Lahtina wrote:

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Question: do you guys buy the book you're going to read, read it, then buy/borrow a new one? Or do you buy just buy books and eventually get to them? I have to constantly buy new books, even if I don't get to them right away. Which reminds me... less foro, more books.

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It depends but i usually go and buy some books when I am almost done with the ones I am reading. Which make me think that I have to go back to Indigo because I just have one right now and I am half way through it already.

I rarely borrow books since not many pple I know read, it reminds me of myself 5 years back or so

McOSIRIS wrote:

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Dogo wrote: I got "A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali"  by Gil Courtemanche Although technically I didn't start reading it........... the title is as far as I got...  I guess technically I DID start reading it!! Has anybody read this?   I thought I read "Gil Conchetumare".....   anyways.... carry on ppl... nothing to see here....

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HAHAHAHAHHA

EL GIL DIVERTIO!!!

TV Buff wrote:

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Guadalupana wrote: yes i'm a worm. Anyway, i got a new book named: A Confereracy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Amazon gives it (according to customer reviews) 4.5 out 5 stars. So i decided to give it a try. Have any of you read it? I'm reading The Devil wears Prada now (which isn't THAT great), which i'm almost done and needed new material. Ah! A thread worth replying to... what's going on here??? My fellow geek, I started reading A Million Little Pieces to see what all the hoopla was about, and let me tell you, James Frey's pants must be on fire!!! I guess it makes a difference knowing that the whole story was a fake in how you view the book. It's a good read, but I'm not too impressed now that I know what I know. There's a couple other books I want to read this summer. Chale & Lahtina, we should do the book club thingy once again. I'll bring you some choices...

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BUFFSTERS BACK!!!!!! Oh how i missed thee!!!!
You better never go away or else someone is gonna get a hurt... and you might know her


Anywaaaays, Im down for a book club meeting.... just as long as its not by that lady whos name shall not be written b/c her book was so crappy that i refuse to even acknowledge it.
Currently, Im reading "White Teeth" by Zadie Smith, Im half way done, so I should be able to pick up a new book by August. 


@ Buffy and Lahtina: I would suggest you guys read "A Fine Balance" by Mistry Rohinton... OMG soooo good!


ps. Im not a geek... just a nerd in geeks clothing
Its a bit long, but soooo worth the read!

McOSIRIS wrote:

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Dogo wrote: I got "A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali"  by Gil Courtemanche Although technically I didn't start reading it........... the title is as far as I got...  I guess technically I DID start reading it!! Has anybody read this?   I thought I read "Gil Conchetumare".....   anyways.... carry on ppl... nothing to see here....

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No, but I think I'll use that

(You guys use "gil" as well?)

I got "A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali"  by Gil Courtemanche
Although technically I didn't start reading it........... the title is as far as I got...  I guess technically I DID start reading it!!

Has anybody read this?

Lahtina wrote:

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Guadalupana wrote:
Lahtina wrote: Guadalupana wrote: yeah i was in awe to see that it was written so long ago, and by what the reviewers said, it gave me the impression that i'd have a scenery of Blow (the movie) in my mind. you know, that type of setting...and yes, a lot of ppl hate that guy in their reviews...i'll have to find out why. Because he's the biggest geek, most obnoxious freak ever! UUUUUUUUUGH!! Truly an anti-hero. I hated Don Quixote too. Ugh, I could have strangled both of them. FREAKS! En serio... para mis pulgas! i've tried numerous times to read DQ...but i can't get past the first few pages! Me pone a dormir. i'll attempt it yet again.
Tell... me... ABOUT IT!!!  I forced myself to read it, girl. I'd strap myself to a chair, I put scotch tape on my eyelids so they'd stay open and I'd have MM chug the entire contents of a coffee pot down my throat. Sheer torture I tellz ya! But I did it, I did it!! I just haven't gotten around to part 2 and I don't know if I will. Whatever you do, though, DO NOT read it in English.

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ooohhhhh, well there's my mistake then, i have the book in english. great.

Motown Junkie wrote:

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Ummmm............I like Dr. Seuss.  He's brilliant. 
And ummm.....Robert Munsch. 
He wrote my biography........."The Paperbag Princess". 

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They rock!
I like : I love you for ever (you'll always be mine, as long as i'm living my baby you'll be) i gave that to my brother.

And i like : And to think that i saw it on Mulbery street (my brother loves that! how can you possibly have one beast? you need two at least!)

