lexiepiper Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 The Shadow Of The Wind ~ A friend lent me this once, I really wanted to get into it but the first few pages utterly failed to grab me... should I try again? The Time Traveler's Wife ~ Not a girly book, then (I'm not fond of girly books)? Yes, it took me a while to get into, but was a great read. No, not a girly book, but it's my favourite book ever, so give it a try! Quote
Peacefield Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 I second Mac's recommendation of The Historian and The Secret History. Unfortunately I've not read the rest of the books you listed in your post, BookJumper, but hopefully some day soon . Quote
Chrissy Posted October 16, 2009 Posted October 16, 2009 Hey Mac, I managed to get hold of 'Kafka On The Shore' today, I thought I'd check to see what had been written about it on the forum, and lo and behold, I started out with this chap reading Kafka On The Shore and I believe this one's a good one to start with, because he caught me hook, line and sinker from the get go. I gave my last owned Murakami, before I had even read it, so I am looking forward to reading this one! Quote
NovaLee Posted October 17, 2009 Posted October 17, 2009 My book club read Kafka on the Shore last month ....great read and an excellent book club book ....TONS to discuss. Quote
Mac Posted December 28, 2009 Author Posted December 28, 2009 Yes. You're right. More updates. Check 'em out...oooh, nice! Quote
Weave Posted December 28, 2009 Posted December 28, 2009 My husband picked me up a copy of 'Kafka on the shore' a few weeks ago, it was the first book I read by Haruki Murakami, I love it. Quote
Mac Posted January 16, 2010 Author Posted January 16, 2010 (edited) Well, I've reached my limit on how large the post is allowed to be, so I'll start a new one here. I'll have to keep locating this one, I guess. Happy days. Susan Cooper - The Dark is Rising (series). I read this when I was a youngster, it being perfect reading for early secondary school aged kids. I've mentioned them in a thread somewhere, stating how they still have a place in my soul and all that. I loved them. Seriously recommend them to anyone with kids. Ursula le Guin - Earthsea (series). Another set of books I read when I was a youngster. I adored these books - I think I mentioned these on one of Michelle's threads. Again, I seriously recommend these. Edited January 16, 2010 by Mac Thought of more... Quote
Nollaig Posted January 16, 2010 Posted January 16, 2010 I re-read the first book last year, I posted about it in my thread. I love that series. Quote
Fi. Posted January 16, 2010 Posted January 16, 2010 The Dark Is Rising Sequence is in my top 10 favourites and has been reread on a regular basis since I was 9 Just make sure not to watch the awful movie adaptation that they did a couple of years back I was so disappointed with it and also mighty glad that plans to turn the rest of the books into movies were dropped! Quote
Mac Posted January 16, 2010 Author Posted January 16, 2010 The Dark Is Rising Sequence is in my top 10 favourites and has been reread on a regular basis since I was 9 Just make sure not to watch the awful movie adaptation that they did a couple of years back I was so disappointed with it and also mighty glad that plans to turn the rest of the books into movies were dropped! I couldn't bring myself to watch it. I was absolutely appalled that they changed Will's nationality and (I'm assuming) age to fit into an American audiences taste. I appreciate that film is a different medium and that they have to be judged on their own merits but, honestly, when it happens to something I love it makes me want to weep! The trailer made me want to shoot the producers, anyway. Quote
Fi. Posted January 16, 2010 Posted January 16, 2010 I did weep, I foolishly ignored all the negative reviews so I could judge for myself - that's 90 odd minutes of my life I'll never get back :motz:I sat all the way through the film complaining about everything as they just butchered it! Quote
Mac Posted January 16, 2010 Author Posted January 16, 2010 (edited) Gah! You watch, some mug will murder Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea series next! If they do, I'm complaining. I don't know to whom, but I will!!! (which reminds me...) Edited January 16, 2010 by Mac Forgot summat... Quote
Fi. Posted January 16, 2010 Posted January 16, 2010 Have you not seen this then? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407384/ Quote
Mac Posted January 16, 2010 Author Posted January 16, 2010 No! Nooo! Nnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! *sounds of Mac smashing his fists against the wall of the padded room... Quote
Fi. Posted January 16, 2010 Posted January 16, 2010 Sorry!!! It's truly dire, I remember sitting through it a couple of years ago and wishing I could either bleach my brain or travel back in time It was on E4 over Christmas so I suspect you could probably "stumble" across it one day. Quote
Mac Posted January 16, 2010 Author Posted January 16, 2010 Ah ha! I don't have a TV for this very reason. I choose what to watch by buying DVD's. I have no capacity to receive any channels. It's great! Quote
Fi. Posted January 16, 2010 Posted January 16, 2010 Count yourself lucky then Freeview has a lot to answer for Quote
Mac Posted January 16, 2010 Author Posted January 16, 2010 I'd get stupidly wound up, finding myself near apoplexy over such silly things as The X Factor (if singing is your dream, mate, go and frickin' do it, bonehead!), despairing at the jazzed up news, snarling at vacuous presenters. So I did what people advise. I turned it off in 2003 and never turned it on again. Nice. Quote
Fi. Posted January 16, 2010 Posted January 16, 2010 I went 4 years without a tv and then my parents bought me one which has the built-in Freeview - worst thing they could have done as I get sucked into all the progs I spent years avoiding, thanks Mum & Dad Quote
Mac Posted January 16, 2010 Author Posted January 16, 2010 It's like a curse! If I'm round my girlfriends' house and the Idiot Box is on, my attention is sucked towards it. I always feel so terribly rude. Bloody thing. Quote
Fi. Posted January 16, 2010 Posted January 16, 2010 Glad to hear I picked a good'un with Glen Duncan, have just added Death of an Ordinary Man to the reservations list. Will let you know how I get on with them Quote
Janet Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 Well, I've reached my limit on how large the post is allowed to be, so I'll start a new one here. I'll have to keep locating this one, I guess. Happy days. Would you like me to make you a blank post as post #2 so you can copy/paste the recommendations on page 5 there, and to save you looking for it each time? Quote
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