*What book are you reading ?
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Originally posted by Rollem
<makes mental note to remember she has a few of foo’s books that she needs to give back!
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Hey, keep 'em as long as you want (you slightly odd person
) Books are for reading and sharing imo. I think Possessing the Secret of Joy is a fascinating book - a really good story but also incredibly thought provoking: it deals with the horrendous pracitise of female genital mutilation, the problems surrounding cultural relativism, and the absolute power of age old Traditions and how they can crush a persons' psyche and autonomy.
pennimania
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I fell in love with M Pepys about 8 years ago. Cannot believe I lived so long without reading his diaries. What a joy they are
I have read the whole lot plus the companion and the index. It took me about 6 months.Now I dip into them again and again.
1666-7 are the best I reckon. definitely a desert island book. I took a volume to Glastonbury this year.
Fedayn
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Originally posted by Rollem
i quite liked The Long Firm, by jake arnott, but having read the first and last page of he kills coppers i wasnt convinced...
i have given up on reading that bob dylan biography - Roadkill, let me know ifyou wanna borrow it matey
at the moment i am bookless (well, theres a few i have previously started, and put down, that i could go back to....but you, know they werent that interesting to start with, hence i put them down.....) perhaps a trip to a bookshop is in order (lovely)
Keep goin' with 'He kills Coppers' Rollem, it's well worth it. A good read well worth gettin' into.
Watchman - Ian Rankin
About half way through it, and it's soooooo good. Typical Rankin, so many twists and turns.
The next edition is coming out 31/12/03, isbn: 0 75286 033 X for hardback and 0 75286 034 8 paperback. Priced at £14.99/10.99
And if you find any mistakes, blame me
About half way through it, and it's soooooo good. Typical Rankin, so many twists and turns.
The next edition is coming out 31/12/03, isbn: 0 75286 033 X for hardback and 0 75286 034 8 paperback. Priced at £14.99/10.99
And if you find any mistakes, blame me
I've started re-reading the Chronicles of Narnia.
I think I've only read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Voyage of the Dawn Treader before, and those about ten years ago, so I'm sort of discovering them for the first time. The religious symbolism's a bit too heavy for me - they're too overtly Christian - but they're beautifully written little books.
So far I've got through The Magician's Nephew and I finished The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe this afternoon, so I'm looking forward to the next one.
I think I've only read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Voyage of the Dawn Treader before, and those about ten years ago, so I'm sort of discovering them for the first time. The religious symbolism's a bit too heavy for me - they're too overtly Christian - but they're beautifully written little books.
So far I've got through The Magician's Nephew and I finished The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe this afternoon, so I'm looking forward to the next one.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
i've got 3 i'm dipping into at the mo...
jeremy paxman, the political animal, very interesting anecdotal stuff about mps
henning mankel, the lioness, top quality swedish detective novel
and ethan hawke - ash wednesday - sort of american road trip stuff - which i'm also enjoying...
jeremy paxman, the political animal, very interesting anecdotal stuff about mps
henning mankel, the lioness, top quality swedish detective novel
and ethan hawke - ash wednesday - sort of american road trip stuff - which i'm also enjoying...
onenameshelley
is Major Morgan's bitch
Just finished Bad Men by Michael Connolly, bloody brilliant i was so scared by the grey girl i wouldnt go to the loo last night.
Have just finished "The Story of Lucy Gault" by William Trevor.
What an excellent book. I think it missed out on the Booker prize due to "A life of Pi" (but I could have the year wrong). While Pi is a good book, I think Gault is in a different league.
Firstly, it's a real page turner but with tragedy around every corner. Kind of reminded me of a Dickens style book - everytime you think something cheerful's going to happen, you're kicked in the gut
I really liked the way the book followed the different lifes of the people involved and their connections. In this respect, it reminded me of some McEwan books I've read - those IM fans on here should give Gault a read
I'm not that good at expressing my views on a book but I would highly recommend this one
What an excellent book. I think it missed out on the Booker prize due to "A life of Pi" (but I could have the year wrong). While Pi is a good book, I think Gault is in a different league.
Firstly, it's a real page turner but with tragedy around every corner. Kind of reminded me of a Dickens style book - everytime you think something cheerful's going to happen, you're kicked in the gut
I really liked the way the book followed the different lifes of the people involved and their connections. In this respect, it reminded me of some McEwan books I've read - those IM fans on here should give Gault a read
I'm not that good at expressing my views on a book but I would highly recommend this one
onemonkey
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Dream Science - Thomas Palmer
Obscure-ish, out of print novel of the supernatural (publishers designation not mine).. got it on the flimsiest of recommendations.. a contributor to this list liked a lot of my favourites and raved about palmer so figured it might be my cup of tea.. and so it was.
Rockland Poole, the protagonist, is trapped in fragmentary parallel worlds - almost like dreams he can't wake up from but perhaps it's a criss-crossed series of afterlifes that move further away from reality.. every so often he crosses back to the 'real world'
a good idea well executed and which allows the author to develop and explore ideas of introspection, perception & solipsism at much greater length than other fantasy style books where far more effort is expended on the imagineering of alternate realities.. for the most part the other worlds here are very mundane but it is the characters knowledge that they are not 'real' that creates the atmosphere. for the most part the book is about what is going on in Poole's head and the psychology is detailed and nuanced.
alas the last third of the book doesn't quite live up to the initial idea and edifice that has been created.. it was almost as if the author had painted himself into a corner and could not come to a neat resolution.. he resists a deus ex machina escape but the footprints of his retreat spoil the otherwise consistently created "reality"..
which draws your attention to another failng of the book, the main character is a little to introspective and accepting of the unreal fates he experiences.. there is noticably no reflection on the theology of the situation or any attempt by him to make sense of his new existence.
still the same could be said of most people in this world
on the whole a good find.
Obscure-ish, out of print novel of the supernatural (publishers designation not mine).. got it on the flimsiest of recommendations.. a contributor to this list liked a lot of my favourites and raved about palmer so figured it might be my cup of tea.. and so it was.
Rockland Poole, the protagonist, is trapped in fragmentary parallel worlds - almost like dreams he can't wake up from but perhaps it's a criss-crossed series of afterlifes that move further away from reality.. every so often he crosses back to the 'real world'
a good idea well executed and which allows the author to develop and explore ideas of introspection, perception & solipsism at much greater length than other fantasy style books where far more effort is expended on the imagineering of alternate realities.. for the most part the other worlds here are very mundane but it is the characters knowledge that they are not 'real' that creates the atmosphere. for the most part the book is about what is going on in Poole's head and the psychology is detailed and nuanced.
alas the last third of the book doesn't quite live up to the initial idea and edifice that has been created.. it was almost as if the author had painted himself into a corner and could not come to a neat resolution.. he resists a deus ex machina escape but the footprints of his retreat spoil the otherwise consistently created "reality"..
which draws your attention to another failng of the book, the main character is a little to introspective and accepting of the unreal fates he experiences.. there is noticably no reflection on the theology of the situation or any attempt by him to make sense of his new existence.
still the same could be said of most people in this world
on the whole a good find.
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