Finished Youth by Joseph Conrad, and it was pretty damn good for a 30-page short story. Moving on to Conrad's Heart of Darkness... Apocalypse Now is one of my favourite films of all time, so it'll be interesting to see how its themes are explored in the original text.
lol, I'm a bit of a supernatural freak...so in middle of reading, book 3 of Vampire Academy, Book 2 of The Mortal Instruments series and this book called A Discovery of Witches...all very good! Gonna move on to Sookie Stackhouse series when I'm done on these xXx
Finished The Lacuna. I definitely enjoyed it but I prefer Kingsolver's other ones, I think. It was a nice storyline, the way she put her main character in a real historical place with real historical figures.
I'm now reading Kazuo Ishiguro's When We Were Orphans.
I finished Never Let Me Go on the train so I have had to raid my sister's book case.
Did you enjoy it? I have four of Ishiguro's other books on my bookshelf, but annoyingly that was the one I wanted most, but they didn't have in the charity shop.
Jo, I did enjoy it :)
I have read it before but that was a while ago and think I actually got more out of it this time, possibly because I knew where the story was going and could appreciate the progression/growth of the characters more.
I would rather like to read his other books but my list is sooo long at the minute and this thread isn't helping at all (darn you all!) :( My list is double sided A4 eek!
I finished the Choice in the end which I am glad about - I don't like leaving books unfinished, to me it is like leaving the characters in limbo!
The book reminded me of those made for tv films/dramas that you get on channel five mid afternoon. The plot was gentle and didn't care for the characters and then three quarters of the way through comes the "main event" and the story grabs you. If only the "event" had come 300 pages earlier!
About to start The House At Riverton, thanks to the recommendation on an earlier page (thank you Mademoiselle Lola. x)
Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria by Julia P. Gelardi. There are so many names and titles (and the author isn't very consistent in what she calls them) that I have drawn up a chart to keep things straight. Still a very good read.
Empress by Shan Sa. About the only female Emporess Regnant (ruled in her own right) in Chinese history.
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I have learned that the world is not a safe place. Not at all. But there are so many people who love me and want to keep me safe. And that is enough.
Just started but also almost finished A Million Little Pieces by James Frey.
OMG.The day I finally met someone who read it has come!lol.
I loved it.so so powerful.the pages where he has that teeth surgery without anasthesia made me cry and I almost felt his pain.
You should read 'My friend,Leonard',which is the sequel.Still good,but not as good as the first.
You can buy me with a coffee,I'm so cheap. Got bitten fingernails&a head full of past;Got a broken heart&your name on my cast.
&&I wanted her to tell me that she will never wake me.
OMG.The day I finally met someone who read it has come!lol.
I loved it.so so powerful.the pages where he has that teeth surgery without anasthesia made me cry and I almost felt his pain.
You should read 'My friend,Leonard',which is the sequel.Still good,but not as good as the first.
I felt the same way with the teeth bit. Very powerful book.
Argh I loved this book so much! I read it once, cried a few times then read it again and just sobbed the whole way through, hehe. I found it difficult to appreciate the narration for a while I seem to remember, but once I got into it, it was fab. Hope you enjoy it Annabelle!
I've just finished a re-reading of 'Making History' by Stephen Fry. Great book surrounding the concept of evil, I guess. To do with an alternate history in which Hitler doesn't exist. Worth a read, especially if you like Fry's wit
There are remarkable things all the time, right in front of us,
but our eyes have like the clouds over the sun
and our lives are paler and poorer if we do not
see them for what they are. If nobody speaks of
remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable?"
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