What are you reading?

UofMfan · 11-04-2011, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by betenoire

Oh really?

I've read most of his stuff and liked everything I've read - with the exception of One Hundred Years of Solitude. I never did finish that book because I just couldn't get "involved" with any of the characters. I -do- enjoy the magic realism, the idea that a young man's blood could poor out the door and travel down the streets through the town to his mothers house to alert her of his death. That's what I like about his books.

(Remember, UofMean - I read everything I can get my hands on.)

One Hundred Years of Solitude, albeit the work that earned him the Nobel Price, is not his best. I love magic realism also, but no one comes close to García Márquez.

You may want to try, "No One Writes to the Colonel", one of his lesser known works but one of my favorites.

I have read all his books in English and Spanish just because I could

I also read anything I can get my hands on, seriously, so this makes me think that perhaps there is hope for you...kidding!

betenoire · 11-04-2011, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by UofMfan

One Hundred Years of Solitude, albeit the work that earned him the Nobel Price, is not his best. I love magic realism also, but no one comes close to García Márquez.

You may want to try, "No One Writes to the Colonel", one of his lesser known works but one of my favorites.

I have read all his books in English and Spanish just because I could

I also read anything I can get my hands on, seriously, so this makes me think that perhaps there is hope for you...kidding!

Honestly my favourite is Memories of My Melancholy Whores. I have "No One Writes to the Colonel" in my bookshelf but haven't read it yet. I have too many books on the go right now that I don't even know what to do with myself.

The JD · 11-06-2011, 09:20 PM

_Closely_Watched_Trains by Bohumil Hrabal was surprisingly good. It was written in the 1940s, I think, and in Czechoslovakian, but translates across both language and time rather well. I was intrigued with how simple the writing was, which, actually, it had to be: When the view of the book is only in what the narrator knows, and the narrator is naive, then you have to find other ways to communicate this other than by saying "btw, I'm really naive"...because by saying you're naive, it shows a perspective that doesn't sound so naive. In this case, the author stuck with really simplistic language and observations...but it makes for an intriguing story. Worth the read.

Also halfway through the third book in the Game of Thrones series, _A_Storm_of_Swords. It's gotten better, I'm following all the moving pieces better, now caught up in all story lines, not just a few of them. Eager for the next season on HBO now too!

JD

foxyshaman · 11-07-2011, 11:00 AM

The Sacred Prostitute, Eternal Aspects of the Feminine
By Nancy Qualls-Corbett.

I quite like this book, it is small and easy to understand. This is a re-read for me. I have been approached by a maverick social worker to help start a sexual healing program. I have taken quite a few tantra classes as well as training through the sexual assault centre, but then just kinda let the idea go. But, perhaps Spirit has another plan.

It is a good read. I like how she expands on Jung's ideas on Anima. There are some other authors she references I may want to research before our seed meeting.

Arwen · 11-07-2011, 11:16 AM

_Water for Elephants_ by Sara Gruen

UofMfan · 11-07-2011, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Arwen

_Water for Elephants_ by Sara Gruen

Excellent read.

Arwen · 11-07-2011, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by UofMfan

Excellent read.

I'm truly enjoying it. Only on chapter four but it's already made me cry and laugh. A good thing in a book. I borrowed it on my Kindle via Amazon.

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