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fahrenheit 451 - ray bradbury 2007-05-01 03:43:28
Guy Montag is a fireman; not a fireman that extinguishes fires, but one that ignites them. He lives in a time (somewhere in the future) when having books is illegal. When the people who own them are found out, the fire brigade is being called to burn down the house together with the books. Guy is happy with his job until on one call a woman refuses to leave her books and burns together with them. On that occasion Guy grabs a book with him; there must be something in books if people don’t want to leave them even when that means their death. From that moment on his entire life turns upside down and he has to make some difficult choices and decisions.
This is one of those books that you can’t put down the moment you pick it up for the first time. It is also a book that leaves a mark. Even when you finished the book the story stays in your system. You just have to think about it. It’s the kind of book Guy Montag definitely had to burn. It is a compelling story with a
burning books 2007-04-25 02:48:48 A couple of days ago I started the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. A classic I didn’t know about until I saw it in a German bookstore for a good price. And although the genre is described as science fiction, I couldn’t resist buying it; mainly because of the theme of the book: burning books. The time in the book is set in the future when firemen don’t put out fires, but start them, in the name of the government, in houses of people who own English books. Why exactly I don’t know yet, I’m just not that far in the book, but only the fact that people aren’t allowed to own books is intriguing me. I can’t imagine a world without books. What would happen if I’m not allowed to ever read a book again, not being permitted to own any books? Could I live with that? Would I have the guts to own my books illegally in a hidden basement or attic?
I know of the book burnings during WW II, and I do think that books can help in forming certain ideas a
the restaurant at the end of the universe - douglas adams 2007-04-02 02:40:48
I was totally impressed by the first book The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy. This second book in the series takes of where the first book leaves us. The crew was heading to the restaurant
at the end of the universe, because they felt like having not eaten for decades, and that is where they will land, but…there is always a but…only after Marvin the depressed robot is left behind several times, Zaphod is taken on a ride to “infinity” by his great-grandfather he summoned to get some information and getting more than he has bargained for in the process.
Finally at the restaurant they meet with a cow who wants to be eaten and is making a great effort to show off his gorgeous shoulders and ribs and they meet with the end of the universe. What is left after seeing that? Well, a visit to the ruler of the universe of course, to finally get the big question to the answer 42.
This book is as funny and intelligently written as the first one. On to book #3!
mick jackson tells animated tales 2007-07-10 09:00:26 As all of you can see in the sidebar, I’m currently reading Ten sorry tales by Mick Jackson. Actually it is a re-read. The first time I read it, I saw the book in the store and just had to have it because of the cover. (In one of my other posts I talked about that ‘strange’ habit.) I pursuaded my boyfriend to give me that book for Christmas and he did, the dear. I am really grateful, because I was so impressed by the ten short stories then, that I’m now using them, amongst other work and authors, for my PhD thesis about animation and humor (in films as well as books).
I think these short stories are very near to animation – to an animated
film. In his writing you surely see the influences of him being a film maker. Through his writing it is easy to get a picture of what he wants us (readers) to see. His style is short and compact and every sentence is there for a reason. A lot of things Jackson leaves open for us to interpret and fantisize about, by leavin Read more:tells
buying spur 2007-07-31 02:04:59 As though I hadn’t enough books already I bought some the last couple of weeks.
I’m trying to get the complete set of books of some of my favorite authors: Clyde Edgerton, Mick Jackson, Magnus Mills. I think I have read enough of those guys to know I won’t be disappointed. So, here is what I got:
Lunch at the Piccadilly – Clyde Edgerton
Solo – Clyde Edgerton
Redeye; a western – Clyde Edegrton
The underground man – Mick Jackson
Five boys – Mick Jackson
Restraint of the beasts – Magnus Mills
The sheme for full employment – Magnus Mills
I know I still have some books to go, but my bank account can only strech so much. Fortunaly for me, a wishlist can be made at the site where I (as a Dutch woman) buy the books . I put another fifteen books on there. What will I get for Christmas? Books perhaps?
P.S. It’s not that I’m lobbying for Amazon, but I just want you to see the covers. I just love co
natural flights of the human mind - clare morrall 2007-08-06 03:33:53
Peter Straker and Imogen Doody both are misfits in the world. Straker feels guilty about a train crash he caused by crashing his aeroplane into the train; 78 people died. Doody feels guilty about the suicide of her sister Celia and her broken marriage with Harry. Both have put up walls around themselves and are very unapproachable; Doody by being angry, Straker by not talking. They meet when Doody inherits an old cottage from her Godfather in the town where Straker lives in an the old lighthouse. The cottage needs fixing and Straker is the man who can do that. Slowly a friendship develops between the two. Struggling with their past and present they find in each other a person who they can trust and who understands.
