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When reading, do you prefer stories told from a first person perspective or a third person perspective? How important is perspective to you? Are some stories better told in a given perspective than others?

Your pirate name is: Mad Harry Rackham Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

What did you think of the character progression? I liked the character of Sayuro in her infancy, but got the impression the longer she spent as a geisha, the more the life consumed her. I'm not entirely sure if I like the butterfly that emerged from the cocoon. . She started off innocent...

What are your opinions on Non-English books being translated over into English? Authors such as Dumas, Lem, Tolstoy? Surely some passages/words can't be translated over without losing something. Aren't we at the mercy of the translators, some of whom put their own personal slant on things...

Finished Memoirs of a Geisha which I thought was very good, and I'm currently 50 pages into Ian M Banks's Against a Dark Background. Unfortunately, I'm not enjoying the book thus far- the 1st chapter (after the prologue) stinks of clumsy info dumping with the recounting of the character's...

Don't worry, it's not (besides I finished it this morning). Is it just me or did the book just wrap up a bit too quickly? After all that effort to flesh out the characters etc, the final few chapters seemed a bit too rushed. For example That's what I was wondering. She did seem a bit two...

Well, only started reading this book last night. I'm just 5 or 6 chapters in, hence I can't say I've gotten to the meat of the book yet. Reads well so far, though the writer going through the nuances of putting on a kimono did have me going through those pages on autopilot (I guess it does add...

Well, I gave up on Wine of Angels as it's currently 100 miles or so away. Currently reading Brin's Uplift War. I'm about 200 pages in, and I'm enjoying this one. Brin writes aliens well IMHO. I've decided to give this thing a try, though if it gets to be too much of a hassle, I'll pack it...

Actually, that sounds like a good idea- I've been meaning to get around to reading that one.

I know it's a bit late now, but what did people think of books 101-200? (these are ranked and only were published on the bigread website due to popular demand) 101. Three Men In A Boat, Jerome K. Jerome 102. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett 103. The Beach, Alex Garland 104. Dracula, Bram...

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again Du Maurier ~ Rebecca It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune,must be in want of a wife Austin ~ Pride and Prejudice "This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it." -...

Is there an easy step by step guide to posting book reviews here? It's probably pretty straight forward, but an 'idiot's guide' would be nice for people confused as to how this all works. Had a look through the reviews thus far. Book excerpts where possible would be appreciated. What...

Well, he seems to have written a number of books I've heard of including Birdsong and Charlotte Grey. I keep seeing them on the 3 for 2 shelf, and to be honest, all that seems to be stopping me grabbing Birdsong is the fact that it was championed in last year's Big Read by a particular...

WENT to see? As in at the cinema? umm Spiderman last year sometime (prefer my DVD collection to the cinema at the mo) Last film I SAW? Last night, watched 'Where Eagles Dare' starring Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton (never heard of him until last night). It's been a while where I went into...

If you take an agnostic point of view (well it depends on the way you define the word), the one 'with' the animals could never have happened, leaving only the bleak story without the animals. Is the author trying to say something here about life without religion, or am I reading too much into it?

No repeats? Well if you insist on 10 decent ones (it would have helped if you gave me a genre to work with here): The Name of the Rose- Umberto Eco And Then There Were None- Agatha Christie The Shining- Stephen King Double Indemnity- James M. Cain Count of Monte Cristo- Alexandre Dumas...

Re: Herobear and Kid Have a go at Blankets- it's got friendhip and nostalgia written all over it (in a good, non-cheesy way).

Lovely. I'm not the world's expert on poetry but I liked that one. Thanks for sharing

This is getting annoying now. Not trying to sound like an old fuddy duddy, but what happened to cheap books? No wonder the stores are doing those 3 for 2 offers. Don't even get me started on Print on Demand-...

Well, she seems quite famous on this side of the pond :o I was just wondering if anyone here had read any of Atwood's work. Where's a good place to start? Some people say 'Alias Grace,' some recommend 'The Blind Assassin,' whilst others suggest 'The Handmaid's Tale.' How did people find...