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City Young...i am happy to help if I can!
Hey!
I think there are so many good easy books to look at when you are learning English. I would like to know more of what you read first in your natural language...which is?
I am reading a few good books that are fairly simple right now...should I send you one that I am finished with? We could start an exchange your used books club in here...
I think if we just charged the cost to ship... a shipping price and sent our books to one another when we are done we could change the world :P PEACE & Happy New Year!
(oh I am reading Girl with a Pearl Earring, about Vermeer... and Huna, about Hawaiian healing techniques, and A million Little Pieces... about addiction, right now)
since I am a female you will probably get better answers for you from guys...if they will answer you! :P
Peace ...tracey
I think there are so many good easy books to look at when you are learning English. I would like to know more of what you read first in your natural language...which is?
I am reading a few good books that are fairly simple right now...should I send you one that I am finished with? We could start an exchange your used books club in here...
I think if we just charged the cost to ship... a shipping price and sent our books to one another when we are done we could change the world :P PEACE & Happy New Year!
(oh I am reading Girl with a Pearl Earring, about Vermeer... and Huna, about Hawaiian healing techniques, and A million Little Pieces... about addiction, right now)
since I am a female you will probably get better answers for you from guys...if they will answer you! :P
Peace ...tracey
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Help me pick a book...
Can you all recommend me a book that worth time and money to invested in?? I want to buy a book but have no idea what book should I pick...
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Well, I can only recommend fiction since that's what I like :D
I loved all Dan Brown's novels except for Deception Point. The ones I liked were The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons and Digital Fortress.
If you like the classics, you could try Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, or my all-time favorite novel, Alcott's Little Women :D
I also loved a novel called The Lake of Dead Languages, by Carol Goodman. I came accross that novel one day in a store and I thought it must be interesting, I bought and well, I just loved it. If you like mystery, I recommend that one.
I've got plenty of books in English, just let me know your likes and dislikes so I can recommend more :D
I loved all Dan Brown's novels except for Deception Point. The ones I liked were The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons and Digital Fortress.
If you like the classics, you could try Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, or my all-time favorite novel, Alcott's Little Women :D
I also loved a novel called The Lake of Dead Languages, by Carol Goodman. I came accross that novel one day in a store and I thought it must be interesting, I bought and well, I just loved it. If you like mystery, I recommend that one.
I've got plenty of books in English, just let me know your likes and dislikes so I can recommend more :D
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yep.. i personally think that these novels are great too.. i can attest to that..... :D you'll enjoy it yana..Dixie wrote:Well, I can only recommend fiction since that's what I like :D
I loved all Dan Brown's novels except for Deception Point. The ones I liked were The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons and Digital Fortress.
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jeki wrote:Hello, everybody
I'm new here, and I don't speak English very well. But I want to increase my knowledge. I would like to read books in English. Would you recommend me not very difficult books?
My favourite topics are animals and running. Thank you very much.
well .. i suggest you take a look at this book MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS ..man , its hilarious and reading it was so much fun .. i still remember the first time i read it i fell in love with the beauty of descriptions about this boy's adventures in this lovely island in the heart of the magical nature and all those dreamy hours along the sea shores and swimming beneath the silver moon .. * sighs happily * .. this book gave the best hours to me and took me to an unforgettable land which i hadnt seen before .. however I better stop talking why don’t you take a look at it yourself ? :D
http://www.shoarns.com/MyFamilyandOtherAnimals.htm
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In my opinion...
I recommend 1984 by George Orwell. I read it last year and I think in this book so far. It was the most depressing book that I've read. Another one is the Classical Dracula by Bram Stocker. This book is almost perfect! When Dracula was publicated for the 1st time it caused such calmour that people thought the story was really true.
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I finally got a copy of FIVE GREAT DIALOGUES and began to read Republic by Plato...wow I am so happy that I found it in a used bookstore it has these five books in one Apology Crito Phaedo Symposium Republic.f I picked it up for five dollars....practically nothing, I wish someone had told me to read Plato when I was younger! It is a really great book, with some really big ideas.
I personally love philosophy....Plato was a great! And followed by so many, with his insightful thinking.
