Signup
LoginWhat are you reading this month (Sept 08)
73 posts
-
-
Been super busy, so haven't had the time to read much last month and this ...
halfway through
"The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton ...
bought the book months ago at this second hand book place in selegie plaza .... the place is a treasure trove of the obscure and hard to find titles ... the owners, a chinese unker and ang moh aunty, are real book lovers, so you can ask them about obscure classics you can't find at kino or borders ....
-
-
-
Originally posted by soleachip:
I cheated, went through the summary before reading in detail. It's a good book, but why green light? And not red blue or yellow ar? I think I'm missing out on a lot more symbolism lor.
What short stories?
fitzgerald's short stories I told you about ......
"winter dreams" etc .....
the green light ? ... beats me .... I don't suppose the color matters as much ...
-
-
-
Originally posted by soleachip:
Finished in a couple of days. 
About to finish.Like reading books by John Grisham.
Currently reading The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince
Edited by Tammiemeow 11 Sep `08, 1:05AM
-
-
-
Originally posted by soleachip:
You recommended great gatsby and tender is the night lah.
not the short stories collection ? ... I was pretty sure I did ...
but go check it out yah ...
also ploughing through something else ... but a bit paiseh to list it here ... those on msn would be able to see it on my nic ...
-
-
-
Originally posted by Tammiemeow:
Like reading books by John Grisham.
Currently reading The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince
Wah LKY's fav book leh.
-
-
-
Originally posted by Fatum:
not the short stories collection ? ... I was pretty sure I did ...
but go check it out yah ...
also ploughing through something else ... but a bit paiseh to list it here ... those on msn would be able to see it on my nic ...
What books too embarassing to share? Gone with the wind or Women in love?
I heard about the broken wrist.
-
-
-
Originally posted by Master -_-:
halfway already...damn intriguing
I like the cover: review
Wah vampire romance, will check library next month.
Just realise today that all my favourite titles are first person perspective.
Hmmm...
-
-
-
Originally posted by soleachip:
Wow, you read a lot of cheem stuff. Good, recommend more books But I don't understand books like Ulysses and I think I never will!
Off to bed for now. Nites.
close guess, but it's actually homer's other one.....
and nah ... I don't ... I got to reading certain books for the most prosaic of reasons ....
I got to reading herodotus, for example, cos I was so taken in by "The English Patient" (the book), and "300" was playing in the cinema then .....
I got the homer cos I happened to watch "troy" on watch-movie.net a little while back while taking a break before my lappie, and I happened to take a copy of national geographic from my collection for bang sai duty the day after (dec 1999, ancient greece) ... so I just had to go read up on troy ....
and I discovered gabriel gracia marquez cos "love in the time of cholera" was featured in my all time favourite movie, "Serendipity" ...
Edited by Fatum 11 Sep `08, 3:53AM
-
Machiavellian Theory is often
misunderstood...or maybe everyone has different interpretation of
The Prince. I choose to read it positively...
and Johnny Depp in Rum
Diary.
there's class to attend!!!!~~