|
|
Post by Temptress on Jul 6, 2004 23:30:54 GMT -5
Read any good books lately?
|
|
|
|
Post by keres on Jul 7, 2004 4:57:12 GMT -5
2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke.
Very good book!
|
|
|
|
Post by earthangel on Jul 7, 2004 8:28:35 GMT -5
I've had to read The Joy Luck Club and A Raisin in the Sun...A Raisin in the Sun, I think I liked only because it was short compared to the Joy Luck Club...summer reading  |
|
|
|
Post by iratherlikeme on Jul 14, 2004 19:37:09 GMT -5
LOL, I read A Raisin In The Sun Sunday or Monday night. I enjoyed it, but I kept imagining how Puff Diddy would say his lines as Walter Younger.  I really enjoyed Blues For Mister Charlie by James Baldwin. And the Harry Potter books. I decided to go and read all 6 because of the movie. I got 3 in before I saw the film, and I read the other 3 later. I'm trying to read Gone With The Wind now. Wish me luck. :laughing |
|
|
|
Post by earthangel on Jul 15, 2004 15:25:46 GMT -5
Good luck...if that books anywhere as lons as the sequel, you're gonna need it!
|
|
|
|
Post by ThezeThreeWordz on Jul 22, 2004 16:38:13 GMT -5
I just got through reading a book by the name of "The Darkest Child" by.. forgot her name.. was good as hell.. i recommend it.. before this one i read "The Good House" by Tananarive Due...also very good.. this book'll have your heart beating fast thinking what's gon happen next.. . easy to get into.. good all the way through..  |
|
|
|
Post by Temptress on Jul 22, 2004 21:48:29 GMT -5
A man most worthy..........Marcus Major ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by ZeldaFScott on Jul 22, 2004 22:00:44 GMT -5
Anyone on this board who doesn't like Zora Neal Hurston? I love her. She is simply one of the greatest story tellers. I am currently reading her "Complete Stories." Since I've read her first short story, I am a great admirer of her work. The book that got me hooked was "Their Eyes Were Watching God." Her stories are short and to the point. No scrolls and unnecessary fluff ... You start reading and jump right away into the story. The only negative about her stories is that she uses a lot of 'slang' which surely contributes to the directness of the stories she tells and makes the characters so real that one thinks to have them actually heard talking ... What I like about her work is that she writes about her "Negroes" as people who are just people ... nothing more and nothing less. No self pity, no excuses, just life as it is lived by everyday people. She is one of the best American wrilters, in my (and others') opinion.  |
|
|
|
Post by keres on Jul 23, 2004 7:58:34 GMT -5
Im reading right now Ray Bradbury`s "Dandelion Wine". Have you read it Anna? As much as I know you, I think you would love that book!
|
|
|
|
Post by iratherlikeme on Jul 26, 2004 16:53:51 GMT -5
GWTW was 1037 pages long. I finished it Saturday afternoon (took me a week ). I was inspired to review it on Amazon.com; I gave it 3 [of 5] stars. I just got the sequel, Scarlett, from the library today. I also put in a request for the movie, which I've never seen. For some reason, I can't get enough of Captain Rhett Butler.  |
|
|
|
Post by Aba21 on Jul 26, 2004 21:19:08 GMT -5
Rhett Butler was the man............
John Sanford..........Hidden Prey
|
|
|
|
Post by ZeldaFScott on Jul 26, 2004 21:20:40 GMT -5
Im reading right now Ray Bradbury`s "Dandelion Wine". Have you read it Anna? As much as I know you, I think you would love that book! Nope. Sory. I am reading Ingeborg Bachmann's collected stories right now. |
|
|
|
Post by Temptress on Jul 26, 2004 21:24:01 GMT -5
Anyone on this board who doesn't like Zora Neal Hurston? I love her. She is simply one of the greatest story tellers. I am currently reading her "Complete Stories." Since I've read her first short story, I am a great admirer of her work. The book that got me hooked was "Their Eyes Were Watching God." Her stories are short and to the point. No scrolls and unnecessary fluff ... You start reading and jump right away into the story. The only negative about her stories is that she uses a lot of 'slang' which surely contributes to the directness of the stories she tells and makes the characters so real that one thinks to have them actually heard talking ... What I like about her work is that she writes about her "Negroes" as people who are just people ... nothing more and nothing less. No self pity, no excuses, just life as it is lived by everyday people. She is one of the best American wrilters, in my (and others') opinion. Anna they are making a movie about " their eyes were watching God" saw it on Oprah........Halle Berry is going to be in it. I plan on buying the book. I have heard alot about it. |
|
|
|
Post by ZeldaFScott on Jul 26, 2004 21:28:56 GMT -5
Oh Temptress, you simply have to read it. She was a genius. It is said that she wrote the story in only 6 weeks!!! She was a very intelligent and educated woman. Her stories are somewhat difficult to read (for me) because she writes exactly as her characters speak. Nevertheless, reading her books is worth all the trouble.
|
|
|
|
Post by Temptress on Jul 26, 2004 22:09:52 GMT -5
Thanks Anna..............I will  |
|
