Favourite books..

[everlong]

Hey there everyone,

Bit of an insomniac post, sorry about that! Can't sleep!

Just saw that there were posts about music and films so thought I'd add one on books what are everyone's favourite reads?

I'm a huge Haruki Murakami fan and especially love Norwegian Wood. His writing style is so eloquent and beautiful.

I also love, as cliched as it is, 1984 by George Orwell and The Catcher In The Rye by J D Salinger. Holden is an amazingly crafted character!

Other favourites include Memoirs of a Geisha, really absorbing story. Bit of a dark one but The Bell Jar, describes the depths of depression and anxiety very well. And non fiction Scar Tissue by Anthony Keidis.. I'm a big RHCPs fan

Anyway that's me, would be great to hear yours.. x

[cyclegirl]

I'm a bit crap with reading as depends where my head's at in terms of concentration so I go though periods. Am also brilhant at not finishing books, not really sure how I got through my degree...oh actually, I do...lots of cheating by reading york notes..anyone remember those? just before the invention of wikipedia and google, but I digress...

I also loved memories of a geisha and the bell jar..perfect for those angsty moments 

Sophie's world - jostein gardner
The Dice man - Luke Reindhart..bit weird but very interesing
The good women of china - hidden voices...or something like that. I do so like to read about others people's dirginess
Tipping the velvet - sarah walters (and her books in general)
Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch albom (and his others)
Harry Potter
The Handmaids Tale - that woman writer I forget whose name it is now
Silas Marner - George Elliot (thinks its one of the only books I read proper through my degree!)

I have a terrible appetite for urban fantasy and Kelley Armstrong books in general and like crime books.

Thats all I can remember, have a shocking memory and can't tell you the number of books I've gotten out of the library when I've already read them...or tried too

[ghost of mr bob]

I tend to read more non-fiction and have the same problem of concentration. I hate flipping over pages, getting along a couple of pages and then realise I haven't taken any of it in and my mind is elsewhere. So then I go back to the beginning, start reading again and the same lapse of concentration happens again!

I keep hearing about Haruki Murakami, forth time in the last month, so this strange coincidence may move me to read Norwegian Wood as another person said it is their favourite too.

[WaveyDL]

It's been a while since I've posted but I read loads so I felt compelled. The baby is sleeping as is the wife so here goes...

I don't read much non-fiction TBH but fiction wise I love books that are set in real world settings but with a fantasy twist.

Anything by Neil Gaiman especially "American Gods" "Coraline" "The Graveyard Book" "Neverwear"and "Anansi Boys" gets read and re-read.  Others I like are "The Traveller" by John Twelve Hawks. "King Rat" by China Mieville. "Faerie Tale" by Raymond E Feist and the "Dresden Files" series by Jim Butcher (still reading these).

I like to escape with a book and documentaries cover my non-fiction needs though "Universe in a Nutshell" and "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking are among my favourites as is "Mr Nice" the Howard Marks Autobiography.

[cyclegirl]

I don't read much non-fiction TBH but fiction wise I love books that are set in real world settings but with a fantasy twist

yay, i love these too and have read some of the dresden files which are great. I'm gonna check your other ones as always find it really difficult to find them in the library 

[stresspuppy]

One of my wishes is to read more - thanks for reminding me. Maybe we should set-up a BAF book-club? are book clubs okay or does it make reading a task? discuss...

[ghost of mr bob]

This is a great website: http://readitswapit.co.uk/

I was sorting out my books last week, aiming to sell a couple on Amazon, giving a half-a-dozen to charity shops and putting four on ReadItSwapIt. Was surprised by the speed that people were requesting swaps, had three in less than 24 hours. I've decided to swap with two and declined the other.

The only (minor) problem was feeling guilty about declining a swap. Have images of the person feeling devastated and rejected.  Yes, too sensitive, I know!

[cyclegirl]

Maybe we should set-up a BAF book-club? are book clubs okay or does it make reading a task? discuss...

I think book groups are a secret cover for debaunchery and quaffing...i've got a friend that goes to a book group and all she seems to do is drink and eat cake (with lots of gossiping thrown in) - now thats my idea of a book group! None of this literary deconstruction...is tempting if I didn't feel the need to hide behind someone