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Post by gogonutz on Mar 11, 2008 9:09:08 GMT -5
Sorry, I haven't updated the main post in a while...but will do it when I get back from Dallas. I'm impressed with how much you all are having a chance to read and can't wait to read some of your picks. when I was younger I had problems sleeping, so my parents always had me read to fall asleep, and it stuck. And I'm in public transportation several hours a week, so lots of reading time. |
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Post by savemeimdtba on Mar 11, 2008 11:35:49 GMT -5
I just ordered "The Audacity of Hope" and "I am American (and so can you)" from Amazon  I usually read a book in the spring since it's so pretty outside, so I'm ready! |
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Post by gogonutz on Mar 14, 2008 17:45:15 GMT -5
^^are those the Obama (audio) books? Since I finished "The Thursday Friend" I need something new to read. I almost bought something at the train station today, but I couldn't find anything I liked. However, tonight I remembered I should still have "Pompeii" by "Robert Harris" laying around somewhere. So if I can track that one down I should start that one. I think I was going to read it once, but then I started and I couldn't get through the first 2 pages (I was really impatient, lol) but I wanna give it another try, because I do think I will really like it. Robert Harris is a British novelist who writes both Fiction & Non-Fiction books. Pompeii is a Fiction novel, though I read his Non-Fiction books on Hitler & The Falkland War and I thought those were good books. He used to be a reporter for Newsnight (on BBC) and wrote articles for renowned British newspapers. Many of you have probably either read, heard of or seen the movie of Enigma (his best known book) and maybe some of you know of Archangel (made into a TV movie/mini series for the BBC recently, starring Daniel Craig). Pompeii is the start of a three piece about the time of the Roman Empire. Pompeii was going to be made into a movie, but I have no idea if that's still gonna happen. The story is based on real historic facts. I don't know much about it yet, and I haven't read the following Wikipedia article, because I want to read the book first. But the link below has more info on the plot and the book itself: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii_%28novel%29 |
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Post by ma2ar5 on Mar 14, 2008 20:52:21 GMT -5
I just started a book by Nicholas Sparks called "The Rescue"...it was kind of boring at the beginning but now im starting to liking it!
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Post by gogonutz on Mar 14, 2008 21:03:40 GMT -5
Isn't he the guy who wrote Message In A Bottle & The Notebook?
I think I have "True Believer" by him, though I never got to reading it
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Post by Brittani on Mar 14, 2008 22:34:46 GMT -5
I've only read one of his books, but The Rescue is one of my friend's favorites. I'm sure it'll keep getting better since she liked it so much. And once I finally get my hands on a copy, I'll be reading Stephen Christian's (of Anberlin) book that just came out- "The Orphaned Anythings" Hopefully it'll live up to the hype  |
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Post by allie on Mar 14, 2008 23:09:59 GMT -5
Isn't he the guy who wrote Message In A Bottle & The Notebook? I think I have "True Believer" by him, though I never got to reading it yes. i used to love him a few years ago. when the rescua came out actually. and i read it. and realized all his books are the same. someone with a kid who is single. meets a perfect person. fight. then they end up together in the end. theres always a kid too. i dunno... i got over em. theyre good while they last though. im currently reading "Rebecca" by daphne du maurier. one of my all time favorite books. reading it the second time around currently and still.. sigh. just one of my favorites. i recommend it completely. |
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Post by savemeimdtba on Mar 15, 2008 8:03:00 GMT -5
^^are those the Obama (audio) books? Obama and Stephen Colbert A dynamic duo! |
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Post by RunningAway on Mar 15, 2008 9:47:15 GMT -5
i just finished "Night" by Elie Wiesel.
its the author's retelling of his time in a Nazis death camp where he witnesses the death of his family, his innocence and his God.
its extremely short read, only 109 pages. and it's an amazing book; extremely sad and shocking, but worth the read. i'm a sucker for stories centered around WWII.
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Post by cayters on Mar 15, 2008 11:47:19 GMT -5
oh yeah, i read "night" for school once. i think i enjoyed it too.  |
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Post by ma2ar5 on Mar 17, 2008 11:13:58 GMT -5
Isn't he the guy who wrote Message In A Bottle & The Notebook? I think I have "True Believer" by him, though I never got to reading it im really looking forward to read Message In A Bottle...I would like to read the Notebook too but i guess its better to watch the movie(btw, Best Romantic movie ever!!!) |
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Post by ma2ar5 on Aug 13, 2008 19:23:44 GMT -5
hello guys...just wondering what books have you been reading lately
right now im reading a book called "Paula" by a chilean author called Isabel Allende, her most famous book is The house of the spirits which was made into a movie in 1993, Meryl Streep and Wynona Ryder were in the movie, probably someone of you have seen it...I have some books to read after this one but i dont know if you got any suggestions? someone told me that A Brave New World was a good book i dont know if someone of you have read it??? is it a good book??
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Post by ma2ar5 on Aug 13, 2008 21:13:28 GMT -5
About Gabriel García I already read 100 years of solitude in spanish though but yes its a great book!...thank you about your Brave New World´s opinions I will read it
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Post by anythingatall on Aug 13, 2008 23:08:41 GMT -5
Currently: Carry On, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse (brilliantly funny, probly 'cause i love the British sensibility) and Grimm's Fairy Tales ...will eventually re-read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (if i can find my copy, kinda misplaced it) |
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Post by katelyn on Aug 13, 2008 23:28:42 GMT -5
i reread Jane Eyre this summer, i love that book. i'm currently working on Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
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I usually read a book in the spring since it's so pretty outside, so I'm ready!
. I'd also like to know if anybody has an HD copy of Lifehouse at Pinkpop 2003. BY far their best concert ever