For more easy reading....I suggest books meant for teens, at least when you are (at first) learning. They keep wording sort of simple and the stories are fun to read. For instance the The Narnia Cronicles by C.S. Lewis ...because the English is easier to get if you start with these. Also books by Madeline L'Engle like A Wrinkle in Time. I used to read Nancy Drew Mysteries when I was a child. These are fun too.
If those are too childish for your tastes try books about movies you have seen because that will help you get through them, like Girl With a Pearl Earring (very good book) or watch the movie (if there is one ) when you get a book...because knowing about the movie will help with reading the book.
As for my current reading list:
Yesterday I almost bought Pride and Predjudice but some other books won out...The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie....Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian and Wild Animus by Rich Shapiro...
I do book reviews in amazon.com...put this in their search box,
in amazon to have a look at my reviews and guides oh the wishlists are just guides...so please do not send me books LOL!... (I have a whole bunch of them, already, waiting to be read)T.K. Faleofa in the search engine box....for results.
Happy Hunting...and Reading! (hope this helps) :)
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I personally love philosophy....Plato was a great! And followed by so many, with his insightful thinking.
For more easy reading....I suggest books meant for teens, at least when you are (at first) learning. They keep wording sort of simple and the stories are fun to read. For instance the The Narnia Cronicles by C.S. Lewis ...because the English is easier to get if you start with these. Also books by Madeline L'Engle like A Wrinkle in Time. I used to read Nancy Drew Mysteries when I was a child. These are fun too.
If those are too childish for your tastes try books about movies you have seen because that will help you get through them, like Girl With a Pearl Earring (very good book) or watch the movie (if there is one ) when you get a book...because knowing about the movie will help with reading the book.
As for my current reading list:
Yesterday I almost bought Pride and Predjudice but some other books won out...The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie....Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian and Wild Animus by Rich Shapiro...
I do book reviews in amazon.com...put this in their search box,
in amazon to have a look at my reviews and guides oh the wishlists are just guides...so please do not send me books LOL!... (I have a whole bunch of them, already, waiting to be read)T.K. Faleofa in the search engine box....for results.
Happy Hunting...and Reading! (hope this helps) :)
I love to read! -Tikay
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Five books you would recommend
Hi everyone!
I’m trying to make a list of books I must read. Could you help me? I would appreciate it if you could give me a list of five books that you enjoyed the most. Just a list of five your favorite books. That’s it :D
I’m trying to make a list of books I must read. Could you help me? I would appreciate it if you could give me a list of five books that you enjoyed the most. Just a list of five your favorite books. That’s it :D
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1.- The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
2.- Angels and Demons, Dan Brown
3.- Digital Fortress, Dan Brown
4.- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
5.- The Lake of Dead Languages, Carol Goodman
I'm not a Dan Brown fan, it's just that his novels were the first ones that came to my mind, especially #1, which I have read twice. By the way, there's one missing (he's got 4), Deception Point, but I didn't like that one.
Of course this list can be expanded, these are not my all-time favorite books... Many of them are from Catalan writers and I am sure you couldn't possibly find them even though some of them have been translated into many languages.
2.- Angels and Demons, Dan Brown
3.- Digital Fortress, Dan Brown
4.- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
5.- The Lake of Dead Languages, Carol Goodman
I'm not a Dan Brown fan, it's just that his novels were the first ones that came to my mind, especially #1, which I have read twice. By the way, there's one missing (he's got 4), Deception Point, but I didn't like that one.
Of course this list can be expanded, these are not my all-time favorite books... Many of them are from Catalan writers and I am sure you couldn't possibly find them even though some of them have been translated into many languages.
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All Harry Potter books. I've read them three times, and I've starting the fourth time; I'm on book five right now.
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1. All Harry Potter books.
2. Most Sidney Sheldon's books: master of the game, the other side of midnight, tell me your dreams, if tomorrow comes, the bloodline, a stranger in the mirror, the naked face.
3. Most Stephen King's books: cujo, the dark tower, it, on writing: a memoir of the craft, etc.
4. Most Nora Roberts' books.
5. Most Tim O'brien's books or Maya Angelou's.
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1. All Harry Potter books.
