bobblybear Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) Mine is the same as yours I think, Alexi, translated by Ernest Dowson. However, mine wasn't free on the Kindle, it was £2.05. I've downloaded a sample of the Penguin Edition, and I'll see if it's much different. I hope so....and I don't think it could be any worse than the current version. Alexi, I think you've managed to read further than me - I'm only up to page 44, and every few pages turns I keep pressing Menu to see how far I have gotten. That's never a good sign, is it? Alexi, just to add - you can return your Kindle purchase for a refund within 7 days of purchase. I've just missed my window but it's good to know for future reference. Edited to add: Oh, for goodness sakes, I've just downloaded the sample and it only contains the editors preface. Nevermind though, I've taken the plunge and bought the new version. Fingers crossed I find it an easier read. Further edit: I can tell already from the first letter that it's a far easier read than the Ernest Dowson translation. Thanks chesilbeach!! Edited February 23, 2013 by bobblybear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Ha I'm doing the same thing! I resent spending £6 on a book I already own though, especially when I'm not enjoying it much (even if the new purchase might aid that!) when it could be spent on new books. Dilemmas. I will be interesting to compare translations in the reading circle thread though and see if they affected opinions - assuming more than us three read it after this brilliant encouragement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I'm about half way through The Woman In Black. Loving it so far and I didn't realise how short it was. Once I'm finished, I'm moving back on to Dangerous Liasions, but the new version I downloaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 i got a couple of books in the post while i was away. I got Life on the Refridgerator Door by Alice Kupers and also His Dark Lady by Victoria Lamb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I finished Agnes Grey Anne Bronte which i enjoyed but not as much as The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall . I've made a start on Cloud atlas David Mitchell hoping to get through this quite quickly as i want to go see the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley.s Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I'm reading Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake, its really good! Not much left to go, after that i'll be reading Watership Down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Just finished the Mistborn Trilogy. Will have a review up on my blog within the next day or so. Got a bit tedious towards the end but I had to increase the font size on my Kobo so one page fit into 3 on my Kobo so thought I was further in than I really was. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Flu sucks - hope you feel better soon. Ugh! Hope you feel mo'bettah verra soon! Ah take plenty of fluids and rest frankie - hope you feel better soon Three of the books I ordered were cancelled - as they're having trouble importing them. So, I'll have to wait a while before I read Dangerous Liaisons, The Lions of Al-Rassan and Kafka on The Shore. Thanks gals, I'm feeling a bit better now. I'm still staying in bed but otherwise I'm doing pretty okay. Just a lot of snot issues Bree, I'm so sory about the cancellations I hope you get the books as quick as possible! I'm still reading David Mitchell's Back Story. It's very good, and I like the humour. I've never watched Peep Show or That Mitchell and Webb Look, but I do like him on panel shows like QI and Would I Lie To You?, and I can see the same humour from those in the book. I would recommend you try Peep Show, it's great I finished Disordered Minds by Minette Walters last night and started Dangerous Liaisons and I'm about 60 pages in. I'm so happy chesil started talking about different editions, it's quite awful to think some translation can be that much more difficult to read than another! I'm happy that you're coping a lot better with the book now, bobblybear and Alexi And I'm really happy that I'm reading a Finnish copy I've had no problems with the book, whatsoever, and I'm really enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 The Penguin translation of Dangerous Liasions is so much better! I'm only about 10 letters in but I've already picked up on 3 or 4 subtleties that just got lost in the other translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 The Penguin translation of Dangerous Liasions is so much better! I'm only about 10 letters in but I've already picked up on 3 or 4 subtleties that just got lost in the other translation. That's great, bobblybear! I'd like to hear what you missed with the first copy you were reading later when we discuss the book in the thread, if that's okay and you still remember them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Thanks gals, I'm feeling a bit better now. I'm still staying in bed but otherwise I'm doing pretty okay. Just a lot of snot issues Didn't know you were ill Frankie but glad to hear your on the mend now & it hasn't stopped you reading I've made a start on Cloud atlas & i think i'm going to like it but need to read a sizeable chunk so i can get into the story properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Started my Linwood Barclay book last night. Kind of a bit stumped by it. I'm only within the 100 page mark and I feel like I've been told who killed the person we're looking for already. