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I've already started The Count, supplemented by one of the Librivox recordings for when I walk to and from work.

We touched upon Quixote at school (I was brought up in Spain) but I never really fancied reading it. One day I will get around to it, probably in its original form.

I grabbed an unabridged version for under a quid.

The length is what is tearing me between it and something shorter and probably lighter like The Spy that came in from the cold. It's under 300 pages and I should get through it in 2 or 3 days and I can start on something else, whereas the former I will have to devote a month to it like I did The Brothers Karamazov.

Not that that's a bad thing, of course.

Just finished Slaughterhouse Five.

In two minds whether to start on Count of Monte Cristo or delve into some John Le Carré. I've heard 'Spy that came in from the cold' is rather brilliant

This is fucking ridiculous though.

Tried reading Catch 22 over the weekend but cannot for the life of me get into it. Decided to shelf it for now and started reading Slaughterhouse Five instead.

For "last stop" you can use ultima parada. This would apply for buses, trains etc

So, you could say:

Cual es la ultima parada? (Which is the last stop?)
Es ésta la ultima parada? (Is this the last stop?)
Es x la ultima parada? (Is x the last stop?)

Hope this helps. If you need anything else, drop us a PM.

I use it. It's pretty good, although I don't trust it to go fully automatic - I review the results and manually delete stuff. It's very accurate.

Have a good 'un lads. I'd love to pop by but of all nights, I can't.

Was compelled to read this after reading a blurb about it on /r/books. I devoured it in one sitting, constantly checking the page count and telling myself I really should get to sleep but couldn't put it down, I needed to see what happened. Don't you just love it when you get a book like that?

In the end I got to sleep around 4am (and felt like death when the kids woke me up at 7 demanding breakfast).

Great premise, a bit let down by the ending though, sadly.

Fake bomb detector husband jailed for three years

Mr Tree claimed the detectors could track down missing people if a photograph of them was placed inside

Seems legit

accidental renaissance

Since Christmas (and moreso since I stopped counting calories) I have managed to go from 69kg to 74kg. Drastic action is going to be needed if I want to get in my suit for the xmas party this year. More miles, less cake, or both.

^ I've heard good things. Hoping to pick it up myself once I've finished what I'm on at the moment.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-you-have-sex-in-an-mri-machi

Finished Pinball 1973 a few days ago. About half way through Blind Woman, Sleeping Willow but I'm going to take a bit of a fiction break, so I picked this up yesterday:

Ahhhh. :-)

Perhaps I should be naive?

Ok, maybe I'm being naive ...

Nazi salutes draped in Union Jacks, brand new levels of WTF

I started on Hear The Wind Sing yesterday, got Pinball lined up for after. I read Wild Sheep Chase a few months ago. I was my first Murakami after trying 1Q84 and not getting past a few chapters - found it wasn't going anywhere and I gave up. I wasn't quite sure what to make of Sheep Chase either but when I finished it I couldn't stop thinking about it.

Just joined our local library (recently moved) and taking the kids up there after work to grab some books (they are excited as fuck, and quite frankly so am I. It pleases me no end that they are keen on books already at their age). Not sure what to pick up for myself though, there isn't really much of a selection as its a small library but I did spot a couple of Murakamis: Norwegian Wood and Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman. I was thinking Norwegian Wood, I've heard good things about it. The only other Murakami I've read is Wild Sheep Chase.

What film was this from?

Oldie but goldie

^ Good luck with that.

I finally put The Brothers Karamazov to bed after just over a month. I have to admit literally skimming over some of the courtroom scenes towards the end because I just wanted to get the fucking thing over with.

I've now just started reading I Am Pilgrim and, in contrast, I am 183 pages in after only several hours. With TBK I would be lucky to get 20 pages done in day.

Anyone read Pilgrim? It's pretty good so far.

Space?