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Tue Jul 8, 2008, 1:54 PM
  • Mood: Tired
I feel a bit better now.


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So far I have a list of books I need to read, in no particular order:

1. Lajja, Taslima Nasrin

Really couldn't get into it. I understand the points she's trying to make, however, it's much less a story than it is pages and pages of bullet points, paraphrased from news articles. Put it down before I was a third of the way through.

2. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro

Absolutely loved this one! I really appreciate how he doesn't explain his world, but lets it unfurl itself as the book progresses. A stunner, seriously.

3. Life of Pi, Yann Martel

I really enjoyed the way this book was structured. Very well thought out. For me, it was like a much more entertaining and better edited Robinson Crusoe, only without a deserted island. Couldn't put it down!

4. On Beauty, Zadie Smith
5. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini

It was really hard not to cry with this one. A painful tale of regret and guilt.

6. The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards
7. Yellow Dog, Martin Amis
8. One Night at the Call Centre, Chetan Bhagat (thanks ~nascent-sirocco!)
9. Dr Thorne, Anthony Trollope
10. A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
11. White Noise, Don Dellilo
12. The Family, Mario Puzo
13. Persuasion, Jane Austen

Loved it, of course.

14. A Passage to India, E. M. Forster
15. The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood

As for poetry, well, I've got a whole anthology to peruse, haha.



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=WarthogDemon:iconWarthogDemon: Jun 21, 2008, 11:10:18 AM
Doing well. :highfive:

And not to sound selfish but . . . didn't you used to watch me? D:

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*batousaijin:iconbatousaijin: Jun 21, 2008, 11:54:51 AM
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~kittie-chan:iconkittie-chan: Jun 21, 2008, 1:08:50 PM
glad to see you are alive. lol

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*poisonedrose:iconpoisonedrose: Jun 21, 2008, 3:52:29 PM
Hehe me too. How're you and Bump doing?

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*poisonedrose:iconpoisonedrose: Jun 21, 2008, 3:52:44 PM
And it keeps on turning and turning.

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*poisonedrose:iconpoisonedrose: Jun 21, 2008, 3:53:20 PM
Am I not now? :o I'll correct that.

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*poisonedrose:iconpoisonedrose: Jun 21, 2008, 3:54:09 PM
I like that. :)

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~Nesi:iconNesi: Jun 21, 2008, 4:26:27 PM
Actually that was a quote from While My Guitar Gently Weeps by the Beatles ;)

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=WarthogDemon:iconWarthogDemon: Jun 21, 2008, 5:51:32 PM
Yay! :w00t:

Maybe I accidentally knocked you off when cleaning my watchlist? :confused: Who knows... :O_o:

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The ever growing reading List:

1. Lajja, Taslima Nasrin

Really couldn't get into it. I understand the points she's trying to make, however, it's much less a story than it is pages and pages of bullet points, paraphrased from news articles. Put it down before I was a third of the way through.

2. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro

Absolutely loved this one! I really appreciate how he doesn't explain his world, but lets it unfurl itself as the book progresses. A stunner, seriously.

3. Life of Pi, Yann Martel

I really enjoyed the way this book was structured. Very well thought out. For me, it was like a much more entertaining and better edited Robinson Crusoe, only without a deserted island. Couldn't put it down!

4. On Beauty, Zadie Smith

I wish I were Zadie Smith.

5. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini

It was really hard not to cry with this one. A painful tale of regret and guilt.

6. The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards

The plot was good but I think it was just a bit of a sloppy read. The characters were so stereotypical at times and the male viewpoints were so effeminate. I think in general, Edwards didn't work her characters effectively enough. It was just her voice over and over and over..

7. Yellow Dog, Martin Amis

8. One Night at the Call Centre, Chetan Bhagat (thanks ~nascent-sirocco!)

I was really surprised by this book. The characters were very, very Indian -- I didn't expect it to come across as strongly as it did. The story itself was actually quite interesting. Even a touch of deconstruction and all.

9. Dr Thorne, Anthony Trollope

10. A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens

11. White Noise, Don Dellilo

12. The Family, Mario Puzo

13. Persuasion, Jane Austen

Loved it, of course.

14. A Passage to India, E. M. Forster

15. The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood

16. Shirley, Charlotte Brontë

Slow to start, but a gripping read for the most part. I wanted more romance at the end, though!

17. The Professor, Charlotte Brontë

Oh man, the ending SUCKED.

18. Agnes Grey, Anne Brontë

Tame, but kinda sweet. A little too didactic for me, perhaps.

19. Lady Chatterley's Lover, D. H. Lawrence.

20. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini.

I think this was even better than The Kite Runner.

21. Metamorphosis and Other Stories, Kafka.

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