U2_Muse
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"Speaking with the Angel". It's a collection of short stories edited by Nick Hornby. I've had it for awhile, but I'm finally getting around to reading it. Unlike the dozens of other books on my shelf.
Niamh_Saoirse said:I've just finished reading The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes ( hilarious Irish writer by the way...)
AvsGirl41 said:
But the next fiction books I tackle (perhaps even during the semester!) are the "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman.
Renne said:I hear so many people mentioning it, but what is 'His Dark Materials' about?
Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors. First, her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, appears with evidence of mystery and danger in the far North, including photographs of a mysterious celestial phenomenon called Dust and the dim outline of a city suspended in the Aurora Borealis that he suspects is part of an alternate universe. He leaves Lyra in the care of Mrs. Coulter, an enigmatic scholar and explorer who offers to give Lyra the attention her uncle has long refused her. In this multilayered narrative, however, nothing is as it seems. Lyra sets out for the top of the world in search of her kidnapped playmate, Roger, bearing a rare truth-telling instrument, the compass of the title. All around her children are disappearing—victims of so-called "Gobblers"—and being used as subjects in terrible experiments that separate humans from their daemons, creatures that reflect each person's inner being. And somehow, both Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter are involved.
bammo2 said:
I Marian Keyes. Her books are just so escapist! You just open one and submerge yourself in a world of smiles
Tomer said:Im reading this thread
U2girl91289 said:Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramhansa Yogananda- the complete version
elevatedmole said:
It is marketed usually as a children's book, but honestly I doubt very many kids would be able to understand it. It's very good and well-written, but a little hard to get into at first. I definitely recommend checking it out, though
HeartlandGirl said:I'm reading The Wind in the Willows because I am teaching it to my seventh grade Lit/Comp classes. It's the first time I've ever read it. The chapter where Toad steals the car was quite entertaining.
it holds a special place in my heart. I love Moley and Toad...poop poop! There is a great animated version of it.HeartlandGirl said:I'm reading The Wind in the Willows The chapter where Toad steals the car was quite entertaining.
AvsGirl41 said:
But the next fiction books I tackle (perhaps even during the semester!) are the "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman.
dsmith2904 said:I'm reading "Confessions of a Shopaholic" by Sophie Kinsella (totally hilarious and hits very close to home)
Niamh_Saoirse said:
Oh yeah! I've heard about that book! Well, I actually saw it when I was shopping for Marian Keyes books. I was about to take that one too.
Is it any good? ( I have the feeling it is because I can totally relate to the title )
Niamh_Saoirse said:
Oh yeah! I've heard about that book! Well, I actually saw it when I was shopping for Marian Keyes books. I was about to take that one too.
Is it any good? ( I have the feeling it is because I can totally relate to the title )
dsmith2904 said:I'm reading "Confessions of a Shopaholic" by Sophie Kinsella
bonosgirl84 said:
i read all three in that series on my way across country by train this summer. a three day, three thousand mile trip required lots of no-brainer books. if you like it, try reading her new book, can you keep a secret. it's almost identical to shopaholic. the only thing different were the names. plus i hear it's being made into a movie, and that's always fun.
anyway, the shopaholic books were cute, but i sure was glad when my brother accidentally left behind his copy of joseph heller's catch as catch can.