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Hey y'all! I am an avid book reader living in Texas. I'm currently reading my way through a list called "100 Books to Read Before You Die", but I take breaks from it to read anything from YA to fantasy to biographies. Oh, and my favorite kind of shopping to do is, as you might have guessed, book shopping!
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Welcome Kristina and Holley! Hope you find lots to read and discuss here!
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Amd where are you in the 100 books list? Half way through?
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This is definitly the group for you!
Follow us along our many threads: there will be more than one to interest you!
Greg, you had me at Paul Celan! (well possibly at Woolf already ;) Welcome!
Welcome Greg! Glad to see Charles de Lint as one of your favorite authors, as I am trying to read more of his books this year as a personal challenge! And always enjoy a good Jasper Fforde book...
Kristina wrote: "And my niece-in-law (or soon, at least) is called Jaine Eyre. They had no idea about the book though, for some reason.What a crazy coincidence! Well, you'll have to introduce her to the book that bears her name then :)
Also, I think outdoor pedagogy sounds amazing. I see no reason why learning can't be just as productive outdoors - in fact, probably more so. Indoors can be so stifling, especially to kids.
Greg wrote: "Hi all, my name is Greg, and I live in California. The current and upcoming reads look pretty fantastic; so I suspect I'll love the group! I read a wide variety, everything from classics to YA, but..."Hi Greg! I'm in California too. :) Kazuo Ishiguro - YES, I just discovered this author recently with Never Let Me Go. Absolutely wonderful, one of my new top favorites. What have you read by him?
And I think it's awesome when someone has an unexpected, off-character interest. Makes the world that much more colorful.
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Thanks Jenny! I was so into the Celan book that I almost missed my stop and almost had to wait for the train to get to the end and turn around. :) Hard to tell what the original German is like (since I don't read German), but the English translation is just lovely. Reminds me a little of the French Surrealists - a bit obsure and fractured but just lovely, overflowing with strikingly vivid images!
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Thanks Shannon! I read The Remains of the Day years ago and loved it, but Never Let Me Go sealed the deal for me - all that wealth of accumulated fine psychological details! By the end, I felt like I was inside the characters' skins, looking out. I finished the book a couple weeks ago and can't get it out of my mind. I was practically dreaming of poor Tommy by the end. I agree with you, a wonderful book, just wonderful!
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Thanks Leslie! Good to meet another Charles de Lint fan! I just loved The Onion Girl, one of my favorite books ever. I've enjoyed all the other books of his I've read too! And Jasper Fforde is both funny and gripping, everything from [book:The Eyre Affair|27003] to The Big Over Easy to Shades of Grey, all wonderful!
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Greg wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Greg, you had me at Paul Celan! (well possibly at Woolf already ;) Welcome!"Thanks Jenny! I was so into the Celan book that I almost missed my stop and almost had to wait for the tr..."
See and I on the other hand have no idea what he reads like in translation! I have actually only recently started to read some German poets in original vs. translation tandem, because I was curious to see how their character in language would change. I love Celan's language, and the way that sometimes what remains unsaid shapes the poem as much as what IS said. (if that makes sense)
Also, not sure if you spotted it already, but we're reading Fernando Pessoa for our seasonal poetry readalong if you are interested.
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Thanks Jenny! I was so into the Celan book that I almost missed my stop and almost had to wa..."
Yes Jenny, it makes perfect sense!
And I will definitely check out the Fernando Pessoa! I've heard of him, but I don't think I've read anything by him before except maybe a poem or two in an anthology. The Book of Disquiet looks interesting! :)
Welcome Greg, and all of our new members! And thank you all for book recommendations- reading your comments has inspired me to try so many new authors and added to my "need to read this book next" list!
Hi All, I am new to the group, an avid reader and an indie author. While I have a very eclectic taste in books, in recent times I have been reading a lot of contemporary works and literature. I have tagged couple of my interesting recent reads - First, one of the most thought provoking books I read recently, and second a bizarre, abstract and funny one. If you want to know more about me and my work, you cab find that on my page.