An interesting book. Morrall has created two great characters to place next to each other and interact. Present and past are interwoven throughout the story and that works well to get the total picture. In some places I would had liked a bit more pace and i Read more:flights
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goodnight nobody - jennifer weiner 2007-09-11 05:29:04
Kate Stein is a housewife. Together with her husband Ben and her three children she lives in Upchurch, a little city in Connecticut with, so it seems, only perfect housewives. The problem is, she is not one of them. She can’t look sophisticated, doing the household, looking after the kids, have time for extracurricular activities all at the same time.
She is used to the lifestyle of New York where she has lived most of her life. First together with her parents, then together with her best friend Janie and even with Ben for a little while. But New York is no more and she is bored. What can happen to make her feel like an independent woman with her own life again? Well…a murder! One of the perfect wives is murdered under suspicious circumstances. Why should a normal housewife be killed and who did it? Kate is intrigued and determent to unravvel this mystery. Will she succeed together with Janie and her old flame Evan?
I really enjoyed this book. It’s a good mix
what we did on our holidays - geoff nicholson 2007-12-10 03:27:01
Eric has a great idea: going on holiday with his wife and two teenage children. The children will be leaving the nest soon and Eric wants one last vacation with all four of them together as a family. So off they go to the Trallee and caravan park. Eric decides to keep a journal of this last trip with his whole family to keep the good memories for future times. What Eric didn’t know was that all the things he has to write in his journal aren’t happy times, but are situations that go from bad to worse. And just when he thinks there isn’t any worse to come, he gets disappointed again, because there seems to be no limit to what he has to endure. It surely turns out to be a hell of a vacation!
Nicholson has written a very black comedy. Now, I’m a person who can see the humor in it, even when sometimes the story gets too ridiculous in misery, but I guess this book isn’t for every one.
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good in bed - jennifer weiner 2008-03-11 09:59:02 Cannie is a ‘larger woman’ and the whole freaking world knows it because her ex-boyfriend Bruce explained her body so fully in his column for the Moxie magazine.
Cannie just wanted a little break in her relationship with Bruce, but he seems to have moved on. Cannie is miserable. This is not how she imagened her break-up to end.
But [...]
the scheme for full employment - magnus mills 2008-02-24 06:00:11 A nameless protagonist works at The Scheme. All day he drives an UniVan from one depot to another. What is in the UniVans? Spare parts for the UniVans. So in the complete economical scale of things, this scheme doesn’t really contribute, but it aims to be the solution for full employment
. With very strict rules everybody that [...]
seven lies - james lasdun 2008-02-04 04:11:46 Stefan Vogel lives in East Berlin, behind the Iron Curtain. His father has connections with the West, the big America and his mother always wanted to give the impression that they were privileged. The father would bring back gifts and Stefan would treasure them. Stefan saw the possibilities the West offered and wanted to [...]
water sign - kieron connolly 2008-01-10 05:07:13 Paul has lost his Jenny, Mary lost her David. Two years along the road they both are struggling with their loss still. How to move on when you lost your soulmate, your reason for living? What to do if you want to live in reality, but can’t see it, being stuck in the past, in [...] Read more:water
the tournament - john clarke 2008-01-10 04:06:14 What will happen if Hemingway plays tennis against Heidegger, or T.S. Eliot against Marx? And what are their statements afterwords? You will read it in this crazy (in the good sense of the word) book. A reporter gives all of us a coverage of the biggest sports event of the decade. Each nation is fielding [...]
the colour of magic - terry pratchett 2008-01-03 06:22:48 There is a flat world, supported on a giant turtle and four big elephants. On this world, Discworld, are living various strange creatures; magicians, trolls, wizards among many others. One of the wizards is Rincewind and he has a mission. He has to keep another wizard, the tourist Twoflower, under control in his quest to [...]
the secret life of bees - sue monk kidd 2008-01-01 06:01:45 Lily lives with T. Ray, her father. Her mother died when she was four years old. Despite Lily’s efforts towards T. Ray to get some love and attention from him, all he gives in return is for her to work in the peach stall without books and her knees in grit on the ground when [...]
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