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Haha! I thought I would drag this thread back from the dead! Does nobody else ever read! I will just have to read all the more to bump this thread back up! Mwahahahahaaa!
Hmm well I finished the cider house rules, good but a bit of a disappointment, and drones on a bit.
Then I read Empress Orchid, which was very good, but left you with the same hollow feeling as memoirs of a geisha, that they would never really have the true happy ending. Hmm it was very much like memoirs of a geisha.... But good anyways
Then I read tales of the otori by Lian Hearn. These were good, different to anything I have read recently, although a bit simply written. Obviously a lot of research was put into them. And I all the stuff about Kaede and Takeo, although the last book ended a bit abruptly I thought, and it was just a bit too easy.
Next up, I think is my teach yourself chinese book - fun fun! Things fall apart by chinua achebe to come also.
Please someone else post now!!!! :grump:
Hmm well I finished the cider house rules, good but a bit of a disappointment, and drones on a bit.
Then I read Empress Orchid, which was very good, but left you with the same hollow feeling as memoirs of a geisha, that they would never really have the true happy ending. Hmm it was very much like memoirs of a geisha.... But good anyways
Then I read tales of the otori by Lian Hearn. These were good, different to anything I have read recently, although a bit simply written. Obviously a lot of research was put into them. And I all the stuff about Kaede and Takeo, although the last book ended a bit abruptly I thought, and it was just a bit too easy.
Next up, I think is my teach yourself chinese book - fun fun! Things fall apart by chinua achebe to come also.
Please someone else post now!!!! :grump:
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I like this thread, definatly gives me ideas for next!
At the minute I'm reading On the Road for what may well be the millionth time. The day I'm fed up of it is the day hell will freeze over
But next up I need to read Longitude by Dava Sobel. I got a beautiful copy of it as a gift at Christmas and haven't managed to get round to reading it yet, I must.
I dig the summer and the way I can read what I wanna read.
Gah, I adore Wuthering Heights. I'm going to have to dig it out soon and absorb it all over again
Most definitely!! It's always such an awesome read, even when you know what happens in the end.
*sniff* :crying:
Just read a few reviews on it and it looks good. Might pop into town tomorrow lunchtime and buy it.
Score! I love a book that makes me cry!
What's it all about?
I think I may well be an annoying literary evangelist too then, but there are far worse things we could be. I've recommended TWR to a fair few people and those that act on the recommendation have all been completely bowled over by it, I'm really glad you're enjoying it... embarassment factor aside.
It is a fantastic book though, isn't it? So it's not all that surprising... as ridiculous as it may sound I felt like a changed woman when I'd finished it :thumb:
Ha ha! Yes! As much as some people are literary evangelists, I'm the first to admit that I'm a sucker to the lot of them.
The only time I was ever let down was in the case of those Pullman books.
Anyone here happen to have read it?
I've run out of books to read now (apart from my on going biography of winston churchill which i've been reading for the last 4 years) but i'm considering re-reading all my Middle Easten history text books (in order) from my degree.
I really enjoyed The Templars, presume you've read Zoe Oldenbourg's The Crusades? The idea of the crusades being used to create a sense of European identity was fascinating, especially since I only ever studied modern history.
I realised today that there will come a point when I've read all of the Discworld books. That will be a sad day indeed
You... inarticulate? You daft bugger :razz:
I'm on a kiddy read at the moment as I have recently read Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo too.
Which reminds me, I'm off to bed to read some more!
I just read chick lit crap. I like a good fluffy read
And I tried to find the other what are you reading thread, but it had disappeared!
I've not read ANY Stephen King - yet.
At school, they used to make us write about every single chapter we ever read, and it put me soooo far off reading it's untrue. I'm only just starting to enjoy it again.
is it any good?
I've got it but not read it