[cherryonken]

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
It's a bit dull and I pretty much figured out what it was about and what was going to happen in spite of the author's attempt keep an air of mystery by dropping random hints....I picked it up because it got really good reviews but so far, I'm far from being impressed...

I don't think Kazuo Ishiguro's strength is in his plot but in his character analysis and the subtle relations between them. I found some parts very poignant and well observed in its attention to small details but it frustrated me in parts with this backward/forward "but it is what he told me earlier that afternoon by the pond.." etc etc, that happened too much I found.

A Pale View Of The Hills, it was very good but I didn't get it and there's still some parts I don't understand now...so if anyone cares to explain.

[rockydonnatelli]

I am reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
Just finish the first stage of Pip's expectation.

[material_girl]

reading Suite Francaise atm, fabulous writing, esp since this was translated as well. bravo to the translator

and We Need to Talk about Kevin.

would highly recommend reading some Indian fiction to anyone who's interested, i only started reading them recently

god of small things
midnights children
seduction of silence
life of pi (okay not indian, but about indians)
the namesake

[krilyk]

I just finished reading Are You Afraid of The Dark by Sidney Sheldon and Cold Truth by Mariah Stewart.
Both books are pretty good.

[Aziraphale]

A Pale View Of The Hills, it was very good but I didn't get it and there's still some parts I don't understand now...so if anyone cares to explain.

Mmm... what did you not understand? I love the novel and I can try to explain.

[cherryonken]

Mmm... what did you not understand? I love the novel and I can try to explain.

I didn't understand why the novel was so disturbing. Like in my mind, I'm trying to draw some symbolism with her friendship with Sachiko...but honestly...I just don't understand it. I love literature but this book got me. I think it was too subtle, it ended randomly in my opinion but I'm sure I just didn't fully acknowledge the story.

If you could explain the whole thing, especially the relationship between Sachiko and Etsuko...I don't understand the relevance.

[hked]

FRANKENSTEIN

very very boring...but ill finish it heh...

[Mabe]

Im readin a book called 'Where Rainbows End' written by the author wrote wrote PS. I Love You.. Cecelia Ahern

[Aziraphale]

I didn't understand why the novel was so disturbing. Like in my mind, I'm trying to draw some symbolism with her friendship with Sachiko...but honestly...I just don't understand it. I love literature but this book got me. I think it was too subtle, it ended randomly in my opinion but I'm sure I just didn't fully acknowledge the story.

If you could explain the whole thing, especially the relationship between Sachiko and Etsuko...I don't understand the relevance.

It can be read as a tale of parallels. Etsuko's tale of Sachiko and her daughter Mariko can be seen as a reflection of her own personal story. Etsuko married a British man, and Sachiko wanted to be with her American lover. Etsuko's daughter Keiko was estranged from the family and ended up committing suicide, just as Mariko was cooped up in her own world and ignored interaction with other people. There are themes of loss, guilt and responsibility, such as Etsuko's private grief over Keiko and her mixed feelings regarding Niki (her second daughter), and a reflection on the changing roles of women in post-war Japan (Etsuko's submissive role in her first marriage to Jiro, vs her "liberation" in her second marriage and moving to England, and Sachiko's belief that life in America will be a better option for her and her daughter - whether it really is, we don't know for sure).

I will agree that it's very subtle, but it's so skilfully done that regardless of whether it is Etsuko's story told via the Sachiko device, you do end up empathising with her and reflecting on the choices she has made.

[csnrain]

Charity Girl by Michael Lowenthall
so far, so good =)
though the beginning was a bit confusing...

[novemberbaby]

Recently finished Forever Lily by Beth Nonte Russell.
Now I've started Plum Wine by Angela Gardner-Davis. Interesting how both novels have to deal with Asian culture and the authors aren't Asian.

[KOALASPYXD]

Finished reading Caroline and Tituba of Salem Village
Currently reading Midnight for Charlie Bone

did anyone read For One More Day by Mitch Albom? i want to know if it's good or not ^^;

[Saiyu]

The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore
By Joan Lowery Nixon

[melkimx]

I'm thinking of reading Life of Pi (Yann Martel). Or... The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold).

personally i prefer life of pi to the lovely bones... although i have to tell you the truth, neither really moved me that much. you might like both of them though... and they are good reads!

[kkkkk]

water for elephants, and a mandela biography.

[LACE]

Just finished reading:

The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot
Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot
Every Boy's Got One by Meg Cabot

Still reading:
Maus 2 by Art Spieglman for English

[heartxbroadcast]

did anyone read For One More Day by Mitch Albom? i want to know if it's good or not ^^;

um... i thought it was okay.
i think his other books are better though.
you should read it if you want.

[mwtk]

the reasons I won't be coming by Elliot Perlman

[&anita_*]

Avalon High by Meg Cabot~ Pretty good so far ^___^

[dolce.vita]

personally i prefer life of pi to the lovely bones... although i have to tell you the truth, neither really moved me that much. you might like both of them though... and they are good reads!

i thought the lovely bones was really good (:

trying to find a cheap shopaholic and baby on ebay -__-ll