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Brazil Senior Member Posts: 48 |
posted July 05, 2002 09:29 AM
 
Ok, since there's a favorite movie thread going on, how about exchanging favorite books? I'm a bit of a bookworm but I'll try to keep my list short: IP: Logged |
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MsDMeanor Senior Member Posts: 104 |
posted July 05, 2002 01:15 PM
anything Fiction! This month's picks are: Swimming Sweet Arrow - Maureen Gibbon Losing Eugenio - Genevieve Brisac The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman - Bruce Robinson Meeting the Master - Elissa Wald IP: Logged |
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JustJenn Senior Member Posts: 1375 |
posted July 05, 2002 02:58 PM
I ain't not noing hows ta read... Circle of Friends - Maeve Binchy IP: Logged |
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aileen Senior Member Posts: 218 |
posted July 05, 2002 04:11 PM
You just like that last one Jenn cause it describes you! IP: Logged |
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JustJenn Senior Member Posts: 1375 |
posted July 05, 2002 08:45 PM
Well I have never eaten mangos nude, however if Rich would like to offer his services I would be more than willing... Oh yeah I forgot to include Margaret Atwood's "Cat's Eye" [This message has been edited by JustJenn (edited July 05, 2002).] IP: Logged |
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j.r.piskorski Senior Member Posts: 40 |
posted July 05, 2002 09:52 PM
My favourite book ever is "Contact" by Carl Sagan. This book changed my life, I read it 3 times by now. Patricia Highsmith's "The Talented Mr. Ripley", "Ripley Under Ground" and "Ripley's Game" are just awesome. Perfect for psycho readers. Erico Verissimo's books are just great too. He paints with words. "Um Lugar ao Sol" (A Place Beneath the Sun) is my favourite. "The End of The Affair" is delighting! Much better than the movie... But I love the movie too... Let's not forget Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban... IP: Logged |
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georgejr Senior Member Posts: 112 |
posted July 06, 2002 02:06 AM
Hey j.r - I read "Contact" too...great book, great movie. One of my favourite books of alltime is "A Heartbreaking Of Staggerring Genius" by Dave Eggers. Others..."Catcher In The Rye" and "Franny and Zooey" by JD Salinger, "Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" by Douglas Adams.... IP: Logged |
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BryterLayter77 Senior Member Posts: 603 |
posted July 06, 2002 04:03 PM
"Succulant Wild Women," that definitely describes Jenn to the letter. Word on the street has it that they're making a movie from that book, and Jenn's alter ego, Kandi Kane, has the leading role. I can't say how Kandi Kane "earned" the role, since my contacts on the street told me to keep it a secret.  Richard IP: Logged |
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j.r.piskorski Senior Member Posts: 40 |
posted July 06, 2002 09:43 PM
hey georgejr... we must be lost twins or something because you like everything I do. You like the films I like and nobody else likes: Amelie And then Contact the book (actually today I started to read it for the 4th time)that we both read and everything... Do you know the name of the book that inspired Gattacca? Did you know that Amelie actually is called "The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain"? <<Rodolfo>> IP: Logged |
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Brazil Senior Member Posts: 48 |
posted July 06, 2002 10:18 PM
What's contact about? When I was younger I used to love SE Hinton books. I still remember how I felt as I read them... IP: Logged |
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Blackwuzzy Senior Member Posts: 1533 |
posted July 07, 2002 12:41 AM
Many, many spiritual books. Too many to name, but i will grab the books and get back to it. Here's one: Buddhist Wisdom (They just keep getting better and better) IP: Logged |
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Wishful Thinker Senior Member Posts: 397 |
posted July 07, 2002 03:12 AM
