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Just to add that I download my free audio books at: Browse By Category: Audio Book, human-read - Project Gutenberg Or here: LibriVox They are all old books whose copyright expired so don't look for the latest bestsellers there. I started listening to audio books quite recently, as a...

Hi Leana, You live in three houses in the heart of Europe? That sounds interesting :-)

Ivo Andric - Gospodjica (engl. transl. Woman from Sarajevo) Michael Pupin - From immigrant to inventor Carl Sagan - The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God Franz Kafka - The Trial Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea David Albahari - Dijaspora i...

Now I get it :)

Well, it's in our human nature to explore new places and grab all natural resources we can find out there. That's how civilization was born and is still sustained. It doesn't matter is it gold, ivory, oil or whatever. The story of feeling entitled to all resources in the world is repeated by all...

I like this forum and I visit it regularly. I don't post that much for 2 main reasons: 1. don't have time 2. don't know to write But I found so much interesting posts here. I'm really grateful to all of you for your contributions. Maybe this uncertain economic situation influences...

Isn't it better to resurect an old thread then to begin a new one? It's not my fault I haven't read it in 2005 :)

I agree with novella. I have just finished The Heart Of Darkness the other day and I am still baffled about the book. Why is everybody considering Kurtz so extraordinary? Conrad didn't explain anything about it. I know that book is full of metaphors but in my opinion "darkness" metaphor is...

I understand what you mean but I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing if somebody reads books like Harry Potter. My son hasn't read any Harry Potter book yet, but I don't mind if he wants to read it. I let him choose his books. We tried to recommend him some titles but he prefers to...

And what's wrong with having emotions?

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running This book was a really enjoyable read for me. The style is very simple and friendly, and reading is easy. And it’s not only about running as the title might suggest. It’s a memoir book about his 25 years of running and writing and traveling around...

I know I shouldn’t be complaining. I was just wondering if I did something wrong and can I do something to help him? I see that as a society we have become too obsessed with our children. Now we spend so much time driving our kids around, waiting for them to do their sports, driving them to...

From what I've read about her it should be interesting. Too bad that our local library doesn't have any of her books. They will probably get some now.

Herta Who? :)

I would go with Philip Roth.

Thanks for the explanation. I would describe a "literary snob" as a person who looks down on people who don't share his/her "refined" taste in literature. And we are all little snobs sometimes. But I don’t want to diverge from your original topic too much. I can’t wait to see who got Nobel...

Hi Beer Good, Just out of curiosity: How do you recognize a "literary snob" ? ;)

Maybe you are right, Gilgamesh. As most of the parents here, we have already enrolled both kids in such activities. So we will be driving them all over the place :-) After thinking it over again, I concluded that I can't blame "reading too much" for his social (or anti-social) behaviour...

That's OK. Thank you for your suggestion. My older son is 8 now. There are some programs in our library but they are mainly for toddlers. There were several events during the summer break for older kids and he liked it. I guess it has to do with the community in which you live too. Whitby...

We don't have such problems. My kids sometimes forget to make their bed or brush their teeth, but they never read at the dining table or in school when they have other assignments. So I guess I should be happy. Thanks, Gilgamesh.