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Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:05 am
by BenM
I just finishsd A Thousand Splendid Suns and It was awesome . IT deserved to be the best in amazon.com and a best seller as well. It teaches patience, hope and love .With the lives of both Mariam and Laila you would discover many things. It was a great book indeed.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:18 pm
by Dixie
BenM wrote:I just finishsd A Thousand Splendid Suns and It was awesome . IT deserved to be the best in amazon.com and a best seller as well. It teaches patience, hope and love .With the lives of both Mariam and Laila you would discover many things. It was a great book indeed.
It is! And if you haven't read The Kite Runner, please do it. You will love it as much as you loved this one.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:10 pm
by homeratu
I read "Cien años de soledad", from Gabriel García Marquez, it's about the reality of latin america, the life of the poor people and how can change it in minutes,
the fantastic reality is one of the most importants aspects from the author, i hope that some one of you can read it, because it's one of most important literary pieces of the world.

see you, Homer :o

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:48 pm
by Dixie
homeratu wrote:I read "Cien años de soledad", from Gabriel García Marquez, it's about the reality of latin america, the life of the poor people and how can change it in minutes,
the fantastic reality is one of the most importants aspects from the author, i hope that some one of you can read it, because it's one of most important literary pieces of the world.

see you, Homer :o
Read it last year. I didn't like it :?

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:28 pm
by homeratu
Why not?, what kind of literaure do you like it?
Tell me about writers from your country
:wink: :wink:

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:48 pm
by Dixie
homeratu wrote:Why not?, what kind of literaure do you like?

:wink: :wink:
I found it too long... maybe too deep... Don't know.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:33 pm
by homeratu
May be it's too long, but I seem that contains many aspects of our reality... :|
What is your favorite book?, why? :?:

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:16 pm
by Dixie
homeratu wrote:May be it's too long, but I seem that contains many aspects of our reality... :|
What is your favorite book?, why? :?:
I have so many favorite books. But I think we already had a thread about that topic :roll:

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:55 pm
by homeratu
I suppose that, but I'm new in this forum, and this is why, i asked already abou it, however when you want, you can tell about that :lol:
I hope that you can tell me about spanish authors, I will love that.
see you :oops:

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:02 pm
by homeratu
Hi Lovingcrystal!
Oh really, who wrote this book, tell me more about it, if you tell me something interesting I think that I can read it! :shock:
:?: :?:

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:13 pm
by BenM
Dixie wrote:
BenM wrote:I just finishsd A Thousand Splendid Suns and It was awesome . IT deserved to be the best in amazon.com and a best seller as well. It teaches patience, hope and love .With the lives of both Mariam and Laila you would discover many things. It was a great book indeed.
It is! And if you haven't read The Kite Runner, please do it. You will love it as much as you loved this one.

You know I bought both books for Khalid Housini along with the innocent man book Which I'm reading currently . When I finish I'm gonna make sure I read The Kite Runner. Thanks for the notice :D

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:37 pm
by jessiegabriela
I've just finished reading a book called "Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar" by Virginia Vallejo.
This book is a passionate history of love turned into chronicle of the horror and the shame, describes the evolution of one of the most sinister criminal minds of our time: his aptitude to unfuse terror and to generate corruption, the links between his illicit business and several chiefs, the murders of presidential candidates and the war in which he plunged to his country.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:08 pm
by homeratu
Oh! really, it talk about Escobar's history, all the things that he did in Colombia with the cocaine :D
I would like know more about that :mrgreen:

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:02 am
by tron
Hi here, last book I read is Demon Seed, by D. Koontz, however as a recalcitrant Koontzaholic I'm actually wending my way through Strangers.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:22 am
by Vega
Latest books I read:
Moshfeq Kazemi- Tehran, the Fearsome.
V.F. Odoevsky- The Russian nights.

Now I am reading Australian novels.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:43 pm
by homeratu
What kind of Australian novels, also I love to read novels, but what kind of novels :wink:

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:26 pm
by Vega
homeratu wrote:What kind of Australian novels, also I love to read novels, but what kind of novels :wink:
It is one book which includes some novels of the following Australian writers: Birimbir Wongar, Elizabeth Jolley, Geoffrey Field Dean, Peter Cowan, Peter Carey, Alan Marshall, John Morrison, Hal Porter, Olaf Ruhen, William Nevil Scott, Dal Stivens, Donald Stuart, Maree Teychenne, Patrick Victor Martindale White, Justina Williams, Judah Leon Waten and Thomas Arthur Guy Hungerford.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:41 pm
by homeratu
Oh really, I would like know about this writters, in my country it's dificult find this kind of literature becase I'm from Costa Rica, an I can't know about that, some day if you want tell me how i can find this book I will apreciate a lot :o

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:26 pm
by tron
Last one is Bentley Little's "The Revelation", which I polished off in a single day, so my reading skills must be improving. Little is dedicated tot he horror genre, so I will get more books by him once I've read all of Koontz's books. Actually I'm reading Koontz's "Twilight eyes".

