*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
I read it a few years ago now and loved it. I avoided the film when it first came out as I had such strong images in my mind of the characters and felt I didn't want those 'disrupted' by the film.
I should watch it now really as the memories have faded a bit
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Homage to Catalonia. Don't know how I've gone so long without reading this but it's brilliant.
heh
i was worried that my memories of the film might interfere with the book, but like you, sufficient time has passed for them not to
deffo watch the film, i thought it was really well done
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
Just finished Love, Again by Doris Lessing and it was wonderful.
At first i found it quite laborious because it's all about one's woman's internal world and the writing is so loaded, but I knew that this author's style is like that and really enjoyed The Golden Notebook (a really rewarding torment of a book). I got pleasantly swept away with this one and really really enjoyed it.
This book made me love books a bit more
Next I am reading Alas, poor lady by Rachel Ferguson.
At first i found it quite laborious because it's all about one's woman's internal world and the writing is so loaded, but I knew that this author's style is like that and really enjoyed The Golden Notebook (a really rewarding torment of a book). I got pleasantly swept away with this one and really really enjoyed it.
This book made me love books a bit more
Next I am reading Alas, poor lady by Rachel Ferguson.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
After watching "Miss Potter" last night, me and Mr Paw are reading all 23 of her Peter Rabbit books to each other, one per night, in bed before we go to sleep.
We're sweet like that.
We're sweet like that.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
I read this years and years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. He's writes beautifully about such a difficult subject, without reverting at all to sentimentalism. I then bought ''If This Is A Man; The Truce'' and left it on the shelf for years as I couldn't face reading about such a depressing subject, finally picking it up a few months ago. Of course it wasn't. I loved it too.
Fabulous writer.
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
awww
pics or it didnt happen
lol
We have read several books that way.
The ones I can remember:
The Hobbit.
The LotRs trilogy.
Wind in the Willows.
Winnie the Pooh.
A Christmas Carol.
The BFG.
I can't remember any others, but I think there have been some. We tried Don Quixote, but I think it was at a time when we rarely went to bed at the same time, so it never really got off the ground. The book's still up there by the bed though, so perhaps after Beatrix
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
i have visions of two grown adults snuggling down in their adult pyjamas reading each other childrens books thats so sweet.
my boy has some great books, i will pass then on to you when he's finished
you must try the incredible book eating boy but if picture books aren't your thing then The Water Horse is great
or Fantastic Mr Fox. I must admit I only bought him that book because I wanted to read it
Can we come round for storytime? we'll bring our own hot water bottles
thats so sweet.my boy has some great books, i will pass then on to you when he's finished
you must try the incredible book eating boy but if picture books aren't your thing then The Water Horse is great
or Fantastic Mr Fox. I must admit I only bought him that book because I wanted to read it
Can we come round for storytime? we'll bring our own hot water bottles
heh
*voms*
I started Purple Hibiscus last night, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Fucking great novel - very simply but beautifully written, and capturing extremely well the daughter's oppression
Fab - can't wait to get home to finish it - have about less than a third left
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Heh, shifty you can come round whenever you like. Bring cocoa
soj – misery
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin ain't all that, btw. And it gets a little annoying when Mr Paw says "do you want to see a picture of Squirrel Nutkin doing x, y or z?" and I have to lean right over because I've already taken my glasses off.
My turn to read tonight
soj – misery
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin ain't all that, btw. And it gets a little annoying when Mr Paw says "do you want to see a picture of Squirrel Nutkin doing x, y or z?" and I have to lean right over because I've already taken my glasses off.
My turn to read tonight
i finished 'What I Loved' by Siri Hustvedt - really fucking liked it in the end. made my eyes water, which is what happens when i get scared/spooked out. couldn't put it down towards the end.. despite not being that impressed initially.
now i'm reading ian banks - forgotten the name. the one with 9/11.
now i'm reading ian banks - forgotten the name. the one with 9/11.
Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
I had to put 'Moby Dick' down for a while as there was no way it was going to be my holiday reading. So I picked up 'The Last Cavalier' by Dumas and managed to finish it. 'Tis a very strange book, and I'm not entirely sure it was worth the effort.
So now back to that whale.
So now back to that whale.
obanite
Kroketten
Dead Air?
Just finished The Wasp Factory by Banks... considering it's his first book I thought it was a pretty good read, quite entertaining
On ¡Hugo! by Bart Jones now, seems quite pro-Chavez but interesting and the writing style's good.
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
Have you seen the Ken Loach film Land & Freedom? Loosley based on Homage to Catalonia. Worth a watch. The ending always makes me cry.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
I've finally started reading Perdido Street Station, and it's pretty good.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
Excellent film. And I have the same reaction for the ending as well.
Which is unfortunate, because I first watched it in a politics & cinema seminar at university.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
I have Lucky Jim waiting to be read on my shelf. I got it for 10p.
oo get you - I pai 60p for this, but it is a hardback
Read Lucky Jim years ago - didn't really like it - wasn't as funny as this one
Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
Not sure if this is quite the place but I recently picked up a book called 'The Ornament of the World' by Maria Rosa Menocal, which provides a series of short historical snap shots drawn from material relating to medieval Spain. It covers a period beginning in 786 and ends in 1492, with a very short chapter touching upon Cervantes and the publication of 'Don Quixote' in 1605.
This was a very enjoyable read, which was thought provoking and quite informative. If any of you see this give it a try - just ignore the short nonsensical introduction by Harold Bloom and the 'group reading guide' at the end of the book. Definately the sort of text which opens up new areas of interest to pursue if you wish to know more about a specific place or person.
Back to the whale.
This was a very enjoyable read, which was thought provoking and quite informative. If any of you see this give it a try - just ignore the short nonsensical introduction by Harold Bloom and the 'group reading guide' at the end of the book. Definately the sort of text which opens up new areas of interest to pursue if you wish to know more about a specific place or person.
Back to the whale.
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