I used to own a ton of gardening and plant books but the wealth of info instantly available on the internet unfortunately, sadly, renders them virtually useless although I do still enjoy browsing them occasionally. If you have a deep love for a specific type of plant, I would consider that an excellent reason to purchase a book, but would otherwise save my money for plants. A book about variegated foliage landscape plants is one I still consult often. Also find myself revisiting 2 books I have about lawns often, for many various reasons. They also keep changing the names of plants, so older books will have different groups and names than something much newer. Finding any one store with a great selection of plants one might find in such a book as you describe would be extremely unlikely for anyone not in/near a large city. One's location really does matter. Although zones/hardiness isn't a consideration, latitude is a huge factor that is often completely ignored regarding indoor potted plants. Anyone who has never made a drastic latitude change can't appreciate this. They can intellectually know it, but until you see it, it doesn't hit home. Plants that used to die every time I tried to keep them inside for winter thrive here, blooming where applicable. Plants that used to go in the sunniest window in OH can look great here by a north window. So a book written by someone in New England or Seattle might be useless to me. Someone writing in FL would have little relevance to someone in Chicago. Seeing that you're in Denmark, I would encourage you to put plants in a lot more light than most of the advice you find. I would also like to say that potted plants are much more similar than they are different, IMHO/E. The key is finding a combination of soil mix and watering regime that is pleasing to the plants and their keeper. Then it's just a matter of light exposure, and avoiding those plants that are too particular about uncontrollable factors, like those that just can't abide whatever humidity or temperature situation one has available, or that have light requirements one can't meet. Soliciting advice here has been all I've needed. Within a week, one can get anecdotes and advice from people all over the globe. When you consider their locations and collective info, it's very helpful, and up to the reader to apply the info to their situation. Feel free to ask about any tiny, weird detail here. "They" will have something to say. I see that you've been registered with GW for years but didn't recognize your name. Hope you'll come around the house plant forum more often! What plants do you have so far? I'd love to hear about them. What instantly came to mind when I read your post was Mr. Subjunctive's blog. There are amusing and detailed articles about a long list of plants. That might keep you set for reading material for a while, while you search for books you like/want.

L2Read - funny I read this thread today. It was on our local news that the guy who played James Bond (can't remember his name and I'm awful about movies/stars) is the lead in the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (american version). The lead role (Lizbeth)- who plays that role - will make or break the movie, IMHO. I'm not sure who I could see playing that role. I enjoy reading, but don't have/make alot of time for it. This time of year there are so many outdoor activities. I do so enjoy taking a book when we are out on the boat and in spring/fall when we camp, I always have something on hand to read then. Too many activities and not enough hours in the day most of the time! In the last year, I have made time to read all 3 of the Dragon series. I will agree the first one, the sexual brutality kept me from ordering the second book for a while. It stuck with me and I wasn't sure I wanted to continue the series. Thankfully, books 2 and 3 had much less sexual violence. I don't know that I could watch a movie with that scene. The local newscaster (female) was talking about the swedish version after announcing who would play the male lead in the US version and she also said the swedish version was great and very true to the book. I hate subtitles, etc. so I won't be watching that one, but maybe the american version. I did just recently read Janet Evonovich's latest. I love her books - very light fiction, they always make me LOL. It will probably be fall before I read anything else, but I'm making a list of some of the suggestions here! tina

I also read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and while I admire his wordcraft (albeit in translation) I will not read the rest-too graphically violent for my sensitivities. Others in my book club were not of the same mind, though, so maybe I am overly squeamish. So be it. I read to be entertained, not horrified. I am watching with interest the legal battle between his long-time but never legally married companion and his father and brother over the estate. So far, the father and brother have been awarded the $$, supposedly against Larsson's stated but not written down (!!!!a writer who did not make a will-astounding!!!!) wishes.....but she has his computer, and there is a rumor that on that computer is the 4th of his planned (I think)10 books in the series. Hope she printed it out and lodged it safely with an attorney....computers have a way of meeting with accidents. I am sure somewhere there is a book being written based on all this! Carolyn-I took an art class in college that covered most of the famous artwork across many cultures. For part of the final, we each chose a manila envelope from a table at the entrance, and had to write a blue book about the picture inside-who did we think painted it, style, technique, subject matter, etc. I studied harder for this final than any other that semester, since it could be any picture by any artist we studied. Mine was God's finger touching Adam's hand.

Yeah? I hope you don't equate doing consumer price comparisons on the internet with addressing medical and health concerns, that an understanding of which is usually not possible for the general public. And regarding medical stuff, a problem is that most people consistently will misunderstand both the information they find and misunderstand the authority and credibility of the sources they're reading. The danger is the failure to get competent medical care when it's needed. If you have a potential medical issue or problem, see an MD. If you're looking to buy a toaster, do a search. And for those doing price searches, hopefully you can understand the difference between legit sources (like AAA, a good example or TripAdvisor or others) versus the shady types. Many don't.