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Yael
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recent reads
thought i'd start a post for something that is dear to my heart - books. what have you read lately? any warm recommendations?
i recently finished "extremely close & incredibly loud" by jonathan safran foer. i REALLY loved this book. it was hard to let go of it.
also, i have a book blog, http://livejournal.com/~booked
add me if you like.
xo.
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![[*]](./images/greencat/default_icon.gif) posted on 7-8-06 at 02:35 PM |
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Since an eternity I'm trying to read a book by Thomas Mann ("Der Zauberberg" in German, don't know the English name). Honestly, it's so boring
and the characters are so whiny that I'm thinking of just leaving it at that... the only thing is that it's an important book of German literature
and that I've read about 600 of the 1000 pages already... but it's really a pain.
I have some other books waiting, too: Isabel Allende - "Retrato en sepia" and "Le Mur" by Sartre, both seem to be more interesting than the first
I also still have the last book of the Earthsee series by Ursula K. LeGuin ("The other wind") which I haven't read yet...
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I've stopped reading. It hurt my brain. Now I read kids books only! yay for cheesy stories about magic and dragons. 
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Just finished Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. Haunting reinterpretation of Jane Eyre, every moment so precise that you could smell it.
Prior to that was The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. A not so typical love story about waiting, time travel and making. Took its time
to get going, but well worth it. Right Courtney? 
Now I am listening to Harry Potter on Audio Book while I sew! My favourite "work" music!!
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| posted on 7-8-06 at 03:36 PM |
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Oh Amber, what kid's books are you reading! I am all for kids books. I have "Inkheart" on hold at the library!
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Well I read Eragon and Eldest. I really liked those... I'm eagerly waiting the next Harry Potter book. I need suggestions for kids books! I only
like to buy them online so nobody sees me buying them at the bookstore. It makes it hard to pick out random titles. hehehehe
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| posted on 7-8-06 at 11:43 PM |
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i heart all of doctor's seus books!
i work at a bookstore, so sometimes when i get bored and there's no customers i sit down with a children's book. it's easy to finish them fast and
don't require so much concentration as to a novel. xo.
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I looked into Inkheart and it looked good so I bought it off amazon just now. If it's not good claire I'm coming to your house! I should find out
where my local library is... I'm not sure if people in Jersey read though
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Well, my 11 year old neighbour recommended it to me, they read it at school. I figured if it passes the boy at school test, there's probably some
reason!
Hmmm, maybe you SHOULD not like it, and then I'll have a visitor!
I also love The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin. Dragons and wizards! Islands! One of my favourites.
Well, my Grandma is in Jersey, but she's too blind to read anymore. So she listens to awful talk radio and my Mom gets mad!!!
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| posted on 7-9-06 at 02:35 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by claire
I also love The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin. Dragons and wizards! Islands! One of my favourites.
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I totally agree! Those Earthsee books are lovely! I saw the tv film, and it was nothing like the books, which I kind of suspected so I got all the
books at once and I didn't regret it.
Not childrens books exactly, but among my all-time favourites are the Farseer Trilogy and the Tawny Man Trilogy by Robin Hobb, in case anyone else is
into fantasy and hasn't read those yet. Unfortunately I had to leave them in Germany because I didn't have enough space left in my suitcase, so I
really miss them now and I'm sure those will be either in my suitcase next time I go to Germany or in my family's suitcase if they come to visit me
here
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i don't read as much anymore and i't makes me sad... there are so many books i bought i still need to read, like the historian, the traveller,
sophie kinsella books (i LOVED can you keep a secret and shopaholic series)... i just can't find the time anymore. i also read graphic novels, as
cris regularly buy a bunch and pushes some in my hand to read 
i should make an effort to read a little at night before going to bed...
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today i'm starting to read a heartbreaking work of staggering genious by dave eggers. it looks promising!!! i've been waiting to read this
for awhile.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by claire
Just finished Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. Haunting reinterpretation of Jane Eyre, every moment so precise that you could smell it.
Prior to that was The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. A not so typical love story about waiting, time travel and making. Took its time
to get going, but well worth it. Right Courtney?
Now I am listening to Harry Potter on Audio Book while I sew! My favourite "work" music!! |
Time Traveler's Wife was definately worth the initial disorientation and fustration that it was causing me. I would suggest it to anyone here, if
you like a good love story.
Now I am reading Deadwood, because my obsession with the show has intertwined with my love for books. The style of writing and speech has me reading
slow and carefully, so I may be a while.
Amber, you should look for your library! I've found that they are much more modern than the last time I stepped into one... In fact, my library's
website is set up similarly to amazon, with reviews and all. If they don't have the book I want, they are happy to get it for me from one of the
other million libraries in the county, and they call me when I can come pick it up. I'm trying to teach Poppy about the library and books, and its
all been so pleasant
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oh, fo sho on the library tip! ours lets us reserve online and i just get an email when the book is in and they set it aside in a special area for
pick up. i hate the browsing, it is too overwhelming to me so i love the efficiency of this method. if you want to be a recluse they'll even mail
it for a small fee. obviously i'm not sure how it is anywhere else. you could just move here. i wouldn't complain.
i read the time traveler's wife and enjoyed it very much. i did make me cry.
yael, i also read genius but i've forgotten a lot it. i'm bad that way. i should read it again so we can discuss!
i just re-read to kill a mockingbird. has anyone read the little friend? i highly recommend it. but i must say, all corners of this
book now remind me of mockingbird and that is a little bit of a let down. but nothing takes away from the scenery on friend. it is outstanding!
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i read ...a mocking bird. wonderful book! is the movie any good?
i have an issue with libraries. although they are wonderful, i can't just give up a book i read and loved. i have to KEEP it and add it to my own
glorious library that's the whole fun! [sorta, ya know].
