bleachededen wrote:Let's do this thing!

But take it easy on me 'cause I'm reading and discussing two books at once, and both require and deserve my full attention.

I'm right there with you....I hope I can read fast enough

Me too! Or shall I say yo también? Luckily, tilting at windmills is a favorite activity of mine

I've read bits of this in Spanish, but I think it will be much more fun to read it straight through in my native language.

I'm so glad you started this topic, it will be interesting to get everyone's responses! I have also always been passionate about music. As a child, I constantly listened to the radio (mostly the golden oldies radio station, as well as the rock stations). It didn't take long for me to learn the words...

Also, I have all my books in Delicious Library, so if I ever want to peruse and see only things I've not read, that's very easy to do. I have Delicious Library as well, and I love it. I just found all the Library of Congress call numbers for my books, and I think I'm going to start organizing them ...

The story can be read as "what happens to someone who forgets (try to live beyond) their station in life." Since this is Gogol I doubt that is what he intended. More like "there is no joy or justice for those who strive for a little bit of happiness in this unfair world." I agre...

When I was in grade school/junior high, the "gifted" class (or extra challenges for intelligent students, whatever they call it these days) consisted of myself and three other boys who spent most of their time goofing off while I was trying to be serious about gaining the extra learning. ...

Yes, "Saw" is mostly after the "shock effect." It's not really a movie that'll make your paranoid for the rest of the night. The term, I believe, is "torture porn." I'm not a big fan of that term, but I do love the Saw movies. The last one actually made a sort-of state...

wilde wrote:I like this book, but my favorite book by that author (Philippa Gregory) is definitely "Fallen Skies."

That looks really interesting! Thanks for recommending it, I've just put that on my (far too long already) to read list.

Thanks, everyone, for the fantastic discussion on methods and measurement! It's really awesome to come to the forum and see so many great posts on the topic. Just goes to show that this forum is really great :D It just kills me when I read or hear about something interesting and can't remember the s...

Friday the 13th. I was four and I snuck out of bed and went downstairs. I only saw about three minutes of it but.......Ick :( This is one of the first horror movies I saw, it terrified me as well! I got nightmares from The Good Son , strangely enough. For the most part, I was pretty unperturbed by ...