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Smitha u read Eat Pray n Love? I saw the movie yday... wondering how the book wud be like!
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@ Aditya..Eat, Pray and Love was okay..I really enjoyed the "Eat" part which is set in Italy. The "Pray" bit in India got slightly too spiritual for my taste and the last bit set in Indonesia was alright. All in all I'd say it was an ok book..definitely not a must read.
Aditya wrote: "Smitha u read Eat Pray n Love? I saw the movie yday... wondering how the book wud be like!"
The dim-witted glutton that I am, I only liked the 'Eat' part. The premise is quite promising, but Gilbert's style was a tad too chicklit-ty for my liking.
Yet to watch the movie, though.
The dim-witted glutton that I am, I only liked the 'Eat' part. The premise is quite promising, but Gilbert's style was a tad too chicklit-ty for my liking.
Yet to watch the movie, though.
On the screen too, i liked the pastas and pizzas a lot, so yummy, agree with both of you
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1. Red Tent - the initial half was interesting, but after the massacre its dragging a lot. So will finish it off when in a tolerable frame of mind
2. Eat, Pray, Love - start was shaky for me. That lady came off as whining, selfish, pleasure seeking ( I may be wrong, but that is the impression I got). May be I'll watch the movie first
Can't believe that one can a bring a halt on a journey one had been so ready to embark on.This has never happened with me.Although I had a tough time with Anita Desai's novels and the same goes for some of the classics like Pride & Prejudice etc but I have never started a book and left it unread..
Well, some books are just not worth it especially when you're hard pressed for time. I couldn't read Catch 22 to the end, my mind just kept wandering. But i definitely love the classics! Pride and prejudice, jane eyre, emma are my favourites!!!
@Akansh really?? they are the ones which I hate..I hate romance..it is too romantic!!!!
Lol....romance is supposed to be romantic. Nah, what i love about them is the way they portray emotions.....fear, love, acceptance, envy etc etc etc!! And i guess Victorian England has a sorta hold over me.....
England for romance!!!naaaaah...possibly its because of the image that I have of England..its that of treachery, bloodshed, sorrow and anguish..but does'nt matter.ENGLAND PREVAILS!!
Hey countryside in England is the most serene and calm place(imo).....
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Meenakshi, Just imagine this. We have only one life to live. There are lots and lots of books which we feel like reading. why persist with a single book when you dont like it or are not in the mood to read it? what is wrong in giving up? Why not try other books you like?
These literary journeys are the more so fantastic because you can give up and resume at your mind's ease. It is not an important life's journey or a loving relationship that I am giving up on to be so shocked :-)
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I agree with you Akanksha, Pride and Prejudice is one of the most beloved books of English literature. I am not ashamed to say that I have read it nearly 5-6 times. It is not only a a romantic story - it is the conflict between wills and upbringings, between middle class and aristocracy. There is much more to Pride and Prejudice than just a romantic book, though it is honoured as the mother of all chick lits by many
Yeah i know....its just epic.....infact, Mr. Darcy and his pride was what had me hooked....even i've read it a lot many times. The society portrayed by the book is so convincing, whenever i read it feel drawn into it. What wouldn't i give to be able to live in that era :) Wishful thinking :P
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I read a few Pride and Prejudice follow-through books written by modern authors,just to keep in touch with the characters after their marriage; but none were up to the mark ( I am very curious to know whether Elizabeth and Darcy keep on arguing post-marriage too, whether Mrs. Bennett still interferes in her daughters' lives, has Mr. Wickham reformed his ways, so on and so forth)
Ha ha....seriously! Elizabeth and Mr Darcy's bickering was so invigorating.....do let me know if there are any stories that go on those lines. I've heard of this book, ' Pride and prejudice and zombies', i haven't been able to read it yet though.
I must add 'the fountainhead' as a bs book. I am glad that I didn't finish 'atlas shrugged'. Both from Ayn Rand, the philosopher.
have you read "to kill a mockingbird"? i slept halfway completing it!
that's your choice! i didnt like the pace of to kill a mockingbird!
yeah i know. so what sorta books do u read?
i read HORROR or Thrillers! especially Horrors!
LIKE??? I LOVE HIM! His The Shining was AWWWSSUUUMM!!! and then his The Dark Half or It or Carrie or Christine! ahh my list goes endless for stephen!
I thought so. Iv read quite a few stephen kings myself, so which is ur fav book?
well, of stephen king, eh? ummm...i guess Shining! it's very good, though a bit long! which is your favorite?
Hey! it's about what we didn't like or couldn't finish! now that i am a member of this community, it's my duty to keep it organised too! Haha!
Ayn Rand's Fountainhead is one tough nut to crack ...but her Anthem is a delightful read :-)
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Oh dear, how can they do that to the fairy tales? I hope u didn't BUY the book!
I know, turning fairy tales into Erotica is sick. Infact, a few days back i was reading this article which claimed that Enid Blyton's books are filled with racism and sexual innuendo and aren't appropriate for kids. It said that, The Faraway Tree is, infact, a phallic symbol and E.B.used names like Dick and Fanny coz she was sex crazed. And what's more, it claimed that in most of her book panda's are naughty, she is implying that black people are troublemakers(racism). I never heard anything more outrageous!
Those article writers might have been hit by recession!
Lol....it was in the Times of India i think!!
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Thankfully, I didn't.
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Nowadays it is too easy to find slight and slander even if it is not intended. Being politically correct all the time is almost an impossible act.
I know!! There's this very interesting line in a book which says, "When we developed etiquettes, we made it easier to forget them and offend people."
Absolutely right. Half the time i end up offending people and i don't even get to know what i'd done wrong.
Generally I finish always the book I start reading even if I don't like them very much but yesterday I abandoned The ice princess.It is perhaps the second book I don't finish. I remember, roughly 20 years ago I gave up reading another book Family sayings of Natalia Ginzburg. Really boring or perhaps I was too young to read it and should try again.
dely wrote: "Generally I finish always the book I start reading even if I don't like them very much but yesterday I abandoned The ice princess.It is perhaps the second book I don't finish. I remember, roughly..."
Family Sayings why did you pick you pick up that book in the first place..it is hopelessly boring!!
Dely, you've got to do some light reading. All the books you pick up are either majorly philosophical or totally dull. Have you read ANY sort of fiction?
It depends what you mean with "light reading" because if you mean romance or books like Ken Follett or Twilight I don't like them at all. It would be like wasting my time. I like big classics, biographies, even philosophical books and generally books from which I can learn something new.Meenakshi, I had this book already in my bookcase and so I decided to read it.
@Dely oh..a bad decision..I wonder how someone can like it!
Okay, try reading a Beautiful Mind. Have you read Jane eyre?
@Akansha Are you talking to me? I have read both the books
Nopes Meenakshi, i know u read the rite sort of books :-P:-D i was just suggesting some less philosophical books to Deli. And Deli, do read A walk to remember by Nicholas Sparks.
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This Side of Paradise (other topics)Dark Angels (other topics)
Eat, Pray, Love (other topics)
XVI (other topics)
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LOL, those 3 attempts are the 3 mistakes of YOUR life!