Read Any Good Books Lately?

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll - yes
2. 1984 - George Orwell - yes
3. The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien - lost interest after page 1
4. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - couldn't face
5. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy - no
6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle - all the short stories and 4 novels
7. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - yes (at school)
8. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - yes
9. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - yes
10. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - no
11. Bleak House - Charles Dickens - yes
12. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - read to the kids if that counts
13. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - yes
14. The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank - yes
15. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens - yes
16. Fifty Shades trilogy - EL James - definitely not
17. And Then There were None - Agatha Christie - no
18. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - yes (again at school)
19. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - yes
20. The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger - yes

I make that 14/20

[The Mad Hatter 1,092]

I have only read 1984 the rest I have never read.

[Bibliogryphon 9,588]

 

1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll - yes
2. 1984 - George Orwell - yes
3. The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien - lost interest after page 1
4. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - couldn't face
5. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy - no
6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle - all the short stories and 4 novels
7. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - yes (at school)
8. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - yes
9. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - yes
10. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - no
11. Bleak House - Charles Dickens - yes
12. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - read to the kids if that counts
13. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - yes
14. The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank - yes
15. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens - yes
16. Fifty Shades trilogy - EL James - definitely not
17. And Then There were None - Agatha Christie - no
18. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - yes (again at school)
19. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - yes
20. The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger - yes

I make that 14/20

 

 

Reading to the kids definitely counts.

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219]

I have only read 1984 the rest I have never read.

One step at a time kid, one step at a time....

[Phantom 2,535]

 

 

1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll - yes
2. 1984 - George Orwell - yes
3. The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien - lost interest after page 1
4. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - couldn't face
5. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy - no
6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle - all the short stories and 4 novels
7. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - yes (at school)
8. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - yes
9. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - yes
10. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - no
11. Bleak House - Charles Dickens - yes
12. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - read to the kids if that counts
13. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - yes
14. The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank - yes
15. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens - yes
16. Fifty Shades trilogy - EL James - definitely not
17. And Then There were None - Agatha Christie - no
18. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - yes (again at school)
19. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - yes
20. The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger - yes

I make that 14/20

 

 

Reading to the kids definitely counts.

 

 

Reading to the kids definitely counts. I've read quite a few of Roald Dahl's books to my son, and I've started reading The Hobbit to him.

MK, I think possibly the school syllabus has changed. For school we would have read 1984, To Kill a Mockinbird, Great Expectations, The Great Gatsby, and The Catcher In The Rye.

[Magere Hein 1,400]

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (Yes)
• 1984 - George Orwell (Yes)
• The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien (Yes)
• War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy (No)
• Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy (No)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle (Some of them, not all)
• To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (No)
• David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (Started reading a Dutch translation, but abandoned the read after some 100 pages)
• Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (No)
• Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (No)
• Bleak House - Charles Dickens (No)
• Harry Potter series - JK Rowling (I read most of them. They get worse as they get thicker. I gave up after the Half-Blood Prince)
• Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (No)
• The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank (Yes, in Dutch)
• Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens (No)
• Fifty Shades trilogy - EL James (No)
• And Then There were None - Agatha Christie (Yes)
• The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald (No)
• Catch 22 - Joseph Heller (Yes)
• The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger (No, but all Salinger's other books)

Oh well. No French? Or German?

[Bibliogryphon 9,588]

 

 

 

1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll - yes
2. 1984 - George Orwell - yes
3. The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien - lost interest after page 1
4. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - couldn't face
5. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy - no
6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle - all the short stories and 4 novels
7. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - yes (at school)
8. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - yes
9. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - yes
10. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - no
11. Bleak House - Charles Dickens - yes
12. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - read to the kids if that counts
13. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - yes
14. The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank - yes
15. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens - yes
16. Fifty Shades trilogy - EL James - definitely not
17. And Then There were None - Agatha Christie - no
18. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - yes (again at school)
19. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - yes
20. The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger - yes

I make that 14/20

 

 

Reading to the kids definitely counts.