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:41 am
by aprodianne
hi all...

i'm just about to read The Secret. my friend told me that is a good book so i bought it but now i'm still in the middle of reading another book. after i finish it, i'll read The Secret.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:26 pm
by Melek
I have finally finished V.Hugo-Miseries.A true treasure.THE MOST WONDERFUL THING THAT I HAVE EVER READ

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:59 pm
by homeratu
Why do you think that it's the better book ever? :wink:
I want to know that to read it!

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:24 pm
by BenM
aprodianne wrote:hi all...

i'm just about to read The Secret. my friend told me that is a good book so i bought it but now i'm still in the middle of reading another book. after i finish it, i'll read The Secret.
I've read the secret book and it's been an amazing read. go ahead and read it asap !

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:25 am
by aprodianne
BenM wrote:I've read the secret book and it's been an amazing read. go ahead and read it asap !
o ya? wow... i can't wait to read it... thanks...

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:30 pm
by BenM
the innocent man, long but was worth it 8)

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:15 pm
by Oriani
The little prince

I hadn't read it before and I had to read it for a paper work in college;I just loved it. It is a lovely stroy with a very strong message!! Great!

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:13 am
by BenM

THe Kite Runner, it has almost the same style of A Thousand Splendid Suns both tend to be dramatic but they were both good

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:57 am
by Dixie
BenM wrote:
THe Kite Runner, it has almost the same style of A Thousand Splendid Suns both tend to be dramatic but they were both good
I love those novels. Both made me cry! Have you seen the movie?

Last Sunday I finished World Without End. Quite good but also too long...

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:44 am
by Krisi
The Measure of a Man
By: Sidney Poiter

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:02 pm
by Tora
I haven't posted here recently, so...

so it is Charles Dickens "The tale of two cities" - can't shape my admiration of the athor into words... I couldn't even imagine I'll love him that much. I haven't expected women in the books to be that malicious, much more than men can be, hatred, love, desires, devotion.

than "the world according to Clarkson" by Jeremy Clarkson. As a fan of Top Gear I never have expected him to be a columnist and a writer - it is hilarious!

And also Woodhouse, several novels and now his short stories with Bertie Wooster and Reginald Jeeves. I learnt a bit about him from the introduction so was prepared for reading. I find it nice and very pleasant, some awkward people in ridiculous misfortunes, dry sense of humour, easy-going, but gripping!

Not it is again Noir by James Ellroy - can't put aside!

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:43 pm
by illusion
it's a shame to admit, but I've not been reading anything other than for my English drama classes lately... which means that the latest book I've recently read is 'Dr Faustus' by Ch. Marlowe. Must say that I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:27 pm
by BenM
Dixie wrote:
BenM wrote:
THe Kite Runner, it has almost the same style of A Thousand Splendid Suns both tend to be dramatic but they were both good
I love those novels. Both made me cry! Have you seen the movie?

Last Sunday I finished World Without End. Quite good but also too long...

I already have the movie. I'm gonna watch it soon . I hope it's as joyful as the book was .

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:26 pm
by Tora
for those who like to read crime stories and want to get maximum of pleasure out of them

50 crime writers to read before you die

I don't know whether somebody has already posted it or not but I advise Ellroy and Dickens :mrgreen:

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:27 pm
by Tora
illusion wrote:it's a shame to admit, but I've not been reading anything other than for my English drama classes lately... which means that the latest book I've recently read is 'Dr Faustus' by Ch. Marlowe. Must say that I enjoyed it thoroughly.
drama classes? so you're an actress? I believe a successful one :wink:

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:57 pm
by illusion
Tora wrote:
illusion wrote:it's a shame to admit, but I've not been reading anything other than for my English drama classes lately... which means that the latest book I've recently read is 'Dr Faustus' by Ch. Marlowe. Must say that I enjoyed it thoroughly.
drama classes? so you're an actress? I believe a successful one :wink:

well, no. I wished to be an actress a while ago, but I never did anything in this direction. I just study English Philology and we have this subject "English Drama" like we had "Poetry" last semester...

