SO! i finished Veronika Decides to die. Also grabbed Eleven minutes, by the same author. I'll read that after i finish with what i just started reading : The Red Tent...so far, so good.

Lahtina wrote:

---

Well, when you think about it in those terms, yes, it might result boring. I read it with a different set of mind. I was thinking about man's nomadic days. If you think about it, this is how we've spread all over the world. Traveling in large groups, stopping somewhere and just starting a new life right then and there; settling out in the middle of nowhere. Did you notice that that was what the people eventually started doing? I tried to extrapolate man's nomadic mind to this day and age. Migration nowadays just doesn't compare.

Y qué crees? Descubrí muchos libros interesantes en el biblioteca y todos en español! I love my school.

---

Hey, Lahti, if you get a chance, try to meet Margarita Feliciano. She teaches Spanish at Glendon and she's also very involved with various literary activities within the hispanic community here. Very nice lady; really enlightening conversations. Look her up. Also, I'd recommend you join the Hispanic Students Association there. It gives you something else to do (I know you have long breaks in between classes, and the library thingy will eventually get tired). Let me know how it goes.

-- Edited by TV Buff at 08:33, 2006-09-29

Mastropiero wrote:

---

La Autopista al sur ....That boring traffic jam in the way to Paris I would rather Bestiario o La vuelta al dia en ochenta mundos those are more delightful and exciting ones,

If you want something easy to read, funny without compromising style and quality you can pick any of Daniel Samper Pizano books.

---

Well, when you think about it in those terms, yes, it might result boring. I read it with a different set of mind. I was thinking about man's nomadic days. If you think about it, this is how we've spread all over the world. Traveling in large groups, stopping somewhere and just starting a new life right then and there; settling out in the middle of nowhere. Did you notice that that was what the people eventually started doing? I tried to extrapolate man's nomadic mind to this day and age. Migration nowadays just doesn't compare.

Y qué crees? Descubrí muchos libros interesantes en el biblioteca y todos en español! I love my school.

luna chiquitita wrote:

---

 

Correction.. Luna is STILL trying to finish this book... It's a good book but its insanely long.  Actually, I've read longer books before but they've never been as difficult to get through.

---

is it cuz the book doesnt have pictures?

TV Buff wrote:

---

No, I'm talking about that other gem you recommended... I swear, I tried, but could NOT get into it. I'll try A Fine Balance, but for now I have two books on my To Read list: the one about Jebus' best friend and one called The Saffron Kitchen.

---

The god of small things?

That one was amazing.... amazing love story and amazing sub plots... overall amazing.


A fine balance is an amazing book too... I got Luna to read it and she loved it. 

Who has time to read anymore?

You should consider diving into Julio Cortazar's short stories. La autopista al sur...  

Chale Tanga wrote:

---

I started reading "the time travellers wife"... so far its meh-ish... hasnt really grabbed my attention.  Anyone heard of it or read it? Should I continue reading it or plop down on the couch and resume my quest for couch potatoe-dom?

---

Yeah, that happened to me with a certain book that a certain monkey-loving foro member recommended. Just chuck it.

I am currently reading The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker.  Its a mystery.  Really good book.

Yesi

TV Buff wrote:

---

@ Julie: so she deleted her account? Is she bringing it back to life? Or is she coming back with a new personality? If she does, tell her to forget about Lahtina and bring Zero back. Now HE is truly missed.

---

I think she is still debating. I have no clue which account she will use !

Tell me about it

Guadalupana wrote:

---

Julie, do you know something we don't know? or por lo menos I don't know? Lo que me pregunto es, porque borrar el account only to re-do it all over again? Is there a meaning i'm failing to see here? is that the new fad? Am i supposed to delete me and reborn me again?!

---

I might

TV Buff wrote:

---

Guadalupana wrote:

---

So lahtina left...this thread no longer has meaning.

---

Vhat! What do you mean she left? Where did she go? Did she go out for milk or something? Where'd she go? Did she go back to mexico 'cause she couldn't find decent tomatillo sauce in Bramladesh? Please essplain...

---

You must be joking right ! Left, like Foro left...................but she'll be back soon !

SO DID YOU GUYS END UP PICKING A BOOK ALREADY???

 

Chale Tanga wrote:

---

Guadalupana wrote:

---

So lahtina left...this thread no longer has meaning.

---

Thanks

---

de nalgas.

