April 2010
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What Hogwarts House are You In? 3rd April 2010I've taken several sorting tests over the years, including the official one on the Warner Brothers' Harry Potter website, and always have been sorted into Ravenclaw. :3 I'm a big HP fan, and I loved Cho Chang and Luna Lovegood, and especially the finishing stories involving...37 replies · Last reply over 14 years ago
January 2010
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Does anyone else use Goodreads? 24th January 2010I'm Kathakana on this and I really like that I can link it to my blog as well as keep a record of what I've read.11 replies · Last reply almost 15 years ago
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Which literary figure do you wish you had the chance to meet? 21st January 2010For me, it's always been Sherlock Holmes. I think that he and I are actually similar in many ways--obviously not how I am overemotional, of course. ;) I'd like to hope that he could make conversation with me. I've also always had a soft spot for harry potter. ;) What can I...30 replies · Last reply almost 15 years ago
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Whats your favorite poem? 16th January 2010my favorite poet is Ady Endre.I love his poetry. In front of Good Prince Silence I walk the forest in the moonlight and whistle through my chattering teeth stalking behind me ten feet tall Good Prince Silence - "mercy" - I tremble, dare not turn. "Mercy" - I tremble, dare not...32 replies · Last reply almost 15 years ago
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need books to read 3rd January 2010give me some new ideas? What should I read next?11 replies · Last reply almost 15 years ago
December 2009
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Let's write a neverending story! 31st December 2009I used to play this in Young Artists and Writers' Society...It's so fun! Here's how it works: I'll write the first 2 sentences, and the next person writes 2, whatever you want, then the next, then the next! Get creative people! That's why we're here, isn't it? I want this to...27 replies · Last reply almost 15 years ago
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What'd ya dream last night? 31st December 2009OK, so I have weird dreams sometimes that stick with me all day. Last night, I dreamed Harry Potter had made a friend called Roland, who was black, and had been hanging out with him and his younger sister a lot. Somehow, in a lightly Brokeback way, he and Roland had this...7 replies · Last reply almost 15 years ago
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Books to Films 5th December 2009I started this thread as I've just found out that a film version of The Lovely Bones is due out next year. I'm a bit dubious as it was one of my favourite books. I also absolutely adored the Time travellers Wife and avoided watching the film of that in case it spoiled it. What...6 replies · Last reply almost 15 years ago
September 2009
August 2009
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STUFFED MAGAZINE 11th August 2009while in philly earlier this summer, i picked up volume 2 at a bookstore. and ABSOLUTELY fell in love! ive been trying to find volume 1. but i can't seem to find it :/ the link you would of ordered from is sold out! i've just gotta find this magazine, do you guys have any idea...0 replies · Last reply over 15 years ago
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Books on Making Your Own Patterns? 7th August 2009I want to learn to make my own patterns, but I can't find any books on it. does anyone know of any?1 reply · Last reply over 15 years ago
July 2009
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idea: cut out and keep book club 10th July 2009who would be up for that?23 replies · Last reply over 15 years ago
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Characters in Books that you miss when you finish the book 5th July 2009I started this as I was adding to the current thread on what your reading and it got me thinking about when I read the Rainmaker. When I finished that I really missed Rudy (the main character). It was like he was someone I'd got to know. I wandered if anyone else has had that?...25 replies · Last reply over 15 years ago
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FINAL CONFESSION OF GEORGIA NICOLSON!¬!!!!!!!!!! 4th July 2009OKAY I AM SHOUTING CAPPLOCKS! THE LAST BOOK, TITLED'ARE THESE MY BASOOMAS I SEE BEFORE' IS OUTÂ!!!! BUT AT BLUEWATER TODAY AT 12 O'CLOCK SHE IS DOING A SIGNE=ING!!!!!!!WOOOOOO I CANT MAKE IT BUT I HAVE RESERVED ONE TO BE SIGNED AND A MESSAGE AS WELL. i RESERVED ONE FOR MY...3 replies · Last reply over 15 years ago
April 2009
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Marked (the house of night series) 27th April 2009I just finished the first book(Marked) today. It's about Vampire finishing school. Thats all im going to say about it. I hate when people give stuff away. I think they are becoming quite popular. there are 4 books no and there are supposed to be 12 published in all. It took a...7 replies · Last reply over 15 years ago
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word of the day 5th April 2009grandiloquent \gran-DIL-uh-kwuhnt\, adjective: Lofty in style; pompous; bombastic. He became more than usually grandiloquent as if to make up for the years of silence with words of gold. -- Peter Ackroyd, "Supreme man of letters", Times (London), November 22, 2000 The more...6 replies · Last reply over 15 years ago
March 2009
February 2009
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Story about a grandma who gets super powers when she eats porridge? 22nd February 2009Does anyone remember a story (or stories) about a grandma who eats porridge and then gets super powers? Think Popeye but with a porridge-eating grandma haha. She thinks she's going mad because she remembers these stories but we can't find out what they are as google is turning...7 replies · Last reply over 15 years ago
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GASP! I dont love Twilight 21st February 2009I just don't like twilight. Everyone freaks over that, they call me crazy and such, but its true! I don't like twilight! I have plenty of reasons why I dont like the book and for those of you who will try to convince me its amazing and Im a stupid cow go suck some...nose?...60 replies · Last reply almost 16 years ago
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Good Books? 16th February 2009Hey guys, I really need some advice on some good books to read... I like fantasy type books and...a variety of others. Some books I've really enjoyed: The Da Vinci Code Angels and Demons A Boy Called It (and the sequels) The Death Gate Series Memoirs of a Geisha Harry Potter...24 replies · Last reply almost 16 years ago
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one of those books you just can't put down 5th February 2009The Pillars of the Earth, great read. I think Harry Potter was like that as well. Twillight series45 replies · Last reply almost 16 years ago
January 2009
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I feel so inspired!!! 23rd January 2009I've just been on a trip to listen to poets read their poetry (some of which I am studying) and I feel so inspired. I write my own poetry but now my pen bleeds with the words I need to write! Has anyone else done anything like that before?3 replies · Last reply almost 16 years ago
December 2008
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online reading 14th December 2008I enjoy reading the bbc news and the CBC news online. My bf loves to read webcomics1 reply · Last reply almost 16 years ago
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newspapers 14th December 2008do you read any? Local, international? I enjoy the globe and mail from Toronto. I used to read the republic[local paper] but it went under0 replies · Last reply almost 16 years ago
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Favorite book? 14th December 2008whats your favorite book? i love the vanished! XD36 replies · Last reply almost 16 years ago
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xmas stories 9th December 2008which one is your fave? I like the little candle girl the night b4 xmas1 reply · Last reply almost 16 years ago
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Writing! 8th December 2008What do you think of my new poem? I want constructive criticism that'll help me make it better! Thanks X] [b]Losing Ground[/b] Every day Every hour Every second Stability slips away, leaves me in an ocean, leaves me to drown, to die, to sink to the bottom every minute, every...0 replies · Last reply almost 16 years ago
November 2008
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Marketing books for homemade jewellery? 2nd November 2008Does anyone know of any books on marketing homemade crafts and jewellery? I've found a few but they are based in the US so they don't have anything on UK Tax and stuff. If anyone knows of any please let me know, thanks. *high five1 reply · Last reply about 16 years ago
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best bathtub read 1st November 2008I like those really girly fiction books like Shopaholic in the bath. Its great fun12 replies · Last reply about 16 years ago
October 2008