Brida
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I read a chapter of Kafka last night (as far as reading for fun goes). So far I've read about a 100 pages and am now convinced it will take me an entire century to finish it. Unless I organize my time better. *Sigh*
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I know how you feel.Good question. I'm affraid I haven't read many books by Japanese authors so I can't really answer it. But it could be. It does seem like they have a specific approach to emotions and expresing them which might seem colder to us folks from the West, but as I've said, I can't really judge. I'm sure we could find a lot of Europian authors who describe things such as feelings in such a mechanical/functional/non sensual/warm manner. The epoche of naturalism comes to mind
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Oh yeah
Actually,before I found this forum I used to write down the titles of books which I wanted to read on post its,which basically looked mental because I would write it down next to notes like ''buy xy,learn chapter yz,find out what xyz means'' and stuff like that.But now I'm being more sophisticated and am actually starting a proper list (I found a notebook which was once ment for that purpose-surprise surprise 
).So far I've heard a lot about ''The book thief'' (both on and off the forum) so I put that one on the list.I have a bunch of others I'm considering adding to the list,but I want to read more about them here on the forum to decide (Running with scissors,The 5 people you meet in heaven to name a few).
Would you like to suggest something else,or is that a bad idea for book lovers with lack of time and a growing TBR list ?
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I've read it a couple of years ago for school,and I thought it was good.Not one of my fav books though.His jokes and sarcasm are so direct,it seemed unusual for his time,or I dunno,just unusual.Or rather unexpected.But at least it's consistent.I did like how it was mental from begining to end,characters appearing and disappearing...
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Thanks
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I hope you'll enjoy it when (and if) you decide to read it.It's easy to read,and doesn't take long.
I'm gonna try and get my hands on some of her other books during the summer,or whenever I get some free time. The plots sound interesting
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I highly recomend it,especially if you've already read something else by Paulo Coelho and enjoyed it
It's an easy read,and I especially loved the ending
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Interesting point there Andy and I agree about it being cold and all.
But you know,I thought of how his characters often get aroused by...whatever.I remember how in ''Hard boiled wonderland...'' the main character is aroused by the ''slightly overweight'' girl,and then a bit later there's the scene with the library (LOL) girl.Which is definitely,as you've mentioned before,described very functionally.The actual process I mean.But why the arousement?Also can be found in Kafka...Just currious.
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^^If you liked that one,I think you'd like The song reader even more
But that might just be me.It does sound unusual,it is as far as the idea goes (a woman being a song reader,never heard of that before),but it's a pretty down to earth kind of story.Real people (well,not real real...you know what I mean ) dealing with life. I love the closeness of the sisters (the 2 main characters),and dunno why,but the story just...moved me.They seemed to get hurt so often (nothing like real life,right:roll:),but still managed to get on with life.I'm glad you liked OUaD
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^^It's the same everywhere with uni books
There's also a great policy in our library at uni,where you can only get books (get as in take them with you for more than a day) if there are ''enough copies available''.The required number,however,hasn't been defined xD So I go to the library and ask if they have the book I need,they say ''yes,but only for the reading room'', and I can see they have at least 5 copies left
Wohow.Thank God for public libraries. -
Bright colours
Day or night
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I mostly use the library, and buy books only once in a while. University books are expensive dammit, gotta save your money for them
But I don't mind. I find most of the books I'm looking for in the library (for free. ok,not completely free because of the fee you need to pay for the membership,but still - cheap), and if I can't find sth there and think I really need to read it, then I buy it. -
'The Catcher in the Rye' by J.D Salinger, it was readable but I am still not sure why its a classic. .
My thoughts exactly. What's so great about it? Even if it was wow at the time it got published (and I'm pretty sure it wasn't) by now there have been tons of other ''rebelious'' stories written. I just don't get it.
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Read 3 more chapters of Kafka. It's getting even better
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I may pick up these again when in the proper mood
:(...)
