Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 3392 Location: peoples democratic republic of yorkshire Country:
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:54 am Post subject:
well it took me a few months but i finally got through 'moby dick'. after that i got through 'angels and demons' in a week and now i'm on 'lords of the bow' a story about genghis khan.
Joined: 22 Jul 2009 Posts: 4 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Country:
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject:
Whats ur fav novel? Haruki Murakami "Kafka on the Shore" at the moment.
Whats the last novel u read? umm, i think it was an Estonian novel about Japan, it's name is "Itta armunud" (means "In love with the East") by Ari Lanto.
what book are you currently reading? "Japanese legends" by Richard Gordon Brown
Whats the most boring book u've ever read? It may be "See Ya Simon" by David Hill
Who's ur fav. author? Haruki Murakami, Philip Pullman, Jonathan Stroud, Nora Roberts, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Alex Garland and many others.
books made u cry? I don't think any book has made me cry, but all the books of "His Dark Materials" trilogy by Philip Pullman have very sad ending.
Last books purchased? Ari Lanto "Itta armunud"
What book u're thinking of buying next? I don't have any idea.
Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 6884 Location: Syracuse, NY Country:
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:04 am Post subject:
Big book kick as of late, just finished the above one. Very interesting, sort of a tamer version of Battle Royale where 24 teens are thrown in an "arena", you either kill or get killed. Really popular too, there's 3 in the series, such a waiting list at every city library for the other 2. _________________
Joined: 11 May 2009 Posts: 479 Location: up hill and down dale Country:
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:30 pm Post subject:
hitomi #1 wrote:
Big book kick as of late, just finished the above one. Very interesting, sort of a tamer version of Battle Royale where 24 teens are thrown in an "arena", you either kill or get killed. Really popular too, there's 3 in the series, such a waiting list at every city library for the other 2.
No sh*t!!! That's what I'm reading right now!!! I'm about a third of the way through. Book 3 (Mockingjay) recently hit shelves and my mom just started on it. Good thing she discovered this trilogy first or we'd be slugging it out over reading rights.
Very unputdownable book, ne? Love Suzanne Collins' prose, it's so easy to read. And the story really hit home given that majority of my countrymen can barely afford to eat 3 meals a day. So the whole "starving dystopia" reality may actually be closer in the near future than we think.
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Also polishing off Dogs and Demons: Tales From the Dark Side of Japan by Japanologist Alex Kerr. No rose-tinted lionizing of Nihon here. It's a mind-blowing read, ALMOST as chilling as the news feeds I get from the japan_now and aramatheydidn't LiveJournal comms about people stuffing dead relatives into backpacks ...and "vacation" packages for otaku and their virtual girlfriends, yiiiiiiiikes.
Just finished The Time Traveler's Wife. What a terrible book.
Just started Harry Potter: The Philosopher's Stone. Time to read the entire set again before the movie comes out! This must be my seventh read-through now. Always a pleasure! _________________
Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 2785 Location: Lawwwng Guy-islind, Nu Yawk Country:
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:27 am Post subject:
Wynter wrote:
Just finished The Time Traveler's Wife. What a terrible book.
The movie was on TV recently and it was worse! While watching it I thought the book must have been better. Oh well!
Wynter wrote:
Just started Harry Potter: The Philosopher's Stone. Time to read the entire set again before the movie comes out! This must be my seventh read-through now. Always a pleasure!
I have read most of the Harry Potter books and I still can't remember which one is which. All good, but they blur into one big story for me. Yes I agree an exciting read and fun movies.
I am currently into reading books about angels. I love all of Doreen Virtue's books on angels especially "Healing with the Angels." Also took these out from the library: "Ask the Angels" by Rosemary Ellen Guiley and "May the Angels Be With You" by Gary Quinn. Fun reads!
Also borrowed this one from my library: " Folk Remedies That Work" by Joan Wilen and Lydia Wilen. Good info.
Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 6884 Location: Syracuse, NY Country:
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 5:58 am Post subject:
First book I've read by her, think I"ll check out another one. So, so confusing the first 50+ pages, had to re-read it, then it turned into quite an enjoyable read. Heard it was somewhat based on a true story about 12 American tourists who got lost in Burma, couldn't find anything about that though, anyone else know? _________________
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 138 Location: USA Country:
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:41 am Post subject:
Eve wrote:
Continuing my quest to learn Norwegian.
Reading Charlie og Sjokolade Fabrikken (Charlie and the CHocolate Factory)
Ive finished my Pippi Longstocking series!
Good job, eve! ever on your quest, i congratulate you!
Myself, i'm reading "dog stories" by James Herriot, and "House of many ways" the sequel to Howl's moving castle, by Dianna Wynne Jones. Need the easy reads to take a break from physiology, pharmacology, and anesthesia.
"Dog stories" is very poignant; sometimes sad but mostly hilarious stories of an English veterinarian during the 1930s and 40s. The stories are usually around 4-5 pages in length, and are nice to read before bedtime.
"House of many ways" as all of Jones' books, is highly entertaining and is about a house that bends space and time. Thoroughly enjoying this one, too...
Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 12782 Location: USA Country:
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:53 am Post subject:
lilly_pad wrote:
"Dog stories" is very poignant; sometimes sad but mostly hilarious stories of an English veterinarian during the 1930s and 40s. The stories are usually around 4-5 pages in length, and are nice to read before bedtime.
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I adore HErriot's books have read all of them.
BTW my next project in my language quest is to translate into Norwegian one of my own novels. _________________
Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 6884 Location: Syracuse, NY Country:
Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 4:54 am Post subject:
Had never heard of this series, if book #1 is like the rest of the series it's gonna be an enjoyable read(ings). Also just found out the book was also made into a Japanese movie.
Born of an American mother and a Japanese father, Rain is a businessman based in Tokyo, living a life of meticulously planned anonymity. Trained by the U.S. Special Forces and a veteran of Vietnam, he is a cool, self-contained loner—and he has built a steady business over the past twenty-five years specializing in death by "natural causes." He is also a man struggling with his own divided nature: Japanese/American; soldier/assassin; samurai/ronin. _________________
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Really popular too, there's 3 in the series, such a waiting list at every city library for the other 2. 
Yes I agree an exciting read and fun movies. 
then it turned into quite an enjoyable read. Heard it was somewhat based on a true story about 12 American tourists who got lost in Burma, couldn't find anything about that though, anyone else know? 