2. Most Sidney Sheldon's books: master of the game, the other side of midnight, tell me your dreams, if tomorrow comes, the bloodline, a stranger in the mirror, the naked face.
3. Most Stephen King's books: cujo, the dark tower, it, on writing: a memoir of the craft, etc.
4. Most Nora Roberts' books.
5. Most Tim O'brien's books or Maya Angelou's.
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Just at the moment these books come into my head: :?
- M. Bulgakov Master and Margarite. One of the best (disputable) books not only in Russian literature but world’s legacy. And just one of my favourite books. Quite entertainment.
- Fowels Collector. Great book. Really maybe the best Fowels’ work. But too awful at the same time.
- G. Orwell Animal Farm. Interesting reading. And not so doom and gloom as all antiutopia.
- GB Show The Heartbreak House. Just my favourite play by Show!
- T. Capote Breakfast at Tiffany’s. …Just read it. I don’t know what to say about the book, don’t know WHAT I should put into words and WHAT words… :) Just nice book with good, pleasant aura.
- M. Bulgakov Master and Margarite. One of the best (disputable) books not only in Russian literature but world’s legacy. And just one of my favourite books. Quite entertainment.
- Fowels Collector. Great book. Really maybe the best Fowels’ work. But too awful at the same time.
- G. Orwell Animal Farm. Interesting reading. And not so doom and gloom as all antiutopia.
- GB Show The Heartbreak House. Just my favourite play by Show!
- T. Capote Breakfast at Tiffany’s. …Just read it. I don’t know what to say about the book, don’t know WHAT I should put into words and WHAT words… :) Just nice book with good, pleasant aura.
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I like so many books that mine would be a neverending list! 8) But I agree with LennyeTran, you should read the Harry Potter books, they're wonderful! :D I think I've read them 4 or 5 times, and everytime I enjoy them like I have never read them before!Maybe you can also try Lord Of The Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia by Lewis (who was one of Tolkien's friends), and of course some of Dan Brown's books, especially The Da Vinci Code and Angels and demons.
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Actually, change Nora Roberts to Amy Tan. I like Amy's books better.LennyeTran wrote:All Harry Potter books. I've read them three times, and I've starting the fourth time; I'm on book five right now.
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1. All Harry Potter books.
2. Most Sidney Sheldon's books: master of the game, the other side of midnight, tell me your dreams, if tomorrow comes, the bloodline, a stranger in the mirror, the naked face.
3. Most Stephen King's books: cujo, the dark tower, it, on writing: a memoir of the craft, etc.
4. Most Nora Roberts' books.
5. Most Tim O'brien's books or Maya Angelou's.
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Amy Tan, isn’t she an Asian woman who lives in San Francisco? I remember reading a few of her essays in my English class a couple years ago. I don’t remember the titles, but the essays were about immigrant experiences in America. I found them very interesting because I could make a comparison to my own life and my own experiences as an immigrant.LennyeTran wrote:LennyeTran wrote:
Actually, change Nora Roberts to Amy Tan. I like Amy's books better.
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Yeah, her stories are used to represent Asian-Americans in English classes in the States. She writes about how different it is to be raised in two cultures: Asian and American, how hard it is to identify as which one, etc. One of her famous stories is The Joy Luck Club. I think you've heard of it, right?Cypress wrote: Amy Tan, isn’t she an Asian woman who lives in San Francisco? I remember reading a few of her essays in my English class a couple years ago. I don’t remember the titles, but the essays were about immigrant experiences in America. I found them very interesting because I could make a comparison to my own life and my own experiences as an immigrant.
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I think they mentioned this story in her biography in my textbook. But I haven't read it Well, I added it to my "must be read" list :D Thank youLennyeTran wrote: Yeah, her stories are used to represent Asian-Americans in English classes in the States. She writes about how different it is to be raised in two cultures: Asian and American, how hard it is to identify as which one, etc. One of her famous stories is The Joy Luck Club. I think you've heard of it, right?