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I got my kids books in the mail today! I'm going to start Inkheart as soon as I finish the John Fante book I'm reading.
Has anyone ready John Fante? He used to be my favorite author, but the book I'm currently reading has made me decide that he sucks. I don't know
what I was thinking years ago when I liked this guy. His writing is all over the place and his books lack a plot. I'm reading The Road to Los
Angeles..... I've also read Ask the Dust a few years ago which I remember liking... maybe I was on crack
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Yael
i read ...a mocking bird. wonderful book! is the movie any good?
i have an issue with libraries. although they are wonderful, i can't just give up a book i read and loved. i have to KEEP it and add it to my own
glorious library that's the whole fun! [sorta, ya know].
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i like to try before i buy. most of the time! 
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i dunno. it's a risk. every book is a risk. but if i buy something i dislike i go to my favorite 2nd handbook store and give a load of books i want
to get rid of and take others in return for the books i gave. it's a cool arrangment. i have alot of silly "rules" i follow by when it comes to my
bookloving world.
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the latest book i read was the
passion of artemisia by susan vreeland, it tells a stroy about an italian baroque artist called artemisia gentileschi, really an enjoyable and interesting read.
next on my list are:
girl in hyacinth blue, also by susan vreeland
teen spirit by virginie despentes
i also want to get the latest book by douglas coupland!
oh, and i found a finnish edition of ted hughes's birthday letters for just 4.90 € today
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Yael
i have an issue with libraries. although they are wonderful, i can't just give up a book i read and loved. i have to KEEP it and add it to my own
glorious library that's the whole fun! [sorta, ya know].
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For me it's a bit of the opposite... I hardly have any fictional books, I love to get heaps and heaps of books at the library and then I only very
seldomly buy a book (only if I really loved it). Last time that happened was with the Robin Hobb books. I buy mainly non-fictional books and
dictionnaries which are my great addiction (I have tons of dictionnaries of all sorts of languages, many of them I don't even speak).
What I do love is buying used books at the market where we go to each Sunday. They're incredibly cheap, and my boyfriend's house is full of books
bought there!
But the absolute heaven was when we travelled to Buenos Aires - there are tons of book stores which are open even after midnight and we spent lots of
hours there. Books are incredibly cheap in Argentina, while here in Chile new books are incredibly expensive (even more expensive than in Germany).
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Now I am reading 'Lunar Park' by Bret Easton Ellis.
I also have Michael Cunningham's 'Flesh and Blood' borrowed from the library...I need to find more to read.Lately I have only been selling my own
books to get some money,which sucks. 
[Edited on 7-22-0606 by hanna]
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I've been reading some childrens' books also.
I love the Warriors series by Erin Hunter...fantasy about clans of cats who live in the forest.
I have Inkheart on my shelf of "to read" books borrowed from co-workers.
Currently I'm reading Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan and loving it, as I do all her books.
[Edited on 7-21-0606 by ClaireCat]
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I've been reading a lot lately. I still talk to my ex who works at a bookstore so he gives me his discount but I'm trying not to talk to him now
because it's too complicated so I give up my discount too 
David Sedaris "Me Talk Pretty One Day" (finally)
David Sedaris "Dress Your Family ..."
Basically both really funny in a real way and easy reads but makes you think about stuff too. I meant to read his stuff for so long now.
Margaret Cho "I have Chosen to Stay and Fight"
Political but funny and obviously I want to be distracted by humor these days?
Sue Monk Kidd "The Secret Life of Bees"
This book made me really, really, really sad. I mean it's supposed to be all heartwarming at the end but I just felt more sad. Anyhow, it's uber
religious and stuff so I don't want to really read The Mermaid Chair just because the overtones turned me off.
I have "Lolita" and "Running with Scisors" (A. Burroughs" and "Invisable Monsters" (C. Palahniuk) to read next. I want to borrow all the Harry
Potter novels from my co-worker. I also have "The Lovely Bones", "Norweign Wood" and "Confessions from the Velvet Ropes" (about NYC party / club
kids) on my to buy next to read list.
I'm pretty obsessively reading magazines too like Bust again, Nylon and Vanity Fair.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by teesabrat
I've been reading a lot lately. I still talk to my ex who works at a bookstore so he gives me his discount but I'm trying not to talk to him now
because it's too complicated so I give up my discount too
David Sedaris "Me Talk Pretty One Day" (finally)
David Sedaris "Dress Your Family ..."
Basically both really funny in a real way and easy reads but makes you think about stuff too. I meant to read his stuff for so long now.
Margaret Cho "I have Chosen to Stay and Fight"
Political but funny and obviously I want to be distracted by humor these days?
Sue Monk Kidd "The Secret Life of Bees"
This book made me really, really, really sad. I mean it's supposed to be all heartwarming at the end but I just felt more sad. Anyhow, it's uber
religious and stuff so I don't want to really read The Mermaid Chair just because the overtones turned me off.
I have "Lolita" and "Running with Scisors" (A. Burroughs" and "Invisable Monsters" (C. Palahniuk) to read next. I want to borrow all the Harry
Potter novels from my co-worker. I also have "The Lovely Bones", "Norweign Wood" and "Confessions from the Velvet Ropes" (about NYC party / club
kids) on my to buy next to read list.
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i heart bust. i did a subscription not too long ago! love it. also, david sedaris rules. read both.
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I don't have pretty much of spare time to read something that I like. My career demands a lot of reading on its own, so now I'm reading one of
Kafka's books named "The Process" (or that will be the literal translation from Spanish). It's pretty good, and kinda freak because Kafka intended
it be a neverending novel :p
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