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Malanee wrote: the stripper who wrote Juno.

Poor Diablo Cody. She won the Oscar - can we not just call her a screenwriter yet?

I'm still reading Vanity Fair, but I also just started A Spot of Bother, which I like to say repeatedly in a British accent.

So far it's good. It's from the same guy who wrote The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

Okay, so my Anne books are all buried in my basement storage. (how appalling!) So I picked up "Vanity Fair" by Thackeray - I do loves me some Victorian novels. Hopefully this will cure my reading slump...

I can't read, what's wrong with me? I can't concentrate on anything.

Although Spudd gave me an idea. Anne books make everything better...

I'm now reading "Schulz and Peanuts", an autobiography of Charles Schulz. It's very interesting, and it makes you realize how sad the comic strip really was.

Yay Jane Austen, Eponine!

I'm reading Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry. He's such an excellent writer. And Silvia, it's way less depressing than A Fine Balance was.

Yay Rowan!

Did I ever tell you guys Margaret Atwood came to my work? So I looked up her address in the system. Now I could stalk her. But I won't. Probably.

I'm reading the New Yorker winter fiction issue. La dee da.

Spudd, Thomas Hardy is one of my FAVOURITE authors. He's such a downer.

I list in a book, too! It actually says "Book Notes" on it and has all these sections. I don't use half of them though. (Like "Favourite Quotes". Too much writing...)

I also started the 50 Book Challenge on LibraryThing.

You read lots more than me. I only read 43.

How come you just stopped at Harry Potter 6?

Trumped!

I'm reading Eat, Pray, Love and am simultaneously enjoying the talk of travel, and being annoyed by her attitude.

I just spent 10 minutes choosing the all-important airplane book. This is a serious matter, people.

I picked Runaway by Alice Munro.

Now I'm reading "Shakespeare: His Life and Work" by Anthony Holden.

Yeah, I'm pretty much a nerd.

In a strange moment of synchronicity, I'm reading "Divisadero" by Michael Ondaatje right as he was given the Governor General's Award. It's really good.

Poisonwood Bible? Ew.

Let's hold out hope that I like Time Traveller's Wife. It's on my TBR list!

I enjoy that we have such different tastes. It's very sportsmanly.

Now, make your own list so I can point out the ones I don't like.

This is in no particular order, right? I can pick 10, but I cannot rank them. :lol 1. The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood 2. In the Skin of a Lion - Michael Ondaatje 3. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 4. Fall on your Knees - Ann-Marie Macdonald 5. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (most def...

NEVER veto Nick Hornby in my presence!

Go reread your smelly Kite Runner. Blech.

Sílvia wrote:How can I vote on a genre alone?

Well, because it's just a matter of what I'm in the mood for. They'll both get read eventually, anyway.

And what was the other choice?

"The Time in Between" by David Bergen?

I held out allll niiiiight looooong. It was very hard. Thanks Spudd, Nick Hornby it is!