A couple of years ago I lived in France and the boyfriend of one of my friends there was given a copy for her birthday. I always intended to read it too and now there has been a movie of it I want to read it even more (but before seeing the movie of course). I speak French so have no real excuse not to read it in the language it was intended for.

A nice little book to dip into. I haven’t actually put any of it’s ideas into practice but I love reading it and hopefully I’ll be able to sometime in the future.

It almost put me off one day having kids just out of the fear of having one like Kevin!

Although it’s not my favourite I feel that relegating it to the ‘not worth reading’ pile is a little unfair. It is true that you do spend much of the time feeling sick but at the same time I found it amazing that his writing can have such a profound physical effect. And as for people fainting at his readings well, wow.

I found the short stories much better than the interlocking main story but still all in all a good read.

This was the first of Chuck Palahniuk’s books that I read and turned me into an obsessive when it comes to this author. He is just brilliant. Survivor is by far my favourite out of what I have read so far. It has been about 3 years or so since I last read it and it would probably be a good idea to read it again and see whether it still has the same impact after having read many more of his books.

The Time Traveler’s Wife is my favourite book of all time! There are few books that I can (or want to) read over again and have it still be as fresh and emotional. As I have already said, love love love this book and the paperback copy I have has been passed around many of my friends and is looking lovingly worn and tattered. I would say that there should be a movie made of it but it just would not do the characters or the story line justice and the sense that this is a complete work of art that should not be tampered with, would be lost.