What book are you reading now? (books)

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Ashish said:
nice book perfect storm i read in 5 hours LOL has to give gist of it in one month but went home and had a blast but that english prof almost screwed in my school days. its nice book courage of helpless swimmers and rescuer against mighty nature
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Yeah, Perfect Storm is great, really like it but to be honest the parts when the author talked about details on the boat structure, how a storm works and sea-wind information is quite confusing to me. Maybe it's because I've never sailed before and hate the sea:D so the terms were a bit confusing.

Ashish said:
hey how is High Fidelity?.i have it but never tend to read it
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It's great. But of course it's better if you've also watched the film. Some take the book-movie route but I always take the movie-book route because I can always watch the movie again instead of spending days (not hours like you :D) to read the book.
 
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thanks giaz i will come for book review here. i am readin books these being a software engineer is shit so 2 hours football and 2 hours book and 10 hours milan makes a perfect day :)
 
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gaizka22 said:
Currently reading "Perfect Storm". The one that made into a movie starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.

I don't know why but I'm currently into books that are made into movies. I have Gangs of New York and The Right Stuff waiting after I finish Perfect Storm not to mention other books read in the past such as Godfather, Interview with the Vampire, Apollo 13, Goodfellas and High Fidelity.
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Try reading this book called "Shantaram". Freaking awesome book.

ps: There is a rumor that it will be made into a movie staring Johnny Depp :)
 
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^^ awesome book full description of mumbai

ya its right mira nair is making it(rumours) btw roots is awesome
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reading NIGHT from Elie Wiesel
very thin book but so powerful, one jew in nazi camp :(


going to read Papillon its awesome i heard
 
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menon_inc said:
Try reading this book called "Shantaram". Freaking awesome book.

ps: There is a rumor that it will be made into a movie staring Johnny Depp :)
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I was really excited when i heard that its going to made into a movie, and that JOhnny Depp is acting at leopolds, which is SERIOUSLY like a 10 minute walk from where i have grown up. I've been to that place countless times in my life, and i just went mad when i heard about it.

But then i read the book, and i can honestly say, i have never ever felt my life getting empty after a book finishes. its like 900+ pages, and i still didnt want it to end. But the best part of the book, are the little discussions with the reader that the writer has....and there is no way they can capture that in a movie.
Simply beautiful book...i cant put it into words. I think it just means so much more to me cos the entire story is set about 10 mins from my house in Colaba - i know every restaurant, every road, every corner that he talks about.

Long live Shantaram :proud:
 
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I was really excited when i heard that its going to made into a movie, and that JOhnny Depp is acting at leopolds, which is SERIOUSLY like a 10 minute walk from where i have grown up. I've been to that place countless times in my life, and i just went mad when i heard about it.

But then i read the book, and i can honestly say, i have never ever felt my life getting empty after a book finishes. its like 900+ pages, and i still didnt want it to end. But the best part of the book, are the little discussions with the reader that the writer has....and there is no way they can capture that in a movie.
Simply beautiful book...i cant put it into words. I think it just means so much more to me cos the entire story is set about 10 mins from my house in Colaba - i know every restaurant, every road, every corner that he talks about.

Long live Shantaram :proud:
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Well said man. After reading that book, my life felt empty for a while and no book I've read since has lived up to the same billing and emotions i went trough while reading the book. I've never been to Mumbai but ill definetly go there and go to freaking leopolds cafe sometime in the future :D You were also probably right about the movie.
 
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Kamasutra :D
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Bes still needs directions when he does it :head: :D
 
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Right now I'm reading a case from a legal periodical on the UK's laws on abortion - cheerful stuff. Graphic too :(

But when I go to bed I'll be reading a JFK biography :)
 
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i read it 15 years ago now i am reading it again

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Swami and Friends By Rk Narayan 5:star: simple and awesome

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Calum1903 said:
But when I go to bed I'll be reading a JFK biography :)
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For JKF related, of course there are many good books around. But I'd like to suggest "The Death of a President" by William Manchester. It is about the 6 days surrounding the death of JFK. The author was comissioned to write the book by the family. We got a look how the family is reacting. Very emotional and revealing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_a_President
 
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gaizka22 said:
For JKF related, of course there are many good books around. But I'd like to suggest "The Death of a President" by William Manchester. It is about the 6 days surrounding the death of JFK. The author was comissioned to write the book by the family. We got a look how the family is reacting. Very emotional and revealing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_a_President
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Cheers for that :) The one I read was more about his life than his death. All ground that's been covered a million times before but I loved it anyway; JFK was some boy.
 
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Jesus, some readers we must be, the thread's been dormant for more than a year now :D

Anyone read Vernon God Little and loved it? I for one don't remember being so letdown by a book in a long, long time. Dressed up as an irreverent new age look at the world around him by a teenager, it is instead mired in dollops of profanity and a story that moves at an execrable pace. The low point, undoubtedly, was the Sunday Telegraph placing it in the league of Catcher in the Rye. Such commendations have made me eternally wary of books that drown in critical applause.
 
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As said in another thread - Silence of the Lambs.
 
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Girly book-The Notebook.

And Stephen King-Rage.
 
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Ashish said:
still searching :D


by Viktor Frankl
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Sounds like a great book, will try to get it.

Ronaldo fans read?! :D

Jasper said:
As said in another thread - Silence of the Lambs.
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I've never read Silence of the Lambs. Maybe 'cause horror gives me nightmares. When we were in Journalism school, we were screened police slides of horrific crimes as part of curriculum. I still get jittery at night.
 
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Italian Tsar said:
Sounds like a great book, will try to get it.

Ronaldo fans read?! :D
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loooool :D

they are plain stupid, i saw it in a book store while passing by ;) just thought of putting that name here ;):D
 
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Italian Tsar said:
Anyone read Vernon God Little and loved it?
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I enjoyed it. It didn't live up to the hype though.

Following some magnificent off-topic discussion in the EPL thread, I'm going to pick this up again. Only got half way through it before.

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And I've been reading "A Star Called Henry" by Roddy Doyle. It's shite.
 
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Girly book-The Notebook.

And Stephen King-Rage.
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It has a Hollywoood film as well starring Ryan Gossling, eh? Many say it's good but it's really average. But if you(guys) are going to watch it then compliment it and you have it in the bag ;)
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I've never read Silence of the Lambs. Maybe 'cause horror gives me nightmares. When we were in Journalism school, we were screened police slides of horrific crimes as part of curriculum. I still get jittery at night.
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Books or movies don't have an effect on me. If I watch a doc about chid trafficking, modern slavery, or horrific crimes I might stop in the middle and it might haunt me for few day thoughts.
 
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Jasper said:
It has a Hollywoood film as well starring Ryan Gossling, eh? Many say it's good but it's really average. But if you(guys) are going to watch it then compliment it and you have it in the bag ;)
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Yep, it worked wonders for that guy. I know the movie is not great, but it's good enough to make me cry (and film-wise I've just cried to the Lion King and Bambi), I recommend it in that sense.
 
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