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applesandshanana
Joined: 09 May 2007
Location: Michigan
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 Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject: Recommend a book... |
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I have about a dozen books sitting on my shelf that I still need to read, but I'm always looking for new reads.
Mine?
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Even if you saw the movie, the book is so much better. There are so many great little lines that were lost when the movie was made.
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
This book drove my head crazy for a few days. I love the idea of it.
Twilight + it's sequels New Moon and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
This one can be blamed on my students. It's teen fiction that's not really written that well, but the story is incredibly addicting. I saw about ten copies a day at my school last year, even the boys were reading it. And I'm sure that Eclipse (which just came out) will be one of the first things I hear about when school starts back up. I stayed up until 3 am trying to finish it because I couldn't leave it alone.
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
One of the only books I've read that kept me giggling the entire way through. I love this man. |
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Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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These books all had real impact on me:
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid - Douglas Hofstadter
1000 Plateaus - Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari
Mason & Dixon and Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
Between Life and Death - Nathalie Saurraute
Intercourse - Andrea Dworkin
Collected Poems - George Oppen |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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Second language teaching and learning - David Nunan
Principles of language learning and teaching - H. Douglas Brown
Pretty general texts, but good for lighter reading. |
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dutchy pink
Joined: 06 Feb 2007
Location: Incheon
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The Gospel According to Jesus Christ.. by Jose Saramago
- it tells of the life of Jesus from a human, carnal point of view. The ending is quite good and an interesting take on the whole crucifixition.
The Kite Runner... by Khaled Hosseini
there is a lot going on in that book. |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:47 am Post subject: Re: Recommend a book... |
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| applesandshanana wrote: |
I have about a dozen books sitting on my shelf that I still need to read, but I'm always looking for new reads.
Mine?
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Even if you saw the movie, the book is so much better. There are so many great little lines that were lost when the movie was made.
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
This book drove my head crazy for a few days. I love the idea of it.
Twilight + it's sequels New Moon and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
This one can be blamed on my students. It's teen fiction that's not really written that well, but the story is incredibly addicting. I saw about ten copies a day at my school last year, even the boys were reading it. And I'm sure that Eclipse (which just came out) will be one of the first things I hear about when school starts back up. I stayed up until 3 am trying to finish it because I couldn't leave it alone.
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
One of the only books I've read that kept me giggling the entire way through. I love this man. |
Ishmael was great. |
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Woland
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:03 am Post subject: |
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| Mason & Dixon and Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon |
Good taste, faster. I'd add V to the list.
You could always go to my sig and look up the 1997 Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of The Master and Margarita, available free on-line. Not to be missed.
The best thing I've read lately is Roger Crowley's 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and The West. Building from all the extant eyewitness reports, it tells the tale of Mehmet's seige of the city and its conquest/fall. |
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Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Woland wrote: |
| You could always go to my sig and look up the 1997 Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of The Master and Margarita, available free on-line. Not to be missed. |
Good book. A couple of my students read it this year and enjoyed it. I was glad to hear it, since I remember getting pretty into it in high school, myself. |
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ashke516
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Location: on the beach
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Handmaid's Tale by Margret Atwood
And I love, love, love David Sedaris... I think I've read everything by him. The first one I read hooked me: Holidays on Ice. |
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applesandshanana
Joined: 09 May 2007
Location: Michigan
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:14 am Post subject: |
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| The Kite Runner... by Khaled Hosseini |
I just heard that the movie is due out soon. I really hope they don't mess it up, because that book is beautiful.
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Ivdc76nAY |
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Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| ashke516 wrote: |
| Life of Pi by Yann Martel |
Man, I've taught this book so many times I can't even say whether I like it or not. If I ever read another student essay about this book I don't think I can be held accountable for my actions heh |
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plato's republic
Joined: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Ancient Greece
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 5:26 am Post subject: |
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A war like no other-Victor Davis Hanson
Jerusalem-Karen Armstrong
Genghis Khan-Jack Weatherford
Rubicon-Tom Holland
Dogs of God-James Reston Jr
The Histories-Herodotus
The House of Medici-Christopher Hibbert
Alexander the Great-Robin Lane Fox
The travels of Marco Polo-Modern Library Classics |
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MrsSeoul
Joined: 31 May 2007
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The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene.
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The Bobster
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 5:34 am Post subject: |
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| Woland wrote: |
Good taste, faster. I'd add V to the list. |
Don't forget The Crying of Lot 49. |
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demaratus
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Location: Searching for a heart of gold, and I'm gettin' old
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:01 am Post subject: |
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| From your avatar you might like Chuck Palahnuik books. My favorites were Choke and Lullaby. The Gospel according to Biff (Christ's childhood friend) by Chris Moore was entertaining. All Families are Psychotic and Microserfs by Douglass Coupland are also really good. |
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dutchy pink
Joined: 06 Feb 2007
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| Let's not forget Vineland. With Zeek or Zoink, who jumps through windows for pay. |
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