I got quite a few books on my list. Thank you guys for your replies. And I'm still waiting for more
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life oh life...
you are talking about your favourite books while in the meantime...Mr Collins proposed to Elisabeth and wasn't specially discouraged with her decline. On the contrary he found it her momentary lack of reason. What a story! She refused and her mother wanted to throw her out of house cause she didn't want to pay for her any longer! Well... what an affair! Imagine what talks were being done in local... shrubberies. Elisabeth Bennet refused to Collins and Mr Bingley left for London - for 6 months probably! Only God knows what can happen in the meantime. Sisters didn't tell their mother about whole letter Jane had received. Wise sisters or not? Who can know it.
Read "Pride and Prejudice" - a fact literature:)
Read "Pride and Prejudice" - a fact literature:)
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Absolutely NOT!!!Cypress wrote:Shame on me because I haven’t read any book by Dan Brown
There’s nothing special! Just usual boulevard novels.
It’s not great literature of great authors.
In most cases you’d better to spend you valuable time on books with little more thinking opportunities and life problems…
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So far, all the people I talked to about Dan Brown’s books either liked them a lot or strongly disliked them. I think it might be a good idea to read at least one of them, so I can actually have my own opinion.Ksju wrote:Absolutely NOT!!!Cypress wrote:Shame on me because I haven’t read any book by Dan Brown
There’s nothing special! Just usual boulevard novels.
It’s not great literature of great authors.
In most cases you’d better to spend you valuable time on books with little more thinking opportunities and life problems…
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Textbook? What book is that? I'm curious.Cypress wrote:
I think they mentioned this story in her biography in my textbook. But I haven't read it Well, I added it to my "must be read" list :D Thank you
I got quite a few books on my list. Thank you guys for your replies. And I'm still waiting for more
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Cypress wrote:So far, all the people I talked to about Dan Brown’s books either liked them a lot or strongly disliked them. I think it might be a good idea to read at least one of them, so I can actually have my own opinion.Ksju wrote:Absolutely NOT!!!Cypress wrote:Shame on me because I haven’t read any book by Dan Brown
There’s nothing special! Just usual boulevard novels.
It’s not great literature of great authors.
In most cases you’d better to spend you valuable time on books with little more thinking opportunities and life problems…
:)
Liked them a lot or strongly disliked… Hmmm… (Maybe people who is not so exacting to literature – like it, those who prefer good, real literature dislike it…)
For me indeed it’s not so interesting to discuss it. Just to make clear myself…
I’m not really against this book! Of course you may read it of you have a free evening. I spent one – and not so bad…
I’m just talking that we should clearly understand what kind of literature it is. And if there wouldn’t spend so big money on promotion of the book and you wouldn’t see it on every corner I just simple forget about the book on the next day! Like every other book of the kind, any other street detective…
(By the way I must confess I received a little pleasure reading the book - if we still consider it as literature – there’re no characters, no normal idea, and language is very poor. From this point of view it’s really uninteresting.)
Resemble average middling Hollywood action, just running, firing and explosions and nothing more. But it’s better to watch smth like this than read I think.
Just only hope the movie will be a little bit better. (anyway as there will be Jan Reno)
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Well. Miss Prosecutor! The language is not so poor as you want it to be, english version is just amazing, i must say russian translation is poor! that's a big difference!Ksju wrote:Cypress wrote:So far, all the people I talked to about Dan Brown’s books either liked them a lot or strongly disliked them. I think it might be a good idea to read at least one of them, so I can actually have my own opinion.Ksju wrote: Absolutely NOT!!!
There’s nothing special! Just usual boulevard novels.
It’s not great literature of great authors.
In most cases you’d better to spend you valuable time on books with little more thinking opportunities and life problems…
:)
Liked them a lot or strongly disliked… Hmmm… (Maybe people who is not so exacting to literature – like it, those who prefer good, real literature dislike it…)
For me indeed it’s not so interesting to discuss it. Just to make clear myself…
I’m not really against this book! Of course you may read it of you have a free evening. I spent one – and not so bad…
I’m just talking that we should clearly understand what kind of literature it is. And if there wouldn’t spend so big money on promotion of the book and you wouldn’t see it on every corner I just simple forget about the book on the next day! Like every other book of the kind, any other street detective…
(By the way I must confess I received a little pleasure reading the book - if we still consider it as literature – there’re no characters, no normal idea, and language is very poor. From this point of view it’s really uninteresting.)
