white oleander

[gracey]

Good evening ladies
Now, has anyone read White Oleander? I just watched the film and was very impressed , Alison Lohman was incredible.
I am quite eager to read the novel .

In fact I am at a loss at what book to read next , nothing seems to catch my attention,any ideas?

[Puggems]

I started to read it years ago when it was on Oprah's Book Club , but I thought it was depressing, so I didn't finish it. My mom saw the movie.

Have you seen "The Notebook"? The characters are so playful and alive! I liked it, but I cried.

Have you read "Girl With a Pearl Earring"? I have a feeling that you have. It explains some things in further detail that the movie didn't, and it was a quick read.

[gracey]

That's another book to real Girl with a pearl earring .
There are certain parts in the film that shouldn' t of been edited so much

[gracey]

That's another book to read Girl with a pearl earring .
There are certain parts in the film that shouldn' t of been edited so much

[Puggems]

What's you taste in reading. Do you like poetry?

My favourite childhood book is "Anne of Green Gables."

[gracey]

Hmmm...

Childhood book ...so many
Enid Blyton's Magic Faraway tree
Oscar Wildes :House of pommegranates and The happy prince
Roald Dahl
CS lewis
Maurice sendak....everything especially in the night kitchen

I love the classics, mythology,fairy tales, gothic horror ,kitchen sink dramas.
Harry Potter and artemis Fowl

I lack in the Zadie Smith genre .
I read Magaret Atwood's Blind assasin and thought it was ok , I much


For all you Morrissey fans out there
you have got to read the Wrong Boy by Willy Russel...absolute genius!

And you and everyone else , what books are keeping your mind racing?!!!

[gracey]

Whats everyone else reading ?

[UltraVelvet]

Reading? Oooh, another favourite topic, along with music . ;D

Ok, I've just finished up a full time job (took a package), so you you are all free to hate me, I've been hanging around avoiding going out into this cold, wet, winter with some fab books:

The Bride Stripped Bare - Anonymous
Quite wierd, but brilliant. A nameless new bride's journal of her life .. very confronting, it's written in second person - "You turn away. You feel crushed, but know you deserve it." type thing. Gets into your head a bit, but it's impossible to put down.

Lots of Kerry Greenwood mysteries - Kerry is a Melbourne author and sets most of her books here, it's my home town, so I know all the places, adds a bit of fun. She's most famous for her Phryne Fisher mysteries set in the 1920's, and just put out a new book called Earthly Delights with a new heroine called Corinna Chapman, a baker who ends up solving a murder - it's great fun, and murder mysteries are a quick read.

The Iliad & The Odyssey - Homer (Robert F agles translation)
WOW - some stories just don't go out of date. Fantastic stuff. Action, character development, cruel gods, and more gory action. What more could a girl ask!?

Some all time favourite authors, in no particular author:
George Orwell, Poppy Z Brite, Laurens Van Der Post, Colin MacInnes, Kerry Greenwood, Colin Dexter (love Inspector Morse!!!), Irvine Welsh, Hanif Kureishi, Martha Grimes.

Ta for the tips on GWAPE & White Oleander, I'll get those & give them a go.

Cheers ~Ultra

[cleric]

The Outsiders written by S. E. Hinton is a superb novel which is mainly aimed at teenage readers but suitable for all.

[voltaire]

Right now I'm reading Cerculen Sins, which is an anita blake novel..

I'm thinking I might take a break from it to read harry potter though.

I don't particularly want to rush through it, and I really want to read the new harry potter, like right now..