Brida
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Advice For The Young At Heart - Tears for Fears
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Strangers - White Lies
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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!
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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^^.
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A Question of Lust - DM
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A Bad Dream - Keane
Edit : sorry that was after coffin nail's post
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Miracle Of Love - Eurythmics
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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!
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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.
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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...
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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
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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!
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Inside My Head - Radiohead
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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?
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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.
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The Switch.
Ok movie, but Jason Bateman and Thomas Robinson were excellent!
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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.
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Frightening!
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!
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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?
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Welcome Dove, glad you decided to start posting!
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I'm looking forward to seeing who else might fancy joining in, and thanks, Brida, for having such a good idea!
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
I've read a few of these and have a number of the others on my shelves. As Chrissy has done, I'll Booker my shelves and join in. Nice idea. My Waterstone's on town has a case full that's already been 'bookered', which is useful...
Nice to see you joining in, Mac!
Looks like this might work people
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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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Haha the ''I will Booker my TBRs'' sentence sounds so cool !
And I've just noticed I wrote
when I meant to say we...I've excluded myself!you can agree in pairs or smaller groups to read it at the same time
Never Let Me Go - (Film Trailer)
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^^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.