Still trying to dig my way through Diary Of An Opium Eater by Jean Cocteau but it's hard work ( I should have read it in a couple of nights, it's only about 100 pages ffs :doh: )
Waiting on my mate to read Venus In Furs which I bought him for his birthday and I've got first dibs :twisted:
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im reading the STORY OF O what an eye opener it is to ... :shock: :shock: penty of
:whip: :whip: :blast: :therethere:
author ( pauline reage )
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Sassy makes a note of that and searches :notes:
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you can borrow mine when i finished it ..... or we can have a early night n read it toghether
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I've pulled! :smug:
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Just finished 'Dance with the Devil' by Jack Higgins. Not my usual thing but just wanted to read something mindless. Couple of things struck me and the first one is a bit sad. There weren't many words on each page say 250 reather than 500 :shock: . Yes I counted them. 
The other thing was the sparcity of the writing, it was all kept to the minimum, no long discriptions, no charactor motivation. It read a bit like a screen play. Was it any good....nah not really. 
Going to the library later any suggestions???
The other thing was the sparcity of the writing, it was all kept to the minimum, no long discriptions, no charactor motivation. It read a bit like a screen play. Was it any good....nah not really. Going to the library later any suggestions???
Sexlightened
Quote by HannahnAlex
im reading the STORY OF O what an eye opener it is to ... :shock: :shock:
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I started to read that a long time ago. I got about a third of the way in, up to the line where the main character says to his female slave "Tonight my dear I will thrash you 'til you bleed" or something like that, and decided it wasn't really something I wanted to read about.
Too soft, me.
Sexlightened
Of the half a dozen or so books I've read since this thread last had an outing, I would particularly recommend:
Black Ice by Matt Dickinson. About what happens to an Antarctic drilling expedition when one person in the camp does not intend playing nice. Incredibly tense book.
Popcorn by Ben Elton.
Whistling For The Elephants by Sandi Toksvig.
Black Ice by Matt Dickinson. About what happens to an Antarctic drilling expedition when one person in the camp does not intend playing nice. Incredibly tense book.
Popcorn by Ben Elton.
Whistling For The Elephants by Sandi Toksvig.
I am reading the most amazing autobiography called An Unquiet Mind by Kay Jamison. She's a Professor of Psychiatry in the US and it's her memoirs in which she relates honestly and sometimes quite graphically, her struggle with Manic Depression from her childhood to now.
It really is one of the best books I've ever read
It really is one of the best books I've ever read
I just bought some funny books for various people for Xmas ( though don't ask me the authors ) Got them all in Tesco so you should be able to find them.
Where Do Nudists Keep Their Hankies ( and other adult questions you always wanted to ask )
I'm Dreaming Of A Shite Christmas - hilarious and so true !
Where Do Nudists Keep Their Hankies ( and other adult questions you always wanted to ask )
I'm Dreaming Of A Shite Christmas - hilarious and so true !
Sex God
Quote by Sassy-SerenI want to read that,
I am reading the most amazing autobiography called An Unquiet Mind by Kay Jamison. She's a Professor of Psychiatry in the US and it's her memoirs in which she relates honestly and sometimes quite graphically, her struggle with Manic Depression from her childhood to now.
It really is one of the best books I've ever read
I'm reading Sickened,Julie gregory, well trying to,its a bit tough going mind you
I have just finished Blade Runner 2.
I picked this from the library after my curiosity overcame my fear that there couldn't be a worthy sequel to either the film (one of my all time favs) or the book "Do Androids Dreams of Electric Sheep".
The author (JETTA) has cleverly crafted a novel that ties elements of the book to a sequel to the film. It was good with some genuinely thought provoking sequences. It provided a workable solution to way bladerunners are called bladerunners which, I'm not sure is ever explained in the book or the film. Overall it was a good read and has made me want to see the film again. I have a ratty VHS of it but I may splash out on the DVD in the sales or maybe Santa.....
I picked this from the library after my curiosity overcame my fear that there couldn't be a worthy sequel to either the film (one of my all time favs) or the book "Do Androids Dreams of Electric Sheep".
The author (JETTA) has cleverly crafted a novel that ties elements of the book to a sequel to the film. It was good with some genuinely thought provoking sequences. It provided a workable solution to way bladerunners are called bladerunners which, I'm not sure is ever explained in the book or the film. Overall it was a good read and has made me want to see the film again. I have a ratty VHS of it but I may splash out on the DVD in the sales or maybe Santa.....
Thought tell you about the book I've just finished. It was something I had meant to read for a number of years but...well you know what its like. Anyway the book was
Tarzan of the Apes.
Really good, no I mean it. A very good yarn with a surprise ending.
It made me think that there was a time when Tarzan didn't exist. Before Edgar Rice Burroughs created him the Lord of the Apes just wasn't there. He seems so ubicquitus (can't spell
)nowadays. It's hard to imagine the world without the image of the ape man in his loin cloth. No Ron Ely, no Johnny Weisemuller, no disney film.
