What book are you reading?

I am reading the novel The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I have only read a couple of chapters but thus far it promises a lot. I hope it doesn't disappoint, but some of my friends have also said it is a good book.

The book is hard to describe so here is what the back cover says:

Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals from its war wounds, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind by one Julian Carax. But when he sets out to find the author's other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax's books in existence. Soon Daniel's seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets -- an epic story of murder, madness and doomed love.

I just finished Tony Wilson's novelization of 24 Hour Party People. Definitely worth getting even if you've seen the movie.

I'm currently working on Miles Davis' autobiography, which is sort of on hold right now.

Lately I've been spending more time reading the Fodor's guides to Brazil and Argentina.

I'm still on the Eyre Affair, but only just. :)

Forever Amber - the book isn't bad but I hate it when you don't have much feeling for the main character.

A sentimental history of the British Empire by Borislav Pekic. He was a Serbian writer, born in Montenegro, died in London 1992. He ran a series about the history of GB at the BBC too.

Stuck in the early 11th century at the mo. So far the two nations (Serbian and British; he's comparing the both histories from the very start) have had nothing in common and there's that question like when was it that the first Serb and the very first Brit had actually met and what caused it?

Tough read but very interesting (for me at least)... Helped me learn more about the history of GB, people, their habits and the culture. Still got 200 more pages to go :)

El Jarvo wrote:

Foreign F**kwitt wrote: Helped me learn more about the history of GB, people, their habits and the culture. Still got 200 more pages to go :)

Just read FHM and OK.

I'm reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited".

leather_girl wrote: I'm reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited".

I don't know of that one. What's it like?

This Side of Paradise is one of my all-time favorite reads.

Mr disco 99 wrote:

leather_girl wrote: I'm reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited".

I don't know of that one. What's it like?

This Side of Paradise is one of my all-time favorite reads.

It's just a collection of some of his short stories, including the short story "Babylon Revisited".

Selected readings on capitalism by Che Guevara

a book club? not a bad idea,good to get ideas for stuff to read though the only suggestion that jumps out at me so far is fhm.

Ladt Book I read was "Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero" by David Maraniss

great biography...

currently? "All We Are Saying" by David Sheff. The transcript of the tapes he used for his interviews with John Lennon & Yoko Ono that appeared in "Playboy"

no punches pulled, we get to see all sides of Lennon.

FAC 461

I have just finished Figurec of Fabrice Caro.

The story ? When people around you can be paid to do so. Just like if someone paid an escort man/woman without your approval. Then, who's who in the crowd ? Real people or paid people ? What about your friends ? Paid by your parents in order to not leave you alone or real sincere friends ? Does anybody paid for the girl you just met ? Who is this man telling that coffee X is the best on the market ? An agent of Figurec ? The last girlfriend you introduced to your parents was your real one or did you hire her for the evening ?

Interesting first novel.

'Devil In The Dark' A sort of James Herbert Autobiog.

"The Intellectual Adventures of Ancient Man"

One of those, not by choice books. It's a 400 page essay!! Didn't think essays could be that long! Basically about the history of science from BC to 1000 AD in the Middle East.
This book is not an easy read as this guy loves to hear himself talk, takes me 1 hour to read 30 pages of this book.....and I'm a fast reader....or at least I thought i was.

JHC

Just finished reading Torn Apart. Thought it was really good and can recomend it.

Incendiary, about a fictional bomb at Arsenal/Chelsea game, the book is a womans letter to Osama Bin Laden after her husband and son get killed. It's good (and no i'm not having a go at those teams!)

