What are you currently reading?

Started by Admin, May 06, 2009, 01:58:09 AM

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Admin

I am currently reading Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.

Jessie

vanesa1017

I am about to start re-reading Harry Potter 7.  I know, not nearly as impressive as Lolita, but hey I know I will enjoy it!

Nude_not_rude

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Brilliant idea Jessie!

Well I'm currently reading a biography of the legendary American Jazz Saxophonist Charlie 'YardBird' Parker by Ross Russell. Ross was his manager for a number of years and also the President of Dial Records.

innersouth2020

Am reading Dan Brown's Angels & Demons before the movie comes out in a week and a bit.

Its already intense from the start.

Canudie_Jake

Its optimistic times so as an onlooker I am reading:

The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot  by Naomi Wolf  :65

MERRD

'Dubbelliefde' (Dubble Love) by Adiraan van Dis, a Dutch writer.
It's a story about a student in Amsterdam who takes life as it comes, but he gets confused by all the influences from the big city, and in the end he loses insight in what is real and what is fake. It's THE best book of Dutch literature in my opinion.

And I'm working on my own ofcourse!  :8767
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joeyn

Jessie,

Great idea. I'm not reading anything now, but this thread might inspire me to choose something someone else is reading or just read.

Any people into historical stuff?

Joey

Danee

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Jessie,

Great idea. I'm not reading anything now, but this thread might inspire me to choose something someone else is reading or just read.

Any people into historical stuff?

Joey

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Woah

Im reading the book SPEAK. quite juvenile and one of those coming of age stories. i have to read it for my english class but i really like it.

vanesa1017

Clockwork Orange is a classic.

I really enjoyed Angels and Demons too.  I liked that one better than Da Vinci Code.

joeyn

Quote from: vanesa1017 on May 08, 2009, 01:57:28 PM


I really enjoyed Angels and Demons too.  I liked that one better than Da Vinci Code.

Me too. Hopefully the movie will be better as well.

Joey

Lisa

The last book I (had to) read was "Moon Palace" by Paul Auster. It was for my English class. The first 100 pages were very boring but when I brought them off it turned out to be a very interesting story. It's about a young man looking for his identity, one of those coming of age stories.

At the moment I read "Grand Avenue" by Joy Fielding. I love her books!

joeyn

Quote from: ImNotThere on May 09, 2009, 05:45:29 PM
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I really enjoyed Angels and Demons too.  I liked that one better than Da Vinci Code.

Me too. Hopefully the movie will be better as well.

Joey


yeah i hope so as well. Angels and Demons is a far better book than the Da Vinci Code, it's wierd how it hasn't got any attention up until now though in the press.


I guess it's less controversial.

Joey

vanesa1017

Quote from: joeyn on May 14, 2009, 10:34:59 PM
Quote from: ImNotThere on May 09, 2009, 05:45:29 PM
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Quote from: vanesa1017 on May 08, 2009, 01:57:28 PM


I really enjoyed Angels and Demons too.  I liked that one better than Da Vinci Code.

Me too. Hopefully the movie will be better as well.

Joey


yeah i hope so as well. Angels and Demons is a far better book than the Da Vinci Code, it's wierd how it hasn't got any attention up until now though in the press.


I guess it's less controversial.

Joey


Has anyone seen the movie yet?

Nude_not_rude

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Quote from: vanesa1017 on May 15, 2009, 01:15:04 PM
Quote from: joeyn on May 14, 2009, 10:34:59 PM
Quote from: ImNotThere on May 09, 2009, 05:45:29 PM
Quote from: joeyn on May 09, 2009, 03:27:34 PM
Quote from: vanesa1017 on May 08, 2009, 01:57:28 PM


I really enjoyed Angels and Demons too.  I liked that one better than Da Vinci Code.

Me too. Hopefully the movie will be better as well.

Joey


yeah i hope so as well. Angels and Demons is a far better book than the Da Vinci Code, it's wierd how it hasn't got any attention up until now though in the press.


I guess it's less controversial.

Joey


Has anyone seen the movie yet?

Hey Vanesa...check out Cj's review here...
http://internationalyn.org/forum/index.php/topic,362.0.html


And just a note on the book I'm reading. If anyone wants to know what freakish natural talent, combined with a dogged determination and a never-say-die attitude looks like personified, it's got to all point to Charlie Parker. Still regarded as the best jazz improviser and interpreter ever to pick up an instrument. This is a brilliantly well written book.