But htere you go read and enjoy I'm off to Amazon to buy the next book.
Tarzan of the Apes.
Really good, no I mean it. A very good yarn with a surprise ending.
It made me think that there was a time when Tarzan didn't exist. Before Edgar Rice Burroughs created him the Lord of the Apes just wasn't there. He seems so ubicquitus (can't spell
)nowadays. It's hard to imagine the world without the image of the ape man in his loin cloth. No Ron Ely, no Johnny Weisemuller, no disney film.But htere you go read and enjoy I'm off to Amazon to buy the next book.
nice to see this thread dusted off again keeno..ta!
Just finished Olympos; Dan Simmons, the sequel to Illium mentioned earlier... I know someone else on this site has read it.. and though there were elemants of the books I enjoyed greatly... well, on the whole I lost track completely.. I could blame only short spells of reading (commuting/half hour in bed etc).. or... well... simple mindedness!
just started Arthur & George; Julian Barnes... havent a clue about either it, or the author...It was a random grab whilt trying to make up a *three for two* offerr..hehe I shall keep you posted
lp
Just finished Olympos; Dan Simmons, the sequel to Illium mentioned earlier... I know someone else on this site has read it.. and though there were elemants of the books I enjoyed greatly... well, on the whole I lost track completely.. I could blame only short spells of reading (commuting/half hour in bed etc).. or... well... simple mindedness!
just started Arthur & George; Julian Barnes... havent a clue about either it, or the author...It was a random grab whilt trying to make up a *three for two* offerr..hehe I shall keep you posted
lp
bought Foucoults Pendulum by Umberto Eco ... found it difficult to get into (dumbly thought it was going to be about Michel Foucault) ... so read Peter Kays autobigraphy instead (a tad childish), currently reading Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (reasonable read) and have a couple of "Bryson's" on the go.
Chairman Mao's biography is on the shelf waiting and beckoning.
Really like (most) Stienbeck and Bryson
Chairman Mao's biography is on the shelf waiting and beckoning.
Really like (most) Stienbeck and Bryson
bought Foucoults Pendulum by Umberto Eco ... found it difficult to get into (dumbly thought it was going to be about Michel Foucault) ... so read Peter Kays autobigraphy instead (a tad childish), currently reading Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (reasonable read) and have a couple of "Bryson's" on the go.
Chairman Mao's biography is on the shelf waiting and beckoning.
Really like (most) Stienbeck and Bryson
Chairman Mao's biography is on the shelf waiting and beckoning.
Really like (most) Stienbeck and Bryson
I forgot about Umberto and Name of the Rose - great book and good film
God I eat books - have big pile by the side of the bed - Ken Follett is a good read, Maeve Binchey, Isla Dewar - excellent, Grisham as always easy read, Tipping the Velvet is a good book.
I go to car boot sales and come back with loads - at 10p a book you cant go wrong. just finished a very funny book so will go and find it later and get author.
God I eat books - have big pile by the side of the bed - Ken Follett is a good read, Maeve Binchey, Isla Dewar - excellent, Grisham as always easy read, Tipping the Velvet is a good book.
I go to car boot sales and come back with loads - at 10p a book you cant go wrong. just finished a very funny book so will go and find it later and get author.
i have just finished reading
'THE BOOK THIEF'
and it has totally blown me away - what a book! i heartily reccommend it to each and everyone of you. it is really a very simple straightforward story, but one that captures the simpliciy of love, death and survival in the most awful of circumstances.
i won't spoil even a moment of the story line by telling you any more about it because the book is worth the effort to hunt out - read the first few pages and you'll want to read the next 10 and then the next and so on
i was emotinally drained and immensely pleased when i turned the last page and at the same time it left me thinking about so much - i won't elaborate anymore on why as it might spoil he story for those of you brave enough to buy and read this remarkable tome.
be careful though you really could find yourself drawn into the plight of the .........
whoops nearly said too much
'THE BOOK THIEF'
and it has totally blown me away - what a book! i heartily reccommend it to each and everyone of you. it is really a very simple straightforward story, but one that captures the simpliciy of love, death and survival in the most awful of circumstances.
i won't spoil even a moment of the story line by telling you any more about it because the book is worth the effort to hunt out - read the first few pages and you'll want to read the next 10 and then the next and so on
i was emotinally drained and immensely pleased when i turned the last page and at the same time it left me thinking about so much - i won't elaborate anymore on why as it might spoil he story for those of you brave enough to buy and read this remarkable tome.
be careful though you really could find yourself drawn into the plight of the .........
whoops nearly said too much
Sex God
who was it back there mentioned *perfume*? (Steve Clarke)... another brilliant book... your mention of it, and its rather dark feel brought it all flooding back...very very atmospheric.
I was leant the book a few years ago...>a book about a perfumierre?... me????...are you mad??!!<
I couldnt put it down!