a good book that i've just finnished reading was a first novel by an up and coming authour Nicole Krauss calle MAN WALKS INTO A ROOM. It's about this guy who is found in a Nevada desert and has no memory of who he is. Eventually they call his wife, and they find out it's a tumor the size of a cherry in his head. He gets it removed but looses memory of the last twenty-four years (he's 36). I'm not spoiling the rest of the novel but it's a good book that's my favorite right now so check it out. IP: Logged |
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georgejr Senior Member Posts: 112 |
posted July 07, 2002 05:00 AM
Hey j.r.....nice to see we have similar tastes...don't they say that great minds think alike? I think you will find that with others here as well...the tastes can be pretty eclectic also. As for Amelie...if you're a Canadian living in Quebec as I am the full title of that movie is "Le Fabouleux Destin d'Amelie Poulin" I am anxiously awaiting the DVD release of the movie with english subtitles. So far...french only. And mine isn't good enough to translate a whole movie. I don't know which book inspired Gattaca but I have always loved that movie. IP: Logged |
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sunday's child Senior Member Posts: 698 |
posted July 07, 2002 07:25 AM
"A clockwork orange", Anthony Burgess "Educating Rita", Willy Russel "Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit", J.R.R. Tolkien, All Dirk Gentley and all five Hitchhiker booky by Douglas Adams, some Terry Pratchett books, "Motor City", ???, "Stranger in a strange land", Robert A. Henlein, "Die Physiker, Das Versprechen", Friedrich Dürenmatt, "Faust", Goethe and finally all books of the "Myth" series by Robert Asprin as well as the Tad Williams books concerning "The Dragonbone Chair". Oh yes, and "Illuminatus!"  IP: Logged |
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Blackwuzzy Senior Member Posts: 1533 |
posted July 07, 2002 02:34 PM
I don't really have a favorite book, but can answer this question with whatever I am into reading and studying now. Here is undoubtedly a great one, "A Flash Of Lightening In The Dark of Night"- A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. Written by The Dalai Lama. I will probably order 2 copies of this one for my at home collection, one for a friend and one to just keep. It gives some easy to understand explanations into some hard to underderstand Text RE: Shantideva's Bodhicharyavatara text on the whole path to enlightenment. Both are excellent texts to read. What better a thing to do on a holiday weekend? Oh yeah, write a song, & 1 more thing in mind. Much love.*** Detailed commentary is given on the original text. (Not all of the passages, but certain key parts. This makes the study clearer into some of Buddhism's greatest poetic literature - Shantideva's (The Way of the Bodhisattva)He was a great Indian Master of the 8th. Century and it is noted that his text moved the Dali Lama to tears. [This message has been edited by Blackwuzzy (edited July 07, 2002).] IP: Logged |
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Crooner Senior Member Posts: 44 |
posted July 07, 2002 06:22 PM
Musashi - Eiji Yoshikawa IP: Logged |
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Carly Senior Member Posts: 450 |
posted July 07, 2002 08:16 PM
The Phantom Tollbooth, Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde, or Dracula. Carly IP: Logged |
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j.r.piskorski Senior Member Posts: 40 |
posted July 07, 2002 08:47 PM
hey georgejr... thanks for the compliments. I'm not canadian and neither live in Quebec, I live in the South of Brazil. Was the title for Amelie translated correctly in Canada? Because in US it is just Amelia, as you must know, but here the whole title was kept. Silvia, Contato é um romance sobre uma astrônoma que recebe uma mensagem de rádio de outra civilização. Bem, tem o filme com a Jodie Foster, mas o livro é melhor. Fala sobre tudo que acontece no mundo depois da notícia da descoberta de inteligência extraterrestre. Mas não é um livro muito fictício, não, é fantástico, cada linha faz você pensar sobre um tema diferente. Does anybody here like Sidney Sheldon or Agatha Christie? <<Rodolfo>> IP: Logged |
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Brazil Senior Member Posts: 48 |
posted July 08, 2002 07:50 PM
Another good author is Jostein Gaarder. I don't know the name of the book in English, but the original title (in german) is "kabalmysteriet". (In portuguese it's called "O dia do Coringa"). It's a great book by him, it just messes with your imagination so much! Rodolfo, valeu! Se eu achar a versão original, vou comprar... Silvia IP: Logged |
