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Post by Freddy Peterson on Jul 8, 2014 0:55:33 GMT
Are you reading something great? An old classic, a new find, or a digital tome? Share your favorites!
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Post by Little Sven on Jul 13, 2014 11:49:27 GMT
I'm probably as boring as ever when it comes to books, as I still mostly read either biographies or fact books. Recently read a good book about Charles Bronson, one of my all-time favorite actors, called "Menacing Face Worth Millions: A Life of Charles Bronson". An absolute must read for other fans of him!
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Post by Freddy Peterson on Jul 13, 2014 19:49:59 GMT
I'm reading "EntreLeadership" by Dave Ramsey. I just cracked it, but I need to read it for a (hopeful) job interview in the near future.
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Post by Pussycat on Aug 1, 2014 7:20:23 GMT
Stephen King, mainly:
IT
The Dark Half
Needful Things
Tommyknockers
The Shining
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Post by Jacques on Aug 1, 2014 8:14:15 GMT
I'm very fond of books. Literature and creative writing in general plays a major role in my life. I'm also studying literature in the University of Helsinki.
Some of my (foreign) all time favorites are:
Virginia Woolf
Michael Cunningham: The Hours
Evelyn Waugh: Brideheads Revisited
Sylvia Plath
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Post by Little Sven on Aug 2, 2014 22:16:47 GMT
Stephen King, mainly: IT The Dark Half Needful Things Tommyknockers The Shining I've always wanted to start reading Stephen King books, because everyone says they are so much better than the filmings of his books. I think IT attracts me the most, along with The Stand. I liked those TV-productions so the books must be amazing. |
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Post by The Big Gun on Aug 3, 2014 22:51:16 GMT
My all-time favourite book is "A Passage to India" by E.M. Forster, but lately I've been getting a kick out of the wacky urban fantasy novels by Christopher Moore, in particular "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" and "A Dirty Job".
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Post by gerfluken on Aug 4, 2014 2:59:16 GMT
My go-to books that I can (and do) read over and over and over are Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Especially LOTR- for a while after I first read it, I was depressed that Middle Earth didn't really exist. I would have given anything to be a hobbit! Reading those books was an almost magical experience for me.
Some favorite modern authors are Lee Child, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (no relation to Lee).
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Post by The Big Gun on Aug 4, 2014 3:01:53 GMT
I love Rebecca as well. Great choice!
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Post by Little Sven on Aug 4, 2014 3:15:06 GMT
Some favorite modern authors are Lee Child, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (no relation to Lee). Have you read the Jack Reacher novels and did you like the movie starring Tom Cruise? |
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Post by Jacques on Aug 4, 2014 9:21:08 GMT
My go-to books that I can (and do) read over and over and over are Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Especially LOTR- for a while after I first read it, I was depressed that Middle Earth didn't really exist. I would have given anything to be a hobbit! Reading those books was an almost magical experience for me. Some favorite modern authors are Lee Child, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (no relation to Lee). I also like Rebecca (as a book and as a Hitchcock's film). I remember giving a book presentation at school (in 1986) on Rebecca. I think it was my first book presentation. |
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Post by gerfluken on Aug 4, 2014 15:54:03 GMT
Some favorite modern authors are Lee Child, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (no relation to Lee). Have you read the Jack Reacher novels and did you like the movie starring Tom Cruise? I've read every Jack Reacher book and think i was in love with him briefly lol........I went to the movie fully prepared and even expecting to hate Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher (how the heck did he get cast as a big, burly, butt-kicking ex-MP??!!) but ended up enjoying it in spite of myself. The action was good, there was a pretty cool car chase scene, and Tom Cruise was actually decent as JR. He wasn't good enough that I'd want more Reacher movies to be made with him, though. |
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Post by Little Sven on Aug 4, 2014 19:25:31 GMT
Have you read the Jack Reacher novels and did you like the movie starring Tom Cruise? I've read every Jack Reacher book and think i was in love with him briefly lol........I went to the movie fully prepared and even expecting to hate Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher (how the heck did he get cast as a big, burly, butt-kicking ex-MP??!!) but ended up enjoying it in spite of myself. The action was good, there was a pretty cool car chase scene, and Tom Cruise was actually decent as JR. He wasn't good enough that I'd want more Reacher movies to be made with him, though. That's too bad, because there's actually another one in the making. Me and my wife loved it and can't wait for the sequel. Tom Cruise was very convincing and did none of that Bourne crap where they edit the hell out of the fighting scenes so you can't see a thing. |
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Post by Jacques on Aug 4, 2014 20:23:00 GMT
Has anyone read a book or books by a Finnish author, Sofi Oksanen? Purge is her most famous book so far. I highly recommend it.
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Post by Pussycat on Aug 10, 2014 19:34:28 GMT
Stephen King, mainly: IT The Dark Half Needful Things Tommyknockers The Shining I've always wanted to start reading Stephen King books, because everyone says they are so much better than the filmings of his books. I think IT attracts me the most, along with The Stand. I liked those TV-productions so the books must be amazing. His books are incredibly well written, sometimes from his perspective. Like IT, the central characters grew up in the 1950s and played games like Cowboys and Indians. Kids' imaginations must've been terrific. Stephen grew up in the 1950s. He would've had firsthand experience. What an amazing time; I would love to have been around to see that. Anyway, getting back to the books: what he writes is one thing, how they're filmed is another: most of his books aren't always able to be properly translated into film because of the complexity. You could read The Tommyknockers and build up your imagination of what these people look like, and invariably end up either delighted or disappointed (as I was when I discovered Jimmy Smits playing the central character; his character differed to how I saw him, and I got a morose, self -centered character. Nothing wrong with Jimmy Smits, but I felt he wasn't right for Jim Gardner). And the lack of the other characters being turned into the aliens was disappointing - all could be shown was the deceased aliens inside the Ship. IT was a 2 part mini series, but what annoyed me was the DVD: play side A for part one, take it out and flip it over for part two. The Stand was done in 4 parts, but at least it was on one DVD. Don't worry - I'm not moaning, I'm just offering up my thoughts.  |
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