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Let's Talk About Books (V.2)

eStyle said:
Exactly this (relating to the characters) will happen in Duma Key! ;)
You'll feel everyone, you will understand every person perfectly. So at the end you're gonna feel like you know every person for real. You'll relate to each and everyone of the story in this book. You'll feel like they're real friends of yours. And with this being said you can now lay back, grab yourself your book and enjoy the story!

Have fun! ;)
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Hey eStyle - I finally got Duma Key from the library. I'm only about 40 pages into it right now. So far, it's pretty good.
 
I started reading One Hundred Years of Solidtude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez a while ago & never got into it. But I picked it the other day & cant put it down! I love it. So interesting & different.
 
Before June 25th I could read at least one book a month. Sometimes 2 a month. After that... nothing... I just couldn't. The only book I read in a few days was Moonwalker. Nothing else. And it's so sad, since I love reading so much. So I am trying hard to go back to my readin, since it would help me. But it's hard. So I started with a new book by one of my favourite writers, Valerio Massimo Manfredi. This is "The Ides of March". I hope I can finish it to finally return to reading. I need it.
 
I'm reading The Lovely Bones on my Barnes & Noble Nook, I wish there were some MJ ebooks available.
 
I bought 2 books after work yesterday at Barnes and Noble by Thich Nhat Hanh.

"True Love ~ A Practice for Awakening the Heart" and
"Peace is Every Step ~ The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life"

I got so into the first book I read the whole thing last night. I'll start reading the other after work tonight. :)

I think my next purchase will be "The Last Song" I'd like to read that one before seeing the movie. :)
 
I love reading books about the history of music. :wub:

This is about the Bossa Nova (musical movement in Brazil that started MPB):



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MLR930 said:
I'm reading The Lovely Bones on my Barnes & Noble Nook, I wish there were some MJ ebooks available.
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Oh The Lovely Bones! Have you seen the movie also? I watched it last week and would now like to read the book.


I just finished Catcher in the rye, it was pretty good. When you think about it, nothing special really happens in it, the guy just talks about his history but for me it wasn't boring at all :)
 
Just finished One Hundred Years of Solidtude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez a few days ago. Love it! Wouldnt say his style is for everyone but great read!

I have now moved onto Les Liaisons Dangereuses, or otherwise known as Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
I didnt know anything about this book but after a couple of pages I recognised the story from the movie Cruel Intentions. So far enjoying it alot :D
 
I bought a few more books today at Barnes & Noble that I'll start reading tonight.

2 by Thich Nhat Hanh "Living Buddha, Living Christ" and "Our Appointment with Life"
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"Birds in the Hand" which has various authors. It's fiction & poetry about birds. :)
 
I've just finished reading 'The Collector' by John Fowles. It's an existentialist thriller about a man who captures a female he's had his eye on and keeps her as a 'guest' in his basement, supposedly until she falls in love with him. I won't say any more about the plot because i don't want to ruin it, but it's well worth a read! The book's written in two parts, Clegg's (the captor's) account and Miranda's (the captive's) diary entries, which is clever as you get the story from the two different perspectives.

If you're into thrillers, and have a spare few hours I highly recommend it!
 
blue_eyed_belle said:
I've just finished reading 'The Collector' by John Fowles. It's an existentialist thriller about a man who captures a female he's had his eye on and keeps her as a 'guest' in his basement, supposedly until she falls in love with him. I won't say any more about the plot because i don't want to ruin it, but it's well worth a read! The book's written in two parts, Clegg's (the captor's) account and Miranda's (the captive's) diary entries, which is clever as you get the story from the two different perspectives.

If you're into thrillers, and have a spare few hours I highly recommend it!
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It sounds familiar, I think I read it years ago .
Some collect butterflies and others collect other things , if I remember right.
Wasn´t there a movie too?
 
