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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman because it articulates some of what I feel about books. Apart from that a lot of my children's books that I still have.
I don't so much 'put books down' - deliberately at least - as get distracted by other books. I often read more than one book at a time and sometimes one can drag on for ages while others get finished and I move on to new things.
I did once stop reading I don't know how she does it because I...
Yay! More bookcrossers!
I can't believe I haven't seen this thread before, but then I haven't logged on for a while.
I first discovered the book forum through bookcrossing. They have a link to this site on their website. I've been bookcrossing for a while now. Like a lot of the people who...
Some words of encouragement
I think it sounds like a lovely idea. I'd go ahead and do it and then work the kinks out as you come to them.
I thought you might like to hear that a friend and I started a book club just over a year ago now. We treated the whole thing fairly casually and still...
Trafficking in Old Books by Anthony Marshall
It's definitely aimed at a niche audience, so I think self publishing worked really well for him. And he's had his second book published by a 'real' publishing company as a result.
That makes a lot of sense purplemyst. I often think a lot of the subtleties of a book are going over my head, and when you do know a bit about the author and the context in which they wrote a book you get so much more out of it.
I think everyone has raised some really interesting points in this thread. I studied history at Uni and I work in Museums, so I'm fascinated.
This is what I think is the key. Are you reading purely for enjoyment? In this case 'a good story' is all that's required. Bugger the facts.
Or are...
I think John Marsden is one example of a male author who successfully writes from a female perspective. It's not Sci-Fi or Fantasy, he writes teenage fiction, but I really enjoyed a lot of his work, including So Much to Tell You and most of the Tomorrow Series which were written from the...
Tracy Chevalier
I really like her books. Girl With a Pearl Earring is probably her most well known but I like The Lady and the Unicorn best. I also enjoyed Falling Angels I think she researches her books well and her style catches a lot of the feel of the times she writes about without going...
That was my fault, I saw verbal and ran with it. We don't have GRE's (that I'm aware of) in Australia. And I know Med. students here (it is related to medicine at least isn't it? I haven't completely missed the point?) have to do an interview section in their applications at least, not sure...
Mine changes frequently but for now it is:
Oranges are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
The Robber Bride - Margaret Attwood
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
The Eyre Affair - Jasper FForde