tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post3115436678339436201..comments2023-10-15T11:42:21.659-04:00Comments on pages turned: The unread memeSFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-61176099376623793532007-10-10T11:51:00.000-04:002007-10-10T11:51:00.000-04:00Good advice to your daughter on Ayn Rand. An Engl...Good advice to your daughter on Ayn Rand. An English teacher recommended that I read ATLAS SHRUGGED in high school, and for months I dragged that book everywhere I went, reading it. Afterwards, naturally, I obnoxiously went around professing Rand's genius. Afterwards, naturally, I came to my senses. <BR/><BR/>I liked GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL but there are portions that are bit dry. Unfortunately, I found COLLAPSE to be even drier and eventually gave it away on bookmooch unfinished.<BR/><BR/>I too enjoy your way of doing this meme. It was much easier to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-9396065174926709742007-10-04T07:56:00.000-04:002007-10-04T07:56:00.000-04:00Middlesex is one of my favorite books; for me it w...Middlesex is one of my favorite books; for me it was a real pageturner, I didn't want to put it down. I have no urge to read The Virgin Suicides, though, even though Eugenides is a great storyteller if that's anything to go by.<BR/><BR/>The Unbearable Lightness of Being is also good - IMHO at least ;-). I should put it on the reread list. Lazy Cow, you are right about the movie. I also tend to think the movie is better than the book even though last time I watched the movie or read the book is at least five years ago (that's why I put "tend to").<BR/><BR/>Master and Margarita is great! I needed some time to get drawn in, but once that happened, I was sold. Try to read an edition that has some explanatory comments or endnotes as that will greatly enhance your understanding of the book and the many references to the time when it was written (Stalinist Soviet-Union, repressive society etc.). There is a very good tv-series of the book, made two years ago or so for Russian tv. If I am not mistaken, it is available on dvd in the US (Amazon?) with English subtitles. Worth a try if you liked the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-26988677638697612292007-10-03T17:17:00.000-04:002007-10-03T17:17:00.000-04:00The Unbearable Lightness of being is my favourite ...The Unbearable Lightness of being is my favourite Kundera, but I think the movie is even better and I usually HATE movie versions of books. Of course this may have something to do with the delectable Daniel Day-Lewis.<BR/>Do give the Neil Gaiman books a go, they are all wonderful, in my opinion.<BR/>No you don't need to read The Kite Runner, but I found the Dave Eggers book quite engaging in a self-conscious, Gen Y sort of way.lazy cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756448890246596503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-52879794350788794552007-10-03T15:59:00.000-04:002007-10-03T15:59:00.000-04:00Is it better than a Thousand Splendid Suns, Suey? ...Is it better than a Thousand Splendid Suns, Suey? My mother-in-law intends to give me her copy of that one when she's done.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-90797670812422643762007-10-03T15:00:00.000-04:002007-10-03T15:00:00.000-04:00I say a big fat YES to The Kite Runner!I say a big fat YES to The Kite Runner!Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-75059081653048070682007-10-03T13:23:00.000-04:002007-10-03T13:23:00.000-04:00Susan, I hadn't come across that blog before and i...Susan, I hadn't come across that blog before and it looks wonderful! How am I ever going to read all of these books I've got stacked up everywhere if you people keep pointing to me towards more great blogs?!? :P<BR/><BR/>(Thanks.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-61781482565172164102007-10-03T12:24:00.000-04:002007-10-03T12:24:00.000-04:00Oh, yes, to all the ones you mentioned. I have no ...Oh, yes, to all the ones you mentioned. I have no desire to read them, either. The Secret takes a particularly good skewing at Why We Read Books<BR/><BR/>http://www.whywereadbooks.com/blog/?p=14SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-67237366276080374492007-10-03T12:14:00.000-04:002007-10-03T12:14:00.000-04:00I love how you did this. I have never done one of...I love how you did this. I have never done one of these because I also can never keep all of the instructions straight. Actually, the whole thing so confuses me that I even give up on reading them - but yours was fun! (And I could follow it!)<BR/><BR/>I've actually read and enjoyed quite a few of your "no how, no way" books, but I totally relate. I'm suspicious of those books that everyone is raving breathlessly about. Some of my "do I have to?" or "no, I don't believe I will" books are The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Three Cups of Tea, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, and The Secret.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com