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KAY

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  1. I like to think i'm a real reader, someone who is open to a variation of genres and reads anything and everything. However the other day i realised i had not read the true classic "Animal farm". I felt it was one book i had to read. I then thought of other books that you cant call yourself a reader if you have not read. For example "catcher in the rye" " to kill a mocking bird", " Curious incident of the dog in the night", " Rebecca" by daphane du Maurier, " memoirs of a Geisha", "Angelas Ashes" etc...... This is just in my opinion. What book woould you say must be read if you want to call yourself a reader?
  2. I used to hate reading as a kid. It was only when i went to college and i had no telly that i picked up a book. It was Angelas Ashes, and really enjoyed reading as an experience. For me it was an achievement having finished a book. I never had the patience to complete a book and thought it was such a boring activity. However once i started reading my vocabulary became much bigger and i could transport myself into which ever era i liked to enter into. I discovered i loved learning new things. I remember reading " I lived for a thousand years" which is about the second world war and discovering that for past 20 minutes i had been so absorbed in the book i hadnt known anything about the real world around me for all that time. In fact i was out of breath running to escape with the characters, probably because i had barely been breathing with the tension built up in the story. Sometimes to be able to escape to that extreme can be quite cool. I find if im stressed with the real world though, i cant enjoy my reading. I can have read and re read a page and am thinking of other things. I need to be in a content mood to be able to disappear into a book.
  3. Well i decided upon reading the scapegoat. i am half way through and it is brillliant. it's not in the same leaugue as the "Jamacian Inn" and "Rebecca" but it has been a real page turner. I can be a very slow reader but i can't put it down. It is not one of her well known books but i am really enjoying it. It is about an English man and a french man who meet in france and find they look identical in every way.They could be twins. They end up swopping lives and identities to experience how the other half live, this is unknown to their families.
  4. I read "Sophies world" and "Through the looking glass". I have also attempted "The ring masters daughter" but was a little bored by it. I thought "Sophies world" was amazing.
  5. i read it a few years ago and remember the first half of the book to be great but i got a bit lost at the end with the packs of cards. Jostein is very clever.
  6. Has anyone read this and able to recomend it. I found it today and hated the title but was intreged by the fact it had 4 and a half stars. I read the blurb and it sounded good but the title just sounds so depressing. Check it out and see what you think.
  7. Nearly finished it and it has been amazing. Its been like being in a different world. Absolutely fascinating. Anyone else read it?
  8. What are your thoughts on "The little prince" by Antoine something, can't remeber without the book in front of me.
  9. funny i found this thread today. ive just had a friend recommend it to me today. i said i liked catcher in the rye and he said about this book being similar. would you say that was the case.
  10. I hated reading when i was little. i used to have to take a book home from school, something about piartes which didnt interest me at all and my dad would fall asleeep to my monotonous reading voice when i was about 5-7. the only book i remeber reading wasthe secret seven in the back of the car one summer holiday. its the only book i enjoyed. then when i was about 16 my mum gave me a catherine cookson to reads which took me forever but it was amazing and is still a favourite. it was called "The cultured handmaid". i managed to do an english a level with out personally reading a book, i just made notes on the handmaids tale which was brilliant. Then when i went to collage i had no tv and a friend of mine was a good reader so he loved book shops. i went in with him one time and came across a front cover i liked and bought it. it was angelas ashes. it took me 6 wks but when i got to the end i was so pleased with myself and never stopped reading books since then.
  11. Can't say i enjoyed it. I don't remeber it now but i recall at the time thinking it was depressing ,dull and was just glad to get to the end of it. dont know if i read it again if id feel any different about it.
  12. I have just moved into a new house and i was determined to have a part of the house dedicated to my books. I only have about 250 to 300 books but they are my pride and joy. I have an alcove in my bedroom with a large book casement, cosy lighting and a comfy chair bed.
  13. Has anyone read books by Josie Dew. She is fantastic. Ive just read wind through my whees and it is about her travelling from country to country by bicycle. She is in good spitit and humour and would be fun to be around. I learnt alot through her travels and on horrible cold wet days in england she took me with her on her journey. It was such an adventure. cant wait ti read some more.
  14. Do you judge a book by its cover? If i like a book i buy the same book but in different versions of the front cover(only if they are nice though) Some front covers do put me off buying the book but something like catcher in the rye is very plain but i didnt let it put me off. I am trying to fin d the oldest version of the front cover of "catcher in the rye" One of my favourite front covers is the pink version of fight club. i'll have a think of somme more.
  15. Is there anyone who not only buys books to read but buys collectors additions hardbacks with gorgeous covers. I loved "shadows of the wind " and "the kite runner" so much that when i discovered their bound hard back version or variation in covers i had to buy them. They look quite old fashioned and special. they have a bookshelf all to themselves. If i like a book i also tend to buy other variations on the front covers.
  16. I usually get my books from charity shops (good quality books only) and super markets. However the second largest second hand book shop in alnwick (Barter Books) is amazing. its a beautiful converted train station with all original features and beautiful new and very old books. reasonable prices too. Anyone been to it yet?
  17. How Do Yo Download Audio Versions? I didn't enjoy "surfacing". I couldn't finish it. Thanks for that Polka Dot Rock I'll give Oryx And Crake a try.
  18. The Jamacian inn is equally as good as Rebecca. Fantastically satisfying reads. Has anyone read "The scapegoat" or "House on the strand". I want to read one or the other but i would like to choose one thats as good as rebecca or the jamacian inn that ive already read.
  19. I would like to discover that i can read and enjoy a Charles Dickens book but have a fear that i wont be able to get my head around the way it is written. Can anyone suggest a dickens first read?
  20. i read charlotte brontes "Jane Ayre" and emily Brontes wuthering heights and have now started charlottes vilette but am finding it hard going. i need to be in a room of absolute silence and concentrate on what is written. anyone else read it or found it difficult?
  21. oh great i'll look into that.
  22. it's funny you should say "Emma". I bought it a couple of months ago cos i usually like periodic books (eg the Brontes) but ive been watching some of the Jane Austen series on tv and all her stories seem to be pretty much similar with different characters and very little happens in them. I much preferr jane Eyre and wuthering heights which have great story lines that have stayed with me for years.
  23. Handmaids tale was absolutely amazing, a book i will never forget. Has anybody had any other good atwood experinces that are as powerful. Ive just bought Oryx and crake, is it any good?
  24. Started reading it months ago and it was very good then i was unable to read for a week then i was given "one child "and "gideon mack" to read in between and have just picked the kite runner up again today and have been unable to put it down. How fantastic is it? with all the twists and turns and the culture. Also tugs at the heart strings. Excellent read!
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