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Message board > What are you reading - and more!
What are you reading - and more!
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libertybelle
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What are you reading - and more!
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Ideas needed!!
It �s been a while since this thread has been up on the board.
What are you reading at the moment?
I �ve run out of ideas for some good books for myself and NOT my students!
Lists of titles of great books would really be appreciated!
Last time this thread was up I ran out and got 20 books that you members suggested and they were fantastic - so come on with the books you love!
Thanks
Libertybelle 
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31 Jan 2012
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maryse pey�
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Hi dear, I guess you will recognize some titles... Let �s try to give you some new title : The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan... (interesting book about 2 teens traveling through time to defeat an evil ancient Greek god) Stranger than fiction, urban myths by Phil Healey and Rick Glanville - Penguin Readers (a collection of funny very very very short British stories) The Elephant Man by Tim Vicary (an abridged version easy to work with beginners) - Oxford University Press, Oxford Bookworms Library. The Doll �s House and other Stories by Katherine Mansfield - Penguin Readers (for intermediates) I hope you did not know at least 1 of them ! Plenty of hugs. Maryse. |
31 Jan 2012
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yanogator
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I love the Reacher novels by Lee Child. Since he �s British, but Reacher is an American living in the US, it is interesting to see the little slips (just one or two per book) when he uses a British word for something (such as lift for elevator, although I don �t think that is one that I have actually seen).
Right now I �m reading Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire (author of Wicked). I �m about halfway through it, and it �s totally different from Wicked - very slow progress in the story. I don �t think this one will ever be made into a musical.
Bruce |
31 Jan 2012
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teresapr
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Hi, LIbertybelle! One of these days when I was wandering in a bookshop trying to find books that were interesting but at a good price, Ive found "Big Girl" by Danielle Steel. Even though I am starting with this writer for the first time and I �ve just read a few pages I think I can recommend it to you if: you �re tired and you are addicted to reading as I am before falling asleep since it deals with "one woman �s journey to discover who she really is" and as far as I know it has got to do with family life, siblings, parents/children relationships and the pains of growing up when you feel your parents have a favourite child. May be it �s not your favourite type of book but there are times in your life that type of reading can also be enriching anyway!
Best wishes!
Teresa |
31 Jan 2012
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almaz
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Reamde by Neal Stephenson and A Supposedly Fun Thing I �ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace. At the same time. Sort of... |
31 Jan 2012
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calixa2
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Hello, Right now I �m reading the Twilight series, my students just love them! I also recommend Sharon Draper�s books (especially for reluctant readers) You will find titles and also study guides. My favourites: Double Dutch-Delia loves Double Dutch more than just about anything, and she��s really good at it -- so good she and her teammates have a shot at winning the World Double Dutch Championships. Delia would die if she couldn��t jump -- but Delia has a secret, and it could keep her off the team next year. Romiette and Julio- Like Shakespeare�s famous star-crossed lovers, Romiette Cappelle and Julio Montague face strong opposition to their budding romance. In their case, a dangerous gang�s disapproval of their interracial relationship puts the two in mortal peril..
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1 Feb 2012
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aloga
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My present "bedside book " is The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. Have a nice reading. Ana |
1 Feb 2012
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anaisabel001
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Hi,
I �m reading The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ru�z Zaf�n.I can also recommend you The Shadow of the Wind by the same author.
You can have a look at his site :http://www.carlosruizzafon.co.uk/
Hugs
Ana Isabel
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1 Feb 2012
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vicvieira
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I can recommend you all books by Raymond Carver, especially Cathedral (short stories), Call if you need me (short stories) and No Heroics, Please (short stories). They are nice to read because the are short stories and because they are about real people, real problems but without being just simple or simplistic.
Have a nice reading.
Victor Vieira
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1 Feb 2012
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mariec
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I�m reading book three of 1Q84 by Murakami. They are really worth reading .
Happy reading! |
1 Feb 2012
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Apodo
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Books I �ve enjoyed recently:
Life of Pi Yann Martel
Silver Castle Clive James
Palace of Tears Alev Lytle Croutier
The Handmaid �s Tale Margaret Atwood
A Fraction of the Whole Steve Toltz
Everything I Know Peter Goldsworthy |
1 Feb 2012
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