breytonhartge SG for sure. would be interested. have you seen SL? she has gone quite for a while now...
SydneyLibrarian SG U called? I've been 'lurking' most of the time... cos I can't really post much due to the time differences & all that And how've you been? Haven't seen u on MSN lately leh...
coolger03 SG i've got the dean koontz books bought long ago... dun mind sharing them... but erm... how am i supposed to pass to anyone?
elindra SG "When the Emperor was Divine" by Julie Otsuka I finished the book about an hour on my way to the chiropractor this morning. It is an easy read; simple, clean, to the point sentances, which deliver the emotions with an oopmh It basically goes through the feelings, emotions, thoughts which the people on the other side of the fence will feel on the enemy grounds, though I think they are being treated a hell lot better. I find that the whole book is almost like a circle.... you give up your stuff, you move and dream about your old life and try not to think about the future....you finally get the chance to go back to your old life but you realise that it will never be the same and you carry on dreaming and trying to find your way to move forward and thinking of the 'new' life you just left behind. Ok ok I know I sound confusing but I really don't want to let on too much or it will spoil the fun of reading the book. It's an interesting book and easy to read too so who wants me to pass the book to them
Rhonda SG Originally posted by elindra: [b]"When the Emperor was Divine" by Julie Otsuka [/b]Yeah... interesting perspective, isn't it? But... whoa... you completed reading it in so short a time! Less than a day!! OK, who wants to read this next? Quick 'chope' the book first!
Rhonda SG Too bad I don't have a printer... otherwise, can create some cute Club 30's Reading Carousel logo thingy and paste that onto the book!
elindra SG Rhonda this is only like less than an hour read I can finish Harry Potter books in a day or less...what is a thin book like this to me
Rhonda SG Well, if the prose is good, I like to take my time to read it cause that's how I savour the book! (Machiam like talking about food like that! ) It's my way of doing justice to good writing! I can't remember much about that book though... cause I read it way too fast, and it was some time back too. I remember thinking that the writing style was very 'flat' and somewhat bland. Like, when I was reading one of Anita Shreve's books, I read really slowly cause she wrote beautifully, and when I was near the end of the book, I read lagi slowly, 'daydreaming' of what I had just read every few paragraphs... I sooooo didn't want the book to end!
the Bear SG i wonder what Monstrous Regiment is like.. going to start reading it soon... after which i'll start rereading The Naked Lunch... who wants that?
av98m SG Sherlock Holmes fans, especially female ones, should read The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R King. It is the first book of a series. Highly recommended!! P.S. If I had to summarise that book in one sentence, it wwould be: Sherlock Holmes Robs The Cradle.
Rhonda SG I wish! But, if I were to release a book, I'd make sure to use a pen name, and to tell only a selected few. I definitely won't be announcing in the forums one!
