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Post by idlewild on Feb 12, 2009 10:58:53 GMT -5
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway Was it a good read? I just finished Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns not long ago. I have to say, I half picked that book up because of Snow Patrol's A Hundred Million Suns. The other half would be attributable to a friend that wouldn't stop pestering for me to read it. Definitely a tragic but good book to read, I could hardly put it down. It's certainly a book that would broaden your perspective as to how some people are living their lives at other parts of the world. Currently rereading Tolkein's The Hobbit. I haven't read that book since I was fourteen! Easy light reading in between lunch breaks and such I say. Love it. Can't wait for the movie...they're making one, right? |
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Post by woodenshoe on Mar 17, 2010 6:23:48 GMT -5
I just finished 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" by John Boyne. Simply beautiful.
Now I am reading a book about Loverboys (a Dutch book, written by Maria Mosterd). I think I am going to make this book obligatory literature for both of my daughters when they are about 11 years old. It is very shocking what those loverboys can make innocent girls do.
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Post by gogonutz on Mar 17, 2010 12:18:46 GMT -5
oo, cool that this thread is back  I missed it. And yes Liz, the Cellist was a very good read! Currently re-reading the Pendergast series by Preston & Child. May not be superb literary works but the books are exciting and the research behind the stories is actually pretty good. |
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Post by blufindr on Mar 18, 2010 2:16:57 GMT -5
I'm currently reading my uni texts.  |
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Post by love4andrea on Mar 23, 2010 19:11:15 GMT -5
im in the middle of Eldestby Paolini (?) it's the second book in a trilogy, Eragon being the first. Now, I like Eragon, it wasnt bad, but nothing too amazing or too well written. But Eldest, oh my. I cannot put the dang thing down which is horrible since I have midterms this week. The writing is MUCH better and yes. I really enjoy it and can't wait to finally get to the third one. I love that series! I haven't read them in a while... I just finished an amazing book called The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom. The author tells the story of how she was hiding Jews in World War 2 and everything that happened. It's inspirational, and heartbreaking. I've been reading The Song of the Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce, for about the 4th time...it's my favorite book. And I still have a different quartet of hers I got for Christmas that I need to reed. And I just got a new book called Incanceron; I'm excited  |
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Post by RunningAway on Mar 23, 2010 20:44:39 GMT -5
I recommend the memoir, Prisoner of Tehran. It's written by a female prisoner during the revolution in Iran during the 1980s. It's a really powerful story that i was so moved by that I'm using it for my senior screenplay.
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Post by Hati on Mar 24, 2010 10:50:55 GMT -5
I just finished a book by the Swedish author Håkan Nesser (can highly recommend the Van Veeteren series, but I think the novels are not released in English) and I'll start reading the last part of the series. Afterwards I read Bridget Jones, hehe, I need something 'light' and funny after so many novels with crime.
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Post by Hati on Mar 24, 2010 15:22:32 GMT -5
I'm currently reading [...] a career book . On what topic exactly? |
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Post by Hati on Mar 24, 2010 15:49:00 GMT -5
On what topic exactly? The Job-Hunter's Survival Guide...lol. www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/158008026X/sr=8-1/qid=1269462532/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books&qid=1269462532&sr=8-1The best thing I've read so far is that the #1 way to get a job (86% success rate)...is to have the combo of being in a job club and look in the Yellow Pages for companies that interest you in your area. The #2 way is to just look in the yellow pages. ;D And you need to go into those places and ask if they're hiring. Talk to a hiring manager or the person who " has the power to hire you". They might even create a job for you if they like you. But it includes all aspects, interviews, etc. I got it at the Fed Ex store, lol. Thanks for the description. Sounds interesting because it seems to be multifunctional with the normal job searching aspects and the aspects like interviews, where you are closer to your dream job. |
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Post by celticflower on Apr 3, 2010 13:27:46 GMT -5
reading Nietzsche for uni and Edgar Allan Poe..and for myself: I have jhust finished a david sedaris book ( dress your family in corduroy and denim) and still reading the morte d'arthur...and reading a horse back riding book:P( random haha)
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Post by gogonutz on Apr 3, 2010 20:35:44 GMT -5
got a few new books today to read. "The Imperfectionists" by Tom Rachman & "Born To Run" by Christopher McDougall .. I'm especially anxious to start in the latter one
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Post by love4andrea on Apr 11, 2010 0:33:05 GMT -5
Rereading one of my favorite books again <3
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Post by love4andrea on Apr 12, 2010 17:37:13 GMT -5
And I'm reading To Kill A Mockingbird for English
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Post by RunningAway on Apr 12, 2010 20:20:27 GMT -5
^great book.
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Post by Kimpossible on Apr 13, 2010 6:17:47 GMT -5
The Crown of Columbus - Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich
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I missed it. And yes Liz, the Cellist was a very good read!
. I'd also like to know if anybody has an HD copy of Lifehouse at Pinkpop 2003. BY far their best concert ever