Leila's comments (member since Jul 29, 2008)

Leila's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.

Are there any book publishers that you are particularly fond of? For example, that you like their editions of books (example: classics which are often published by several publishers), or that you find have really nice covers or maybe just like how they publish their books in forms of typesetting and such (font/size)?

I feel so finicky when I say this but I love Vintage, mostly because of how their text are. For some reason, they are exactly how I want it to be. They've also had some great covers on books that I like.

Otherwise, when it comes to classics, I am also fond of Penguins because of the introduction and footnotes but I find their text too small for my liking. I also love Modern Library hardcovers because well...I don't know...I just do! XD

What about you?

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Heh, that reminds me of the book compatibility test here on Goodreads. At first, there was a bug when it came to comparing yourself with yourself so I remember when I did it and I got a compatibility of 30% XD XD

Now they fixed it of coure, so it's 100% :)

I am currently reading The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. I'm reading it with a friend of mine as she has recommended it very much and I am interested in the Arthurian Legends. It's a very thick and heavy book though and will take some time to read. I like it so far though!

Since it is such a heavy book, I'm doing light-reading on the side. I'm currently investing in short stories and plays since I love short stories and I need to read more plays. Right now, I'm reading I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere by Anna Gavalda which is a collection of short stories by a French author. It's a modern/contemporary novel and so far, rather enjoyable.

Cait wrote: "I just finished Her Fearful Symmetry - loved it - and now I'm reading The Preservationist by David Maine and listening to Life of Pi by Yann Martel on audio..."

I'm glad to hear that you loved it! It makes me want to read it as well. I was a bit hesitant when I read the summary because it's so different from her other book but if people think it's still good, I'll read it anyway :)

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Also re-listening to The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown."

I need to read that too soon! :D

I have no idea what mine says about me (besides being a HP fan since I have on bookshelf dedicated to it). It's organized after authors surname and is basically a mixture of everything; colours, sizes (hardcover, paperback), languages (Swedish and English), genres (fantasy, general fiction, romance, ya, classics, crime (even though I rarely read that), non-fiction, and etc).

I like diversity :D

carol (akittykat) wrote: "Leila wrote: "carol (akittykat) wrote: "I can't seem to get his books from the library. Everyonr beats me to them. If I ever get to read one. It would be an interesting thread"

That's the same t..."
They have an alarm system there as well which is good because we don't want any thieves :)

carol (akittykat) wrote: "I can't seem to get his books from the library. Everyonr beats me to them. If I ever get to read one. It would be an interesting thread"

That's the same thing with me except that it's not because there is always someone before me (which I'm sure there would be) but the fact that most of his books mysteriously disappear o_0 It even puzzles the librarians! The catalogue says they are available and shelved but I can never find them (and I ask for help), except for some rare and very fortunate moments when I found two of his books in the 'new' shelf XD

But Lori, YES, YES :D

I saw Julie and Julia yesterday and it was very enjoyable. Books (okay, cookbooks nevertheless but still) and food and comedy and romance - can it get any better? ;)

It was a bit long but still very nice. I haven't read the actual books that it is based upon because I've read too many negative reviews.

Robert wrote: "So it's either The Importance of Being Earnest or The Picture of Dorian Gray. Really interested, because I really have no clue about his style or even his philosophy.
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I have only read Dorian Gray and it was excellent. I don't know about Importance of Being Earnest but I've heard it is good too. I guess it depends on what you would like. Importance of Being Earnest is a more "lighter/humorous" (in the sense of tone/mood, I think...) and it is a play, whilst Picture of Dorian Gray is rather Gothic and it's a novel :)

Haelee wrote: "Almost every chapter could also work as a short story, and the chapter where Bod meet the witch is actually in one of Gaiman's short story books......Smoke and Mirrors?? I think??"

Really? I didn't know that! I've discovered that I rather like reading short stories nowadays so reading Neil Gaimans is definitely something I need to do.

Okay these ended up a little bit naughty XD

It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities in bed
-- JK Rowling, HP and the Chamber of Secrets

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure in bed
— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

There had been times when he knew, somewhere in him, that he would get used to it, whatever it was, because he had learnt that some hard things became softer after a very little while in bed (I'm VERY well aware of the innuendo here...)
— Nick Hornby, About a Boy

There are no safe choices in bed
-- Libba Bray (a great and terrible beauty)

I would love to participate in this as I want read more world literature but I'm afraid I probably won't be able since I don't read very fast and have it hard to keep up on with challenges when there are always so many other books that pops up to read :(

I do have some suggestions of books if that's alright? :)

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - the book itself involves travelling and the countries represented are: Spain, Morocco and in most particular, Egypt. Probably some more since it's from Spain to Egypt.

I couldn't find Mexico on the list (?) but one suggestion there is Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel.

Ireland: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, A Star Called Henry, The Commitments by Roddy Doyle. I've only read the first one but I believe the other ones are also set in Ireland.

Sweden: Popular Music from Vittula by Mikael Niemi. I recommend this one a lot, in particular, seeing as I am from Sweden and this book has some great geographical and cultural descriptions as it is set in the very very north of Sweden. It's also VERY funny so if you're not into the mystery kind of books of Stieg Larsson than this one might do good :) Most books by Kerstin Ekman are also set in Sweden.

Also, Teresa, thank you sooooooo much for that site :D

I remember I enjoyed chapter 6 about Nobody Owen's school days. That was one of the turning points for me and which made me want to really continue (the beginning had been very slow for me). It was fun to see how he interacted in school and was the "almost invisible one" until he tried to actually do something.

I'm also really sad about Miss Lupescu. She scared me so much in the beginning and I disliked her for that but then when she turned out to be good and died :( :(

I want my own library too :(

Well, one of my mathbooks took a very bad beating XD I carried it with me almost everyday and well, it was just so very used and by the time I graduated it, it had dog-ears and it looked several years old. There weren't that many writings in it. I almost never write in my textbooks and if I do, it's with a pencil :)

However, one of my favourite books Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit doesn't look nice :( I used it in a research essay and there are so many post-it notes and highlighted text that it makes my heart ache. It looks like a rainbow! It was unfortunately necessary because there was so many things that I needed to take note of or memorize or just go back to and writing in another notebook would have been way too time-consuming.

Haha, Lori. I know. It's so easy to get addicted to things. I sometimes feel guilty for spending too much time online, even if it is book-related, because I COULD be reading XD

Lyn, It is fun and great :D I hope you will enjoy it.

I hope I'm active enough to post here :)

Anyway, is anyone here in Livejournal? It's a blogging website with lots of communities.

Right now, there is a community called lit_library. Basically, you are placed in a team (Modern, Contemporary, Victorian or Romantics) and then you work on several activities and challenges. They are several different ones for example those that require writing, knowledge or graphics and etc. It's really fun though!

This is what it says on its profile:
LITERATURE is a community where the common theme is a love for books and writing. Members are placed into one of four teams (the Romantics, the Victorians, the Moderns, and the Contemporaries) where they will work with their team members to collect points. Every few months a chapter of the community will close and the team with the highest points will be declared the winner of that chapter.

If you're interested: http://community.livejournal.com/lit_lib...

I'm Team Contemporary btw :)

Ohhh, it is becoming a film?

*excited* I didn't know that!

I loved however how unique it was in it's own way. You often hear and read about ghost stories but this was one was rather peculiar.