The Beatles, by Bob Spitz (re-reading, actually. Got it last December and read it in under a month, which is amazing as it's almost 1,000 pages long)

I needed something light and frothy after sitting through my summer classes :D

got 2 on the go.

won 30 quid in book tokens for winning the school spanish prize :geek:

i think i was supposed to buy books to do with spanish, but, i didn't.

so i am reading "Jimi Hendrix: The Man, The Magic, The Truth" and also "Gigantic: The Story of Frank Black & Pixies"

Good stuff as well

whose bible is it? by jaroslav pelikan. it's about how the bible has changed considerably, from the original hebrew through its greek and latin translations, and how the tenakh, protestant bible and catholic bible differ. it also looks at why certain books were adopted by different religions and shaped to fit their beliefs. quite interesting, if a bit textbook-y.

Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy.

Currently revisiting "The Black Book of Communism"

Also, just yesterday I finished Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford. Genghis Khan has definitely gotten a bum rap by Wester historians of the past few hundred years.

AgentWood wrote: whose bible is it? by jaroslav pelikan. it's about how the bible has changed considerably, from the original hebrew through its greek and latin translations, and how the tenakh, protestant bible and catholic bible differ. it also looks at why certain books were adopted by different religions and shaped to fit their beliefs. quite interesting, if a bit textbook-y.

Sounds interesting, especially if you're into the DaVinci Code stuff. It is interesting the way the Bible is manipulated by people to further their own personal beliefs or interests.

I'm reading Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann. It is an easy, carefree read but it kind of drags in some parts.

Mr disco 99 wrote: I just finished Tony Wilson's novelization of 24 Hour Party People. Definitely worth getting even if you've seen the movie.

I'm currently working on Miles Davis' autobiography, which is sort of on hold right now.

Lately I've been spending more time reading the Fodor's guides to Brazil and Argentina.

I think I might look into that Tony Wilson's work. Good suggestion!

gerry jamieson wrote: a book club? not a bad idea,good to get ideas for stuff to read though the only suggestion that jumps out at me so far is fhm.

Well, I am not surprised that a lot of NOOLers read a great array of books.... I thought it would be an interesting thread. But given the vast array of interesting books listed in this forum thus far, it would be hard I think to garner enough interest in just one book to warrant an online meeting of a book club in full swing. :)

NOOLigan wrote: I'm still on the Eyre Affair, but only just. :)

I would recommend the sequels as well.

Foreign F**kwitt wrote: A sentimental history of the British Empire by Borislav Pekic. He was a Serbian writer, born in Montenegro, died in London 1992. He ran a series about the history of GB at the BBC too.

Stuck in the early 11th century at the mo. So far the two nations (Serbian and British; he's comparing the both histories from the very start) have had nothing in common and there's that question like when was it that the first Serb and the very first Brit had actually met and what caused it?

Tough read but very interesting (for me at least)... Helped me learn more about the history of GB, people, their habits and the culture. Still got 200 more pages to go :)

That sounds very interesting. I always think that it appears writers have interesting lives and reading biographies or even their personal letters that have been published can be quite insightful about cultural issues and history.

And it sounds like a thick book.

[orange]Ultramega[/orange] OK wrote: got 2 on the go.

won 30 quid in book tokens for winning the school spanish prize :geek:

i think i was supposed to buy books to do with spanish, but, i didn't.

so i am reading "Jimi Hendrix: The Man, The Magic, The Truth" and also "Gigantic: The Story of Frank Black & Pixies"

Good stuff as well

Lovely lot, especially the second book you listed. Hope you give us a review afterwards. :)

Shed Peel wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: I'm still on the Eyre Affair, but only just. :)

I would recommend the sequels as well.

i will do so. I hear that jasper Fforde is coming to Sydney soon. Perhaps. I'll make the trip.

chuck palahniuks' "haunted" at the mo

last book read was shadow of the wind which i'd thoroughly recommend.

I just recently bought Truman Capote's Answered Prayers.

J.A.K wrote:

OMG i read those and the famous five in german when i was about 7 years old.

i'm struggling with this one though.

the mystery is dead hard to solve.

Rough Crossings: Britain, Slaves and The American Revolution by Simon Schama.