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I've finished reading Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (some thoughts are in my topic) and am now doubting whether to start Mockingjay or Marley & Me. I've also just received my Kindle so I'll probably be busy fiddling with that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I'm also getting on much better with Dangerous Liaisons since I started the penguin translation! However, although I tried to go back I found it too dull, with largely having read the same only a few days ago, so I began at the point where I left off with the dreadful Ernest Dowson translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I've started reading The Magician King by Lev Grossman, and I'm also reading the novella The New Hunger, a prequel to Warm Bodies. Hoping to get both done by the end of Thursday to hit my 8-book/month target! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) Glad you're better frankie I've just completed the first of the three parts of Villette - and am enjoying it. Also discovered a little library here - with a few hundred books - need to explore it further - and if all goes well I hope to be reading books from there, and not relaying on the temperamental postal system to supply me with books. Edited February 25, 2013 by bree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I'm also getting on much better with Dangerous Liaisons since I started the penguin translation! However, although I tried to go back I found it too dull, with largely having read the same only a few days ago, so I began at the point where I left off with the dreadful Ernest Dowson translation. I'm starting it from the beginning and it's so much easier. I don't find it boring at all now; there's quite a bit of biting humor, a lot of which was lost with the Dowson translation. That's great, bobblybear! I'd like to hear what you missed with the first copy you were reading later when we discuss the book in the thread, if that's okay and you still remember them I'll try to remember them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Just got a new book free of charge. Doubt anyone else will be able to read this as it comes courtesy of Plymouth University. Got a collection of short stories that they publish every year from writers from various places. There's some from Italy, the US and the UK etc. I got it because I've applied to their Uni for next year so going to add that to my TBR pile. Might give me some inspiration on writing my own stories maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I'm about 150 pages into Patrick O'Brian's Post Captain. Bit of a slow (though amusing) start, but it's getting quite exciting now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Finished reading Never Saw It Coming by Linwood Barclay. Going to start Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I just got back from the bookstore with The Madness Underneath, coffee and A MOJO FOR READING! *goes off to enjoy* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I'm almost done with The Black Path by Asa Larsson but I don't I'll manage to finish it tonight, I'm too tired. Fingers crossed that I will manage some reading time at work tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Last night I started The Girl from the Fiction Department: A Portrait of Sonia Orwell by Hilary Spurling. I only managed one chapter, and haven't read any more today, but so far so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmonkey Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I just finished a really good non fiction book. The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English by Henry Hitchings. It talks about the English words that have been 'borrowed' from other languages through the history of the world. It's a really interesting way of looking at the language, and it's interesting how the words have been incorporated and changed in the English language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Didn't know you were ill Frankie but glad to hear your on the mend now & it hasn't stopped you reading Thank you! I've made a start on Cloud atlas & i think i'm going to like it but need to read a sizeable chunk so i can get into the story properly Is it difficult to read? I've never started it, I find the idea of the book intimidating... I'm also getting on much better with Dangerous Liaisons since I started the penguin translation! However, although I tried to go back I found it too dull, with largely having read the same only a few days ago, so I began at the point where I left off with the dreadful Ernest Dowson translation. I'm happy to hear you're managing the other edition a whole lot better! Glad you're better frankie Thanks bree Also discovered a little library here - with a few hundred books - need to explore it further - and if all goes well I hope to be reading books from there, and not relaying on the temperamental postal system to supply me with books. That's great news! I hope they have a good selection of titles to keep you occupied and happy I just got back from the bookstore with The Madness Underneath, coffee and A MOJO FOR READING! *goes off to enjoy* I'm might happy for you and your modjo, may you live together happily ever after Last night I started The Girl from the Fiction Department: A Portrait of Sonia Orwell by Hilary Spurling. I only managed one chapter, and haven't read any more today, but so far so good. The title's familiar, I must have the book on my wishlist. I bet poppyshake read and reviewed the book on here. If not her, then it must've been Kylie. I'm looking forward to your review I'm still reading Dangerous Liaisons. It's getting slower for me, I sometimes feel the letters go on and on. I still want to know what happens and I'm pretty happy with the characters, there are all sorts of types Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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