*What book are you reading ?
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comicstripgirl
Les Deux Moulins
A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera. Really good. Frida is/was a very inspiring and interesting person.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
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That is my favourite book ever. It takes a little getting into but is so, so worth it.
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Dostoevsky - Crime And Punishment
Certainly am.
Really good writing: very dark and disturbed.
Weirdly enough, it has a lot of the same themes as Ian McEwan's 'Atonement'. And it was only a couple of pages back that I was raving about what a fine book that is!
Coincidence? Or something more sinister? Call Dr Jazzzz !
Certainly am.
Really good writing: very dark and disturbed.Weirdly enough, it has a lot of the same themes as Ian McEwan's 'Atonement'. And it was only a couple of pages back that I was raving about what a fine book that is!
Coincidence? Or something more sinister? Call Dr Jazzzz !
Voley
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You ever read 'Under Western Eyes' by Joseph Conrad, foo?
I think you'd like it. 'Crime And Punishment' reminds me of it a lot, particularly the opening few chapters.
I did it for me 'A' Level English Lit., which is normally the kiss of death for any book but, amazingly, I still enjoyed it.
I think you'd like it. 'Crime And Punishment' reminds me of it a lot, particularly the opening few chapters.
I did it for me 'A' Level English Lit., which is normally the kiss of death for any book but, amazingly, I still enjoyed it.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
I had to leave all my books in the UK when I moved over here (gave them to a friend) and was gutted as I have built up a good collection over da years. Then today I found a copy of this in a market for $5. Staring right at me it was...urging me to buy it. So I did. Started reading it before being side tracked by U75 just now. Hmmm
I had to leave all my books in the UK when I moved over here (gave them to a friend) and was gutted as I have built up a good collection over da years. Then today I found a copy of this in a market for $5. Staring right at me it was...urging me to buy it. So I did. Started reading it before being side tracked by U75 just now. Hmmm
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Finally got around to reading the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. Managed to get all three out of the library at once. I'm halfway through the first - Red Mars, and it's shaping up to be a real treat.
chegrimandi
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The Woman of Rome - Alberto Moravia.....
just about to start
just about to start
The Grapes of Wrath continues, so far so good.
gemma james, I had to read Lord of the flies for GCSE ages ago, didn't like it. But then anything you read at school will be ruined and made as boring as possible, I still haven't recovered from my distrust of poetry brought about by the tripe fed to us while studying GCSE english.
Hey ho, I'll read some more Grapes
gemma james, I had to read Lord of the flies for GCSE ages ago, didn't like it. But then anything you read at school will be ruined and made as boring as possible, I still haven't recovered from my distrust of poetry brought about by the tripe fed to us while studying GCSE english.
Hey ho, I'll read some more Grapes
I just picked up 2 books today, The Museum At Purgatory, by Nick Bantock,is described as "... an afterlife way station where artists & collectors comb over their lives, trying to discover whether they are headed for Heaven or Hell." 
And an art history book, Vermeer , by Lawrence Gowing.
And an art history book, Vermeer , by Lawrence Gowing.
Just finished 'Perfume' by Patrick Suskind last week. It was unlike anything I've ever read. I would definitely recommend it. Read the Amazon Reviews
I'm not sure what to follow that up with. I have a few already on the go but because of the 'childhood books' thread, I just bought a couple of the Paul Zindel books (Pigman, Pigman's Legacy) that I think I read when I was younger, so may read them first.
Alternatively, Sarah Waters Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith and Affinity - got them all when she was in Glasgow doing a reading recently.
Or I might go back and read The Colour Purple again, since I met Alice Walker a few weeks ago in New York. She is an amazing woman - she has such a sense of 'peace' about her I felt happy just sitting watching her talk to others.
So many choices... so little time to myself!!
I'm not sure what to follow that up with. I have a few already on the go but because of the 'childhood books' thread, I just bought a couple of the Paul Zindel books (Pigman, Pigman's Legacy) that I think I read when I was younger, so may read them first.
Alternatively, Sarah Waters Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith and Affinity - got them all when she was in Glasgow doing a reading recently.
Or I might go back and read The Colour Purple again, since I met Alice Walker a few weeks ago in New York. She is an amazing woman - she has such a sense of 'peace' about her I felt happy just sitting watching her talk to others.
So many choices... so little time to myself!!
Voley
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I've just finished 'Killing Pablo', too. Very good, I thought - all about the hunt for Pablo Escobar and how the American and Colombian governments were prepared to turn a blind eye to human rights in order to kill him. Pretty well written, I thought.
I've also read 'Dispatches' by Michael Herr, a correspondent for 'Esquire' during the Vietnam War. Amazing stuff - really harrowing (as you'd imagine) but also funny in places. He comes across a bit like the crazy photographer Dennis Hopper played in 'Apocalypse Now'. He describes the madness of being stoned out of your mind in the middle of a war really well.
I'm struggling with 'Crime And Punishment' a bit, now. I can see where it's going theme-wise but the laboured 19th Century language is beginning to get on my tits. I shall persevere, though.
I've also read 'Dispatches' by Michael Herr, a correspondent for 'Esquire' during the Vietnam War. Amazing stuff - really harrowing (as you'd imagine) but also funny in places. He comes across a bit like the crazy photographer Dennis Hopper played in 'Apocalypse Now'. He describes the madness of being stoned out of your mind in the middle of a war really well.
I'm struggling with 'Crime And Punishment' a bit, now. I can see where it's going theme-wise but the laboured 19th Century language is beginning to get on my tits. I shall persevere, though.
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It's a look at P.R campaigns,everything from Pres elections to the Atoms For Peace program.Somewhat of a depressing read,but nothing that is a shock if you are a cynic/realist.
It's a look at P.R campaigns,everything from Pres elections to the Atoms For Peace program.Somewhat of a depressing read,but nothing that is a shock if you are a cynic/realist.
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