Light reading it ain't it was a present by someone who thought it would be relevant to my degree cos i did a module on Liverpool and Slavery last year:\ohwell:

FrogChorus wrote: Rough Crossings: Britain, Slaves and The American Revolution by Simon Schama.

Light reading it ain't it was a present by someone who thought it would be relevant to my degree cos i did a module on Liverpool and Slavery last year:\ohwell:

I'm sure you'll be a better person for having read it.

Shellshocker wrote:

FrogChorus wrote: Rough Crossings: Britain, Slaves and The American Revolution by Simon Schama.

Light reading it ain't it was a present by someone who thought it would be relevant to my degree cos i did a module on Liverpool and Slavery last year:\ohwell:

I'm sure you'll be a better person for having read it.

One would certainly hope so. Some of it is very interesting to read, while other parts very, very dull

FrogChorus wrote:

Shellshocker wrote:

FrogChorus wrote: Rough Crossings: Britain, Slaves and The American Revolution by Simon Schama.

Light reading it ain't it was a present by someone who thought it would be relevant to my degree cos i did a module on Liverpool and Slavery last year:\ohwell:

I'm sure you'll be a better person for having read it.

One would certainly hope so. Some of it is very interesting to read, while other parts very, very dull

Good luck. I have a book called Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee which is the story of how the West was won, told from the perspective of Native Americans, so I imagine it's much like your book in telling of how us white Europeans treated another race like shit. Don't know when I'll get around to reading it, though.

Someone gave me "A Long Way Down" by Nick Hornby. I haven't read any of his stuff but I've seen film versions of his work. Hope its good. The last few books I've read have been awful.

Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

Picked up, from the local library, one entitled China Syndrome, by Karl Taro Greenfeld, about the origins of the 2003 SARS pandemic. He was the editor of Time Asia at the time of the outbreak. It's a good read, though don't think I'll be rushing out to buy it after.

Also checked out the Complicated Shadows bio of Elvis Costello. Don't think I'll be buying that one either.

Cath wrote: Someone gave me "A Long Way Down" by Nick Hornby. I haven't read any of his stuff but I've seen film versions of his work. Hope its good. The last few books I've read have been awful.

I love Hornby, a lot of the time he's very predictable but he manages to make it interesting along the way. I liked "A Long Way Down" when I read it (I think it came out about this time last year). I recommend it

i'm really into artist biographies lately. finished de Kooning about a month ago. I'm now reading a biography on Diane Arbus. Good stuff about hedonistic lifestyles of artists.

bks r4 old frts i rd sum cool txts 2day yay bks sux j-lo rox :) xxx

Just picked up Where the Wild Things Are. Hope it's a good read. Been three days and I'm half way through.

JHC

War's End by Charles Sweeney. He flew on both atomic missions including piloting the plane that nuked Nagasaki.

NOOLigan wrote: Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

bollocks!! what's the point in reading that. don't fool me Noolie.

J.A.K wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

bollocks!! what's the point in reading that. don't fool me Noolie.

each to their own. there are only so many spy novels one can read.

Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis

Just about to start The Broker.

NOOLigan wrote: Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

Good for you! Read that long ago, and saw the BBC miniseries with Timothy Dalton a few months ago. Good stuff. :)

Shellshocker wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

Good for you! Read that long ago, and saw the BBC miniseries with Timothy Dalton a few months ago. Good stuff. :)

if you read the eyre affair, then you'll know there's a much more pleasing ending to that book as well.

NOOLigan wrote:

Shellshocker wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

Good for you! Read that long ago, and saw the BBC miniseries with Timothy Dalton a few months ago. Good stuff. :)

if you read the eyre affair, then you'll know there's a much more pleasing ending to that book as well.

I had to check Amazon to see what that was about. Wow, a pretty different concept. Sounds interesting.

