jsudz2430 Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I have just finished my fourth book by John Grisham. This one was "The Partner" and I finished it yesterday morning, still can't stop thinking about it, a very good book. If you haven't read Grisham try him out I haven't been disappointed. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Sanctuary,The Indigo Children. Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Friend trying to get me into dune series. We're having a book exchange and he is getting Catch-22. However, I do need to read a clockwork orange before school gets out. Link to comment
LemonCheesecak Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 However, I do need to read a clockwork orange before school gets out. Brilliant brilliant brilliant book (cannot stress that enough), one of my all time faves. Read the "Inspiration..." thread in here and decided to pick up The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho to see if it uplifted me at all. Nice easy read, got 1/4 of the way through it in half an hour. Enjoyable though. Link to comment
LemonCheesecak Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Above book was alright I guess, quite a lot of positive messages but too light for me. Had it done in two nights. Reading Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy now. Link to comment
purpleduckie Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 clockwork orange made me so sad! i'm re-reading god of small things and life of pi. Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I read "Things fall apart"....hated it. It was supposed to be so good too. On to reading the rest of my textbooks for the semester. I really love my history book. My genetics book is such a thick read. Every 3 sentences has a new concept about. Finished the sections of my biology book. Pretty basic stuff. Just a lot of it. Link to comment
LemonCheesecak Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I read "Things fall apart"....hated it. It was supposed to be so good too. On to reading the rest of my textbooks for the semester. I really love my history book. My genetics book is such a thick read. Every 3 sentences has a new concept about. Finished the sections of my biology book. Pretty basic stuff. Just a lot of it. I feel bad, I always buy textbooks and then never use them unless I have a report to write and I'm desperate for references. So much wasted money. Link to comment
AlexL Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Veronica decide morir by Paulo Coehlo Link to comment
1WayTicket2Norway Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I read "Things fall apart"....hated it. It was supposed to be so good too. On to reading the rest of my textbooks for the semester. I really love my history book. My genetics book is such a thick read. Every 3 sentences has a new concept about. Finished the sections of my biology book. Pretty basic stuff. Just a lot of it. you hated Things Fall Apart?? it is one of my al time favorite books! i'm currently reading Indecision by Benjamin Kunkel, and i'm re-reading angels and demons by Dan Brown. Link to comment
1WayTicket2Norway Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 oh... forgot... i really want to read Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. I heard its a really good book, has anyone here read it?? Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 you hated Things Fall Apart?? it is one of my al time favorite books! i'm currently reading Indecision by Benjamin Kunkel, and i'm re-reading angels and demons by Dan Brown. Now, THAT'S a good book. Truth be told, I've never really liked a book that I was assigned to read. In Things Fall Apart, the natives were basically portrayed as savages, the christians as cowardly and closeminded. The only character I actually liked was the 2nd wife when she chased after the priestess in the darkness to find her daughter. The part where the main character (Don't ask me to spell his name) shows up with a machetee (don't ask me to correctly spell this either) to help her was really touching. However, the whole backstory of them "falling in love' without having talked to each other. And her just showing up at his house and they just have sex. What the heck?! And, after the little scene with the priestess, the 2nd wife isn't really talked about again.... Link to comment
Nixee Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 "Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea" By Chelsea Handler. ...simultaneously with a book on organic chemistry, just for balance Next on my list: "Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven" by Susan Jane Gilman. ... and more chemistry, because next semester is going to be a b*tch. Link to comment
1WayTicket2Norway Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Now, THAT'S a good book. Truth be told, I've never really liked a book that I was assigned to read. In Things Fall Apart, the natives were basically portrayed as savages, the christians as cowardly and closeminded. The only character I actually liked was the 2nd wife when she chased after the priestess in the darkness to find her daughter. The part where the main character (Don't ask me to spell his name) shows up with a machetee (don't ask me to correctly spell this either) to help her was really touching. However, the whole backstory of them "falling in love' without having talked to each other. And her just showing up at his house and they just have sex. What the heck?! And, after the little scene with the priestess, the 2nd wife isn't really talked about again.... I thought that Chinua Achebe portrayed the intricacy of the tribal culture so well that it was at a comparable level with western culture. he managed to give people whom we would consider savages a tangible depth that made them human. he also succeeded in making the christian missionaries the antagonist in the novel, something i imagine would be really hard to do. Achebe is an excellent writer. Yes Angels and Demons is a great book to read! i love dan brown! Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I thought that Chinua Achebe portrayed the intricacy of the tribal culture so well that it was at a comparable level with western culture. he managed to give people whom we would consider savages a tangible depth that made them human. he also succeeded in making the christian missionaries the antagonist in the novel, something i imagine would be really hard to do. Achebe is an excellent writer. Yes Angels and Demons is a great book to read! i love dan brown! Dan Brown is great but he really write the same novel every time. I think angels and demons was a great piece by itself but I didn't really care for the rest of his books. And, as I said before, Things Fall Apart was probably a great book but writing the paper I had to write on it and the fact that it was a mandatory read automatically leaves me jaded. Link to comment
1WayTicket2Norway Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Dan Brown is great but he really write the same novel every time. I think angels and demons was a great piece by itself but I didn't really care for the rest of his books. And, as I said before, Things Fall Apart was probably a great book but writing the paper I had to write on it and the fact that it was a mandatory read automatically leaves me jaded. Its the readability of his novels that make them so endearing. i usually finish them in a day or two. yes i understand what you mean, papers really kill novels for me Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Its the readability of his novels that make them so endearing. i usually finish them in a day or two. yes i understand what you mean, papers really kill novels for me Yeah, it was an easy read. That's for sure. I like novels that are refreshing like that. It's a nice break from my thick regular reads my textbooks offer. It didn't try too hard to sound smart. It gave you exactly what you needed to create a picture. I really did like his style of writing. There was something very raw and simple about it that connected you with the feeling of the village. If you like short little books that are relatively easy reads, try "Fahrenheit 451". Took me about 3 hours and it was such a wonderful book. Makes you appreciate life. Link to comment
1WayTicket2Norway Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 i'll definitely give it a go, thanks for the suggestion! Link to comment
mandyc Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 just finished eragon and now am reading the eldest.... picked it up in the young adult section but I love this series! another amazing book i just finished was peace like a river. I highly reccommend it. Link to comment
_Asti_ Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Sweetnesss at the Bottom of the Pie. Link to comment
COtuner Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 STILL reading Sarum. On page 644 now. It's a good novel, I'd recommend it if you're into historical fiction and are willing to be patient. It's not a thriller, more a thousand year history of a region of England through the eyes of some families there. Link to comment
WickedSunrise Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Just about finished "A Spot of Bother" by Mark Haddon, I loved his first book "A Curios Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" Its very different from a curious incident as it takes on the perspectives of four people throughout, it's an ok read. I just finished Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time! It was great. Now I just started "An Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollen Link to comment
metrogirl Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 Currently, I am reading Deadly Mistress.....Michael Fleeman I can't get away from true crime books! Link to comment
Binoo Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Save Me From Myself by Brian "Head" Welch [ guitarist from Korn ]. It's...errmmm...uggh.... Link to comment
LemonCheesecak Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Save Me From Myself by Brian "Head" Welch [ guitarist from Korn ]. It's...errmmm...uggh.... Oh dear....I've heard his new music...its not bad, but its not Korn. That was the most unexpected "reinvention" of a person I've ever seen....seemed to come from nowhere. I'm reading The Catcher in the Rye, for the first time ever (I don't know why I haven't to date, I'm almost ashamed of myself). Link to comment
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