Jessica23 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 This house is like a library. All the best houses are I'm about to go and rescue the vast majority of my books, which have been languishing in someone's garage for nearly two years. I forsee heartbreak, damp and mice ahead Sorry, horribly off topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 All the best houses are I'm about to go and rescue the vast majority of my books, which have been languishing in someone's garage for nearly two years. I forsee heartbreak, damp and mice ahead Sorry, horribly off topic. Sacrilege. *Goes off to lie in darkened room at the prospect of ruined books* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahD Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Lolita is the most beautifully written book I've ever read. I know the subject matter is horrible, but books don't have to be moral. They can express any opinion they want to express, you don't have to agreel, but I don't think it's wrong to enjoy the style regardless. In my opinion anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Lolita is the most beautifully written book I've ever read. I know the subject matter is horrible, but books don't have to be moral. They can express any opinion they want to express, you don't have to agreel, but I don't think it's wrong to enjoy the style regardless. In my opinion anyway! Right, it's next on the list for one of my Book Groups then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahD Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Hehe cool! Plus I seem to have coined the word agreel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trips Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Just finished a Nick Drake biography. He dies at the end. Predictably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsteabag Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Just about to start reading Angel Uncovered by Katie Price (aka Jordan) read the first one Angel and loved it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I've just started Temeraire by Naomi Novik, a novel about a dragon set in the Napoleonic wars Just finished this book, which was fun and very readable but no great shakes really. Interesting enough for me to look for the sequel though. I am now starting Iain Banks' The Steep Approach to Garbadale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica23 Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I heartlessly abandoned Cloud Atlas halfway through to read The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant - a really wonderful novel that (re)tells the biblical story of Dinah, daughter of Jacob and brother of Joseph (he of technicolour dreamcoat fame). Can't recommend it highly enough - very easy read, wonderful stories and interesting historical detail. Some of the passages, particularly about childbirth and menstruation, were really beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Finally finished The Book Thief. A moving end to an otherwise mediocre book. The narrative device (of death) really didn't do it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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