LP
LP have you seen the film? I posted this in 'book to film' thread but no one replied. Has anyone seen it? It was bloody marvellous and I'm gagging to talk to someone about it...
pink x
p.s. Perhaps name change in the light of your new avatar to "furrylittleadorablehamster"?
Sex God
Excuse me, relatively new to the Forum, butting in but just had to add a few of my recently re-read suggestions!
'A Lesson Before Dying' - Ernest J. Gaines. Totally absorbing and never fails to get me... fans of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' may like.
'A Feast of All Saints' - Anne Rice. But not your typical gothic horror or vampire story!
'A Confederacy of Dunces' - John Kennedy Toole. Hilarious farce. Brilliantly written central character.
I'm also rather partial to James Lee Burke, particularly his 'Dave Robichaux' series of detective/thrillers. Great characters and very accurate descriptions of the characters and places to be found in New Orleans and South Louisiana.
In fact, I must be hankering after my time spent living there as all these books are set in New Orleans or surrounding areas.... hmmm, maybe it's the cold weather at the minute!
All good though - in my humble opinion, of course.
Noladreams30 xx
'A Lesson Before Dying' - Ernest J. Gaines. Totally absorbing and never fails to get me... fans of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' may like.
'A Feast of All Saints' - Anne Rice. But not your typical gothic horror or vampire story!
'A Confederacy of Dunces' - John Kennedy Toole. Hilarious farce. Brilliantly written central character.
I'm also rather partial to James Lee Burke, particularly his 'Dave Robichaux' series of detective/thrillers. Great characters and very accurate descriptions of the characters and places to be found in New Orleans and South Louisiana.
In fact, I must be hankering after my time spent living there as all these books are set in New Orleans or surrounding areas.... hmmm, maybe it's the cold weather at the minute!
All good though - in my humble opinion, of course.
Noladreams30 xx
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Excuse me, relatively new to the Forum, butting in but just had to add a few of my recently re-read suggestions!
'A Lesson Before Dying' - Ernest J. Gaines. Totally absorbing and never fails to get me... fans of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' may like.
'A Feast of All Saints' - Anne Rice. But not your typical gothic horror or vampire story!
'A Confederacy of Dunces' - John Kennedy Toole. Hilarious farce. Brilliantly written central character.
I'm also rather partial to James Lee Burke, particularly his 'Dave Robichaux' series of detective/thrillers. Great characters and very accurate descriptions of the characters and places to be found in New Orleans and South Louisiana.
In fact, I must be hankering after my time spent living there as all these books are set in New Orleans or surrounding areas.... hmmm, maybe it's the cold weather at the minute!
All good though - in my humble opinion, of course.
Noladreams30 xx
Not butting in at all there Noladreams....welcome to the forums... sounds like interesting stuff mentioned...
you go right on ahead.. butting in >hehe< wherever you chose...I think thats how thisplace works...
.... I think.... anyway...WELCOME ABOARD!
in edit: this is my first *double quote*, I feel quite clever now, don't take much do it?
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LP have you seen the film? I posted this in 'book to film' thread but no one replied. Has anyone seen it? It was bloody marvellous and I'm gagging to talk to someone about it...
pink x
p.s. Perhaps name change in the light of your new avatar to "furrylittleadorablehamster"?
Hi pink... no, sadly havent seen the film as yet... but I will for sure, heard very good reports...Methinx Ill wait for dvd though...not long now surely? >Ill get back to you<
as for the hamster thing!!! *why I aughta.....!*
it's a RAT! gadammit! lol
lp
Sexlightened
I'm currently reading a fascinating book called "Project Orion", which is about the highly unlikely-sounding but very real plan in the late 50’s and early ‘60s to develop a huge spacecraft which used atomic bombs to drive it forward.
It would take something like 250 atomic blasts to propel the 4,000 ton, 150 foot wide craft into orbit. The programme was cancelled when the moratorium on nuclear air-bursts was introduced.
There was a documentary on the TV about the project a few years ago. The book is by George Dyson, the son of Freeman Dyson who was one of the physicists working on the project, so there is a degree of insight that might not exist if someone from completely outside of the project had written the book.
It would take something like 250 atomic blasts to propel the 4,000 ton, 150 foot wide craft into orbit. The programme was cancelled when the moratorium on nuclear air-bursts was introduced.
There was a documentary on the TV about the project a few years ago. The book is by George Dyson, the son of Freeman Dyson who was one of the physicists working on the project, so there is a degree of insight that might not exist if someone from completely outside of the project had written the book.
I have just finished an amazing book.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
It was a truly chilling book. Think Brave New World, 1984, The Midwich Cuckoos. Kath, a 31 year old woman, recounts her childhood in a modern Britain where genetic engineering has taken a slightly different path to our world.
I cannot recommend this highly enough. :D :D Read , enjoy and think.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
It was a truly chilling book. Think Brave New World, 1984, The Midwich Cuckoos. Kath, a 31 year old woman, recounts her childhood in a modern Britain where genetic engineering has taken a slightly different path to our world.
I cannot recommend this highly enough.
:D :D Read , enjoy and think. 