 

 

Reading to the kids definitely counts. I've read quite a few of Roald Dahl's books to my son, and I've started reading The Hobbit to him.

MK, I think possibly the school syllabus has changed. For school we would have read 1984, To Kill a Mockinbird, Great Expectations, The Great Gatsby, and The Catcher In The Rye.

 

 

None of the books I did at school were on the list. I did The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, A Kind of Loving, Lark Rise to Candleford and Billy Liar and the wretched Kes in English Lang.

[Lard Bazaar 3,800]

One and a half.

[Phantom 2,535]

 

 

 

 

1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll - yes
2. 1984 - George Orwell - yes
3. The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien - lost interest after page 1
4. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - couldn't face
5. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy - no
6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle - all the short stories and 4 novels
7. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - yes (at school)
8. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - yes
9. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - yes
10. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - no
11. Bleak House - Charles Dickens - yes
12. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - read to the kids if that counts
13. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - yes
14. The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank - yes
15. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens - yes
16. Fifty Shades trilogy - EL James - definitely not
17. And Then There were None - Agatha Christie - no
18. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - yes (again at school)
19. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - yes
20. The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger - yes

I make that 14/20

 

 

Reading to the kids definitely counts.

 

 

Reading to the kids definitely counts. I've read quite a few of Roald Dahl's books to my son, and I've started reading The Hobbit to him.

MK, I think possibly the school syllabus has changed. For school we would have read 1984, To Kill a Mockinbird, Great Expectations, The Great Gatsby, and The Catcher In The Rye.

 

 

None of the books I did at school were on the list. I did The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, A Kind of Loving, Lark Rise to Candleford and Billy Liar and the wretched Kes in English Lang.

 

 

We did Billy Liar and Kestral For A Knave.

One I had to read while off sick from school one time was "A Pair of Jesus Boots" by Sylvia Sherry. It was in the same sort of setting as Kestral For A Knave, it was an ok-ish book but I can't remember anything about it apart from the title.

[Magere Hein 1,400]

None of the books I did at school were on the list. I did The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, A Kind of Loving, Lark Rise to Candleford and Billy Liar and the wretched Kes in English Lang.

Books I read for my exam in English language and literature:

• Kiss Kiss - Roald Dahl
• Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
• The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
• The Third Man - Graham Greene
• Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
• Moby Dick - Herman Melville
• Animal Farm - George Orwell
• The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
• The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare
• Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
• The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig

and two books I can't remember, presumably thin ones.

[YoungWillz 21,062]

My read books from the list:

1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle (Some of them, not all)
3. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
4. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
5. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
6. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
7. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

Literally could not face the small print, thick book versions of Lord Of The Rings, War And Peace, Anna Karenina, all of which I started and gave up on.

 

They should do a list for poetry which I love, and where are Robert Louis Stevenson, Dashiell Hammett and Daniel Defoe?

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

 

 

 

 

 

1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll - yes
2. 1984 - George Orwell - yes
3. The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien - lost interest after page 1
4. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - couldn't face
5. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy - no
6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle - all the short stories and 4 novels
7. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - yes (at school)
8. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - yes
9. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - yes
10. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - no
11. Bleak House - Charles Dickens - yes
12. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - read to the kids if that counts
13. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - yes
14. The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank - yes
15. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens - yes
16. Fifty Shades trilogy - EL James - definitely not
17. And Then There were None - Agatha Christie - no
18. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - yes (again at school)
19. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - yes
20. The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger - yes

I make that 14/20

 

 

Reading to the kids definitely counts.

 

 

Reading to the kids definitely counts. I've read quite a few of Roald Dahl's books to my son, and I've started reading The Hobbit to him.

MK, I think possibly the school syllabus has changed. For school we would have read 1984, To Kill a Mockinbird, Great Expectations, The Great Gatsby, and The Catcher In The Rye.

 

 

None of the books I did at school were on the list. I did The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, A Kind of Loving, Lark Rise to Candleford and Billy Liar and the wretched Kes in English Lang.

 

 

We did Billy Liar and Kestral For A Knave.