Shellshocker wrote:

NOOLigan wrote:

Shellshocker wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

Good for you! Read that long ago, and saw the BBC miniseries with Timothy Dalton a few months ago. Good stuff. :)

if you read the eyre affair, then you'll know there's a much more pleasing ending to that book as well.

I had to check Amazon to see what that was about. Wow, a pretty different concept. Sounds interesting.

it is i like slightly warped reality stories.

The Plague - Albert Camus

Ive just finished Brown's Angels&Demons.I do like it.

arek p. wrote: Ive just finished Brown's Angels&Demons.I do like it.

Yeah, I loved that book. I thought it was as good as The DaVinci Code.

I finished Angels & Deamons a week or two ago - it was average-to-decent - certainly not the best-written trash I've ever read, but reasonable 'toilet break' material

Started on DaVinci Code a few days ago - not really getting in to it at all, so far - far too similar to the last one - but I'll persevere for a bit longer & see if it gets better.

I'm only reading them 'caus they were lent to me - no way I'd waste money buying them

CuanaD - D-plus wrote: I finished Angels & Deamons a week or two ago - it was average-to-decent - certainly not the best-written trash I've ever read, but reasonable 'toilet break' material

Started on DaVinci Code a few days ago - not really getting in to it at all, so far - far too similar to the last one - but I'll persevere for a bit longer & see if it gets better.

I'm only reading them 'caus they were lent to me - no way I'd waste money buying them

They are very similar. If you don't like one, you won't like the other.

the new Argos catologue

CuanaD - D-plus wrote: I finished Angels & Deamons a week or two ago - it was average-to-decent - certainly not the best-written trash I've ever read, but reasonable 'toilet break' material

Started on DaVinci Code a few days ago - not really getting in to it at all, so far - far too similar to the last one - but I'll persevere for a bit longer & see if it gets better.

I'm only reading them 'caus they were lent to me - no way I'd waste money buying them

a member of Dead Poets Society said.....hehehehe cheeers

"The Burn Journals" by Brent Runyon

I Swear I Was There - The Gig That Changed The World by David Nolan. Very interesting book with quotes by Peter Hook, Tony Wilson among others.

CuanaD - D-plus wrote: I finished Angels & Deamons a week or two ago - it was average-to-decent - certainly not the best-written trash I've ever read, but reasonable 'toilet break' material

Started on DaVinci Code a few days ago - not really getting in to it at all, so far - far too similar to the last one - but I'll persevere for a bit longer & see if it gets better.

I'm only reading them 'caus they were lent to me - no way I'd waste money buying them

I would suggest you not read his book Digital Fortress, even if it is lent to you.

NOOLigan wrote:

Shed Peel wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: I'm still on the Eyre Affair, but only just. :)

I would recommend the sequels as well.

i will do so. I hear that jasper Fforde is coming to Sydney soon. Perhaps. I'll make the trip.

Excellent. I think you'll love his talk, if you go. He's awesome!

Taboo # 7 wrote:

Cath wrote: Someone gave me "A Long Way Down" by Nick Hornby. I haven't read any of his stuff but I've seen film versions of his work. Hope its good. The last few books I've read have been awful.

I love Hornby, a lot of the time he's very predictable but he manages to make it interesting along the way. I liked "A Long Way Down" when I read it (I think it came out about this time last year). I recommend it

Thanks Tab, you've actually motivated me to read it..

arek p. wrote: Ive just finished Brown's Angels&Demons.I do like it.

I`d steer clear of his Digital Fortress.

Shed Peel wrote:

CuanaD - D-plus wrote: I finished Angels & Deamons a week or two ago - it was average-to-decent - certainly not the best-written trash I've ever read, but reasonable 'toilet break' material

Started on DaVinci Code a few days ago - not really getting in to it at all, so far - far too similar to the last one - but I'll persevere for a bit longer & see if it gets better.

I'm only reading them 'caus they were lent to me - no way I'd waste money buying them

I would suggest you not read his book Digital Fortress, even if it is lent to you.

