[Books to movies...]

Have you ever found a film (or I suppose TV adaptation) as good as the book?

 

I've never seen a Wuthering Heights to beat the novel. Recently I've read and seen:

 

Wonder Boys

No Country For Old Men

 

In both cases the films were more compelling.

 

With A Passage to India it was the other way round - the film didn't come up to the novel.

[Have you read a book in one sitting?]

Last book I read in one go was Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth. That was way back in 1988. I was in a hotel in Quetta and it was near New Year.

[Best place to find a similar author]

Hello,biglavalamp.

 

Try this:

 

http://www.gnooks.com/

 

it's fun if not useful.

[This Thing of Darkness (aka To the Edge of the World), Harry Thompson]

Well, I have actually started reading and I'm finding it an enjoyable book-not your run-of-the-mill historical novel.

[This Thing of Darkness (aka To the Edge of the World), Harry Thompson]

Thanks for the recommendation, Seiichi. I'm still struggling with The Historian at present-not the books fault but my halting pace of reading these days.

[This Thing of Darkness (aka To the Edge of the World), Harry Thompson]

Hello, Seiichi. I have this book sitting on the shelf right next to me now. I just haven't got round to reading it. Tell me how you get on and I may join you.

[The Shakespeare Secret by J. L. Carrell]

I must get hold of this book. Today I'm paying my weekly visit to the bookshop-but I've no idea of the chances of it being there.

[Ever Decreasing Circles]

This series actually turned up on the TV! I'm a really big fan of Richard Briers because of his Shakespearean roles.

[Hello everyone.]

Once again, thanks for all the welcomes!

 

Belated reply to Ceinwenn: I 've read Fatherland and Pompeii...and , yes The Ghost-the one I started with.

[Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist]

I'm thinking of introducing this novel next year as a reader to my 15/16 year old students. I haven't read it yet. Any ideas whether it would go down well?

[Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte]

I agree, Dimitra. It's a powerhouse of a book-raw and sheer genius.

[Charles Dickens]

I studied Great Expectations a couple of years back with my students. They were all Pakistanis with a great attitude to reading. Young minds help push you along and this Dickens classic really rewards patient reading.

[Hello everyone.]

Well, thanks again-nice to see alot of activity!

[Where is your favourite reading place?]

In the school library, after the day's work between 1:30 and 2:00 while waiting to go home. It's empty and very atmospheric.

[Hello everyone.]

Well, thanks all for the fantastic welcome!

 

bethany725: yes, this can be one of the "hotspots" but it's just routine most of the time at school...

[The most disturbing work of fiction that you have ever read]

I've read quite a few that have disturbed me:

 

Still She Haunts Me by Katie Roiphe

The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing.

 

And one, Ghost (I think that was what it was called-maybe Ghost House) by Peter Straub.

[Hello everyone.]

Thanks for the welcome, Gyre!

[The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova]

Hello all-and very nice to meet you.

 

I was reading Dracula regularly in our school library along with a audio version-the first time i tried this. I thoroughly recommend it for classics. It took me 88 days to get through the whole novel, 10 minutes at a time.

 

Now I've moved onto The Historian... and it's a fantastic read. Dracula definitely helps.

[Hello everyone.]

I'm Tony, a teacher of English in Karachi, Pakistan.

 

I've recently got back into the habit of reading, rather than just teaching literature.

 

I've just finished "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, now I'm on "The Historian" as a natural follow up. I'm nearly done with Bill Bryson's travel books, and I've just discovered Robert Harris.