One I had to read while off sick from school one time was "A Pair of Jesus Boots" by Sylvia Sherry. It was in the same sort of setting as Kestral For A Knave, it was an ok-ish book but I can't remember anything about it apart from the title.

 

The Great

 

 

None of the books I did at school were on the list. I did The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, A Kind of Loving, Lark Rise to Candleford and Billy Liar and the wretched Kes in English Lang.

Books I read for my exam in English language and literature:

• Kiss Kiss - Roald Dahl
• Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
• The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
• The Third Man - Graham Greene
• Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
• Moby Dick - Herman Melville
• Animal Farm - George Orwell
• The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
• The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare
• Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
• The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig

and two books I can't remember, presumably thin ones.

 

The Great Gatsby was still recent when I at school! When I read Harry Potter to the kids I just read the words I took no notice of them.

[Bibliogryphon 9,588]

 

None of the books I did at school were on the list. I did The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, A Kind of Loving, Lark Rise to Candleford and Billy Liar and the wretched Kes in English Lang.

Books I read for my exam in English language and literature:

• Kiss Kiss - Roald Dahl
• Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
• The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
• The Third Man - Graham Greene
• Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
• Moby Dick - Herman Melville
• Animal Farm - George Orwell
• The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
• The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare
• Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
• The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig

and two books I can't remember, presumably thin ones.

 

 

That is quite impressive for a second language. It looks like you would have to have read more books than equivalent English kids.

 

Going back to the original list why do people lie about having read books?

 

Are they ashamed or are they just trying to pretend they are more intelligent than they are?

 

I once went to a B5 convention (against my better judgement) but during one of the panels an actor revealed that he was auditioning for a part in the Lord of the Rings movie which caused a ripple of excitement in the audience. Someone then asked him which role he would like to play and it was fascinating to watch the moment of panic when he realised that it was obvious he had never read Lord of the Rings whereas most of the audience certainly had.

 

The book I note which was not on the list was Wuthering Heights. Is it that people just don't lie about that one?

[RandomCanadian 105]

 

BBC Store has compiled a list of the 20 books or book series that people have most lied about reading.

How many of them have you actually read? Be honest... (I nicked that from the BBC site)

I'll mark off the ones I've read.

1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (Maybe in grade 7)
2. 1984 - George Orwell (Yes)
3. The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien (No)
4. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy (It is referenced in my yearbook write up but I don't think I actually read it - No or DNF)
5. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy (No)
6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle (The Hound of the Baskervilles I think then watched the movie in class)
7. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (No)
8. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (No)
9. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (No)
10. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (DNF)
11. Bleak House - Charles Dickens (No)
12. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling (YES)
13. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (DNF)
14. The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank (DNF)
15. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens (No)
16. Fifty Shades trilogy - EL James (Finished Book one, currently reading Book 2)
17. And Then There were None - Agatha Christie (I've read at least one Agatha Christie novel, just can't remember which one)
18. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald (No)
19. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller (DNF)
20. The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger (No)

Despite reading as much as as I do; I fail at this list...

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BBC Store has compiled a list of the 20 books or book series that people have most lied about reading.

How many of them have you actually read? Be honest... (I nicked that from the BBC site)

I'll mark off the ones I've read.

[*]Alice's Adventures in Wonderland... <snip>

 

I apparently have no life.

 

I've read all of them except 50 Shades of Soccer Mom Hotpants, which I believe illustrates my amazing levels of discretion and class.

 

I will confess that a lot of this reading was required in one class or another. I firmly believe that Tolstoy and Ayn Rand should only be opened when grades are on the line. To do so under other circumstances is to risk sanity and vision, not to mention walls and light fixtures.

[Bibliogryphon 9,588]

My daughter read the Great Gatsby (because she wanted to) and loved it.

[Toast 16,152]

 

 

BBC Store has compiled a list of the 20 books or book series that people have most lied about reading.

How many of them have you actually read? Be honest... (I nicked that from the BBC site)

I'll mark off the ones I've read.

