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What do I like to read?
OK, this might be useful to determine should you even spend time reading this lens - I'll try to help as much as I can.
I do love to read, but, as with any other activity, there are ups and downs, times when I can spead read a trilogy in two days and times when I'm carrying around a book for a month. Also, it is quite connected to my mood, so the genres will warry. I do love a good puzzle, mistery and anything that would keep my "grey cells" going (to use the terms from Mr. Poirot). I'm quite keen on comedy, easy reading, good tricks and plain simple fun. Learning about history is an option for me if there is some kind of story wrapped around it - bare details make me sleepy really quick. Arts, crafts, architecture, design and similar topics will tickle my mind and produce a project (or a disaster!) and poetry will make me feel (in general) sad. Fantasy will be a choice when I don't know what I'm in a mood for, although I can't say for sure is it because of different worlds in it or just colourful covers. I'm also a sci-fi fan, so that will be somewhere in a bundle too. Hope you'll find here something that you like, I've tried to keep it various...
Ohh yeah, I like comic books too!
I do love to read, but, as with any other activity, there are ups and downs, times when I can spead read a trilogy in two days and times when I'm carrying around a book for a month. Also, it is quite connected to my mood, so the genres will warry. I do love a good puzzle, mistery and anything that would keep my "grey cells" going (to use the terms from Mr. Poirot). I'm quite keen on comedy, easy reading, good tricks and plain simple fun. Learning about history is an option for me if there is some kind of story wrapped around it - bare details make me sleepy really quick. Arts, crafts, architecture, design and similar topics will tickle my mind and produce a project (or a disaster!) and poetry will make me feel (in general) sad. Fantasy will be a choice when I don't know what I'm in a mood for, although I can't say for sure is it because of different worlds in it or just colourful covers. I'm also a sci-fi fan, so that will be somewhere in a bundle too. Hope you'll find here something that you like, I've tried to keep it various...
Ohh yeah, I like comic books too!
My Top Ten (or something like that)
(books, of course ;o))
It is a bit hard to order these since they aren't really in the same category, so the order might vary based on my mood...
- Alan Fletcher: The Art of Looking Sideways
- Jean Auel: The Earth's Children Series
- The Clan of the Cave Bear
- The Valley of Horses
- The Mammoth Hunters
- The Plains of Passage
- The Shelters of Stone - Jostein Gaarder: Sofies verden: Roman om filosofiens historie
- J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- The Hobbit (not really a part of the trilogy, but more like an intro)
- Fellowship of the Ring
- Two Towers
- Return of the King - Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveler's Wife
- Ivana Brlic Mazuranic: Tales of Long Ago
more details on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivana_Brlic-Mazuranic - Robert Asprin: The M.Y.T.H. Series
- Another Fine Myth
- Myth Conceptions
- Myth Directions
- Hit or Myth
- Myth-ing Persons
- Little Myth Marker
- M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action
- Sweet Myth-Tery of Life
- M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link
- Myth-Nomers and Impervections
- Myth-Ion Improbable
- Myth-taken Identity - Peter O'Donnell (writer) and Jim Holdaway (art): Modesty Blaise
details on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modesty_Blaise - Friedrich Schiller: The Robbers
- Joan D. Vinge: The Snow Queen
The books that have changed my life (NON-FICTION)
...or changed my view on it...
For one of my birthdays, think it was 21st, I've got Alan Fletcher's "The Art Of Looking Sideways" - it was huge and heavy and completely different then any other book I've read so far, but it was a book I wanted to write! Arranged into semi-sensible chapters, everything (and really, almost anything you canthink of) was there! Quotes, images, interesting trivia, emotions, it was there and it still is - since you can read it as it wasn't a book, as it was a guide to different aspects of life. Something that will show you something interesting you've might have missed. Ever since, it was my definite number one...
"Sofie's world" (or "Sofies verden") was a book we had to read in high school during our philosophy lessons - it is an insight to a world of philosophy step-by-step. Sort of like "Philosophy for dummies" that forces you to turn on your brain and use it. No wonder our teacher figured out it might be the best way to make teenagers actually learn something :D
I hope that everyone can pick a children's story that is favourite to them, for me there are many since my parents were keen bookworms. I've taken the liberty to put Croatian artist, Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, into this 'Top Ten' since her books are translated and spread around the globe, maybe some of you will remember hearing them somewhere...
"Sofie's world" (or "Sofies verden") was a book we had to read in high school during our philosophy lessons - it is an insight to a world of philosophy step-by-step. Sort of like "Philosophy for dummies" that forces you to turn on your brain and use it. No wonder our teacher figured out it might be the best way to make teenagers actually learn something :D
I hope that everyone can pick a children's story that is favourite to them, for me there are many since my parents were keen bookworms. I've taken the liberty to put Croatian artist, Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, into this 'Top Ten' since her books are translated and spread around the globe, maybe some of you will remember hearing them somewhere...
The books that make me want to live my life (FICTION)
and continue the constant change
Jean Auel's "Earth's Children" Series still fascinates me in the detail of everyday life it describes. In these days when we are, lets say it politely, not so much conected with the nature, she is showing us how our ancestors lived their lives. Her writing breakes the barier between history and fiction and completely moves the reader into the world that happened before us, so foreign but yet so familiar. It forces you to relive the struggle and happiness of her characters and to compare them with people of today.
"The Time Traveler's Wife" wouldn't ever be a book I'd pick up from the shelf, but on the job interview I attended couple of years ago, one of the actors there was reading it. In our coffee break chat we discussed some literature and he highly recommended the book. Have to warn the future readers about the sadness that is in the book - if you are like me, sometimes you just aren't in the mood for a sad book, but nevertheless the book is amazing! It helped me to understand certain aspects of people's behavior, and above all, it showed how love can move accross boundaries of space and time.
"The Time Traveler's Wife" wouldn't ever be a book I'd pick up from the shelf, but on the job interview I attended couple of years ago, one of the actors there was reading it. In our coffee break chat we discussed some literature and he highly recommended the book. Have to warn the future readers about the sadness that is in the book - if you are like me, sometimes you just aren't in the mood for a sad book, but nevertheless the book is amazing! It helped me to understand certain aspects of people's behavior, and above all, it showed how love can move accross boundaries of space and time.
When you think your life isn't as it should be
The Clan of the Cave Bear
First in the Earth's Children Series describes Eyla's childhood and quick growing up in the Clan.
Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 10/11/2008)
The Valley of Horses
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/11/2008)
The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/11/2008)
The Plains of Passage
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 10/11/2008)
The Shelters of Stone (Earth's Children, Book 5)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/11/2008)
If you can only get one book, consider one of these...
The Art of Looking Sideways
Amazon Price: $26.37 (as of 10/11/2008)
Sofies verden: Roman om filosofiens historie
Amazon Price: (as of 10/11/2008)
What am I reading now?
As more and more things are available online, couple of months ago I've stumbled on goodreads, the social network for bookworms. It doesn't contain everything I've read, but I try to keep it updated with my more recent readings:
OK, more recently I'm hooked on facebook and livingsocial (in this case readingsocial), has a widget that I'm using now:
OK, more recently I'm hooked on facebook and livingsocial (in this case readingsocial), has a widget that I'm using now:
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Music-Resource
Hi Sanchee, Nice Book lens. You really make those books sound great. It makes me want to read them. I've read The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings a couple times. I intend to read it again very soon. ~Music Resource~ Posted January 28, 2008 |