The Dante Club
I haven't finished that one either
But I have it at home,so I'm hoping to finish it someday...Anyway,I sometimes start reading a book and don't finish it for random reasons (lack of time,interest,too many books to choose from and I can't decide which one I want to read....), but mostly I pick it up again some time later and finish it eventually.Depending on how well I remember what I've read, sometimes I start all over again,and sometimes I just pick up where I stopped.
You can't always be in the mood for anything/everything, so...why waste precious reading time
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Yay for this thread.
I love it when Jane says (in the first episode) : ''He irks me. He's irkesome.''
Simon Baker is a great actor, why in God's name he played in Sex and death 101 will remain a mistery to me...
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Snatch
Dirty dancing
The Piano
Four weddings and a funeral (I know,I know...)
Out of Africa
The horse whisperer
Juno
^^Some of the movies I enjoy(ed) watching.There's more I can't think of at the moment.
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I haven't found a thread about her yet, so I thought I'd start one.
Unfortunately,I've only read two books by her so far, couldn't find more, but I'm working on changing that
Ok, so the two I've read are ''The song reader'' and ''Once upon a day''.
Here's a short text about both of them (from her website) :
1.The Song reader:
''Leeann's older sister Mary Beth has a gift. She is a "song reader." She doesn't read palms or tarot cards; she reads people's secrets and desires from the songs they can't get out of their minds. But as Leeann soon learns, every gift has its price.''
2.Once upon a day:
''A famous man disappears from L.A., taking his two children to a rocky, desolate corner of New Mexico where he raises them in complete isolation in a utopian "Sanctuary." He is trying to protect his children from a dangerous world--and from the truth of the terrible day that unraveled all their lives.''
I know, doesn't sound as fascinating as you (possibly) were expecting.
But I've enjoyed both of them. They're easy to read, emotional too, but in a realistic kind of way. Not the whinning kind. Even though that didn't happen to you, nor were you in such a situation, you can still feel compassion for the characters. That's at least what I felt, of course, others could disagree.
Anyway, anyone read it? Or something else by the same author? (Or should I just give more info about the subject?
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Thank you all
I'll be sure to do that, vodkafan. Btw, I see you're reading Sophie's world - that reminded me of my high school philosophy teacher (
),she always said we unexperienced philosophers should read it to get the hang of philosophy. Still haven't gotten around to it,though...Anyway,see you all around
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Thank you both
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Hello.I've been toying with the idea of joining the forum for a while now,I thought I'd just lurk due to lack of time to post,but yesterday I though - ah,what the hell,I'll find time
I think it'll be good to keep me busy and I'll get more work,and more reading done that way.As you might have noticed,I'm a Paulo Coelho fan,I also enjoyed reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel,Lisa Tucker's The song reader and Once upon a day to name a few.
Anyway,I'm looking forward to reading and posting and getting new reading tips
Bbye.
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^^That sounds great!!I wish we had that.
I use libraries almost regularly.Well,less frequent now that I'm at uni,but still frequent.I always find something interesting,but I hate it during the summer when you can keep the books for 2 months (because of the holidays) so most of the time only the lame ones/the ones I've already read are left.But still,if I'm quick enough,I get the good ones
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^^Thanks,I'm sure I will.
(And thanks for the chat,I'm always nervous when I start posting somewhere new
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I usually stay in bookshops for about half an hour,but mostly because I'm always on my way somewhere else when I happen to pop into one.And because I visit them often
But when I go with the intent of buying a book,I just get what I want and get out,cos otherwise...I could end up without any money. Most of the time when I'm in bookshops I read the text on the back of the book,flip through a few pages and if I like it,I write down the title (quite handy those cellphones,aren't they),and I get them from the library.If I *really* like the book,I buy it straight away.
What are you eating just now?
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Tried soy milk for the first time ever, and I like it
I thought it was gonna smell strange, but turns out it doesn't 
Yay.