1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (Maybe in grade 7)
2. 1984 - George Orwell (Yes)
3. The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien (No)
4. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy (It is referenced in my yearbook write up but I don't think I actually read it - No or DNF)
5. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy (No)
6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle (The Hound of the Baskervilles I think then watched the movie in class)
7. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (No)
8. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (No)
9. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (No)
10. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (DNF)
11. Bleak House - Charles Dickens (No)
12. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling (YES)
13. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (DNF)
14. The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank (DNF)
15. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens (No)
16. Fifty Shades trilogy - EL James (Finished Book one, currently reading Book 2)
17. And Then There were None - Agatha Christie (I've read at least one Agatha Christie novel, just can't remember which one)
18. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald (No)
19. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller (DNF)
20. The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger (No)

Despite reading as much as as I do; I fail at this list...

 

 

Fail how? The list is about books that people claim to have read when they haven't.

(I have no idea why anyone would pretend to have read that 50 Shades crap.)

 

I've read just over half, but did not enjoy most of them.

[Phantom 2,535]

 

BBC Store has compiled a list of the 20 books or book series that people have most lied about reading.

How many of them have you actually read? Be honest... (I nicked that from the BBC site)

I'll mark off the ones I've read.

[*]Alice's Adventures in Wonderland... <snip>

I apparently have no life.

 

I've read all of them except 50 Shades of Soccer Mom Hotpants, which I believe illustrates my amazing levels of discretion and class.

 

I will confess that a lot of this reading was required in one class or another. I firmly believe that Tolstoy and Ayn Rand should only be opened when grades are on the line. To do so under other circumstances is to risk sanity and vision, not to mention walls and light fixtures.

 

 

Many of the books that I read were either part of the books we had to read for school or during working the night shift, and wanting to keep myself occupied.

[Lard Bazaar 3,800]

Well I don't care what anyone says, The Thorn Birds is a brilliant book and I've read it many times.

[Toast 16,152]

Well I don't care what anyone says, The Thorn Birds is a brilliant book and I've read it many times.

 

Well said Lardy. I haven't read it myself, but we needn't be ashamed of the books we read and enjoy.

 

I am currently reading some Jeffrey Archer short stories, but that's OK because I'm not enjoying them much.

[Bibliogryphon 9,588]

I have read almost 300 Doctor Who adaptations/original novels.

 

Possibly more.

 

My wife reads all the literary things and then tells me which ones are worth bothering with.

[themaninblack 2,112]

These are the ones I've read

 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

1984 - George Orwell

The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (don't know why this is so popular)

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (boring)

Bleak House - Charles Dickens (for school)

Harry Potter series - JK Rowling (never bothered to read the last one)

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

And Then There were None - Agatha Christie (read so long ago it had the original title!)

The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald

The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger (rubbish)

 

What, ever?

 

EDIT: apologies I didn't go back enough in the thread! Oops!

[themaninblack 2,112]

For the record:

 

1984 - George Orwell
The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien - Might have started it a long, long time ago...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle (Some of them, not all) - ditto
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - across two years!
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - planning to read it someday...
And Then There were None - Agatha Christie - See Great Expectations
The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - last year
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - See Great Expectations!
The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger In 2014

 

Have only got into reading books in a big way in the last couple of years...

[Handrejka 1,904]

These are the ones I've read

 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

1984 - George Orwell

The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (don't know why this is so popular)

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (boring)

Bleak House - Charles Dickens (for school)

Harry Potter series - JK Rowling (never bothered to read the last one)

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

And Then There were None - Agatha Christie (read so long ago it had the original title!)

The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald

The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger (rubbish)

 

Thank you. I thought I was the only one.

[time 8,618]

1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll - yes

1984 - George Orwell - no

The Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien - no, but I've watched the films,

War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - no

Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy - no

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle -some

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - yes (at school)

David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - no

Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - no

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - no

Bleak House - Charles Dickens - no

Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - no

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - yes

The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank - no

Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens - yes

Fifty Shades trilogy - EL James - no

And Then There were None - Agatha Christie - maybe. I read a lot of Christie when I were a lad

The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - no

Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - yes

The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger - no

5 definites, one partial and one maybe, but shitloads of other stuff.