Actually, I liked that book.

The Haçienda must be (re)Built wrote: Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis

ere - does he mention the order in that one as well? what's it like so far? picked that up with the palahniuk book & the penguin novels on a 3 for 2 deal at waterstones

btw - you've spelt hacienda wrong in your sig...

Terrace Legends by Cass Pennant & Martin King. Its basically a book of interviews with various football hooligans,ranging from Wrexham,right up to top flight Chelsea.

Finished yesterday "Alternative Europe: Eurotrash and Exploitation Cinema Since 1945" (it was just okay, mostly disposable). Today starting "Underground USA: Filmmaking Beyond the Hollywood Canon."

"A Guide to opening an Umbrella"

its fuckin pissin down out there.

steveone wrote: Terrace Legends by Cass Pennant & Martin King. Its basically a book of interviews with various football hooligans,ranging from Wrexham,right up to top flight Chelsea.

you give those cunts your money??

Still The Beatles by Bob Spitz (it's a massive book)

J.A.K wrote:

steveone wrote: Terrace Legends by Cass Pennant & Martin King. Its basically a book of interviews with various football hooligans,ranging from Wrexham,right up to top flight Chelsea.

you give those cunts your money??

They might be cunts but you can't deny hooliganism makes for an interesting read.

(Bet you wouldn't call em cunts to their face!!)

Missy Jem wrote:

J.A.K wrote:

steveone wrote: Terrace Legends by Cass Pennant & Martin King. Its basically a book of interviews with various football hooligans,ranging from Wrexham,right up to top flight Chelsea.

you give those cunts your money??

They might be cunts but you can't deny hooliganism makes for an interesting read.

(Bet you wouldn't call em cunts to their face!!)

yeah. i always go up to big gorillas and say hi.

Taboo # 7 wrote: Still The Beatles by Bob Spitz (it's a massive book)

I will come to you with all my Beatles questions from now on. :)

I'm reading Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy.
Haven't gotten very far, though.

J.A.K wrote:

steveone wrote: Terrace Legends by Cass Pennant & Martin King. Its basically a book of interviews with various football hooligans,ranging from Wrexham,right up to top flight Chelsea.

you give those cunts your money??

Asda actually! :D

I`ve been in Liverpool today. Never seen so many Lacoste tracksuits in my life. On the plus side,i saw some genuinely beautiful girls.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell

Britain AD by Francis Pyror - arguing against mass migrations of Angles and Saxons to the British Isles in the post-Roman period... Gosh, I'm rock'n'roll!

Snorri xxx

Torn Apart, The Biography of Ian Curtis and School Days by Robert B Parker.

"She Comes First" by Ian Kerner

I'm about halfway through Jane Eyre. After that I intend to read the next three Thursday Next sequels and Paulo Coelho's By the River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept. So I have plenty of reading material for the next couple of months. :)

don't get too excited, everyone:

how to run a traditional jewish household by blu greenberg.

I am verily enjoying all of Lauren Child's books. I especially like What Planet are you from, Clarice Bean? and there is one about Herb, I think it is called Who's Afraid of the Big Bad book. The artwork is excellent.

Soren Lorenson* has been at our house so often now that I included him on our Census** form the other week.

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*Soren Lorenson is Lola's imaginary friend in Lauren Child's Charlie and Lola books.

**Census is an Australian thing. It is a big long form that every household is supposed to fill out on the same night every... four years - I think...it's like a great big survey the government does to supposedly plan for everything. It asks a lot of questions about everyone who was at your house on Census night, like how old, what you do, how much money you make etc etc.

AgentWood wrote: don't get too excited, everyone:

how to run a traditional jewish household by blu greenberg.

