What is the latest book you have read recently?

Tora · Post by **Tora** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:21 am

It's Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road Many times the book that pretends to be the masterpiece of literature turned out to be non of my interest, boring and predictable, but this very one I'm happy I've discovered is above and beyond This is a book I would like to shot a movie on if I were a director - someting resembling the Jarmusch's Deadman - a mixture of drama and high-brow comedy.

It's preety short to be read in a couple of days, truly take a look if you come across it, it is really worth reading, don't spare your time on it.

illusion · Post by **illusion** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:37 pm

MissLT wrote:
illusion wrote: I've taken this special "fast reading" course, so that I could read 700 words per minute which basically meant that I could read a 300 page book in like 2 hours or so. But you have to train every day.
Fast reading course? How do you do it? Skim the page and only pick up the important parts or words that stand out?

well, usually I have to do some exercises before, like juggling, relaxation and then I use this little stick that I tap each line of the page so I just focus on the text my eyes moving along the stick. And of course you can't read in your head. You just have to see and understand but not saying it in your thoughts because it only makes you read slower. to be honest you have to practise a lot to get to the point where you really understand the book by just tapping through the pages. But when I had an exam (because to finish the course we had to take a final exam) I practised reading one book a day for 7 days and at the end I was really like reading a book that had 300 pages for 2 hours and I could remember nearly all of it.

Melek · Post by **Melek** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:04 am

the latest book that I read is 'solitude in net" by Yanush Vishnevskiy

illusion · Post by **illusion** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:07 pm

Melek wrote:the latest book that I read is 'solitude in net" by Yanush Vishnevskiy

omg! it's my favourite book! it was written by a Pole ;d and it's so sad.. but I love it. though I must say it's specific and not everyone will enjoy it, loads of different stories combined together, plenty of details and many talks about love and sexuality and of course deep melancholy.

tron · Post by **tron** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:02 pm

James Patterson's "Beach road", which is a thriller.
Now, I'm notching another Stephen King book in my score, while reading "The Tommyknockers"

Late last night and the night before,
Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers,
knocking at the door.

ladyRowena · Post by **ladyRowena** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:20 pm

Einstein's dreams by Alan Lightman...
Have you ever read this book ? It's so attractive ...Sometimes I wish some of his suppositions would come true :D

imad · Post by **imad** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:53 pm

Alexander David's Terror on Broadway ( in french )
And now I'm reading Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw.

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:53 pm

Little Women (AGAIN!!!) and right now I'm reading Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye.

DanielEdwards · Post by **DanielEdwards** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:23 am

Recently i finished a mystery novel called " Indemnity Only" by Sara Paretsky. Its such a nice mysterical novel. It is first mystery novel of VI Kwasrosky series. I really enjoy that.
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Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:28 am

Stephenie Meyer's Twilight.

tron · Post by **tron** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:00 am

Richard Laymon is my new favourite horror writer. Last book I read is "Island", by the aforementioned author. Now I'm reading "Night in the lonesome October". And I'm plannig on reading his whole oeuvre, he has about 30 books published.

Cypress · Post by **Cypress** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:04 pm

I’m reading Mozart’s biography now. Quite fascinating

Tora · Post by **Tora** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:06 pm

I have added two more authors to my "all-weather" list: It's Ken Kesey and Rudyard Kipling.

Also British actor and well, a comedian in some way Stephen Fry is extremely popular in my country. At least was in December when all the shelves in a local bookfair were overloaded with his samples. I read The Hippopotamus in 5-day-time, quite amusing, I skipped the wet scenes, you know, it's too democratic for my mind, but liked the plot and the language.

Now I'm obsessed by Russian short-story writers of the first half of the 20th cent... and Rudyard Kipling

selsabil · Post by **selsabil** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:36 pm

hi

, my latest book was Emma by Jane Austen, I've seen it as a movie two years ago and just lately I've read it. now I'm reading "Devil on the cross" by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o .

manel · Post by **manel** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:29 pm

hi every one the latest book i 've read was Animal Farm of George Orwell .it's very interesting

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Tue May 05, 2009 8:22 pm

The Eight, by Katherine Neville.