-- Edited by Guadalupana at 15:30, 2006-07-21

Julie wrote:

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Guadalupana wrote:
you've peaked my interest..is this book new? i don't think i've seen it...and only 1000 pages? that's rookie level

Fairly new, 2004 and I read as well that they are/were working on making a movie out of it with Johnny Depp as Lin I don't know where this project is heading though
 
E.T.A (cc Lahtina 2006) the book is cheapper in Chapters/Indigo that on the net-- Edited by Julie at 15:12, 2006-07-21

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how much is it?

Guadalupana wrote:

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yeah i was in awe to see that it was written so long ago, and by what the reviewers said, it gave me the impression that i'd have a scenery of Blow (the movie) in my mind. you know, that type of setting...and yes, a lot of ppl hate that guy in their reviews...i'll have to find out why.

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Because he's the biggest geek, most obnoxious freak ever! UUUUUUUUUGH!! Truly an anti-hero. I hated Don Quixote too. Ugh, I could have strangled both of them. FREAKS! En serio... para mis pulgas!

Motown Junkie wrote:

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Can I be a psycho geek?  I have both characteristics (apparently) down packed!!! 

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You can be all that you can be...

 

 

 

... provided you call Uncle Sam first.

Julie wrote:

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Sorry, wrong spelling Shantaram
http://www.shantaram.com/
 
To long and complex to tell but here is what I found. I promise, it is an amazing book :almost1000pagesandsmallprintsitisgoingtotakemeforever:
 
Shantaram is the fictionalized account of the real life adventures of author Gregory David Roberts. The narrator is a man called Lin, escaped from an Australian jail and arriving in Bombay, India with a fake New Zealand passport. He immediately meets a taxi driver named Prabaker who gives him tours of the city and a hut in the local slum. Lin starts a free clinic for the people in the slum, and to provide for his own income, he sells drugs to tourists. This gets him the attention of the local gangsters, and he's increasingly pulled into their world of crime, from counterfeiting to gun running to passport schemes. Lin falls in love, nearly dies in an Indian prison, and survives a continuing series of adventures. More than just an account of drugs and crime, Shantaram is the story of a man who, even in a life of violence, genuinely loves those in his life and the city that became his home, Bombay. Shantaram has received positive reviews with The Telegraph saying, "Shantaram is an exuberant, swashbuckling story of derring-do, told with reckless gusto and obvious affection, and if Roberts is no sort of stylist (and he isn't), you'd have to be a snob not to admit to enjoying yourself."

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you've peaked my interest..is this book new? i don't think i've seen it...and only 1000 pages? that's rookie level

Can I be a psycho geek?  I have both characteristics (apparently) down packed!!! 

TV Buff wrote:

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Lahtina wrote: TV Buff wrote: Chale & Lahtina, we should do the book club thingy once again. I'll bring you some choices... Errrr, I just started Rayuela (Julio Cortázar) on Wednesday and I'm really enjoying it this time (this is my 4th attempt) so I don't want to start another before I finally get this one out of the way. That reminds me... must look up Rocamadour. Pffffft! Fine! I found new geeks anyway, so there!

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but I wanna be a geek too!!! Unless, of course, it's another Sandra Benitez wannabe geek moment-dealio-kinda thing... I'm sure you could count Chale out too.

Motown Junkie wrote:

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Lahtina wrote: Guadalupana wrote: yes i'm a worm. Anyway, i got a new book named: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Amazon gives it (according to customer reviews) 4.5 out 5 stars. So i decided to give it a try. Have any of you read it? I'm reading The Devil wears Prada now (which isn't THAT great), which i'm almost done and needed new material.-- Edited by Guadalupana at 14:07, 2006-07-21 Oh oh oh, I loooooooooooooove that book. It's one of the funniest, bestest books I've ever read. The author committed suicide and he never saw his one and only book get published, can you believe it? His mom is the one who was knocking doors trying to get her dead son's book picked up by an editorial (editorial? whatever!) and of course no one wanted to even look at it because... yeah, right.. "it's really good" says who? Mommy? Someone did eventually read it though and it got published! It won the Pulitzer in... errrrr '69 was it? 83 was it? 70 something?! Bah! Damn mem'ry! Anyway, the point is it's a Pulitzer prize. Oh and some critics say it's a modern day Don Quixote. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. It has plenty of LOL moments. I give it a I kinda hated Ignatius Reilly though... ugh, he got on my nerves! Good stuff tho'. Editor or publishing company would have sufficed! 