Oy Vey!! You could have asked my aunt Nancy. My uncle Benny was ultra-orthodox. I dunno about "two kitchens jewish" but VERY orthodox

The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory. It's fiction but built around historical fact - after the death of King Henry VIII. It's an easy read but that's what I like as I only read on the bus.

shot bru wrote: bks r4 old frts i rd sum cool txts 2day yay bks sux j-lo rox :) xxx

Are we supposed to understand this lingo? :D

im reading ALICE BAILY-treatise on cosmic fire

hard read

J.A.K wrote: "A Guide to opening an Umbrella"

its fuckin pissin down out there.

J.A.K ten points for the intellectual. and his choice of book

hey your the kind of dude who would smoke a joint with bible pages

=

krisna wrote:

J.A.K wrote: "A Guide to opening an Umbrella"

its fuckin pissin down out there.

J.A.K ten points for the intellectual. and his choice of book

hey your the kind of dude who would smoke a joint with bible pages

=

and use hotel swimming pools as a bucket bong. :p yep!

would it be true to say that you would do a shit in the swimingpool and it would float gracefuly?

do you think you would get more wasted with the old testament or the new testament? if you were to roll up a big fat one?

krisna wrote: would it be true to say that you would do a shit in the swimingpool and it would float gracefuly?

do you think you would get more wasted with the old testament or the new testament? if you were to roll up a big fat one?

dunno.

but i've used the cardboard cover of the Koran for a roach.

sorry up there Allah - me old mucker.

excellent ,,idea ,,,,complements to your inventiveness, taking something completly useless and turning it around to make something of worth

im sure it has alot of significance to others, all religion is good,any religion as long as it brings good will. im not syaing anything against allah or the book of koran. (respect respect to others beliefs)

Woody and Nord....Nearly finished. Collymore up next! I want to find out why he was always late for training! (and if he can recommend any reputable Dogging venues)

Was going to consult George Michael's book on the latter point,before I realised I can't raise half a bar-on for 60 year old meths drinkers

erotic tales. ah sorry that's what i'm watching on the telly.

NOOLigan wrote: erotic tales. ah sorry that's what i'm watching on the telly.

Any artistic merit involved Ron? Sounds shite if so...Although its probably the same genre technically,I'd recommed proper filth

Boatraceface wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: erotic tales. ah sorry that's what i'm watching on the telly.

Any artistic merit involved Ron? Sounds shite if so...Although its probably the same genre technically,I'd recommed proper filth

pretty crap as it is on free to air tv. from germany i believe but in english. you do get to see a few rude bits eventually.

Patrick Süskind "Das Parfum". I wanted to read it before the film starts...

not exactly reading ,more looking at the nice pictures in the Factory graphics book

Shug wrote: The Coming Of The Third Reich.

Is it set around the working girls of a house of dolls?

I'm currently reading 'I'm With The Band' by Pamela Des Barres, which is fab. I've got other books piling up that i've been too busy to look at though. I have a thing about buying them but don't get much time to read.

It's a lazy weekend for me, however, so i'm going to chill out and do some reading

Ben Elton 'Dead Famous'

Big fan of his stuff. Looking forward to reading the new one set in WWI.

Stephen King - Hearts in Atlantis

cljfx wrote: Stephen King - Hearts in Atlantis

Thought that was a disappointment, especially since the opening story was really good.

NOOLigan wrote: I'm about halfway through Jane Eyre.

Good choice. Down with the classics!

magazine

HARPER'S. October 2004. Got ahold of a few past copies. Whitewash as Public Service. How the 9 11 Commission Report Defrauds the Nation. +. Interesting to read the events after so long.

nice change to read actual Paper copies instead of just online with the computer screen.

I recently bought a Japanese book by Motohiko Kimura, and it's about current Japan team football manager Ivica Osim. It's a best seller in Japan, and I've seen the top ten selling book list in my local newspaper, for four different cities in Japan; three in my area, and the other one being Tokyo. This book was in the top five for all four locations.

