Books: what are you reading?

[JPablo]

@Awaken. Thank you. I think I read The Lord of The Rings when I was probably 16 or so... Definitely loved it... (Thank you again... I'll definitely get to it sooner or later!)

[LibraryLady]

Originally Posted by Awaken

It is along the lines of Lord of the Rings. If you like that kind of book, it will probably interest you. It is definitely geared more towards an adult audience though than the Lord of the Ring series.

@Awaken: Have you read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss? It is a fantasy novel that I really enjoyed but the wait for the second book of the trilogy is driving me crazy. It will finally be published in March but who knows how long until the third one is finally out. I don't think the author has even started writing it yet.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by JPablo

Interesting... I don't know Guzmán, but you reminded me, Julio Cortázar (great short stories) who is quite awesome too.

I didn't know Guzmán either, but it's been a pleasant discovery. A friend of mine gave me this booklet as a "souvenir" from Chile. His style is some sort of mixture between Cortázar and Quiroga, without imitating any of them.


Right now I'm starting "El Runenberg" and "El Rubio Eckbert", by Ludwig Tieck. I found this in a used-books store, in a pretty edition of Érase una vez... Biblioteca de Cuentos Maravillosos (1987).

[Awaken]

Originally Posted by LibraryLady

@Awaken: Have you read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss? It is a fantasy novel that I really enjoyed but the wait for the second book of the trilogy is driving me crazy. It will finally be published in March but who knows how long until the third one is finally out. I don't think the author has even started writing it yet.

Haven't read it. I'll have to add it to the watch list. It's tough reading a book and having wait years to see the end of the story.

[JPablo]

Gracias, Malila... lo tendré en cuenta.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by JPablo

Mainly stories.
The ones on Bolívar are biographic, but you can say that are "historical novel" (novela histórica)... or rather, "biografías noveladas".

Las del Capitán Alatriste son "novela histórica" en el sentido de que hay hechos reales, pero la historia es ficción, creada por el autor.

Ah, I noted a correction on your post,
genre = género (literario)
gender = género (lingüístico) o sexo.

Yes I meant genre because I'm speaking about some book or opera soap books.

Thank you for your advice.

[JPablo]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Yes, I meant genre because I'm speaking about some book or soap opera books.

Thank you for your advice.

You're welcome.

Note:
"opera soap"
"soap opera"

See more here,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_opera

[CrOtALiTo]

Thank you.

I didn't remember the correct word.

Soap opera.

Sometimes this words get me hungry, because it seems to the pasta food.

Soap for me and the this is like to pasta for me.

Thank you so much for your advice.

[JPablo]

Interesting... Have you read the article in the link?

[CrOtALiTo]

Yes I have read that, the soap opera is a shot TV shows, sometimes that across the TV for middle of the cinema, for example here in my country that kind to events or TV shows are commonly watch for the people.

And well just there're soap opera in the theatre.

[JPablo]

Very well, Crotalito!

[laepelba]

Right now, the only reading I'm doing is professional articles, etc. I won't bore you with those titles. And once or twice a year, I allow myself the completely luxurious pleasure of reading a book by Jonathan Kellerman from his Alex Delaware murder mystery series....

But my queue has a number of books that may be of interest to this audience:

1) Columnas de Humo, by Alvaro Pandiani - (in Spanish) historical fiction about the last indigenous person left in Uruguay after the great massacre.

2) Tierra de Todos, by Jorge Ramos - (in Spanish) an analysis of the arguments surrounding the issue of illegal immigration in the United States, written by a journalist, born in Mexico City, but has lived in the US for over 25 years.

3) Just Like Us, by Helen Thorpe - (in English) a book about four Mexican teenagers growing up in the United States, each with different immigration statuses.

4) The Essential Neruda, Selected Poems - (Spanish and English) a book of poems by Peruvian author Pablo Neruda

5) La Fiesta Del Chivo - (in Spanish) a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, recent Nobel Prize winner in the literature category.

The rest of the books in my queue are human rights related, mostly to do with development and poverty issues.....

I have no idea when I'll have time to read these books that I am sure I'll thoroughly enjoy, but hopefully I'll get to them sooooooon!!

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by JPablo

Very well, Crotalito!

Exactly you know the good of the television.

Thank you.

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by Awaken

It is along the lines of Lord of the Rings. If you like that kind of book, it will probably interest you. It is definitely geared more towards an adult audience though than the Lord of the Ring series.

Me parece que El señor de los anillos también es para adultos. El hobbit sí que fue escrito por niños, pero no se parecen mucho.

[irmamar]

I have a lot of job with my textbooks, but in my free time I'm reading Perfiles Humanos, by Vallejo-Nágera (or Nájera, I've seen this name written with both "g" and "j", although in my book is with "g"). I love History stories (not tales, but those stories never told).

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I have a lot of work with my textbooks, but in my free time I'm reading Perfiles Humanos, by Vallejo-Nágera (or Nájera, I've seen this name written with both "g" and "j", although in my book is with "g"). I love History stories (not tales, but those stories never told).

I did a little correction in your post, I consider more nature the word work that job..

I hope don't make mistakes with my correction in your post.

[irmamar]

I'm often confused with job and work. Thanks.

[emilwest]

No leo ningún libro. Pero, today I'm gonna borrow a book and start reading.

[gracemayer]

I found the Millenium trilogy a good read, too. One of my favourite authors is Isabel Allende, whose books can be read in either Spanish or English - haven't read anything of hers that I haven't loved, whether fiction or autobiographical. Right now am reading Falling Leaves, by Adeline Yen Mah - an autobiography from China, which I am enjoying. One of my early favourites, that can be re-read many times, is the Alexandrian Quartet (Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea), by Lawrence Durrell.

[emilwest]

Yesterday I started to read a book called "Midnattsbarnen", or "Midnight's Children" in english, by Salman Rushdie. It's about an Indian boy with supernatural powers. He has an enormous nose with an abilty to read the minds of other people. Good book so far.