Literature

[Black Tears]

Has anyone read The Power of One by Bryce Courtney? Its a pretty good bildugsroman that I just read. I'm not a huge fan of "Great American literature" (if you will) but I did enjoy reading To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, various Hemmingway stories (although they tend to be depressing), The Great Gatsby, and Grapes of Wrath. Has anyone read The Di Vinci Code? Its a good story...pretty controversial.

I'd like to read some Classic Russian Literature...it probably isn't translated into English though is it?

 

[Sepsis]

I read a lot of political literature - from as far left as Michael Moore to as far right as Michael Savage. I'm also a news junkie.

Aside from that I like Arthur C. Clarke's 'Oddyssey' (2001, 2010, 2061, 3001) series a lot, and I really like the work of Kurt Vonnegut.

CS Lewis is also a clear favorite of mine, and I've downloaded a couple books by GK Chesterton.

By the by, check out www.gutenberg.net. It's got a shitload of free books whose copyrights have expired, which rules because almost anything worth reading was written quite a while ago.

 

[Monroe]

Bridget Jones Diary is really funny romanic movie I think )

Hm... and the book I've been reading for more than 6 months is Papus - Magie pratique... Just need some magic hahaha ))

 

[Demona]

Has anyone read The Power of One by Bryce Courtney? Its a pretty good bildugsroman that I just read. I'm not a huge fan of "Great American literature" (if you will) but I did enjoy reading To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, various Hemmingway stories (although they tend to be depressing), The Great Gatsby, and Grapes of Wrath. Has anyone read The Di Vinci Code? Its a good story...pretty controversial.

Unfortunaly, I haven't read any of the books you've mentioned above. but i have read Winter of Our Discontent, which was written by Steinbeck (the author of Of Mice and Men and Grapes of Wrath). General impression: very very nice. Would read it again. One slight problem--ambiguous ending...
What's your opinion on the books that you have mentioned?

I'd like to read some Classic Russian Literature...it probably isn't translated into English though is it?

You can find all classical Russian Literature in English. I have seen it available myself...

Bridget Jones Diary is really funny romanic movie I think

Well...apart from the fact that the f***wits that have translated it in Russian have completele screwed it up the movie is fine.
And in my opinion, Hugh Grant does not really suit for the part of a such a womaniser... but let him be. He's sweet...hehe.

 

[Monroe]

You can also try Robert Frost. His poems are interesting in a way that on the surface they are extremely simple, but actually they are full of imagery and thought.

My teacher of English advised me to read his poems... I think I should
I like "Funeral Blues" of W.H. Auden.

And thanks God I don't have to read my lectures untill summer. My holidays started!!! So I have lots of time to read the books I dreamt about while I was having exams
I think I will start with my favourite Gogol