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sunday's child Senior Member Posts: 698 |
posted July 08, 2002 08:29 PM
Sylvia, his name and the title sound dutch, maybe they are, but it's definitely not german. IP: Logged |
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Kellye Senior Member Posts: 334 |
posted July 08, 2002 11:44 PM
The Sea Wolf by Jack London. Nobody laugh. I love Jack London. Kellye IP: Logged |
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sweetsnail Senior Member Posts: 1220 |
posted July 09, 2002 12:24 AM
I have many favorite books. The Harry Potter books included among some mysteries. Probably one of my favorite books of fiction is "Bless me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya. "Perks of Being a Wallflower" is good. "Angela's Ashes".....oh, too many to name. -stephanie IP: Logged |
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BryterLayter77 Senior Member Posts: 603 |
posted July 09, 2002 09:47 AM
I don't know about favorite books. Since all I've read were scholarly books in college, I guess my little list will include a bunch of boring books that would collect dust if it wasn't for colleges. So here is my list of favorite, but boring, books: States' Rights and the Union So Far From God: The U.S. War with Mexico, 1846-1848 The View From the Middle Ground: Maryland and the Mexican War The Propaganda Warriors Citizen Soldiers in the War of 1812 That's all for now. You can all laugh at me and call me a boring fuddy duddy. Richard IP: Logged |
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Brazil Senior Member Posts: 48 |
posted July 09, 2002 10:54 AM
Sunday's child, you might be right, there are actually two different titles. The other one is "das kartengeheimnis". I haven't got a clue as to what language that is...is it german? Anyways, it's a great book! Silvia IP: Logged |
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Aquagirl Senior Member Posts: 88 |
posted July 09, 2002 03:36 PM
I think a book that ya'll would like and I really enjoyed was Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man". Pretty good. And Moby Dick. IP: Logged |
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sunday's child Senior Member Posts: 698 |
posted July 09, 2002 05:17 PM
Yip, "Das Kartengeheimnis" is German... but I still don't know the author or the book IP: Logged |
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Carly Senior Member Posts: 450 |
posted July 09, 2002 11:05 PM
Well yeah, oh course Jack London. I read anything by him that I can get my hands on. He is my favorite author. Carly IP: Logged |
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Brazil Senior Member Posts: 48 |
posted July 10, 2002 08:01 PM
Jostein Gaarder also wrote "Sophie's world". It gives a nice history of philosophy although it's fiction. If you're into philosophy, I think you'll like it IP: Logged |
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sunday's child Senior Member Posts: 698 |
posted July 10, 2002 08:58 PM
Damn, I study philosophy and I'm not into it... yip, I do know "Sophie's World" and I guess I'll have to read it before my first exams IP: Logged |
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Brazil Senior Member Posts: 48 |
posted July 11, 2002 11:54 AM
Yeah, I guess you WILL have to read it. It's long but it's worth reading... IP: Logged |
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angee Senior Member Posts: 389 |
posted July 11, 2002 12:04 PM
aw- i can't believe no one listed A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving. it is such a simple yet brillant book. cheers! IP: Logged |
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boobaloo Member Posts: 12 |
posted July 11, 2002 01:10 PM
Hey angee, I loved Owen Meany and EVERYTHING John Irving has ever done. I'm also with brazil on the whole Paolo Coehlo vibe, The Alchemist is my favorite of all time. Anne of Green Gables is my childhood memory, and Jane Eyre is my favorite weepy romantic novel. Happy Summer Reading Everyone!!! IP: Logged |
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Storybug18 Senior Member Posts: 344 |
posted July 11, 2002 06:47 PM