Resemble average middling Hollywood action, just running, firing and explosions and nothing more. But it’s better to watch smth like this than read I think.
Just only hope the movie will be a little bit better. (anyway as there will be Jan Reno)
And about good-bad litarature... every one considers it from his own point of view... Sure there is no need to talk about Dostoevski, wether he is talented or not... it goes without saying!
talking about modern literature (excluding beloved russian detectives of course...) not every new releasing books is worth paying attention on it, but Dan Brown is among those writers that i would like to read (if i have a spare evening ). I don't care if he has stolen the plot! the book i read by him i liked... and nothing more...
by the way... here is another one crazy-on-Jan-Reno...
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Hmmm, somehow I though Ksju was a male. I don't know where I got that idea fromTora wrote:Well. Miss Prosecutor! The language is not so poor...Ksju wrote: Liked them a lot or strongly disliked… Hmmm… (Maybe people who is not so exacting to literature – like it, those who prefer good, real literature dislike it…)
For me indeed it’s not so interesting to discuss it. Just to make clear myself…
I’m not really against this book! Of course you may read it of you have a free evening. I spent one – and not so bad…
I’m just talking that we should clearly understand what kind of literature it is. And if there wouldn’t spend so big money on promotion of the book and you wouldn’t see it on every corner I just simple forget about the book on the next day! Like every other book of the kind, any other street detective…
(By the way I must confess I received a little pleasure reading the book - if we still consider it as literature – there’re no characters, no normal idea, and language is very poor. From this point of view it’s really uninteresting.)
Resemble average middling Hollywood action, just running, firing and explosions and nothing more. But it’s better to watch smth like this than read I think.
Just only hope the movie will be a little bit better. (anyway as there will be Jan Reno)
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then let Ksju tell us! i was sure she is SHECypress wrote:Hmmm, somehow I though Ksju was a male. I don't know where I got that idea fromTora wrote:Well. Miss Prosecutor! The language is not so poor...Ksju wrote: Liked them a lot or strongly disliked… Hmmm… (Maybe people who is not so exacting to literature – like it, those who prefer good, real literature dislike it…)
For me indeed it’s not so interesting to discuss it. Just to make clear myself…
I’m not really against this book! Of course you may read it of you have a free evening. I spent one – and not so bad…
I’m just talking that we should clearly understand what kind of literature it is. And if there wouldn’t spend so big money on promotion of the book and you wouldn’t see it on every corner I just simple forget about the book on the next day! Like every other book of the kind, any other street detective…
(By the way I must confess I received a little pleasure reading the book - if we still consider it as literature – there’re no characters, no normal idea, and language is very poor. From this point of view it’s really uninteresting.)
Resemble average middling Hollywood action, just running, firing and explosions and nothing more. But it’s better to watch smth like this than read I think.
Just only hope the movie will be a little bit better. (anyway as there will be Jan Reno)
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Miss Prosecutor..! Uuummm… I like it! (May I use it now as my second name??? Please…)Tora wrote:Well. Miss Prosecutor! The language is not so poor as you want it to be, english version is just amazing, i must say russian translation is poor! that's a big difference!Ksju wrote:Cypress wrote: So far, all the people I talked to about Dan Brown’s books either liked them a lot or strongly disliked them. I think it might be a good idea to read at least one of them, so I can actually have my own opinion.
:)
Liked them a lot or strongly disliked… Hmmm… (Maybe people who is not so exacting to literature – like it, those who prefer good, real literature dislike it…)
For me indeed it’s not so interesting to discuss it. Just to make clear myself…
I’m not really against this book! Of course you may read it of you have a free evening. I spent one – and not so bad…
I’m just talking that we should clearly understand what kind of literature it is. And if there wouldn’t spend so big money on promotion of the book and you wouldn’t see it on every corner I just simple forget about the book on the next day! Like every other book of the kind, any other street detective…
(By the way I must confess I received a little pleasure reading the book - if we still consider it as literature – there’re no characters, no normal idea, and language is very poor. From this point of view it’s really uninteresting.)