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:56 pm
by Dixie
illusion wrote: well, no. I wished to be an actress a while ago, but I never did anything in this direction. I just study English Philology and we have this subject "English Drama" like we had "Poetry" last semester...
Ha... English Philology... The only EC member with the same major as me... How cool is that :D

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:09 am
by Sunnypk
Friends Not Masters

Author : Muhammad Ayub Khan

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:25 pm
by illusion
Dixie wrote:
illusion wrote: well, no. I wished to be an actress a while ago, but I never did anything in this direction. I just study English Philology and we have this subject "English Drama" like we had "Poetry" last semester...
Ha... English Philology... The only EC member with the same major as me... How cool is that :D
really cool :D and I still study my psychology ;> though I kinda feel that English studies are something I truly enjoy, well except for Descriptive Grammar ;>

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:38 am
by Krisi
Prayers...

By: Debbie Butcher Wiersma

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:50 am
by Sunnypk
International English Language Book


BY: Shamin-uz-Zaman

Translated by: Abdul Qadeer Kanju

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:53 pm
by (((Edu)))
I read The Last of The Mohicans. The history of the Indians who lived in USA as French tried to get that land.

Very good. I suggest everyone to read this book.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:20 pm
by illusion
right now I'm finishing off this very interesting book called "Fox Evil" by Minette Walters. It's a crime story with a very gripping plot so I really can't wait to find out how it's going to end.

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 11:58 am
by Melek
I have recently finished 'zair' by P.Coelho.I adore him.He reads my mind!

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 8:25 pm
by Dixie
Melek wrote:I have recently finished 'zair' by P.Coelho.I adore him.He reads my mind!
We had a thread about this book in this forum ;)

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 5:16 am
by Melek
Dixie wrote:
Melek wrote:I have recently finished 'zair' by P.Coelho.I adore him.He reads my mind!
We had a thread about this book in this forum ;)
unfortunately I couldnt find

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 5:23 pm
by Cypress
Melek wrote:I have recently finished 'zair' by P.Coelho.I adore him.He reads my mind!
I’ve read that book a couple years ago. There was something there that puzzled me. Can’t remember exactly what it was… something about railroad tracks that didn’t make sense to me :-?

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:47 am
by **Elena**
Hello!
Recently I have read a book The Inscrutable Americans by Anurag Mathur
Very funny book, worth reading

The small part from this book:

Beloved younger brother,
greetings to respectful parents. I am hoping all is well with health and wealth. I am fine at my end. Hoping your end is fine too. With God's grace and parent's blessings I am arriving safely in America and finding good apartment near University. Kindly assure mother that I am strictly consuming veg food only in the restaurants though i am not knowing if cooks are brahmins. I am also constantly remember Dr. verma's advice and strictly avoiding american women and other unhealthy habits ... Most surprising thing abt America is it is full of americans.Everywhere americans. americans. big and white, it is lil frightening! :lol: :lol: :lol:
******************************************************
At Customs, brother, I am getting big shock. One fat man is grunting at me and looking cleverly from small eyes. "First visit?" he is asking, "Yes", I am agreeng. "Move on", he is saying making chalk marks in bag. As I am picking up bags he is looking directly at me and saying "Watch your ass". Now brother, this is wonderful. How he is knowing we are purchasing donkey? I think they are knowing everything abt everybody who is coming to America! :lol:

..."It is", Randy continued, "a real one-horse town". "I see" said Gopal, interested but confused. "Whose horse is that?" :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:54 pm
by Melek
Cypress wrote:
Melek wrote:I have recently finished 'zair' by P.Coelho.I adore him.He reads my mind!
I’ve read that book a couple years ago. There was something there that puzzled me. Can’t remember exactly what it was… something about railroad tracks that didn’t make sense to me :-?

even Marie couldn't understand the reporter )))))))))

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:24 am
by Annaa
The latest book that I have read is ''Sikur t`Isha Djale'' in English means ''If I were a boy'' by Haki Stermilli,it`s a gr8 book .

Re: What is the latest book you have read recently?

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:32 pm
by Tora
Yesterday I finished reading a political novel after John le Carre titled "The Constant Gardener", a film released in 2005 is based on the novel also.

Le Carre is a world-famous master of his genre, this is the thrid book after him that I was happy to read. Previously I'd better indulge into true spy stories including soviet times as well, cold war confrontation, but this is a political detective story, no need to say it's fascinating, gripping, scary in some moments and truly making you feel guilty in a way.
The true story of Africa's present is described in it - corrupted goverment, international companies working for the profit and power, a person trying to overcome the system and being swallowed by it.
This is a well-done modern literature.