Has anyone read it?

Melek · Post by **Melek** » Wed May 13, 2009 6:01 pm

the last book that I read was Martin Eden by Jack London

Now reading Hunger by Knut Hamsun

Cypress · Post by **Cypress** » Thu May 14, 2009 3:14 am

Melek wrote:the last book that I read was Martin Eden by Jack London

Now reading Hunger by Knut Hamsun

Martin Eden is one of my favorite books.
I haven't read Hunger, but I've read Fruits of the Earth by Hamsun. I liked it.

Tora · Post by **Tora** » Fri May 15, 2009 5:21 am

To my shame I'm not reading... I'm writing a diploma and just can't see any typed text, I listen to child's books before going to sleep these days - The wind in the willows - I was deprived of such a book in my childhood, not it's a true pleasure to be listening to the stories of The Mole and Toad and Water Rat...

Cypress, how's the baby?

Melek · Post by **Melek** » Fri May 15, 2009 5:00 pm

Cypress wrote:
Melek wrote:the last book that I read was Martin Eden by Jack London

Now reading Hunger by Knut Hamsun

Martin Eden is one of my favorite books.
I haven't read Hunger, but I've read Fruits of the Earth by Hamsun. I liked it.

I will read 'Fruits of the Earth" (Growth of the Soil) after completing Hunger:)

Cypress · Post by **Cypress** » Sun May 17, 2009 6:41 am

Tora wrote:
Cypress, how's the baby?

He is fine; keeps me busy. Thank you for asking.
I'm not reading anything now either. In fact, I'm not doing many things I used to do. On the other hand, I am doing many new things that I had never done before... and I really enjoy it

Melek, what got you interested in Hamsun?

blueemma · Post by **blueemma** » Wed May 20, 2009 1:06 pm

I have read Tuesday with Morrie few days ago, it a good book for me, I have read it several times, you can recheck your life style from this book.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:39 am

I just finished reading the Twilight series. I liked it but not as much as I like the Harry Potter series. Maybe because they hyped it so much.

But I enjoyed it since I love reading about vampires.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:18 pm

I just finished reading (again) A Time to Kill by John Grisham. I consider this one of the most powerful novels out there. I'm a big fan of John Grisham and this is the first book by him that I read. I remember when I first started reading it how amazed I was at how he tells the story. I was hooked after reading the first page.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:18 pm

I just finished reading "The Transition Game". It's a book about the Hoosiers which is basically Indiana basketball. I've always had this fascination about how big basketball is in Indiana. It's a good book on how basketball there transitioned from traditional to hip hop era.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:07 am

I just finished reading the book "Deception Point" by Dan Brown and I'm a little bit disappointed. It's not as good as Angels and Demons and Da Vinci code. Maybe that's why I'm disappointed. I kept comparing it to the two books. I can't help myself though. :)

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:56 pm

englishhelps wrote:I just finished reading the book "Deception Point" by Dan Brown and I'm a little bit disappointed. It's not as good as Angels and Demons and Da Vinci code. Maybe that's why I'm disappointed. I kept comparing it to the two books. I can't help myself though. :)

This book disappointed me as well. I had read the other 3 when I read Deception Point, and it was really boring. I didn't enjoy it as much as the others.

Anyway I have just finished reading Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Played With Fire, the second novel of his Millennium trilogy. I'm getting the third one today and will start reading right away!

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:20 am

Yeah. What's the title of the other one? I didn't like it because it basically had the same formula as the Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons but it wasn't that gripping compared to the two.

I also like reading books about famous people especially athletes and rappers. It's very inspiring. :)

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:16 am

englishhelps wrote:Yeah. What's the title of the other one?