Resemble average middling Hollywood action, just running, firing and explosions and nothing more. But it’s better to watch smth like this than read I think.
Just only hope the movie will be a little bit better. (anyway as there will be Jan Reno)
And about good-bad litarature... every one considers it from his own point of view... Sure there is no need to talk about Dostoevski, wether he is talented or not... it goes without saying!
talking about modern literature (excluding beloved russian detectives of course...) not every new releasing books is worth paying attention on it, but Dan Brown is among those writers that i would like to read (if i have a spare evening ). I don't care if he has stolen the plot! the book i read by him i liked... and nothing more...
by the way... here is another one crazy-on-Jan-Reno...
Please don’t involve me in all this… !!! (But I’ve had some smiles reading Tora’s note)
Just… I know about translation, but still… I prefer bigger masters.
And I’m not talking about bad-good books if you still think so! And modern literature too…
Just usually real literature (like one of kinds of art) exists and just literature for the masses, popular literature. This poplit may be good and qualitative too but it always be a books for an evening and nothing more. One, two nice evenings – if book is a little bit qualitative and talented – but then in a week you simply forget this book. That’s all!
P.S. By the way Tora, as you may understand me, Don’t you think that maybe Akunin’s series about Fandorin as the same kind of literature is more artistic and better?
I’m not really crazy-on-Jan-Reno (interesting term)…
But he is smth special it’s true and a Frenchman too…
Thank you.
Miss Prosecutor.
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i decided not to use quote as it would be toooo long to read!
sure you may! I have no lisence yet.
I read akunin and i don't like it pretty much! just one evening! i wonder how the authors write in a manner when you are not fascinated but still can't help reading... though you see it is not big writter... the same goes to akunin!
Please, Ksju, don't make me be involved in any kind of misconception between! I see that i'm not speaking properly about my tastes but keep judging others... forgive me if i said something wrong or ... i don't know...
The fact is Jan Reno is spanish! amazing! it doubles my admiration!!! 8)
sure you may! I have no lisence yet.
I read akunin and i don't like it pretty much! just one evening! i wonder how the authors write in a manner when you are not fascinated but still can't help reading... though you see it is not big writter... the same goes to akunin!
Please, Ksju, don't make me be involved in any kind of misconception between! I see that i'm not speaking properly about my tastes but keep judging others... forgive me if i said something wrong or ... i don't know...
The fact is Jan Reno is spanish! amazing! it doubles my admiration!!! 8)
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Indeed, I absolutely didn’t try to involve smb in smth! :? (And one of the reasons is my language is not good enough …) And of course I have no any offences on you or smb else. I as you just try to make clear my thoughts on a topic…Tora wrote: I read akunin and i don't like it pretty much! just one evening! i wonder how the authors write in a manner when you are not fascinated but still can't help reading... though you see it is not big writter... the same goes to akunin!
Please, Ksju, don't make me be involved in any kind of misconception between! I see that i'm not speaking properly about my tastes but keep judging others... forgive me if i said something wrong or ... i don't know...
The fact is Jan Reno is spanish! amazing! it doubles my admiration!!! 8)
Jan Reno… Spanish… (no matter indeed… still… veryveryvery cute)
But I read that he was born in Morocco (not Spain and not France). But it’s really no matter!
And you call me “another one crazy-on-Jan-Reno”… You see I’m too ill-informed to be another…
And, yes, as for Akunin, I’m not his fan. Just I think his works are more good-made from artistic positions.
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I liked the beginning, but when it came to the end I was really disappointed. To me he was trying to put everything in for a rush end or a cheesy, Hollywood end.Ksju wrote: :)
Liked them a lot or strongly disliked… Hmmm… (Maybe people who is not so exacting to literature – like it, those who prefer good, real literature dislike it…)
For me indeed it’s not so interesting to discuss it. Just to make clear myself…
I’m not really against this book! Of course you may read it of you have a free evening. I spent one – and not so bad…
I’m just talking that we should clearly understand what kind of literature it is. And if there wouldn’t spend so big money on promotion of the book and you wouldn’t see it on every corner I just simple forget about the book on the next day! Like every other book of the kind, any other street detective…
(By the way I must confess I received a little pleasure reading the book - if we still consider it as literature – there’re no characters, no normal idea, and language is very poor. From this point of view it’s really uninteresting.)
