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12-01-2007, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Scott Fraser  I like books by James Heriot, like It shouldn't happen to a Vet, about a young Vet in North Yorkshire before and after WW2, it is very funny and very moving as well.
Scott:cool: | I've never read the James Herriot books, but I used to like watching the television version... "All Creatures Great and Small" I think it was called? |
14-01-2007, 02:20 PM
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I am mostly into 19th C. lit...George Eliot's Daniel Deronda is probably one of my all time favourites...But, I like Dostoyevsky, Balzac, Dickens...
Like Chekhov too, Ibsen's plays as well
Of the 20th C. stuff...Orwell, Huxley, Beckett, Joyce (what I've read of him...not Ulysses ...yet)...
Oh and I love Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country...read it in highschool and it has stayed with me all this time hehehe
RD
PS...can't believe I left out Austen...Pride and Prejudice and Emma will always have a special place in my heart hahaha |
15-01-2007, 04:27 AM
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reallydown, I loved Cry, the Beloved Country, too. I still remember the description of Ixopo: "These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it."
I'm partial to the Russians--Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Anna Akhmatova. My field of study in college was post-colonial lit, so I've always got a soft spot in my heart for Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, and various Central American and African authors.
I just bought Vikram Chandra's Sacred Games, and though it's a tome--900 pages! I'm excited to begin it. |
15-01-2007, 06:53 AM
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Also, in terms of non-fiction, what I've read of Cornell West, John Pilger, Linda McQuaig, Noam Chomsky etc. |
15-01-2007, 03:16 PM
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I am an avid reader of romance, romance mystery, romance intrigue etc. along with the supernatural stuff, paranormal.
I read my different authors books & usually get them at the library so I can trade books often.
My favorite author is Christine Feehan. She has a bunch of books out with 3 series type. If you might be interested check out her web cite
christinefeehan.com
She has a Dark series vampire/(not the usual type), The Drake Sisters (a fun mystery paranormal) and the Game books (x-military & experimented on girls that had psychic abilities).
I like fun, easy, mindless escape type stuff...............
D (wildcritter) |
17-01-2007, 08:21 AM
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Plays - Aristophanes
Poetry - Philip Larkin
Short Stories - Mark Twain
Novels - F. Dostoevsky, mostly 19th century Russian authors
I'm more of a non-fiction reader -- history, biographies, science, math (even textbooks), language (acquisition, semantics, morphology), forensics, psychology, spiritual/religious, music
Usually, when I develop a new interest, I devour as many books as I can about it. I'm an info junkie! |
18-01-2007, 08:09 PM
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Have you read any books by Rudyard Kipling, great author. Or read anything by Spike Milligan.
I've read a great book called, "Billy", by Pamela Stephenson. Its about the life of Billy Conolly and it is very funny and very moving as well. "A must read".
Cheers
Scott  |
18-01-2007, 09:07 PM
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I am reading Alan Alda's book at the moment its called 'Dont get your dog stuffed" he had an interesting upbringing.
He is a clever man.
I LOVE Mash I have the whole boxed set always up for a laugh when I watch it. Hubby reckons I am addicted to it!
Jen |
18-01-2007, 09:27 PM
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Hi Tabatha
Have you read Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. Great book.
Scott |
18-01-2007, 10:19 PM
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When I was younger, the Flowers in the attic series, Virginia Andrews, and Jackie Collins.
Now I'm all grown up, Bryce Courtenay. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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