Red Fish Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 I've never read a funnier book in my life. Practically my whole family ended up reading it.
edna Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 I laughed a lot with it but I don´t think it s the funniest book on earth... unlike my husband and other relatives, who read it over and over...
Dappled Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 I haven't read it but I have a few friends who read it over and over again, the same ones who reread Tolkien. The only book I have read 3 times is Joseph Conrad's Victory, which was great. I think Bob Dylan did a song inspired by it. I've just finished Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory and started on a book about Napoleon.
Shawna Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 I'm currently reading "Cold Mountain" which was a chore to get into. But now I'm there and it's actually very good. I'm amazed at how someone was able to adapt that to the screen.
TheLizard Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 I haven't read it but I have a few friends who read it over and over again, the same ones who reread Tolkien. Yeah, I do that too. Guess I'm just a nerd that way.
edna Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 I can´t read Tolkien, it´s not my style at all. But I can´t read Harry Potter neither... I had to, because my 10 years old nephew loves it and wanted to talk about it with me, but I couldn´t pass page 100...
Shawna Posted August 5, 2006 Report Posted August 5, 2006 I can´t read Tolkien, it´s not my style at all. Thank you for that, Edna! For years now I've thought I was the only one... Although I did love the movies.
edna Posted August 5, 2006 Report Posted August 5, 2006 I think Dappled suggested that before I did...
invisible_r Posted August 5, 2006 Report Posted August 5, 2006 I did try and read "hobbit" when I was little, and I found it very boring. haven't read tokien since, or seen the movies. Not my style either
Farin Posted August 6, 2006 Report Posted August 6, 2006 I read the whole trilogy ones, but wouldn't want to again... I enjoyed the film(s), though. I even have the Extended Edition on DVD...
RyanTurtle Posted August 6, 2006 Report Posted August 6, 2006 Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! Who would have thought that physics could be fun to read about.
Sarah_Star Posted August 8, 2006 Report Posted August 8, 2006 Has anyone read any of Torey Hayden's books? I wholeheartedly recommend them - they are fan-bloody-tastic. Ive read all of them now, so I this summer I shall mostly be re-reading them all! Along with my Marian Keyes and Jilly Coopers!! Spiffing!!!
SoulGirl Posted August 8, 2006 Report Posted August 8, 2006 i just finished 'the kite runner' by khaled hosseini. it's an amazing book about an afghani man living in the united states who is returning to his childhood home of kabul after many years and facing the demons of his past. it is stunningly written, a truly impressive debut novel. it was the first time in ages that i found a book which i couldn't put down. the subject matter is a little harrowing at times and i left mascara all over my pillow last night from crying but it's nonetheless very readable and worth the heartache. i would thoroughly recommend it!
skybluesky Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 David Sedaris-Dress Your Family in Courduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Naked.
blind-fitter Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 I've just finished American Psycho. I didn't know anything about it when I bought it: picked it up for 25p at a Second-Hand Book Sale on the strength of the blurb. When I last mentioned it here, it was before any of the errrr... nasty stuff had started... I was just getting a little fed up of the minute detailing of everyone's designer apparel, menu choice, etc., wondering when something was going to happen. Crikey! Time to turn to something a little on the lighter side, methinks...
Farin Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 David Sedaris-Dress Your Family in Courduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Naked.
invisible_r Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 I've just finished American Psycho. I didn't know anything about it when I bought it: picked it up for 25p at a Second-Hand Book Sale on the strength of the blurb. When I last mentioned it here, it was before any of the errrr... nasty stuff had started... I was just getting a little fed up of the minute detailing of everyone's designer apparel, menu choice, etc., wondering when something was going to happen. Crikey! Time to turn to something a little on the lighter side, methinks... I just finished reading his first novel, "less than zero", probably less psychotic but once again centered around drugs and rich people. I quite liked it, although I would see why someone could find it pointless
skybluesky Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 Naked? Hi and welcome home, C-Girl. Sadly it's not subtitled "The Uncle Joe Story"
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