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I felt the way the book was written, with all the spelling and grammar mistakes, bogged down the story. The movie removed that gimmick/roadblock for me.
11/22/63 by Stephen King; A very heavy book, some 700 pages long. Not exclusively about the assassination...involves time travel and alternate history. Overwhelming question on finishing the book:Where does the Yellow Card man come from and what duties do his employers expect him to do?
I'm reading The True Story of Butterfish
by Nick Earls. I like his writing very much and his evocation of suburban Brisbane is wonderful.
Just finished
and started to read Wuthering Heights. I have read this many times before and it is one of my favorite books. :)
I'm finally getting around to reading the Hunger Games trilogy, just started Catching Fire last night so I'll probably be done with the whole trilogy by the end of the week. Not sure what I'm going to read after that. Has anyone read 1Q84 yet? I'm leaning towards that one or The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister.
I finished The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver and now I am going to start One Day by David Nicholls.
Jess wrote: "Jeane wrote: "Jess wrote: "I'm almost finished with The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. I had no idea that it was a recent movie, so I'll probably be checking that out after I fini..."I thought it would be boring and a bit stupid but just loved it and enjoyed it. So happy I finally read it.
Eric wrote: "Michael wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Michael wrote: "I just finished 
, very forgettable in comparsion to the movie.I am about to begin [bookcover:The Rules of Engagement|132..."
The grammar I can overlook cause I understood the author`s intention, but I did not care about precious at all. I know that was a hurting child, but she was not someone that I can sympathize with. In the movie, I felt the connection between precious and her school teacher. In contrast,in the book, I did not feel any connection, cause it was lazy writings and inconsistent to me.
I just finished
, in one word- terrible!
Patricia wrote: "I finished The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver and now I am going to start One Day by David Nicholls."Did you like "The Bean Tree?"
Brenda wrote: "Patricia wrote: "I finished The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver and now I am going to start One Day by David Nicholls."Did you like "The Bean Tree?""
I think I went into the book with too high of expectations and ended up thinking that it was just okay. Most of my friends who've read it gave 4 or 5 stars. I stuck with 3.
Reading The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan
. Just blown away by it. The writing style and the perspective are incredible.Best book I've cracked open in the past year.
Claire wrote: "I just started Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. So far I'm enjoying it."I just finished that one - loved it!
I just finished Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor. It was a fun and fast read. A lot of Jane Austen fan fiction just plain stinks, but I'm not too much of a Jane purist to enjoy well-written fan fiction. Can't wait for the next one!I also finished Night Road, which was intense, but good. I can't decide what to read next, possibly The Wedding Dress.
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Claire, this is such a good book!!! Gives me "heavy boots". Are you planning on seeing the movie when you finish reading it? The movie looks good....
Gitte wrote: "Claire wrote: "I just started Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. So far I'm enjoying it."I just finished that one - loved it!"
Thanks, Gitte. I'm enjoying it so far.
Lori wrote: "Claire wrote: "I just started Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. So far I'm enjoying it."Claire, this is such a good book!!! Gives me "heavy boots". Are you..."
Hi Lori! I finally figured out what "heavy boots" means. ha ha! I'm only on page 50 but really liking it so far. I do plan to see the movie and want to finish the book first though.
I finished reading Wuthering Heights and continued reading 1984. I started to read 1984 last year, but for some reason couldn't finish reading it.. Now I decided to give it an another chance and has to say more I read it, more I like it.
Every now and then I pick up several books at once and find in some way they intersect. At the moment I'm reading Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best
and
Once Upon a Time: Behind the Fairy Tale of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier where the connection between the two is obvious. I find I'm also drawn to start Fellow Travelers
which if I recall what I read about it correctly is also about the 1950s. Hoping to make some headway into that tonight so we'll see.
I finished Catching Fire tonight, and it was great. I may wait until tomorrow to start Mockingjay until tomorrow though, that way I get some sleep tonight. If it were the weekend tho, all bets would be off.
I am so close to being done with Super Sad True Love Story . I think editing my own novel and getting it ready to upload to Amazon, etc., has slowed me down. But SSTLS is SO GOOD. As my friend Karie said, it's chilling and funny.
Just finished Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susannand I liked this book for reallity of description of celebrities life. Also reading now my favorite (for relaxation, not serious reading) Alex Cross series book London Bridges (Alex Cross #10) by J Patterson
I am about to begin
very excited about this!
Yuliya wrote: "Just finished Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susannand I liked this book for reallity of description of celebrities life. Also reading now my favorite (for relaxatio...I loved "Valley of the Dolls" when I read it years ago. There is also a movie if you're interested. There is also a sequel to Valley, something with Sparrows in the title. It was pretty good too but not as good as Valley imo.
It was "Shadow of the Dolls"
(I knew it had an "S" in the title) LOL and I thought it was pretty good. Susann had started the draft for it before she died and this Rae (I forget her last name now) finished it. I liked that it told us what happened to the characters later in life.
I'm currently reading The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta. I've read and enjoyed him before. This book is strange, but it is humorous and thought provoking.
Kyle wrote: "Paula wrote: "It was "Shadow of the Dolls" (I knew it had an "S" in the title) LOL and I thought it was pretty good. Susann had started the...I think I tried that one too Kyle and didn't like it either. I think you'll like this one better.
I finished "Shanghai Girls" last night. I think I will start a YA or older children's book today!
Just finished
. Gave it a 5. When you can't seem to stop reading and all the things you need to accomplish seem not nearly as important as sitting and reading "that book," then it certainly deserves a high rating. This did that for me. Loved it.
Just finished
and i really enjoyed it and now I'm going to start reading
I just finished
, it was disappointed, I expected better.I am about to begin
Eric wrote: "Just finished The Hunger Games and started The Book Thief for my Holocaust literature course. :-)"what is you impression about Hunger Games? I heard movie already ready for this book too. Resently movies are on the screen then ink of book not yet dry
Yuliya wrote: "Eric wrote: "Just finished The Hunger Games and started The Book Thief for my Holocaust literature course. :-)"what is you impression about Hunger Games? I heard movie..."
Hunger Games, in my opinion, is a very good read. I agree that sometimes the book is barely out and they make a movie of it. In this case though I am really thrilled that they are doing a movie. I wonder how they will capture some of the moments though because the words are, in my humble opinion, what makes this book so great. The depth that a book can give that a movie simply can not.
Books are always better then movies, because they can't how you say, can't capture some of the moments though because the words in the books are. But I think it possible to do great movie based on this book. The book thief is also great book. It's hard to read sometimes, but later it haunting you for a long time and you keep coming back in your thoughts to this book again and again
Just finished Bang by William Butler. This was a free download from Amazon and I was suprised. It was a good who done it with a lot of characters that had a reason to do it. Warning: This is a very adult book.Will be reading Manhattan is My Beat by Jeffrey Deaver. This is book 1 of his earlier series. I think there were only 3 books in this series.
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I was the opposite of you Michael. I couldn't stomach the movie Precious, but loved Push. Push was more real and gritty than the movie. I feel that the movie cut out what the book was really about. It was about the struggle of this girl to be better than she was and it was reflected better in the book because of the writing style and the word choices. You didn't get all of that from the movie, at least not for me.