favorite/recently read books

Omnibus Vol 1 - At the Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft
Omnibus Vol 2 - Dagon and Other Macabre Tales, H.P. Lovecraft
Omnibus Vol 3 - The Haunter of the Dark, H.P. Lovecraft

Collections of horror stories by H.P. Lovecraft. Great stuff. :)
 
Metamorphosis - Ovidius (good one if you like Homerus) had to translate dozens of stories from that book in school. His use of Latin was more simple than that of a whole bunch of other ancient writers, so he's in my top booklist for ever.
LoTR - Tolkien
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen.... I LOVE this book! The irony in this book is awesome, especially for an early 19th century female writer.
 
Jerzy Kosinski - The Painted Bird, this one really impressed me. and Ive read Lord Of The Rings five times or so, in english, czech and of course slovak edition... and other writings by tolkien. And you should try Remarque.
 
Bastet said:
hehe, mtine, pride and prejudice is great indeed, as are the other books by jane austen. read them as well???

I did, I did :)

I just read Sense and Sensibility last week, you see, 400 pages and small letters, still a much quicker read than this Paulo Coelho über-sappiness.

When I need some emotional uplifting, I always read/watch Jane Austen's stuff. And it never fails.
 
I have recently read...

Lullaby - Chuck Palahnuik(cant spell his second name)
Porno - Irvine Welsh

Im now reading a combination of Captain Corelli's Mandolin and Last exit out of Brooklyn

strange combo really..

I reccoment Lullaby(super book kind of weird story though) and porno but only if you follow the trainspotting story otherwise you wont have a clue whats going on or who the characters are.
 
toolsofthetrade said:
i used to watch it as a kid.

i used to be more happy as a kid.

do these 2 connect somehow?


They do. She makes children happy.

I feel like a kid sometimes.

do these 2 connect somehow?
 
What makes me especially sad at this moment is that I have to write a preface to a book I've been working with for a while now, I think I've put more work into it than its author. I read and corrected it, I had it read by my friend who suggested some correction to it too, I took the Canadian colleagues to the studio to get the recording done (cause it's a listening practice book), I checked the master cd and asked the studio guy to correct it where necessary, then we rearranged the tracks, then I fucking edited the whole book and proofread it again.

Now it's only the fucking preface but I've had enough of this book.

No, that's not true, I almost feel it's mine now, you see, I domesticated it, now I have to take care of it.

but the preface :yell:
 
I really like Hesse too, one of my favorite books of him was "Siddhartha" and "Unterm Rad"... very impressive stuff!!!

and I'm a big fan of St. Exupery, and not only the little prince but also his other books, awesome piece of art!!!!

for fantasy Tolkien is great of course also Hohlbein rules :)

for poems I love Baudelaire

hm, recently read book, read a very funny book called "die Bibel nach Biff" , really funny story about a guy supposed to be the best friend of jesus who tells about his childhood, really good :)
 
Maqus said:
What makes me especially sad at this moment is that I have to write a preface to a book I've been working with for a while now, I think I've put more work into it than its author. I read and corrected it, I had it read by my friend who suggested some correction to it too, I took the Canadian colleagues to the studio to get the recording done (cause it's a listening practice book), I checked the master cd and asked the studio guy to correct it where necessary, then we rearranged the tracks, then I fucking edited the whole book and proofread it again.

Now it's only the fucking preface but I've had enough of this book.

No, that's not true, I almost feel it's mine now, you see, I domesticated it, now I have to take care of it.

but the preface :yell:
just thank all the wonderful ppl who have contributed to the book and all your friends without whom you could not have completed your work on it - also mention the great workrelationship with the author - finally, indicate a very broad range of ppl for whom the book is intended, then end with a good quote saying how the effort of learning is worth the benefit of knowledge or whatever - lie Maqus! at your best!
 
there, there
there's no use in dying now
you just get yourself a nice teddy
:wave:

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Bastet said:
hehe, mtine, pride and prejudice is great indeed, as are the other books by jane austen. read them as well???

haha jah I'm a fanatic. Have all her books, bought them at her former house which is now a museum in... Chawton if I remember it correctly. Dont know all her shorter stories though... the funny thing is that I just started English at the uni today and I have to read alot of her work all over again... dont mind ofcourse.