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Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:29 pm
by Dixie
ArnauEstanyol wrote:The latest book I read was Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. In the last months I read three books from the same author: The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. The Trilogy of Millenium by Stieg Larsson was in my hands not long ago.

All of them totally recommended. {-:
I've read all of them except Fall of the Giants, which I'm expecting to read soon. Is it as good as The Pillars of the Earth?

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:03 pm
by ArnauEstanyol
Dixie wrote:
ArnauEstanyol wrote:The latest book I read was Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. In the last months I read three books from the same author: The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. The Trilogy of Millenium by Stieg Larsson was in my hands not long ago.

All of them totally recommended. {-:
I've read all of them except Fall of the Giants, which I'm expecting to read soon. Is it as good as The Pillars of the Earth?
Hi
Happy to read you again.
Fall of the Giants is a recommendable book, but, sincerely I prefer The Pillars of the Earth, even World Without End!!!. Fall of the Giants lacks the depth and definition of the characters that Ken Follett gave to the Pillars of the Earth.
By the other hand, all what I say is my personal opinion. You know this is very subjective.
Bye!! :-D

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:35 pm
by Dixie
ArnauEstanyol wrote: Hi
Happy to read you again.
Fall of the Giants is a recommendable book, but, sincerely I prefer The Pillars of the Earth, even World Without End!!!. Fall of the Giants lacks the depth and definition of the characters that Ken Follett gave to the Pillars of the Earth.
By the other hand, all what I say is my personal opinion. You know this is very subjective.
Bye!! :-D
Well, I absolutely loved The Pillars of the Earth but didn't enjoy World Without End as much. I think Fall of the Giants won't be any better, so I won't hurry to get it. I will read it eventually some time.

Loved Larsson's trilogy as well.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:05 pm
by ArnauEstanyol
Dixie wrote:
ArnauEstanyol wrote: Hi
Happy to read you again.
Fall of the Giants is a recommendable book, but, sincerely I prefer The Pillars of the Earth, even World Without End!!!. Fall of the Giants lacks the depth and definition of the characters that Ken Follett gave to the Pillars of the Earth.
By the other hand, all what I say is my personal opinion. You know this is very subjective.
Bye!! :-D
Well, I absolutely loved The Pillars of the Earth but didn't enjoy World Without End as much. I think Fall of the Giants won't be any better, so I won't hurry to get it. I will read it eventually some time.

Loved Larsson's trilogy as well.
Ok
Has you seen The Pillars of the Earth on television?
If your answer is affirmative, what's your opinion?
About Larsson: Is a pity he died. We lost a great writer that we have known too late.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:22 pm
by Dixie
ArnauEstanyol wrote:
Ok
Has you seen The Pillars of the Earth on television?
If your answer is affirmative, what's your opinion?
About Larsson: Is a pity he died. We lost a great writer that we have known too late.
I didn't see it on TV; I directly downloaded it and burned it into DVDs. I usually do that with TV series and watch them comfortably from my couch. :mrgreen: I did like it, of course, it very accurate, although of course I always like the books best.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:01 pm
by ArnauEstanyol
Dixie wrote:
ArnauEstanyol wrote:
Ok
Has you seen The Pillars of the Earth on television?
If your answer is affirmative, what's your opinion?
About Larsson: Is a pity he died. We lost a great writer that we have known too late.
I didn't see it on TV; I directly downloaded it and burned it into DVDs. I usually do that with TV series and watch them comfortably from my couch. :mrgreen: I did like it, of course, it very accurate, although of course I always like the books best.

Oh, great!! It's exactly what I do with the movies I like. But as you, I prefer a good book than a film, mainly because it's very difficult express the history of a book into a movie. All movies I've saw based upon a success book it has been, for me, a disappointment. The first film I saw based in a book was "The fourth Protocol" written by Frederick Forsyth, one of the my favourites writers. Once read the novel, the film sucks. Other example is the Millenium trilogy: the books very good, but the films....
I want thank you for your kindness. Excuse my spelling mistakes...
Merry Christmas an VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:10 pm
by Dixie
ArnauEstanyol wrote: I want thank you for your kindness. Excuse my spelling mistakes...
Merry Christmas an VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
Merry Christmas to you too ;-)

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 4:42 pm
by Kattie
hello, everyone!
a way back i've read "Map of Bones" by James Rollins
has anyone read ?