Anand
The Man Without Qualities
New Essays on the Crying of Lot 49
Cheers,
Welcome Anand, hope you'll enjoy it here. I too was really impressed with 'The Man Without Qualities'. The second one sounds interesting as well, but since I have yet to read a Pynchon novel, I guess I should do that first.
Welcome to the group Greg and Anandi.
Welcome to the group Kat. Trying to read and watch football at the same time here and football is winning :-)
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Londn is my favourite town ever - I have to go there every two or three yeas! Where exactly do you live? I used to stay at Holland park and work in two schools: one close to Westminster church and the other one in St John woods.
Hi Kat. I'm soon be London based (26 days and counting! Will be moving to South London, near Brixton. I've been waiting for this move for 2 years. Welcome to the group!
Welcome Kat! I'm also London-based since half a year, and totally loving it :-)And Heather, great to hear that you're moving to London too! In which hospital will you be working?
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I loved that part of London. Now ti has been changed - don't know if completey for the better - after the Olimpics games. What do yoou think?
Elisa wrote: "Welcome Kat! I'm also London-based since half a year, and totally loving it :-)
And Heather, great to hear that you're moving to London too! In which hospital will you be working?"
Hi Eliza, I don't know at the moment. I will be around and about the place for a year and then will get a training job hopefully to start in August 2015.
It's a shame to hear about the negatives of the Olympics, Kat. I think the Olympic park is great but it does sound like some of the surrounding area has been let down by lack of thought in the long term investment
And Heather, great to hear that you're moving to London too! In which hospital will you be working?"
Hi Eliza, I don't know at the moment. I will be around and about the place for a year and then will get a training job hopefully to start in August 2015.
It's a shame to hear about the negatives of the Olympics, Kat. I think the Olympic park is great but it does sound like some of the surrounding area has been let down by lack of thought in the long term investment
Heather wrote: "Elisa wrote: "Welcome Kat! I'm also London-based since half a year, and totally loving it :-)And Heather, great to hear that you're moving to London too! In which hospital will you be working?"
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Heather, I have to say that doctors really have an extremely complicated life having to relocate every year! I've been moving every five, and already find it quite stressing :-% But then again, you get to see many different parts of your country and that's probably quite fun.
Kat, I've not yet been at the Olympic Park nor anyway north-east of Islington... shame on me! After your description I am quite curious to see it
Just wanted to away hi! Joined the group a few nights ago and especially joined the 2014 Challenge. I'm from Cardiff in Wales, UK.
I love reading and often have an audio book on the go as well as the real thing. I WILL NOT be reading anything except blogs online:)
I like the real thing!
Looking forward to chatting over the months to come....
Hi Karen and welcome to the group. Not so sunny Swansea here :-)
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Exactly what I thought.
I remember coming to a meeting in Lndon that Autum about tourism and there were a lot of people not at all hapy avut what it had became of thearea after the Olimpic Games
Welcome Kat and Karen. So many new members!
@Elisa It can be a bit of a nightmare. I'm hoping to settle on London from now on but will have to put up with a bit of a commute at times I imagine
Hi I'm Meera from Massachusetts in US. I'm always reading something and as long it keeps my interest, I'm game for it. I actually joined this group last year but I've been away from GR groups because I haven't been reading much that was worth talking about till recently. I like the books this group has been reading.
Meera wrote: "Hi I'm Meera from Massachusetts in US. I'm always reading something and as long it keeps my interest, I'm game for it. I actually joined this group last year but I've been away from GR groups becau..."Hi there Meera (Waving vigorously)! I am in Mass. too :)
Leslie wrote: "Hi there Meera (Waving vigorously)! I am in Mass. too :) "Whereabouts?
I keep seeing some GR-friends writing things in this group, and I thought I would finally join and try to tag along on some group reads (even though I rarely have very profound ideas about the things I read!). I'm Swedish, living in Norway, and I currently work on a research project at a university that's situated 2h from me - by airplane. So I work from home, surrounded by hordes of books that try to tempt me away from the computer ALL THE TIME! I also work as a translator on my "free time". I really wanted to work in literature somehow (or at least translate it!), but it didn't end up that way :( I like to read lots of types of books, just not crime all that much. Recently I haven't had much time to read since we just moved away from Oslo, but I hope to get back on track for August!
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