My favorite book at the moment is "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris. I have never had a book make me laugh until I cried, but this one sure did!!! Sedaris is an excellent writer, my favorite writer at the moment as well. And have any of you guys read "The Moon and Sixpence" by W. Somerset Maugham?? I don't think any book will ever be as touching as that one. It is the ultimate book for anyone who has ever had a passion to create art. It also takes a look at how that passion can devour you, and cause you to care about nothing more than what you create. It really is a sad book, but there are so many uplifting moments in the way Maugham writes. Sedaris and Maugham are definitely my top favorite writers. Cheers, IP: Logged |
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j.r.piskorski Senior Member Posts: 40 |
posted July 13, 2002 01:53 PM
Silvia, gostei do seu interesse por Contato, mas eu não aconselharia a leitura em inglês. Não que eu ache que seu inglês seja ruim, tudo indica o contrário, mas é que o vocabulário é muito complexo, mesmo em portugûês e tem muito vocabulário científico também... bem, você que sabe <<Rodolfo>> IP: Logged |
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Brazil Senior Member Posts: 48 |
posted July 14, 2002 08:14 PM
boobaloo, I haven't read The alchimist. I've been meaning to read it for a while,though. My favorite one is Brida. Have you read it? Rodolfo, obrigada pelo toque, mas acho que vou procurar o original de qq jeito. Qto aos termos cientificos, tudo bem...(sou professora de ingles e fui educada em ingles...) acho que nao haverão grandes problemas. Mas, antes de comprar vou folhear o livro e ai decido. Valeu Siliva [This message has been edited by Brazil (edited July 15, 2002).] IP: Logged |
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j.r.piskorski Senior Member Posts: 40 |
posted July 21, 2002 12:24 AM
Silvia Que bom saber que você está tão interessada assim em ler o original do Contato, me traz mais fé para a cultura desse país. Além do mais, se você for comprar pela internet, a versão original é mais barata que em português(!) Você leu Veronika decide morrer? Foi o que eu mais gostei do Paulo Coelho, porque não trata tanto de magia, algo que não me atrai. Mas gostei muito de Brida também... <<Rodolfo>> IP: Logged |
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Brazil Senior Member Posts: 48 |
posted July 22, 2002 07:42 PM
Rodolfo, foi exatamente o que eu pensei qdo vc se mostrou interessado em leitura...fiquei feliz de saber que tem gente ainda interessada em cultura! AINDA HA ESPERANCA!!!!! O meu predileto do Paulo Coelho e Brida!! Ja li umas quatro vezes! vc tem certeza que so tem 16 anos...? Silvia [This message has been edited by Brazil (edited July 25, 2002).] [This message has been edited by Brazil (edited July 25, 2002).] IP: Logged |
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Rina316 Senior Member Posts: 45 |
posted July 23, 2002 01:20 PM
I stay away from most of the books turned into movies. I dunno, it's just something about the movie that takes away from the originality of the book for me. How ever, recently, I'll be reading some of Dean Koontz books (the older as well as the newer ones). I'm more of a writer than a reader tho, IP: Logged |
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j.r.piskorski Senior Member Posts: 40 |
posted July 28, 2002 09:26 PM
Sílvia É mesmo, AINDA há esperança, mas não podemos esperar muito mais... obrigado pelo elogio, tenho mesmo só 16 anos... Brida com certeza é divertido e empolgante e bastante original (apesar de saber que ele não inventou tudo aquilo). Você acredita naquelas crenças? Bem, eu não, deve ser por isso que não me agradou tanto quanto a você. E você já leu alguma coisa do Sidney Sheldon? Ele não faz a literatura mais artística do mundo, mas é divertido... E Dom Casmurro, você gosta? Quase ninguém gosta desse, mas eu adoro, acho muito inteligente. PS. vamos fazer essa message board bilíngue!! <<Rodolfo>> IP: Logged |
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Brazil Senior Member Posts: 48 |
posted July 31, 2002 12:09 PM
Sorry for all these posts in portuguese...I don't mean to leave anyone out, it's just that since we're both brazilians it's weird to write in english when addressing Rodolfo. I hope nobody minds, but if anyone does, just let me know, I'd be ok with writing in english Silvia [This message has been edited by Brazil (edited July 31, 2002).] IP: Logged |
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