Arty Kitkat
I've got a few on list of things to read shelf - The Book of Dave by Will Self, Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow and My Latest Grievance by Elinor Lipman. I love Goodreads and have a whole stack of books that I'd like to read saved there http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/2391937-kat-clark?format=html&shelf=to-read
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I'm reading Chocolat by Joanne Harris
I've read The Time Travellers Wife, Persuasion, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Secret History, The Lovely Bones, Dracula, The Secret Garden and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I've also had a few read to me as a child but I'm guessing that doesn't count. I'm surprised Frankenstein wasn't on there - that was one of the darkest but best reads I've read in a while. I'm also reading Emma at the moment so I can't tick that off fairly soon.
sounds like a cool idea 
I had a look for both of you but there were quite a few people with both user names. What I did find though is that you can apparently follow this link http://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?i=LTM2MDQ3MTMxMjk6Mzcw - and it takes you to my profile page (of something like that :/)
I'm reading Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods. He's a v funny man ;)
Laurel that sounds similar to the ap I have for my ds - its 100 classics and I've read 6 so far (Secret Garden, 2 Sherlock Holmes books, Dr Jeckyl & Mr Hyde, White Thang and Call of the Wild) - v good value for money
I'm reading the Minotaur takes a cigarette break and I'm loving it. Its beautifully written, so much so that I almost don't want to finish it.
The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder (I hope I spelt that right) - that was brilliant and I read it in 4 days.
Now reading the Minotaur takes a cigarette break and that's beautifully written - I don't want to finish it :/
It good for that too. I also enjoy reading others reviews of the books I've read. I read Before I Die last year and, as you can imagine by the title, it didn't have a happy ending. I wept buckets at the end (although it was oddly uplifting too) and it actually made me feel good to read others reviews and see that others were equally affected and bereft at the end.
A lot of the stuff I wrote was very dark. I think I wrote this one when I was about 17 and I was extremely depressed then and I think I was thinking a lot about death and other cheery stuff I also liked putting a bit of dark humour in too. I loved your one about wearing glasses. I've been in that situation so many times that its nice to have a little witty comeback I'll have to search around for some more.
I'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.
I'm reading a couple at the moment - How to be Idle by Tom Hodgekinson and one by Thomas Hardy, Under the Greenwood Tree.
I used to write loads when I was depressed but as I had a massive great stretch between black clouds I haven't written any for ages. As the black cloud has returned though I should try it again. I found it very freeing and an excellent means of expressing all the nasty shit in my head. heres one from donkeys years ago
My Dear But Fallen Bride
Rainwater sp;ashed and fell onto his gun
Tears rolled down his face, he yelled but could not run
The air cracked, rumbled and echoed round the sky
He knelt beside her figure and his face began to cry
Acid tears swelled and burned into his face
His mind was overflowing with a cold and empty space
He tapped his foot unhinging clods of dirt
The earth shifted and peppered her sodden skirt
Water filled her mouth as he tried his best to hide
The clear but shattered shape of his dear but fallen bride
Oh WOW!!! Thats it - Thank you so much for finding that, I have trawled the internet trying everything and wasn't getting anywhere. I found a lot of other stuff of hers that was also nice but not this one. So thanks again
My dad read me the series of books about Carbonal the witches cat and I would have loved to have him Also the borrowers would be so cool to meet. Sherlock Holmes also has to be a must, I love his cutting little observations. Also Tessa in the novel Before I Die. Thats an amazing book, not a happy ending as you can probably guess from the title and I'd have probably wanted to give her a slap a few times but I wept buckets when she died and almost felt I needed to say goodbye.