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What do you call the thingie? Publishing house? Or whatever, pero me entendieron, no? jijijijiji

Lahtina wrote:

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Guadalupana wrote: yes i'm a worm. Anyway, i got a new book named: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Amazon gives it (according to customer reviews) 4.5 out 5 stars. So i decided to give it a try. Have any of you read it? I'm reading The Devil wears Prada now (which isn't THAT great), which i'm almost done and needed new material.-- Edited by Guadalupana at 14:07, 2006-07-21 Oh oh oh, I loooooooooooooove that book. It's one of the funniest, bestest books I've ever read. The author committed suicide and he never saw his one and only book get published, can you believe it? His mom is the one who was knocking doors trying to get her dead son's book picked up by an editorial (editorial? whatever!) and of course no one wanted to even look at it because... yeah, right.. "it's really good" says who? Mommy? Someone did eventually read it though and it got published! It won the Pulitzer in... errrrr '69 was it? 83 was it? 70 something?! Bah! Damn mem'ry! Anyway, the point is it's a Pulitzer prize. Oh and some critics say it's a modern day Don Quixote. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. It has plenty of LOL moments. I give it a I kinda hated Ignatius Reilly though... ugh, he got on my nerves! Good stuff tho'.

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Editor or publishing company would have sufficed! 

Sorry, wrong spelling Shantaram

http://www.shantaram.com/

 

To long and complex to tell but here is what I found. I promise, it is an amazing book :almost1000pagesandsmallprintsitisgoingtotakemeforever:

 

Shantaram is the fictionalized account of the real life adventures of author Gregory David Roberts. The narrator is a man called Lin, escaped from an Australian jail and arriving in Bombay, India with a fake New Zealand passport. He immediately meets a taxi driver named Prabaker who gives him tours of the city and a hut in the local slum. Lin starts a free clinic for the people in the slum, and to provide for his own income, he sells drugs to tourists. This gets him the attention of the local gangsters, and he's increasingly pulled into their world of crime, from counterfeiting to gun running to passport schemes. Lin falls in love, nearly dies in an Indian prison, and survives a continuing series of adventures. More than just an account of drugs and crime, Shantaram is the story of a man who, even in a life of violence, genuinely loves those in his life and the city that became his home, Bombay. Shantaram has received positive reviews with The Telegraph saying, "Shantaram is an exuberant, swashbuckling story of derring-do, told with reckless gusto and obvious affection, and if Roberts is no sort of stylist (and he isn't), you'd have to be a snob not to admit to enjoying yourself."

Here's one of my favourite books lately, "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Here's an excerpt from the book...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/076790818X/ref=sib_dp_top_ex/103-2055783-5711865?ie=UTF8&p=S00H#reader-link

Enjoy!!!

I am still with Shataram and soon la Jefa will have her copy

@Buffy- Yes i saw that book (A million little pieces) but i honestly lost interest in it once i found out the mess of it. I tend to get books that make the best seller lists or even the ones with the awards and reader's choice. Did you read it before or after he said it was a lie?

Which other books are you interested in reading?

@Genie--you are a loser for considering yourself one only because you read. LOSER! Readers are not loser ok .
Anyway, i'll read some reviews on the one you're reading...for future consideration.

@MJ--chicken soup books are the best! i had one 'for the woman's soul' or something like that, and i passed it down to my sister. They are very inspiring and heart warming stories.

TV Buff wrote:

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Guadalupana wrote: yes i'm a worm. Anyway, i got a new book named: A Confereracy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Amazon gives it (according to customer reviews) 4.5 out 5 stars. So i decided to give it a try. Have any of you read it? I'm reading The Devil wears Prada now (which isn't THAT great), which i'm almost done and needed new material. Ah! A thread worth replying to... what's going on here??? My fellow geek, I started reading A Million Little Pieces to see what all the hoopla was about, and let me tell you, James Frey's pants must be on fire!!! I guess it makes a difference knowing that the whole story was a fake in how you view the book. It's a good read, but I'm not too impressed now that I know what I know. There's a couple other books I want to read this summer. Chale & Lahtina, we should do the book club thingy once again. I'll bring you some choices...

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woohhooo im not the only loser here!!!

Im currently reading an older book its called THE TRAVELER by John Katzenbach published in 1986 its a great book if you really like muder mysteries, its very graphic very interesting and you wont want to put it down! Im almost done i bought it for $2.00 at the library and so far im halfway done!