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bellabella
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June 06, 2006 - 02:55 PM |
 
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I've just started reading the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, it's about a boy growing up in afghanistan,pretty good so far and well written |
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drummissimo
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June 06, 2006 - 03:31 PM |
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just read Angels&Demons by Dan Brown. is the prequel to the davinci code. nice thriller! |
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bellabella
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June 06, 2006 - 03:38 PM |
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have you read any of his other books drummissimo? I liked Angels and Demons and da Vinci Code, but after that his books got boring, they basically follow exactly the same formula - it's like he has a Dan Brown template that he writes from! |
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zang
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June 06, 2006 - 03:38 PM |
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Bought "the kite runner" on the weekend but haven't started yet. Reading "a short history of tractors in unkrainian" at the moment. Quite funny about an old Ukrainian living in the UK who's marrying a young Ukrainian gold digger!
both bought at Charterhouse bookstore. Don't agree on any of Dan Brown's books. THink they are just horrible, but that's just my opinion! |
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shanghaiceltic
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June 06, 2006 - 04:07 PM |
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Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler. Just did a revue on this section of the site.
Rattelsnake: A book about an RN Captain Owen Stanley who commanded a ship of the same name to survey the Great Barier Reef and the Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia. This was the first complete survey of a safe inner passage of the reef. It sounds dry but in fact it is very good as it covers a lot of early Australian history and the exploration of Australia. I realy enjoyed it. |
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drummissimo
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June 06, 2006 - 05:16 PM |
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| have you read any of his other books drummissimo? I liked Angels and Demons and da Vinci Code, but after that his books got boring, they basically follow exactly the same formula - it's like he has a Dan Brown template that he writes from! |
actually i did not. just finished a&d on my flight back to shanghai. i read some of the covers at the airport bookstore, but the stories did not seem as catchy to me.
by the way: where can i find a large selection of english books in shanghai - similar to US prices, and new!!! (i usually order from amazon.com) |
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tomnoddy_uk
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Joined: Mar 14, 2006
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June 06, 2006 - 05:58 PM |
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is there a book swapping network in shanghai at all?
if so has anyone read ugly chinaman and now want to trade it by bao someone i think |
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bellabella
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June 06, 2006 - 09:30 PM |
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drummissimo - Chaterhouse Bookstore in the basement of Times Square (Lane Crawford) on huaihai lu |
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lalaabc321
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June 12, 2006 - 03:34 PM |
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sarahs
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June 19, 2006 - 07:56 PM |
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Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
A young woman, whom is deeply loved by another man, falls in love with a married woman 17 years her senior. Told through the eyes of the man, it is a love story of unrequited love, longing, and loneliness. Interesting book that starts out grounded in reality but takes on a surreal and dreamlike twist. Good and very quick read. |
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aquagirl
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June 20, 2006 - 06:30 AM |
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hey sarahs, have you read norwegian wood? how did they compare?
that is the only book of his that i have read, but i loved it. have not gotten to his other books yet. but i hear they are a bit crazier....
quick reads are good! |
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GC
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June 20, 2006 - 07:01 AM |
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currently reading Mao - by Jung Chang |
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sarahs
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June 20, 2006 - 10:30 AM |
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aquagirl- this was my first murakami book. definitely want to check out his other stuff- norwegian wood, wind up bird chronicle, dance dance dance. i highly recommend sputnik sweetheart if you get a chance- so strange at times but really interesting. characters have deep passion for music, wine, etc. yet have trouble in their passion for people. also strong theme of doppelgangers and the idea of not being a whole person, of being split into parts. |
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aquagirl
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June 20, 2006 - 12:08 PM |
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cool. sounds like a good read. then i highly recommend norwegian wood. i am not big on love stories (although, this is a weird one), but it was just so well written. really well done. sounds like you would like it too. |
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Lesi
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June 20, 2006 - 12:20 PM |
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Cosmic Serpent, DNA and the origing of knowledge by Jeremy Narby. |
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aquagirl
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June 20, 2006 - 12:25 PM |
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^ what the hell is that? tell us about it, lesi!
(nice to see you around again!)  |
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Lesi
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June 20, 2006 - 12:33 PM |
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The guy who wrote this is an anthropologist, who spent some time with indigenous ppl of Amazona. He discovers strange way of those ppl to gain the knowledge about nature, medicine and etc by eating tobacco and drinking ayahuasqo... Anyways, all these leads into fascinating study about DNA's mythology cosmic serpents, who are and where do we come from etc questions. Pretty interesting book. |
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Lesi
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June 20, 2006 - 12:34 PM |
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And thanks!!! Nice to be back, Not for long though. |
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kiwikells
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June 20, 2006 - 12:40 PM |
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Currently trying to read Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" |
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bellabella
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June 20, 2006 - 12:47 PM |
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^oh I loved that book! so funny! but didn't get a lot of the chef's language - but i guess you have your very own translator for that!
finished the Kite Runner the other day - what an amazing book! |
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drummissimo
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June 20, 2006 - 01:08 PM |
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bella, have you read any of the other dan brown books? any recommendations? |
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bellabella
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June 20, 2006 - 01:16 PM |
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i've read allof them and they get kind of boring after the first 2, his writing is really formulaic and you can guess really easily what is going to happen, so no - sorry! |
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drummissimo
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June 20, 2006 - 01:31 PM |
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thanks bella! |
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bellabella
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June 20, 2006 - 02:22 PM |
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I've read a few james patterson books (mostly when i was travelling and had to take what i could get) and he is another one with the same story in every book! THey are enjoyable for the first couple of books but then just get boring!!! |
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tomnoddy_uk
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June 20, 2006 - 02:54 PM |
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the dice man.
reread it and its still the funniest thing ive ever read |
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