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:54 pm
by Dixie
I've just read Ken Follet's The Third Twin. Quite entertaining.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:53 am
by Vega
Jean-Paul Sartre. Being and Nothingness, 1943

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:53 am
by francisdrake
I have been reading Zane Grey's novel The Rainbow Trail at this moment. For me it is a breathtaking story and I love it.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:28 pm
by Oriani
Well, I read " Beyond the Lymbo Silence" by Elizabeth Nunez!! It is really good.. ( I read it one month ago)

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 3:45 pm
by Dylis
harry potter and deathly hallows by j. k. rowling.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 7:09 pm
by sweets
well i've read Wethuring Heighs by Bronte it's so gooooooood

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 9:28 am
by Dylis
I've read "Sputnik Sweetheart" by Haruki Murakami. It's awesome.
Now I'm reading "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 12:06 pm
by Yolochka
Dan Brown "Digital Fortress".. It's wonderful!!

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:31 pm
by Dylis
I've just read "Then Again, Maybe I Won't" by Judy Blume. "A Game of Thrones" is on-hold. It has 600+ pages!

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:30 am
by teea
hi all...
my latest book that I've read is a self improvement book by Napoleon Hill...
I live Hill's book, they are great....

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:46 am
by Dylis
"Deenie" by Judy Blume & "After Dark" by Haruki Murakami.
Murakami is my favorite autor now.

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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:28 am
by Elisa
You didn't SIGN your post! Why? :!!: I think it is very easy to guess :!: :!: :!:

RESPECT ALL RELIGIONS AND CREEDS!

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:08 pm
by qwertyuiop
30 MOST COMMON INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (by Anna Piekarczyk), it's really worth learning from for your job interview in English

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:32 pm
by GreekParis
Our mutual Friend by Charles Dickens and I think its great.I like the 17th century use of language and the events taking place in London.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:54 pm
by anstgu
I have just finisfed reading a very old book called "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie. It was the mystery novel. I like her works and read many of them.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:51 pm
by Elisa
I am rereading: One, No one and One hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello.

I advise you to read it.
It can help to understand how we often understimate other people and don't become aware of what other really think of us.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:21 pm
by Lara
the last book i read was "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, i advise u to read it :-)

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:09 pm
by Nandor
Alberto Manguel- The library at night

It is a nice book which promotes the love for reading. I recommend it. You will be prompt to think about all books you have read, to think about the sense of going to library and having your own library.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:14 pm
by Dylis
"Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years" by Sue Townsend. Adrian always makes me laugh!

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:04 pm
by MissLT
The hunger games

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:57 pm
by pawstvih
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 11:35 am
by pawstvih
Today I am very angry :evil:
I have wasted my money buying the most disgusting book I have ever read: "Signora da Vinci" by Robin Maxwell.
It is the apotheosis of banality and some people call it: "an historical book!!!"

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:40 am
by Duccini
The last one was The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, by Alan Watts. Here's a quote:
“Peace can be made only by those who are peaceful, and love can be shown only by those who love. No work of love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.”
Before that I read George Martin's Clash of Kings.
Lara wrote:the last book i read was "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, i advise u to read it :-)
Wow, this one's great. Huxley's Doors of Perception/Heaven and Hell is worth reading too.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:33 pm
by Dmitriy
Charlotte Bronte "Jane Eyre"

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:31 am
by Elisa
The New Quantum Age:From Bell's Theorem to Quantum Computation and Teleportation
Andrew Whitaker

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:44 am
by robaczka
Last time I read "In cold blood" Truman Capote... I read the book in polish translate, I started do read oryginal... I love that book!

