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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Just finished Thousand Splendid Suns. nfanel...now we can talk about it tomorrow! I SOOOOOOOOOOOO need to discuss this one!!!

    Next book...anyone have any recommendations??
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Solat13 wrote:
    Finished Into the Wild yesterday. Really good book and a fast read.

    Can't wait to see how Sean Penn treats it as a movie in the fall.

    Glad to hear you enjoyed it...I knew you would!! :D
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • mookie_in_eugene
    mookie_in_eugene Posts: 1,090
    Ovid's Metamorphoses
    "Underneath this smile lies everything - all my hopes, anger, pride and shame."
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Just finished Thousand Splendid Suns. nfanel...now we can talk about it tomorrow! I SOOOOOOOOOOOO need to discuss this one!!!

    Next book...anyone have any recommendations??

    Was it as good as the Kite Runner?

    I liked our little discussion about that so maybe I'll have to read this and join in ... lol. ;)

    And yes, you were right. I really enjoyed Into the Wild. I really could envision what Chris was going through and really relate to him. It was just such a great story because unlike most people who talk a good game, he really lived it. And how it ended was just so tragic.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Solat13 wrote:
    Was it as good as the Kite Runner?

    I liked our little discussion about that so maybe I'll have to read this and join in ... lol. ;)

    And yes, you were right. I really enjoyed Into the Wild. I really could envision what Chris was going through and really relate to him. It was just such a great story because unlike most people who talk a good game, he really lived it. And how it ended was just so tragic.

    It really was a sad ending, but Chris made such ignorant and stupid choices, that I *almost* don't feel sorry for him.

    TSS was SOOOOOOOOOO good, but not nearly as good as Kite Runner. LIke I said before, if KR pissed you off...just wait. Books'll be flying all over your house.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    AmentsChick wrote:
    It really was a sad ending, but Chris made such ignorant and stupid choices, that I *almost* don't feel sorry for him.

    TSS was SOOOOOOOOOO good, but not nearly as good as Kite Runner. LIke I said before, if KR pissed you off...just wait. Books'll be flying all over your house.

    His choices might seem "ignorant," but they were totally consistent with who he was.

    I'm not trying to say he was a hero, but he died an idealistic death and that was how he wanted to go out if he had to. And I think he finally made peace with himself.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • frgntoad
    frgntoad Posts: 77
    mookie_in_eugene wrote:
    Ovid's Metamorphoses


    Great Book!
    I am a loser with high self esteem......
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I'm now reading 'Papillon' by Henri Charriere
  • Foxy Mop
    Foxy Mop Posts: 2,823
    Re-reading the entire Harry Potter series in time for the new book launch :D
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    This is my kind of love...
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  • cellar door
    cellar door Posts: 5
    This book is an absolute beauty. she's one of those few writers who can craft a description that is utterly unique - widely overleaping any cliches, but somehow perfectly communicates just what she is trying to create. She pulls the reader in, and you can smell the wind, feel the prickling heat of the summer, as if you're floating right there amongst her thoughts. Captivating.
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I'm now reading 'Papillon' by Henri Charriere

    I have been thinking of reading that for some time. How is it? I loved the movie. Of course, I have a soft spot for Steve McQueen :D
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    small town beck wrote:
    I have been thinking of reading that for some time. How is it? I loved the movie. Of course, I have a soft spot for Steve McQueen :D
    Superb book!

    I'm reading "The Secret River" by Kate Grenville. Excellent!
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    nuffingman wrote:
    Superb book!

    I'm reading "The Secret River" by Kate Grenville. Excellent!

    I will check it out after my Harry Potter marathon. :D
  • Lifted
    Lifted Posts: 1,836
    Bob Dylan - chronicles vol. 1. great writing. very good so far. quick read.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    small town beck wrote:
    I have been thinking of reading that for some time. How is it? I loved the movie. Of course, I have a soft spot for Steve McQueen :D

    Well, I've only just started it. But I love books about escape e.t.c. I'm planning to read the Count of Monte Cristo this year aswell.
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Well, I've only just started it. But I love books about escape e.t.c. I'm planning to read the Count of Monte Cristo this year aswell.

    The only version I have read of the Count was some condensed version that someone had at a cottage. I would like to read the actual book.

    Papillon seems like a great read.
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    I finished "Snow Falling on Cedars" over the weekend and now I'm reading "The Caine Mutiny".
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Well, I've only just started it. But I love books about escape e.t.c. I'm planning to read the Count of Monte Cristo this year aswell.
    Also magnificent. If you like true books about escape or avoidance try "The Pianist" by Wladyslaw Szpilman. Stunning book and stunning film.
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,377
    Harvest for Hope by Jane Goodall
    The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Rabbitrocks
    Rabbitrocks Posts: 101
    I'm currently reading Anna Karenina.
    Can anyone advise which is the best version of War and Peace, i.e. Penguin, Wordsworth or whatever...?
    Cheers :)

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