Last Book You Read

Dead And Gone - Charlaine Harris.

OneTruth:

Dang, I really wanna read that but Waugh is unfindable where I live D:

Check for a British Council library (they're an absolute gold mine of English literature) in your area or even local libraries if you live in a big-ish town, they should at least have translations. Or if you're willing to buy it, google used book stores and regular stores. I know of the existence of Romanian translations of A Handful of Dust, Decline and Fall and Brideshead Revisited, there simply must be Finnish ones too (I'm assuming that your profile is accurate and you live in Aland Islands). If you're willing to pay a bit more for an English version, Amazon.co.uk is probably your best option. The shipping costs are around 4 pounds/book (which is around 4,5 euros, I think) for EU countries and you can find used editions of popular books at little more than a pound.

Erm, I'm not going to spam. I've finished the first part of Guliver's Travels this morning and I'm going to set it aside until next month after exams. It was much more obscene than I had remembered it. Maybe I didn't pick up on all the subtle~ details when I read it as a kid. I'm also probably going to finish Marcus Aurelius' Meditations this evening. It's been a welcomed respiro between English Lit and nonsensical long pessimistic dull philosophy books and overall brilliant book accessible even to people who have never studied philosophy or have any interest in it. It's almost a novel in the sense that gradually you begin to understand Marcus Aurelius and find out more and more about his life, between the pages of advices and musings on morality and mortality, the shaddowy outline of a lonely man who had he not been destined for politics would have taken up philosophy who is trying to convince himself of the stability of life only to see his beliefs become more and more complicated. Much more humane than any ethics treaty.

The Mist - Stephen King

The slug-bugs still gave me nightmares

kafka.:

I've just finished Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh this evening. It was just so charming. I can't even begin to explain.

I love that book! Have you read Vile Bodies?

I finally finished Villette. I have to say, it does improve and become more engaging as the book goes on. Still, because it's so long, I wasn't very attentive when reading. I think I only realised on page 300 that M. Paul and M. Emanuel were the same person.

I'm not sure whether I even liked Lucy Snowe or not. She was quite flat and lifeless for most of the book, even though I respected her for her integrity. I analysed the final chapter for my AEA English exam last year and it's a really amazing ending, even moreso when you have the other 570 pages backing it up. So if you persevere with it, it's a rewarding book. On the other hand, I'm kind of wary about reading Jane Eyre now, because I think it might be too much like Villette and reading them in close succession would be bad for my mental health.

I believe it was Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk, in my opinion not the best he's written.

Filth, by Irvine Welsh. I didn't like it too much. I mean, I liked it, but I've preferred other books written by him. I think I would have liked it more if I was still mildly grossed out/fascinated by tapeworms, but that phase is long dead now (or something).

Erm, yeah.

Going Bovine xD
Great book but I hated the ending.

Burning Wild - Christine Feehan

reckless abandon.:

I believe it was Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk, in my opinion not the best he's written.

I agree. And really weird, I read that yesterday, and was just about to post it. It had such good potential, but I found it kind of weak. I'm on Choke now though, and I'm hoping that will be better.

Matt Smith:

I finally finished Villette. I have to say, it does improve and become more engaging as the book goes on. Still, because it's so long, I wasn't very attentive when reading. I think I only realised on page 300 that M. Paul and M. Emanuel were the same person.

I'm not sure whether I even liked Lucy Snowe or not. She was quite flat and lifeless for most of the book, even though I respected her for her integrity. I analysed the final chapter for my AEA English exam last year and it's a really amazing ending, even moreso when you have the other 570 pages backing it up. So if you persevere with it, it's a rewarding book. On the other hand, I'm kind of wary about reading Jane Eyre now, because I think it might be too much like Villette and reading them in close succession would be bad for my mental health.

Lucy seemed a bit flat to me, too.
You're going to love Jane Eyre, really. they're not very similar...but I'm biased because I love Jane Eyre so much
read it.

Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella.

It wasn't fantastic, but it was romantic and fluffy and just what I needed. I've been reading 'serious' books for so long.

Running Hot - Jayne Ann Krentz

Good easy read. Romance and action, my favorite kind of novel.

Batman RIP by Grant Morrison

I am in love with it

I need to order Final Crisis now, Morrison is an amazing comic writer

I've given up with real books

I've just recently finished Her Fearful Symmetry. It's written by the author of The Time Traveler's Wife. It is really good. I highly recommend it.

Finished The Jane Austen Book Club. I felt like nothing happened in it. There was no real development to the characters.

Frostbite: A Vampire Academy Novel
I was satisfied when I finished it. It's been a while since I've read outside of on-line stories.

The last one i read..Breaking Dawn. Yet i am reading it again x]]] Why? Well it was AMAZING! Then i go back to the start again cause well i have a short intention spand ^^ so it just makes it even better xD

I recently finished A Clockwork Orange which I would sincerely recommend, because I adored it. For some, the peculiar language might keep you from getting into it, but I was not among that crowd. I'll probably read it again in the near future.

Today, actually, I finished Impulse by Ellen Hopkins. I so love her books. This was no exception. The ending was kind of a bummer for me, but the whole book was full of heavy emotion, which can be lovely at times.

LA Candy by Lauren Conrad.
Didn't like it as much as I thought I would.