Digital Fortress.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:42 pm

There you go. Thanks so much. Maybe I should give that book another try. Let me go find my book. Hehehe.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:19 am

Well, I was sick so I had a lot of time in my hands to read a book. I finished Digital Fortress after a while and I was still disappointed. Oh well. :)

echho · Post by **echho** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:38 pm

I read The Host which was written by Stephenie Meyer. I like it very much.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:45 pm

^Is it as good as the other Stephanie Meyer books?

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:35 am

I just finished reading Rage by Jonathan Kellerman. It's a great suspense thriller book!

AdiNNa · Post by **AdiNNa** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:24 pm

I last read Gossip Girl-Because i'm worth it

It's a flavoured book which focuses on several rich adolescents from New York City.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:21 am

^You should watch the TV series. :)

illusion · Post by **illusion** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:48 pm

englishhelps wrote:^You should watch the TV series. :)

I watch it like all the time!! it's really cool :P tho I am not a teenager anymore, sadly.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:48 pm

I'm a 28 year old guy and I still watch it. Haha.

illusion · Post by **illusion** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:02 am

englishhelps wrote:I'm a 28 year old guy and I still watch it. Haha.

lol ;p what else do you watch?

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:19 pm

My all time favorite TV series is "24". Then I also watch Chuck, Supernatural, How I met your mother, Ghost Whisperer, and a lot more! You?

So that we're on topic, I'm currently reading book 7 of the Harry Potter series. I just finished watching the movie about book 6 and I just wanted to re-read book 7 again.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:32 am

I just finished re-reading the Deathly Hallows. Wow! Even though I've read it before, I was still on the edge of my seat while reading it.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:49 am

I just finished reading "Flesh and Blood" by Jonathan Kellerman. It's a great suspense thriller book!

illusion · Post by **illusion** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:35 am

I am now reading Coetzee's "Disgrace" :D

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:05 am

^Is it a good book? What's it about? I'm running out of books to read.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:30 pm

I just finished re-reading "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham. :)

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:33 am

englishhelps wrote:I just finished re-reading "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham. :)

I own a copy. Read it last year and didn't like it. My mom, on the contrary, is a fan of Grisham, I believe she's read all his books.

A couple weeks ago I finished Paulo Coelho's The Winner Stands Alone, and now I'm reading Agatha Christie's The Secret Adversary. It's the first time I read Christie, and I like it so far.

Vega · Post by **Vega** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:03 pm

I am reading "The old man and the sea" by E. Hemingway. I like the book, however it's a bit difficult because of many new words.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:06 pm

Dixie wrote:
englishhelps wrote:I just finished re-reading "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham. :)
I own a copy. Read it last year and didn't like it. My mom, on the contrary, is a fan of Grisham, I believe she's read all his books.

A couple weeks ago I finished Paulo Coelho's The Winner Stands Alone, and now I'm reading Agatha Christie's The Secret Adversary. It's the first time I read Christie, and I like it so far.

Oh, your mom is a fellow Grisham fan! If she has a copy, I suggest you read "A time to kill", "Pelican Brief" and "The Firm". Those are my favorites. I like "Playing for Pizza" because I love sports and the story is different from what he usually writes.

I like Paulo Coelho. I haven't read that book though.

englishhelps · Post by **englishhelps** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:07 pm

Xkalibur wrote:I am reading "The old man and the sea" by E. Hemingway. I like the book, however it's a bit difficult because of many new words.

Hemingway uses big words for poetic reasons. But you'll learn a lot. Just Google the definition of words that you don't understand and you should be fine. :)

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:39 pm

englishhelps wrote:
Oh, your mom is a fellow Grisham fan! If she has a copy, I suggest you read "A time to kill", "Pelican Brief" and "The Firm". Those are my favorites. I like "Playing for Pizza" because I love sports and the story is different from what he usually writes.

I like Paulo Coelho. I haven't read that book though.

Well, since I've only read Playing for Pizza and Skipping Christmas I guess I can't judge. I loved the latter, by the way. If you say the former is different from his usual style, I guess I should give him another try