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Sansa Stark 07-18-2014 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by James (Post 1470884)
Not as great as Milan Kundera, that book rules!

UHHHmmmmmm we can't be friends anymore. You've broken my heart.

James 07-18-2014 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Sansa Stark (Post 1470886)
UHHHmmmmmm we can't be friends anymore. You've broken my heart.

I really enjoy Murakami, but Milan Kundera is one of my top 5 writers of all time probably. Murakami is kind of hit and miss for me, I loved IQ84 and really enjoyed Norwegian Wood but didn't really get Kafka On The Shore or The Wind Up Bird Chronicle.
With Kafka I really loved the chapters with the old man but didn't enjoy the ones with the young boy.

skyline 07-18-2014 05:26 PM

Little beach street bakery. I haven't read in a while, a chain of bad books put me off. This one I picked up from Tesco on a whim, thoroughly enjoying it so far.

Psy-Fi 07-19-2014 09:52 AM

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A nice pulp fiction find at my local dollar store.

skyline 08-10-2014 08:52 PM

I decided to give Finnegans Wake an honest go, read the first page 3 times, ha no, I'd need Humpty Dumpty to walk me through this one. Started reading Crimson China instead, seems alright. Reminds me of The Other Hand

Moss 08-10-2014 09:01 PM

This series kicks ass:

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LoathsomePete 08-11-2014 09:06 AM



Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

The 3rd (4th overall) book in the Witcher series that was written over a decade ago but not translated into English. I started reading this series back in early June and pretty much devoured my way through the other three in the course of about 4-5 weeks before I just randomly saw this one on the shelf at a bookstore. I can't even remember the last time I bought a new book from a store for the purpose of reading at that exact moment and not just to put into my collection.

Frownland 08-11-2014 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by skyline (Post 1477455)
I decided to give Finnegans Wake an honest go, read the first page 3 times, ha no, I'd need Humpty Dumpty to walk me through this one. Started reading Crimson China instead, seems alright. Reminds me of The Other Hand

Ja I've made many attempts to read it, furthest I've gotten was 70 pages. Now I just kind of pick it up and flip to a random page. Reading it aloud helps me get some if the jokes. It's an incredible piece of work but not one that I could sit down and read through the whole thing.

Yac 08-12-2014 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete (Post 1477557)


Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

The 3rd (4th overall) book in the Witcher series that was written over a decade ago but not translated into English. I started reading this series back in early June and pretty much devoured my way through the other three in the course of about 4-5 weeks before I just randomly saw this one on the shelf at a bookstore. I can't even remember the last time I bought a new book from a store for the purpose of reading at that exact moment and not just to put into my collection.

So how is it ? And by "it" I mostly mean the translation - the original was great, but a lot of things can go wrong in translation.
Last time I read it I was 19 or so and I loved it, maybe it's time to come back and re-visit old friends ;)
Yac,

LoathsomePete 08-12-2014 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Yac (Post 1477847)
So how is it ? And by "it" I mostly mean the translation - the original was great, but a lot of things can go wrong in translation.
Last time I read it I was 19 or so and I loved it, maybe it's time to come back and re-visit old friends ;)
Yac,

I think you absolutely should because the three previous books I've read have been beautifully written. They're also pumping them out a steady rate since 2007 and would not be surprised if the next book is released in February to coincide with The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt game's release.


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