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13th. I think 10 was her start order number.

The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster?) was something I read at 9 or thereabouts. Also The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and The Witch of Blackbird Pond.

^ I used to like Harding's skating, but by the time Albertville rolled around I'd come to the conclusion that she was her own worst enemy.

This. Performance ability often tips the scales for me. I almost always prefer the skater who enjoys putting on a show.

If I had to bet money, I'd bet on Kolyada. I think he's got more potential than Kovtun. Plus I just like his overall skating better.

Very few, as you say but some fans don't let facts get in the way of such silly suggestions.

It's a common reaction when a singles skater is struggling. Caroline Zhang, for example.

Yes. Then again, I also liked The House of the Seven Gables, Babbitt, and Dombey & Son. I guess I have peculiar taste in books.

I haven't read Jude yet, but I have read The Way of All Flesh, which I liked so much that I replaced my paperback copy with the hardcover Everyman's Library edition.

I've decided to tell Ms. Archer "Better luck next time" and spend some time with Edith Wharton's first volume of short stories. I've read several of her novels and novellas, but none of her short stories.

I actually liked Emma as a character. She was misguided, thoughtless, and more than a little full of herself, but she grew up by the end.

A Simple Story is still in print if you're curious. Just pulled out my copy - Austen may have split heroine # 1 (Miss Milner) into Maria Bertram and Mary Crawford.

@Jenny : An interesting article which sheds some light on why Austen may have chosen that particular play.

Interesting article on Fanny Price/Mansfield Park Factoid: The "scandalous" play performed in the novel, The Lovers' Vows, was translated by Elizabeth Inchbald in 1798. Inchbald was an actress and playwright who also wrote two novels. A Simple Story (1791), her first novel, features two...

I love all of Austen's novels, even Northanger Abbey, which a lot people seem to dismiss as a "lesser" novel.