Resemble average middling Hollywood action, just running, firing and explosions and nothing more. But it’s better to watch smth like this than read I think.
Just only hope the movie will be a little bit better. (anyway as there will be Jan Reno)
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5 books
Hi everybody
re-entered and visited the club after a bit long while, and I found this thread which I would like to reply to.
As I write I try to list in my mind the five books I would recommend, or better, I was impressed through.
1 - The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
2 - La Nausée (Jean Paul Sartre)
3 - The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
4 - Animal Farm (George Orwell)
5 - America, Der Prozess, Das Schloss (Franz Kafka) *
* sorry but I can't separate any part of Kafkas trilogy, and it fascinated me too much.. I had to list the whole of it.. :?
A big ciao
Andrea :)
re-entered and visited the club after a bit long while, and I found this thread which I would like to reply to.
As I write I try to list in my mind the five books I would recommend, or better, I was impressed through.
1 - The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
2 - La Nausée (Jean Paul Sartre)
3 - The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
4 - Animal Farm (George Orwell)
5 - America, Der Prozess, Das Schloss (Franz Kafka) *
* sorry but I can't separate any part of Kafkas trilogy, and it fascinated me too much.. I had to list the whole of it.. :?
A big ciao
Andrea :)
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Hello Dixie. Although I have never read the book with title "The lake of dead languages" as you mentioned, it really makes me so curious. Sound good title, could you tell me a short summary about its content, please?Dixie wrote:1.- The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
2.- Angels and Demons, Dan Brown
3.- Digital Fortress, Dan Brown
4.- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
5.- The Lake of Dead Languages, Carol Goodman
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Thanks so much. :)
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well, i personally like Antione de Saint Exupery's book, The little prince... i like it very much and yet everytime i read it i feel it's worth reading again...
yana, i hope you'll like that book in case you decide to read it... it's not a long story but it's nice...
freinds, let me know your opinions about it... :)
yana, i hope you'll like that book in case you decide to read it... it's not a long story but it's nice...
freinds, let me know your opinions about it... :)
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BOOKS
I like reading books very much,but i don't know some famous books wrriten in English.Can you introduce some books to me?
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Recommended books
Oh dear!
My list of books to recommend is endless like The Ednless Story by Michael Ende :D , but as my favourites are fantasy books, here are some of my gratest loves:
1. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
2. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
3. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
4. Inkheart by the german author Cornelia Funke, an enchanting triology for all those who love books, the next is Inkspell and the third one is yet to be published
5. Thoe's journey by Catherine Clement, don't know, if the title is written correctly, because I've read it only in German and Polish. It's a bokk about all the main religion's of the world
Okay, that's all for today
My list of books to recommend is endless like The Ednless Story by Michael Ende :D , but as my favourites are fantasy books, here are some of my gratest loves:
1. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
2. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
3. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
4. Inkheart by the german author Cornelia Funke, an enchanting triology for all those who love books, the next is Inkspell and the third one is yet to be published
5. Thoe's journey by Catherine Clement, don't know, if the title is written correctly, because I've read it only in German and Polish. It's a bokk about all the main religion's of the world
Okay, that's all for today
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Anyone can recommend notable book from stephen king ?
Hi everyone . I have read some stephen king's novel and impress his language I want to read another novel from king , but someone said " Many novel from king is impress me and many novel from him is tedious ".
Anyone can recommend stephen's king book for me or help me to choose book from this list ?
1 Cujo
2 Christine
3 Rose madder
4 Heart in Atlantis
5 Skelton crew
Thank every recommendation .
Anyone can recommend stephen's king book for me or help me to choose book from this list ?
1 Cujo
2 Christine
3 Rose madder
4 Heart in Atlantis
5 Skelton crew
Thank every recommendation .