Lily said:
I think my next purchase will be "The Last Song" I'd like to read that one before seeing the movie. :)
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Filmed and set in my hometown. :yes: I was there while they were filming and my friend even had a jam session with Miley in a local bar one night. :punk:

The One. said:
Oh The Lovely Bones! Have you seen the movie also? I watched it last week and would now like to read the book.
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Being such a huge fan of the book, I'm still not sure what I thought of the movie since it was so stylistically different from what I'd imagined in my head while reading. I loved Saoirse Ronan, though. But yeah, definitely read the book. It's so beautiful.
 
^ Wow cool. I still haven't had a chance to see the movie or read the book, but I certainly will sometime soon. :)


I just finished reading one of the books I bought at B&N on Saturday and then on Sunday I discovered in the book section at Target Harlequin Romance paperbacks for like $3.50 each :wild: lol so I'm reading a bunch of those right now. :wub:
 
PrincessMichaela said:
Being such a huge fan of the book, I'm still not sure what I thought of the movie since it was so stylistically different from what I'd imagined in my head while reading. I loved Saoirse Ronan, though. But yeah, definitely read the book. It's so beautiful.
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I have to get it when it comes to the library :)

Has any of you read Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane? Or other novels by him? I just saw the movie (Shutter Island) and really liked it so I thought maybe I should look at some of his books, if they all are as exciting.
 
I finished Slaughterhouse Five and The Picture Of Dorian Gray. Liked both very much. :yes: Though SF was a bit confusing at times, and kind of depressing to read how bad we can be to other humans..
 
The One. said:
I have to get it when it comes to the library :)

Has any of you read Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane? Or other novels by him? I just saw the movie (Shutter Island) and really liked it so I thought maybe I should look at some of his books, if they all are as exciting.
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I´ve read it and I really got confused.Who is bad, who isn´t.
In a way it reminds me of Sophies world where everything changed and I didn´t know who was the real persons in the book.
I´ve read other books written by Lehane but I´m not sure how good my memory is,maybe the books I think of is written by someone else.
 
about the Lovely Bones movie, I saw it a couple weeks ago it was ok but the book was alot better.
 
I finally finished Memoirs of Geisha and would like to see the movie next :)

Now I'm reading Sophie's Choice which seems very interesting so far. Next I'm thinking of re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows so that I'm ready for the movie (even though it comes only in November) :wild:
 
Sophies choice is a good book.It was a cruel choice really.
 
I so want to start reading the Left Behind Series. Well until I go to the bookstore to get that series. Or get it from Amazon. I have been sort of reading the bible. Which I totally have forgotten how fascinating that book really is. Especially the books of Revelation and Ezekiel. Which has always been my favorite books of the bible.
 
I'm currently abroad, so I haven't gotten my hands on any good books lately, but I can't wait to get back home so that I can do some reading!
 
I am presently just beginning to read The New Hermetics by Jason Augustus Newcomb. Thus far, it is a very interesting book. I will post more once I am further in the volume.

I am also reading another book, this one for college: Farewell, My Subaru by Doug Fine. It sucks. It's a memoir about one journalist's decision to go green. Quite frankly, I could care less. College reading should be something more advanced than pop culture memoirs carrying an agenda. I'm all for a progressive, less environmentally opressive lifestyle, but assigned reading on it just smacks of propaganda. It should have been an optional read for those more inclined towards that material, not required reading for everyone. The way Fine writes is also incredibly preachy, which irritates me to no end. Perhaps if he was a better writer, I would enjoy the book.

As an aside, it's always rather sad when my personal stash of literature is more advanced than required school reading. Whatever happened to Hugo, Voltaire, Pushkin, Dickens, Hamilton, Jefferson, Poe, Balzac, Nabokov, and the rest?! Are they destined to be forgotten, despite their timeless grandeur, in favour of some stupid pop culture fad?!
 
Anybody read one of Dave Pelzer's books? They are called A Child Called It, The Lost Boy and A Man Named Dave. Would love to read some of your thoughts without spoilers of course ;)
 
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