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:12 am
by Loreley
Hello Booksworms,

this weekend I finished „Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer. By the way … I read it the third time and I like it very much – it is a very tragic story. It tells a lot about of dreams of everyone of us, but the guy of the story tried to live his dreams and failed because of the reality.

Lena

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 11:09 am
by Elisa
I am reading " Lettera a una Chiesa che ha dimenticato Gesù".
It is a pity that we cannot find this book in English.

E.Olmi writes how religion must be Joy and serenity. Beliving in another life after death has to give us the power to go on and be generous and understanding with neighbor.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:06 pm
by Elisa
I have to recommend DEATH OF A SUPERHERO by Anthony MacCarten. It is not a new book but I have discovered it only now :-)
It’s a very special book although it is very simple (for teenagers?). I am reading it in Italian language but I want to buy it also in English. I think there is a lot to learn about new words and a new way to write.
This book tells the story of a terminally ill boy from adolescent and adult perspectives. Don’t worry it isn’t a sad, bore, weepy book!
Death of a Superhero includes comic dynamism, cinematic scene changes, and passages of calm, emotionally intensive narration.
You will read it in a night

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:18 am
by JuanitoC
Just finishing reading mine classic Cozy Chilling Bedtime Stories by P. Gibey. Love the reading all the time, have read it for 3times now yet still exciting!!!

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:05 pm
by Elisa
I’ve finished just now to read “Inferno” (Hell) by Dan Brown.
It is a thriller.
Telling the true I have found it a little boring and overfull of information given just to give .

What I can say about this book is that, if you have never visited Venezia and Firenze, after its reading you will start to save money to have a trip there.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:29 pm
by reginaclark
The purpose drive and the Game of thrones.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 4:34 pm
by Elisa
I am reading: Who Moved my cheese by Spencer Johnson.

You can watch it here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDNhEYpBPbY

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 11:31 am
by MsJen&Co
I love the Game of Thrones too. A very popular series! I'm currently reading One Day by David Nichols, really enjoying it.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:56 pm
by rbschna
I consider myself an avid book reader, specially since my retirement, fourteen years ago. I'm currently reading two books simultaneously: Jack Kerouak's "On The Road" and "The Complete Western Stories" of Elmore Leonard. I've also just finished John LeCarré's "A Delicate Truth" and Arthur Miller's "A From the Bridge." As you can appreciate it is an eclectic list, it covers a wide field of preferences. Anyway, I'd recommend John LeCarré's book to those who like British old fashioned spy stories. I've enjoyed it with great pleasure. Reading it, while sipping an eighteen old scotch whiskey will increase the enjoyment (not for underage folk).
I'd like to post some more complete comments about some of those titles later, once I have assembled my ideas and find the right way to express them in English. For the moment, consider this post as an essay about how to post a post in this highly interesting forum.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 5:00 pm
by klamolga
Recently I have finished ''The Doll''. I'm from Poland, so this book is a classical example of set text. It is incredibly great book! It was written in 19th century by Boleslaw Prus. Now I am reading ''If I stay''. When I finish, I will write something about it.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 2:33 am
by Cecilia
Hi! the latest book I read recently is The Wise Man's Fear, is the second book of a trilogy, but I liked it better the first book

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:39 am
by Vega
I am reading Jane Austen - Ema. It's a pre-intermediate level if I'm not mistaken

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:44 am
by Krisi
Dale Carnegie - Stop Worrying and Start living

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:15 pm
by casual
One Hundred Years of Solitude by One Hundred Years of Solitud it's a multi-generational story of the Buendía family.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 9:32 pm
by Dixie
The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley.
The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz.
Now I'm finishing The Chronicles of Narnia (book 1) by C. S. Lewis.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 11:06 am
by Andrey
Hi! The latest book I read recently was "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov. This book has all: merry mischief and melancholy sadness, romantic love and obsession magical, magical mystery and reckless game with the evil spirit. And now I'm reading "Miserable" by Victor Hugo.