Don't like Twain at all. Dickens I can tolerate (like his Tale of Two Cities), but not Twain.
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Don't like Twain at all. Dickens I can tolerate (like his Tale of Two Cities), but not Twain.
just finished reading 'The Book, The Film, The T-shirt' by Matt Beaumont. Hilarious. The blurb on it reads, 'a very funny book about very stupid people.' So true.
Am off to look for his other books now...
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'The e before Christmas'
Dickens was paid by the word; it explains his excessive tendency towards being verbose, which is an unfortunately habit since it tended to clutter his rather good plots.Quote:
Originally posted by CrazyLilAngel
Don't like Twain at all. Dickens I can tolerate (like his Tale of Two Cities), but not Twain.
Twain seems to have a love-or-hate appeal. If people like Twain, they love him. If they don't, there seems to be this dislike towards his books. Essentially, Twain wrote about life on the Mississippi, which seems to be a boring topic for those in my acquaintance but must have some sort of appeal for it to be popular after all this time.
Never Wrestle With A Pig by scott adams
Wow... tuffy question..
I finished Kang Xi Wang Chao by Er Yu He and I am moving on to next Emperor. Very entertaining.
I am currently reading, Indian Lawyer by James Welch.. nice writer form Montana.:)
already bought Harry Potter V last month and never read it till now, too lazy seeing the thickness of the book. I think I'll start reading it today..
brave new world and tortilla flat
(summer reading):(
Just finished Michael Crichton's Timeline. May reread Brian Jacques Pearls of Lutra, or go after Neil Gaiman's Stardust.
Tried reading Jin Yong's Sen Diao Shia Li (ROCH) but...so HARD!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!
manga (W Jurietto) - im taking it slowly.
for those who dont know, its about a highschool lad who wanted to become an actor (against his dad's wishes) makes a pact with his old man that if he can successfully convince everyone he is a girl until highschool's over his father will not bug him anymore about his "dreams". so he gets dresses up as a girl, and hes ahem - very beautiful, in drag. :D
"Resurrection of a fool"- Alan Dignam
TRYING to read LOTR trilogy. So far only up to pg 13 of the first part. i think i'll give up pretty soon :D
Lamb, the gospel according to Biff, Christ's childhood pal by Christopher Moore
and
Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link
Narcissus in chains by Laurell Hamilton
Currently reading Kama Sutra:D
Other books, but not story but just learning books I'm reading are
Philip Kotler - Marketing Management
Michael E. Porter - Competitive Strategy
Ho Xuan Huong - Spring Essence (poetry book)
richard adams - watership down (heard it was good)
Azn Dude, only READING the karma sutra? :shame: People should practise them, dude! :D
Me reading 'The God of Small Things' now.
"harry pothead"
High Fidelity
Bridget Jones's Diary
Beauty, a novel
& some other book I forgot.
The Watchers by Dean Koonz
It's a fictional horror/sci-fi about 2 lab experiments escaping from their confinements. One is a very intelligent dog. The other is a horrific beast that kills anything in sight.
I was reading "The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul" by Douglas Adams, but quit after a few chapters.
I just couldn't get into it like I could to The Hitchhiker's Guide series. Some specific jokes were amusing, but I was pretty uninterested in the plot and stopped paying attention. I'd read the words and just not care what was going on. I have no idea what the story's even about anymore.