[Bluestar]

1984 by george orwell

[Blue_Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Bluestar

ooo, i want to read more of Khalid Hosseini. I've read the The Kite Runner and it was the best book i've read for a while. I've also just finished reading Terry Pratchetts, Truckers, Diggers and Wings. Finished Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, today. Definately a good read.

I would also recommend Sexing The Cherry by Jeanette Winterson. Art and Lies is very good too.

Geez, I thought you had taste! I read The Kite Runner and it was one of the worst books I've ever read.

I'm currently reading LA Confidential, by James Ellroy.

[Bluestar]

I'm only responsible for my taste, not taste in general! I did absolutely love the kite runner. It was an amazing book, what about it didn't you like?

Apparently 1984 was meant to be called The Last Man In Europe. I didn't know that until today

[Blue_Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Bluestar

I'm only responsible for my taste, not taste in general! I did absolutely love the kite runner. It was an amazing book, what about it didn't you like?

Of course, I seem to remember you saying you like Jane Austen...

I took a course in British literature in college. I could never quite get into the novels. All those classic British authors have such a bad habit of trying to dazzle us with language, they'll take ten pages to write down two sentences. So those books never seem to go anywhere. I was told to read Mansfield Park in college and my professor said "Everyone should have a chance to struggle through a book like Mansfield Park!" So I got Mansfield Park and I struggled. And I struggled, and struggled, and struggled. Right up to page 30. After that I said "**** Jane Austen," threw the book aside and vowed to never try to read her work again.

I prefer American classic literature. Those authors really know how to tell stories. Even when I run into an American classic that I don't enjoy, I can at least hack my way through it. I swore off Ernest Hemingway in that same manner I did Jane Austen after reading The Sun Also Rises, probably the worst book I've ever read. But Hemingway used a deceptively simple writing style, so I was at least able to finish the book before throwing it into the fire.

Of course, in poetry it's the reverse. The British ligual style makes for some incredibly, beautiful, poetic-sounding passages. The American style just sounds like a bunch of people whining about how much life sucks. It's like we purposely lowered the standards of good poetry just so we could have good poets.

As for The Kite Runner, I hated how it became a string of tragedies. I wrote a whole review of it. Wanna see?

[Bluestar]

Hmm, I appreciate the works of Jane Austen but don't really admire her as a writer. Thats strange because i don't find english victorian difficult to read at all. Their long windedness is what i feel a need to describe everything in detail and i like that and relish in it! One of my favourite victorian writers is Virginia Woolf. Everyone says she was crazy, it's true and i love it because she turns out to be extremely sane living in a mad world. Well, that's what i think anyway.

Dickens is another of my favourite authors and a lot of people have said that he is too long winded but again, i love his work. Each description and sarcastic point is something i love.

And yes! Send me your review of The Kite Runner, i'd love to read it. Have you read The Bookseller of Kabul? That was slightly shady to read

Right now, i'm dipping into the world of Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

[Bluestar]

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

[MasterONaniFiqh]

Y: The Last Man

Written by Brian K. Vaughan; Art by Pia Guerra and José Marzá, Jr.; Painted Cover by J.G. Jones

When a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome, unemployed and unmotivated slacker Yorick Brown suddenly discovers that he is the only male left in a world inhabited solely by women. Accompanied by his mischievous monkey and the mysterious Agent 355, Yorick embarks on a transcontinental journey to find his girlfriend and discover why he is the last man on Earth. But with a gang of feminist extremists and the leader of the Israel Defense Forces hunting him, Yorick's future, as well as that of the human race, may be short-lived.

[AmroodWaala]

An easy read and a bit more interesting than other books on the topic. I

Q: Your use of the term "apartheid" has been a lightning rod in the response to your book. Could you explain your choice? Were you surprised by the reaction?

Carter: The book is about Palestine, the occupied territories, and not about Israel. Forced segregation in the West Bank and terrible oppression of the Palestinians create a situation accurately described by the word. I made it plain in the text that this abuse is not based on racism, but on the desire of a minority of Israelis to confiscate and colonize Palestinian land. This violates the basic humanitarian premises on which the nation of Israel was founded. My surprise is that most critics of the book have ignored the facts about Palestinian persecution and its proposals for future peace and resorted to personal attacks on the author. No one could visit the occupied territories and deny that the book is accurate.

[Laimuun]

just finished reading "The secret history of the American empire : economic hit men, jackals, and the truth about global corruption" by john perkins.

[shsh]

The Quran.

[Bluestar]

Little Dorrit is too long.

Anyone read war and peace?

[AFreezingNomad]

Originally Posted by Bluestar

Little Dorrit is too long.

Anyone read war and peace?

I did. A while ago. Good, but didn't fulfill the expectations I had beforehand. It is a demanding book though, I mean, most russian classics are, but War & Peace is exceptional. It has a rich gallery of characters, many intrigues and seperate plots. You really have to concentrate. But do read it! It's sort of "manditory" isn't it?

I'm reading the Autograph man by Zadie Smith. So far, not good. I like how she creates unconventional characters, and original settings (as always), but the Autograph Man just doesn't have it. Interesting stuff about Kabbalah though.

Also reading Ignorance, by Milan Kundera. I dare say he is a terrific author. The tiny book feels more like a long essay/diary than a novel.

[Deel]

Originally Posted by Bluestar

1984 by george orwell

now that's a good book

Originally Posted by AmroodWaala

An easy read and a bit more interesting than other books on the topic. I

i actually wanted to start that one once Ramadan finished
reviews, anyone?
dad told me it was good

[Deel]

Originally Posted by Blue_Phoenix

Geez, I thought you had taste! I read The Kite Runner and it was one of the worst books I've ever read.

i just finished Kite Runner! i loved it!
but there were some things i didnt like, it wasnt worst book i ever read though.
i didnt like how the author portrayed one sect of islam 'better' than the other
i know that's a common way of thinking among non-muslims nowadays,
so i have a strong feeling some parts of the movie will tick me off when it comes out in theatres November .

[WarriorAndWiseman]

An Inconvinient Truth - Al Gore.