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Stories Of Old - DM

^^The trailer looks really good! I'm actually excited about seeing this movie, and let me tell you - that doesn't happen that often lol.

Advice For The Young At Heart - Tears for Fears

Strangers - White Lies

Hi Jess, welcome to the BCF ! Your post was just fine You could tell us what kind of books you like to read, do you have a fave author etc. if you like? Happy posting!

The Understudy by David Nicholls was a pleasant surprise when I read it a few years ago. British humour, easy to read I agree with the Adrian Mole series too^^.

A Question of Lust - DM

A Bad Dream - Keane Edit : sorry that was after coffin nail's post

Miracle Of Love - Eurythmics

Hello Colleen and welcome to the Forum! Participating is even more fun than lurking I'm currently reading F. Scott Fitzgerald^^ and am enjoying it very much. See you around!

Noise and music is allowed. Sometimes I need to concentrate and any sound can distract me, but usually I can (and like to) listen to music while I read. Even when I study sometimes. Yann Tiersen's music makes for great background for reading imo Also, for some reason lately I put Runaway by The National on repeat while I read I've noticed doing that a lot lately I prefer to be alone while I read, outdoors if the weather is nice, or indoors, although I find I'm more easily distracted indoors... I can ''zone out'' outdoors I like to have a cup of tea while I read. Or juice in the summer. I'd like everything to be just so, but since that's almost impossible I can adjust, or at least I try to.

I never thought of using a book journal until just a few days ago. Not that I didn't like the idea (I loved it!) I just thought I'd probably stop writting after a while But since I've joined the forum and started writing reviews, I started making notes while I read, which I usually throw away after I write the review... Now the idea of keeping a journal seems pretty useful! Plus I could keep the quotes I like in one place instead of in milions of notebooks etc...

I don't usually read graphic novels, though this sounds like fun. But why I decided to post anyway is because your review is amazing! Just wanted to say I liked it very much

Thanks for the link pontalba. You know, I think I should have started with another book of Nabokov's instead of The Enchanter. That way I could have appreciated the novella much more for what it really is - one of Nabokov's very bautifully written works, which wasn't even intended to be published in that form. To me it doesn't have much meaning, it's out of context if you know what I mean, but I think that after reading Lolita or something else by him, I'll have a better understanding of The Enchanter. I think it's probably much more appreciated with readers who are already acquainted with his work, not to mention his fans. I hope you'll enjoy The Gathering when you get to it!

Inside My Head - Radiohead

Interesting. In that case Possesion is definitely going to have to wait for a while...I'm not in the mood for that kind of book at the moment anyway :/ Great. I'll put these three titles in the first post and we'll wait until, lets say Monday to see if there'll be any other suggestions. Then on Monday we'll see which book will be chosen for October/November (and decide on anything else that might pop up). It'll be interesting to see how this will work Is that ok?

Last night I started Tender Is the Night and read 100 pages. Lovinlovinlovin' it so far I love his writing style, it's so calm and sort of restrained no matter what he's writing about.

The Switch. Ok movie, but Jason Bateman and Thomas Robinson were excellent!

I'm thinking of starting with one of these: - The English Patient - The Remains of the Day - Last Orders - Possesion leaning toward The English Patient the most. I must say, Possesion sounds very very interesting, but I see it's over 500 pages long, which troubles me because Uni starts soon, and I'm not sure if I'll have the time to read it, so I'd rather make it my 2nd or even later choice. Ooshie, I see you've read it - what do you think? Is it a slow or a fast read? EDIT: pontalba, I've read The Gathering a few weeks ago, and there's a review of it in my thread, for what it's worth.

Haha well I thought this way it would sound less frightening Guess I was wrong... I myself will try to complete the shorter challenge first, and I'll see what to do about the huge one later. No one is obliged to take both if they join the challenge!

Haha, don't worry pontalba, I haven't read more than two either So you guys, have you already thought of what you'd like to read? I was thinking of chosing a book for October or November, so if you have any suggestions/plans, post them here so we can see if we agree on a book, or if everyone will be reading a book of individual choice. Also, I've noticed that you've mentioned books that were shortlisted as well (e.g. Atonement, When We Were Orphans, The Reluctant Fundamentalist...). Since the list is huuuge if we include those, I thought of splitting this into 2 challenges. The first one being like in post #10 (including only the winners of the prize, I.e. the awarded books), and the second one including ALL the books from the list. How does that sound?

Welcome Dove, glad you decided to start posting!

No problem, I'm glad you like it and want to join! Also thank you for sharing your thoughts again, it helps chose books from the list. You've done quite a nice job with the challenge so far Nice to see you joining in, Mac! Looks like this might work people

I've copied the titles and authors here so that others can mark what they've read/intend to read. And here's a link to the MBP website for more info on the books CLICK Man Booker Prize 1969 - 2009 List 1969 Something to Answer For by P H Newby 1970 The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens 1971 In a Free State by V S Naipaul 1972 G by John Berger 1973 The Siege of Krishnapur by J G Farrell 1974 The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer Holiday by Stanley Middleton 1975 Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 1976 Saville by David Storey 1977 Staying On by Paul Scott 1978 The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch *group read #2* 1979 Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald 1980 Rites of Passage by William Golding 1981 Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie 1982 Schindler’s Ark by Thomas Keneally 1983 Life & Times of Michael K by J M Coetzee 1984 Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner 1985 The Bone People by Keri Hulme 1986 The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis 1987 Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively 1988 Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey 1989 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 1990 Possession by A S Byatt 1991 The Famished Road by Ben Okri 1992 The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje *group read #1* Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth 1993 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle 1994 How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman 1995 The Ghost Road by Pat Barker 1996 Last Orders by Graham Swift 1997 The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 1998 Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 1999 Disgrace by J M Coetzee 2000 The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood 2001 True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 2002 Life of Pi by Yann Martel 2003 Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre 2004 The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst 2005 The Sea by John Banville 2006 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai 2007 The Gathering by Anne Enright 2008 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 2009 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

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