So lahtina left...this thread no longer has meaning.

There were about 10 book club threads so I picked whichever one I WANTED!!!!!!! AIGHT????!!!!! If it's from 1972, so be it!!!!!!!!

I just finished a book called, "The Five People You Meet In Heaven" by Mitch Albom. I love the way this guy writes as I've read another book by him called, "Tuesdays with Morrie". He writes a lot about death but only how it's just a beginning and it's nothing to fear. They're not boring either. I couldn't stop reading. I think this guy has helped me deal with a lot of $hit in my life. I highly recommend this book. I've never felt more passionate about a book before.

JOKER_ESCO wrote:

---

@ ADMIN: I know bro but the Nerd president perdon the book president ignores my petition 4 that book LoL

---

Are you calling me a nerd???????


huh????



Are you???????

@ ADMIN:

I know bro but the Nerd president perdon the book president ignores my petition 4 that book LoL

Chale_Tanga wrote:

---

@ Buffy: I love all the choices.Should we start a poll to help us decide?

---

Alright, you do it. I've never started a poll and I don't want to do what LaTrez did... And then have someone make fun of me just like I did...

Okay, here we go. Call me a dictator, but since no one was taking charge of this, I did. I chose four author/books written by Latin American women to start. You can find them in English or Spanish and we can all relate to any of the three stories. Tell you the truth, it'll be hard enough for me to choose, and I'll probably end up reading all four books. You let me know and then we'll find a place to get together and discuss the choice.

Sandra Benitez: Bitter Grounds
Spanning the years between 1932 and 1977, this beautifully told epic is set in the heart of El Salvador,where coffee planta- tions are the center of life for rich and poor alike. Following three generations of the Prieto clan and the wealthy family they work for, this is the story of mothers and daughters who live, love, and die for their passions. Epic in scope, richly steeped in history, Benitez's poetic yet unsentimental novel takes you into another time,another place and into the lives of characters so real they can't be forgotten.

Laura Esquivel: La ley del Amor/The law of love:
This romantic, innovative, and wildly comic New York Times bestseller by the author of Like Water for Chocolate tells a cosmic love story, a Mexican Midsummer Night's Dream that stretches from the fall of Montezuma's Mexico to the 23rd century. Includes eight sections of full-color illustrations.

Julia Alvarez: In the time of the butterflies/En el tiempo de las mariposas:
It's a true story drawn from the history of her native Dominican Republic, about the Mirabel sisters, who, along with their husbands, were instrumental in the formation of an underground resistance movement against the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.

Isabel Allende: Zorro
Allende's lively retelling of the Zorro legend reads as effortlessly as the hero himself might slice his trademark "Z" on the wall with a flash of his sword. Born Diego de la Vega in 1795 to the valiant hidalgo, Alejandro, and the beautiful Regina, the daughter of a Spanish deserter and an Indian shaman, our hero grows up in California before traveling to Spain. Raised alongside his wet nurse's son, Bernardo, Diego becomes friends for life with his "milk brother," despite the boys' class differences. Though born into privilege, Diego has deep ties to California's exploited natives—both through blood and friendship—that account for his abiding sense of justice and identification with the underdog. In Catalonia, these instincts as well as Diego's swordsmanship intrigue Manuel Escalante, a member of the secret society La Justicia. Escalante recruits Diego into the society, which is dedicated to fighting all forms of oppression, and thus begins Diego's construction of his dashing, secret alter ego, Zorro. With loyal Bernardo at his side, Zorro hones his fantastic skills, evolves into a noble hero and returns to California to reclaim his family's estate in a breathtaking duel. All the while, he encounters numerous historical figures, who anchor this incredible tale in a reality that enriches and contextualizes the Zorro myth. Allende's latest page-turner explodes with vivid characterization and high-speed storytelling.

You still haven't decided?!?!?!?

You could have read three books by now.......

GENIE wrote:

---

BUT NOT IN SPANISH OR I WONT FINISH THIS YEAR!! LOL LOL  

---

Oh girl trust me!!!! If it was in spanish, I would  never finish either!

 

@ Buffy: Something in good ol English please!

@ Buffy:

Good idea!

Let us know the selections and we'll take a poll and decide which book to go along with.

Cant wait!

Book. Aaah, the mating call of nerds. I'm in, just tell me which book we're to read and chances are I might have read it already. Hahaha, not. But let's pick a good one.