hobbitses Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 killer by sara shepard Link to post Share on other sites
gwendelin Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 The Hunger Games Book #1 & Bible Link to post Share on other sites
Joanne P. Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Million Dollar Baby. it's quite good and I'm glad to learn about a world I don't know at all. Link to post Share on other sites
Harleen Quinzel Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 The Secret Circle Book 1: The Initiation (by L.J.Smith) Link to post Share on other sites
hobbitses Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 just finished reading happyslapped by a jellyfish by Karl Pilkington. now i'm reading karlology by Karl Pilkington. Link to post Share on other sites
CRAPMUFFIN Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Paulo Coelho - The Valkyries. Link to post Share on other sites
Imagine Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 The hunger games - Suzanne Collins Link to post Share on other sites
Slash Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 It's So Easy and Other Lies - Duff McKagan Link to post Share on other sites
Jade Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Alice's Adventure's In Wonderland Link to post Share on other sites
padfoot Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Link to post Share on other sites
hobbitses Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 blueeyedboy - joanne harris Link to post Share on other sites
old-brown-shoe Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Great Expectations, Dickens. Link to post Share on other sites
Data Vampire Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (sadly not the Birnbaum translation). I recently gave A Prayer for Owen Meany (the novel that the film Simon Birch was based on) the old college try but it was so boring it made me want to develop psychic powers for the sole purpose of telekinetically falcon punching John Irving in the reproductive organs so hard that it would cause a shockwave that would travel back in time and kill him and all his ancestors in the womb generation by generation all the way back to Noah so that everyone would wind up dying in the flood. Link to post Share on other sites
Arie Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Pandemonium- Lauren Oliver (sequel to Delirium if anyone has read that) Link to post Share on other sites
old-brown-shoe Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 ahh I love Norwegian Wood, Murakami is amazing. What's wrong with Jay Rubin's translation ?Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (sadly not the Birnbaum translation). I recently gave A Prayer for Owen Meany (the novel that the film Simon Birch was based on) the old college try but it was so boring it made me want to develop psychic powers for the sole purpose of telekinetically falcon punching John Irving in the reproductive organs so hard that it would cause a shockwave that would travel back in time and kill him and all his ancestors in the womb generation by generation all the way back to Noah so that everyone would wind up dying in the flood. Link to post Share on other sites
Data Vampire Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 ahh I love Norwegian Wood, Murakami is amazing. What's wrong with Jay Rubin's translation ?I have heard that the Birnbaum translation is closer to the original japanese (Birnbaum's japanese is apparently better than Rubin's). That being said, I haven't actually read the Birnbaum translation and Rubin's is the only official english translation fully endorsed by the author (or so the inside of the book tells me). If it's good enough for Murakami, it's good enough for me. Also, have you read any of his other work? I've heard mixed reviews of most of it other than The Wind Up Bird Chronicles which is widely regarded as awesome. As a side note, does anyone here ever write book reviews on Amazon or Goodreads? Link to post Share on other sites
old-brown-shoe Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Yeah him and Rubin are pals, the rest of the world's translations use the English versions as their source, so it has to be done efficiently. I have read quite a few of his other works (and loved them generally), Norwegian Wood is really the only one that is completely realistic, the rest of his books have a bizarre surrealism where you wonder if the character is delusional or strange things really are happening. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is indeed a good read, but there are a lot of chapters which don't seem to have any significance or are just unexplained. I would say the standouts so far for me were Sputnik Sweetheart and Hard Boiled Wonderland, so if you haven't tried those I strongly recommend, especially if you're enjoying Norwegian Wood. Link to post Share on other sites
relevancy Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Catching Fire, second of The Hunger Games trilogy Link to post Share on other sites
padfoot Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, and Rage by Wilbur Smith. Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Deadpool Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Just finished one of my all time favourites -for the 100th time lol - "The anatomy of a murder" by Robert Traver and i just started reading "Eureka" by William Diehl. Link to post Share on other sites
Millennium Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin Link to post Share on other sites
relevancy Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Deadpool Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 (edited) Gotta love having loads of free time! Finished the "Crooked House" by A.Christie. Absolutely loved it! Now i'm starting: Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin  It's huuuge Edited April 8, 2012 by Nekyia Link to post Share on other sites
Carlyn Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I am Spock by Leonard Nimoy. Link to post Share on other sites
Jade Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Vampire Diaries - Origins Link to post Share on other sites
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