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three books you wont put down till you reach the last page: "life of pi" - yann martel (picadoorbooks.com) "here comes robert kingdom" - peter mc cluskey(location27books.com) "lustrum" - robert harris (randomhouse.co.uk)

Yep, all the time. It tends to be a mix between fiction and non fiction though (Like a history/Biographical/Political book and a novel) I occasionally do this with two works of fiction, for example when I'm reading a book in a series but also want to try out a different kind of book at the same time, thus taking away any 'impatience' involved with reading a long series of books.

When you leave them laughing, it's usually a comedy. Traditionally, the genre honoured social cohesion in the form of a wedding, bringing all protagonists onstage for a party... Star-crossed lovers are granted wish fulfilment. think Panto. Tragedy... Pity, Fear, Catharsis... Social issues thrashed out. Could go on all day with this. Read Bergson on "Laughter". They say that the end of each comedy has the ingredients of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Porkpie It is a great read as long as you can put up with the annoyingly frequent usage of the expression 'God damn'! I read it in school and never really appreciated it. I read it again recently, partly for nostalgia. It's a very easy read and you'll fly through it. The more you can relate to the protagonist the more you'll enjoy it I'd say. Yeah, haha. And also "it killed...

When I was a kid I would always have at least five books on the go at a time. Now, not so much.

Peter F. Hamilton is a fantastic space opera author; sprawling canvas, imaginitive technologies, vivid characters, excellent plots and very well written. If you haven't encountered his work yet, I envy you His most recent stuff is The Commonwealth Saga, which is excellent. I enjoyed his earlier trilogy, "The Night's Dawn", but it's a little hokey and probably a bit too heavy on the sex.

Here is another I like.. It's by Minnie Louise Haskins and part of it was included in King George VI's Christmas speech of 1939. I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.' And he replied, 'Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way!' So I went forth and finding the...

I think theres a firm psychological reasoning as to why something like this would appear to work. If you anticipate good things happening your going to specifically look for them which means two things a) you make a big deal out of small good things and say thats the good thing you wanted and b) you will tend to ignore the bad things. My mother manifested money. A year later she went to the bank and they gave her a loan. She said that was her...

Ah I remember those farms books, had forgotten about them until now! I remember my shock at the fact that the kids had to get up at 5am to milk cows and stuff

In Shakespeare, and some others: Comedy= ends well Tragedy= ends bad