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Post by Bara on Jun 7, 2007 8:29:09 GMT -5
Anyone want to play?
I am reading 'Life of Pi'' (Yann Martel) Booker prizewinner.
Weird and wonderful! Pi is sixteen, an Indian boy who is a devoted Hindu, Christian AND Muslim.
Shipwrecked on a voyage to Canada, he shares a liferaft with a Bengal Tiger called Richard Parker, an Orang-Utan called Orange Juice, a Zebra with a broken leg and a Spotted Hyena... And YES! Brian, cockroaches make a brief appearance.
Highly recommended - if you have a strange turn of mind ...
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Post by HokieThea on Jun 7, 2007 8:30:15 GMT -5
You know Bara, for some reason I could not get past the first 50 pages of that book. Maybe I should try again.
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Post by Bara on Jun 7, 2007 8:35:40 GMT -5
Yes, he got bogged down in religion/s for a while - but worth the perseverance - if only for Richard Parker!
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Post by filly on Jun 7, 2007 8:49:04 GMT -5
I read that book! I LOVED it! ;D I'll post later with books that I have recently read that I love...off to work...argh
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Post by samantha on Jun 7, 2007 8:57:06 GMT -5
hokiethea- i had the same problem! im reading "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" which is shaping up to be great... sad but great
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Post by Bara on Jun 7, 2007 8:57:43 GMT -5
Don't tell me the end, Filly - we're still on the high seas, stealing Richard Parker's rainwater ... ;D
(Brooks! Where's the Bengal Tiger icon?)
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Post by Bara on Jun 7, 2007 8:59:36 GMT -5
Oh! I nearly bought that yesterday, Sam!
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Post by niaru on Jun 7, 2007 9:35:46 GMT -5
I loved the Life of Pi! I am reading Jodi Picoult's the 10th circle. Yeah, great read when you have a 14 year old daughter (...NOT!  ) but very good book. I just bought the latest K. Hosseini (I loved the Kite Runner) and the latest Charles Frazier (13 moons - I didn't read Cold Mountain but I liked the movie  ) And of course I'll get the last Harry Potter when it comes out. My 11 yo daughter decided a couple weeks ago to re-read them all. She's on the 2nd book already. I need more book ideas that I can get from the library! |
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Post by niaru on Jun 7, 2007 9:38:17 GMT -5
Goalie, could we make this a sticky so we can always go back for reference?
(waiting for Ad to chime in...hehehe)
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Post by Bara on Jun 7, 2007 9:54:40 GMT -5
Gosh, I nearly bought that one yesterday as well, Claire! I was at a work meeting in central London and got 'hi-jacked' by a book shop on the way back to the tube station!
You're all way ahead of me on Pi - so no spoilers, please!
Another 'highly recommended' : Susanna Clarke. 'The Ladies of Grace Adieu'. Short stories, which I don't normally like. But - well, it's Susannah Clarke!
And from the dredges of my memory - 'The Poisonwood Bible'. Anyone?
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Post by HokieThea on Jun 7, 2007 10:11:38 GMT -5
Does anyone like historical fiction? I live Phillipa Gregory's books on Tudor England. "The Other Boleyn Sister" and "The Bolelyn Inhertitance" are both great.
Nairu, I loved "Cold Mountain", but I hated "Thirteen Moons".
Has anyone read that Oprah book by Cormac McCarthy, "The Road"? By far the most depressing book I have ever read, bar none. Why can't she ever pick a decent book?
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Post by Smay on Jun 7, 2007 10:25:01 GMT -5
Samantha, I read Memory Keeper's Daughter on the plane back from Las Vegas World Cup...it was good! So I mailed that to CatB to read. It has a weird ending though! I won't tell!
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Post by Kim on Jun 7, 2007 10:33:52 GMT -5
Claire, Jodi Picoult is one of my favorites. That book was rough though...most of her books make me cry, but they're sooo good.
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Post by janebo on Jun 7, 2007 11:01:07 GMT -5
Loved "Pi" and Cold Mountain. Am waiting for new Harry Potter. Am now re-reading my Pony Club manuals (sigh!). They are still great references and easy to understand! |
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Post by Bara on Jun 7, 2007 11:04:31 GMT -5
Thea, yes, I read the 'Other Boleyn' and I bought the 'Boleyn Inheritance' yesterday.
Tudor England is one of my obsessions, which is probably why I took up with Mullet - his surname is Parr!
I also just re-read all my early teen favourites by Mary Renault : The Bull from the Sea, The Last of the Wine and The King Must Die. A trilogy about Theseus. In those days, I was fascinated by Greek and Roman mythology. It never really leaves you ...
Yes, we need our resident librarian.
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) but very good book. 
) And of course I'll get the last Harry Potter when it comes out. My 11 yo daughter decided a couple weeks ago to re-read them all. She's on the 2nd book already.
