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Davina · August 4, 2014 3:46 pm

I love Grapes of Wrath. He wrote some other really good novels as well.

Titania · August 4, 2014 4:15 pm

I'm finishing "Sherlock Holmes and the phantom of the opera" and i have to dig on the pile of unread book one which will appeal me^^

Schmiezi · August 4, 2014 5:09 pm

Davina wrote:
I love Grapes of Wrath. He wrote some other really good novels as well.

He's still my favourite author. I was introduced to him at school. We had to read Of Mice And Men and I fell for it instantly. I must have read East Of Eden five times now. Hm, should read it again soon.

besleybean · August 4, 2014 5:12 pm

I started Grapes of Wrath when I was a teen I think, but never got past chapter 1!
This time I had to read it for my book group.
I liked it, tho the ending is weird.
I would certainly give his others a go.

Davina · August 12, 2014 6:29 pm

Finished the 3rd Game of Thrones book. Now battling my way through Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackery.

besleybean · August 12, 2014 6:34 pm

Oh I'm so glad you asked!
Just finished the firsrt oif Mark's novels.
It was so delicious, I immediately had to order the other two and they just arrived today.
Hooray!

ComeAtOnceIfConvenient · August 12, 2014 7:25 pm

I'm reading a book called A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby and it's very, very good. It's just been turned into a film starring Pierce Brosnan, but I want to finish the book before I give that a try. I'm always very dubious of film adaptations of books as I tend to let my imagination run away with me and then get disappointed when the film isn't what I expected. But I think I'll give it a try anyway...

This Is The Phantom Lady · August 13, 2014 6:45 pm

I'm reading Hamlet...

My mother found me reading it last time I visited her, and called me a slow reader since she knew I had been reading it since I was a young teen... So what. I happen to like the play. A lot!

SebbyM · August 16, 2014 6:40 pm

I just finished reading 1984 by George Orwell (we had to read it for school) and I absolutely loved it!! This book really gave me something to think about. I found it very impressive. Does somone here also know it?

Next book will be something by Shakespeare, maybe Macbeth.

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besleybean · August 16, 2014 6:50 pm

1984? One of the most famous books of all time!
It frightened the life out of me, but yes, I loved it too.
Have you read his Animal Farm?

SebbyM · August 16, 2014 7:10 pm

No, I haven't (not yet ) Is it as good as 1984?

Schmiezi · August 16, 2014 7:12 pm

Yes.

And when you like that, you should probably try Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

besleybean · August 16, 2014 7:12 pm

That, I still have to read.

Davina · August 18, 2014 11:00 am

Yes, it is as good as 1984. Another interesting take on totalitarianism.

sj4iy · August 20, 2014 12:41 am

I read Animal Farm in middle school and 1984 in college. Definitely makes you think, both of them. Orwell was a magnificent writer.

MartaSt · August 28, 2014 6:10 am

I've just finished "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" by Victor Hugo. What a depressing book.

besleybean · August 28, 2014 6:18 am

I have 3 trilogies I want to complete at the moment.
I've almost finished book 2 of the first of them.
It's the ' Slated' teen fiction series by Terri Terry.

Davina · August 28, 2014 9:43 am

I've now started the Sookie Stackhouse books since True Blood has finished. They are a bit disorientating as they are not the same as the series in some respects: some characters are missing, others in the book are not in the series, things happen to characters that do not happen in the series etc. but I am enjoying them. I ave put Vanity Fair in hold at present as I was just finding it to heavy going and reading is supposed to be a pleasure not a chore.

Punch me in the face · September 5, 2014 3:38 pm

I've just finished this:

And now I'm reading this:

Deilenn · September 5, 2014 6:24 pm

"Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13" by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
and
"Fiasco" by Stanisław Lem

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