What are you currently reading?

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maxwell

Quote from: Stuart on June 04, 2009, 10:46:43 AM
Quote from: maxwell on June 04, 2009, 10:41:50 AM
"All I Need is Love" was the last book I've read - an autobiography by Klaus Kinski. I loved it, it's dashing and beautiful.
That could be interesting. Was it as mad as he was?

I wouldn't know, I've never met him. :786

Stuart

Quote from: maxwell on June 04, 2009, 10:50:17 AM
Quote from: Stuart on June 04, 2009, 10:46:43 AM
Quote from: maxwell on June 04, 2009, 10:41:50 AM
"All I Need is Love" was the last book I've read - an autobiography by Klaus Kinski. I loved it, it's dashing and beautiful.
That could be interesting. Was it as mad as he was?

I wouldn't know, I've never met him. :786

Klaus Kinski has always seemed to me to be one of those good old fashioned artist/lunatics, like Van Gogh. His on set outbursts were legendary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yITx7txr-7M#normal

He was an utterly brilliant actor, but I'd have hated to be on set with him :879

maxwell

I wouldn't take the whole Herzog/Kinski thing too seriously. They both were well aware of the advertising effects those set conflicts often have. The poor guy in the clip wasn't, though... :D

vanesa1017

I am a fan of Dan Brown too Delphina, his reads are quick and fun.  Nothing wrong with that!

Blu Bunny

Just finished reading "The Giver" by Lois Lowry and "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. I really want to read "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffeneggar but every copy in the library system is either out, lost, or billed. D:! So now, I'm getting ready to read either "Dune" by Frank Herbert or "1632" by Eric Flint. If I can get my hands on it, I'm going to try and read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams. :3

Lately, I've been wanting to read a lot of science fiction, particularly stuff with time-travel. If anyone knows any good sci-fi novels, lemme know :D!

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Stuart

Quote from: cjkoneho on June 10, 2009, 11:18:42 AM
If anyone knows any good sci-fi novels, lemme know :D!

Moonseed by Stephen Baxter - Something unknowingly brought back during the moon landings finally gets out of quarantine and goes a little crazy. Much of it is based in the university department I went to for three years in Edinburgh, so I'm a bit bias, especially as all the chaos in it is their fault  :909

Blu Bunny

Quote from: Stuart on June 10, 2009, 11:25:01 AM
Moonseed by Stephen Baxter - Something unknowingly brought back during the moon landings finally gets out of quarantine and goes a little crazy. Much of it is based in the university department I went to for three years in Edinburgh, so I'm a bit bias, especially as all the chaos in it is their fault

Thanks Stuart! :D! I read a couple summaries on it (I like to know what I'm getting into from different perspectives :p) and it looks like an awesome book! :D I put it on hold and it looks pretty available so I should be reading it within the week! :D!

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GolasPL

I've just finished reading a Solzhenitsyn's novel 'Love the Revoultion!'. Now I'm reading a classic - 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' by G.Orwell:)

Blu Bunny

Quote from: GolasPL on June 11, 2009, 02:35:17 PM
Now I'm reading a classic - 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' by G.Orwell:)

Oh! That's one of my all time favorites! I hope you enjoy it. :3

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Blu Bunny

"The Time Traveler's Wife" FINALLY came in. :D I started reading it a couple days ago and so far so good. :3 Really romantic. <3

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Nelly

I'm not really reading any book now but some books that I have really enjoyed is ' My sisters keeper '  and ' The plain Truth ' both written
by Jodi Picoult. When you start reading these books you won't be able to stop...they are intense and keep you asking questions up to the
end...after reading ' my sister's keeper ' the insight of the book stayed with me for a long time, wondering what I would've done in
the same situation. Jodi keeps you on the tip of the chair the whole time!
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joeyn

I really need a book to read this week. There's so many options after reading this thread!

Joey

jan26

Hello Delphina,

I found the English text somewhat hard to understand. It looks like you have been using an automatic translation which isn't always a good idea - but, then again, I am sorry to say I do not understand French, so the original text would not have been very helpful, either.

Nevertheless, you are obviously reading the play "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand. I must admit that I have never read it myself, but I vaguely remember talking about it at school.

Now, as I am the first to reply, have I won something?

Bien à toi,

Jan.

jan26

Merci, c'est très gentil! I really enjoyed the prize!

GolasPL

I've just finished Nineteen Eighty-Four by G.Orwell. Now I'm about to begin with Dickens' Bleak House.