Taboo # 7 wrote:

Cath wrote: Someone gave me "A Long Way Down" by Nick Hornby. I haven't read any of his stuff but I've seen film versions of his work. Hope its good. The last few books I've read have been awful.

I love Hornby, a lot of the time he's very predictable but he manages to make it interesting along the way. I liked "A Long Way Down" when I read it (I think it came out about this time last year). I recommend it

Read it and loved it. I recommend it too Thanks for motivating me to actually read it.

Cath wrote:

Taboo # 7 wrote:

Cath wrote: Someone gave me "A Long Way Down" by Nick Hornby. I haven't read any of his stuff but I've seen film versions of his work. Hope its good. The last few books I've read have been awful.

I love Hornby, a lot of the time he's very predictable but he manages to make it interesting along the way. I liked "A Long Way Down" when I read it (I think it came out about this time last year). I recommend it

Read it and loved it. I recommend it too Thanks for motivating me to actually read it.

No problem

Now reading "The Cult Film Experience: Beyond All Reason," J.P. Telotte (ed.)

Patrik Ouředník Europeana. Stručné dějiny dvacátého věku. I think it could be translated by : Europeana. A brief history of the 20th century.

A personal way of writing - never read a book like this before. A different point of view on the events that made the last century.

Jiphy wrote: Patrik Ouředník Europeana. Stručné dějiny dvacátého věku. I think it could be translated by : Europeana. A brief history of the 20th century.

A personal way of writing - never read a book like this before. A different point of view on the events that made the last century.

It's all the Jews' fault?

Shed Peel wrote: I am reading the novel The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

Snap! :)

Shellshocker wrote: It's all the Jews' fault?

No revisionism... I do not know if it has been translated in English, but I think this book is worth it. I must find a French translation just to know how the translator did because it looks unusual... By the way, I am reading on the inner sleeve, that the author, born in Prague, lives in France since 1984. His first book (the one we are talking about) received an award as "best book of the year 2001" in the Czech Republic.

Something between cynism and black humor...

Jiphy wrote:

Shellshocker wrote: It's all the Jews' fault?

No revisionism... I do not know if it has been translated in English, but I think this book is worth it. I must find a French translation just to know how the translator did because it looks unusual... By the way, I am reading on the inner sleeve, that the author, born in Prague, lives in France since 1984. His first book (the one we are talking about) received an award as "best book of the year 2001" in the Czech Republic.

Something between cynism and black humor...

You only speak five languages? I'm not impressed.

Seriously, though, cynicism and black humor? Sounds like my kind of book. I couldn't find the author in Amazon.com, though.

Shellshocker wrote: Seriously, though, cynicism and black humor? Sounds like my kind of book. I couldn't find the author in Amazon.com, though.

follow this link : http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/1564783820/171-2533373-7344220?v=glance&n=52042011

Jiphy wrote:

Shellshocker wrote: Seriously, though, cynicism and black humor? Sounds like my kind of book. I couldn't find the author in Amazon.com, though.

follow this link : http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/1564783820/171-2533373-7344220?v=glance&n=52042011

Thanks. I should be able to find it on the American Amazon with the ISBN#. :)

John Banville's The Sea which won the Booker Prize last year it says...

Carlitos Way=Edwin Torres.

Just started the book..

I just read She Wins, You Win by Gail Evans. It's an okay book for reading, and to bring some ideas in the forefront of your mind, I suppose. I did like the statistics that it contained regarding women in executive jobs, but to actually see the low numbers in print was a little depressing.

I'm hoping that the other book I am about to read, Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office, shall be more insightful.

Steve Lea wrote: John Banville's The Sea which won the Booker Prize last year it says...

Give us a review when you're finished, please!

Shed Peel wrote:

Steve Lea wrote: John Banville's The Sea which won the Booker Prize last year it says...

Give us a review when you're finished, please!

Er, okay, will try my best

Prose is like Ray Bradbury's so far....very 'liquid'..? Must try harder...