I get to see my builders)?

Okies. I'll bring my dog.

Currently now reading A book called "Night" For my reading class at school, It's kinda sad to me

I finished Alice's Adventures in Wonderland yesterday, and now I'm re-reading it just because I loved it so much.

"The master was an old turtle - we used to call him Tortise"
"Why did you call him Tortise, if he wasn't one?"
"We called him Tortise because he taught us" "Really, you are very dull!"

If you like that, try reading his Sylvie and Bruno stories (if you haven't already). They are almost as bizzarre, and I might go as far to say they are as good!

I'm reading "The Duchess of Malfi" by John Webster. It's part of next years reading so I figured I'd get cracking on it now! It's quite interesting but sometimes difficult to follow - well, it is for me. . . I'm easily distracted!

Ooooh - shiny!

Fal xXx

Currently reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson. It is an excellent book

A Clockwork Orange . Disturbing but interesting. So far I've had my pal Iurii help me work out the meanings of all the Russian that Burgess uses, but when he goes home to University Saturday I will be utterly lost. Either that or have to do something drastic, like get off me bum and look up the words on the internet (!).

Just finished Bobby Robson's autobiography "Farewell but not Goodbye" and what an utter steaming turd it was too.

Just got finished with some really good John Ringo books. He writes sci-fi of the "aliens are taking over the world and let's kill them all" type. Sound cheesy from the description, but really quite fascinating. I'm addicted to good science fiction and fantasy.

Kurt Vonnegut - God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. I'm a budding Vonnegut fan and I've been devouring this one all day.

Currently in the middle of re-reading "The Thief Lord"

That's a fantastic book!

/general "hoorays!"

I've just finished The Tempest which was quite good. The epilogue is now Sharpied onto my doorframe now (which is where all good bits of books end up). Also, I've been nostalgia-diving in Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, which is delightful. While road-tripping, I also devoured Animal Farm, Catch-22, and The Amber Spyglass. All were lovely, particularly Catch-22, which I hadn't read before.

Big Bang by Simon Singh. It's a 500 page explaination of why and how the Universe started, preceeded by a short history of science up to now, including all the major discoveries and theories. It's making my brain hurt.

I have been reading The Birth Of Tradegy by Friedric Nietchze (Sorry if I spelt that wrong- I have difficulty even pronouncing it ) but as a softer alternative for when I am fed up with the length of his sentences, I have been reaing A Brief History Of Time (for the thirdish time).

And some Dahl...

I'm currently reading "White Apples" by Jonathan Carroll. Tis very interesting - bout a man who dies and then comes back to life to fulfill a purpose. I'm not wanting to give to much away, y'know, just in case someone reads it. . . But, very good and I urge people to go read it!


Fal xXx

Sorry but the last thing I read was The Daily Mirror at work yesterday while I was eating my lunch. Good horoscopes though!

This has nothing to do with the book I'm currently reading, But it is very interresting

Yesterday as a extra credit thing for my reading class, Me and 6 other kids when to the Centre Collage in Danville and watched the opening of the new school year ceremony, And got to see and hear Elie Weisel (We were reading his first book Night as you may recall from my later post) And it was very interresting. He was also awarded "Doctor of humane letters" And I think I got tired from clapping for so long. All in all he was a fasanating speaker and Afterwards we got to eat out. ^.^ Hazah for italian food!

Anything written by Celia Rees.

I especially like the Witch Child. I like it because all her characters are fake but all the dates and historical facts in the book are correct and accurate, especially the dates of the events. This made it more believe able.