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Comment on Suggest Me A Book by Jonathan Whiting

Jonathan Whiting — Tue, 03 May 2011 22:51:17 +0000

I’ve been getting pretty into my modern classics over the past year. The truly must read stuff:

Graham Greene – The End of the Affair (possibly the best thing I’ve ever read)
Edith Warnton – House of Mirth (I tend to hate this sort of thing, but I adored this)
Ernest Hemingway – The Old Man and the Sea (absolutely breathtaking prose)

Comment on The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood by Jonathan Whiting

Jonathan Whiting — Tue, 03 May 2011 22:22:54 +0000

I read this a while back based on a random Amazon recommendation, and it completely blew me away. Not a happy book, but incredibly compelling.

I’ve since read a few of her other books (Bodily Harm, The Year of the Flood, Oryx and Crake), all of which were also very good indeed. Though perhaps not quite completely at the same level as this.

Comment on Suggest Me A Book by Russell Corrie

Russell Corrie — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:36:01 +0000

I wonder if I can suggest this wonderful book for you to read and enjoy

Thanks

Russell

Comment on The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom by Tuesdays With Morrie – Mitch Albom « The Big Book Review

Tuesdays With Morrie – Mitch Albom « The Big Book Review — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:41:52 +0000

[...] may remember that I read a book in the Top 100 called The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Review HERE) This book is just as [...]

Comment on How I Paid For College – Mark Acito by Jonathan Whiting

Jonathan Whiting — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:25:44 +0000

Really glad you enjoyed it (though I was pretty sure you would :)

Comment on The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro by Jonathan Whiting

Jonathan Whiting — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:18:28 +0000

For me it was the amount of ‘writing’ that went in between the lines that made me finish this book reeling. That and the amount of humanity put into a character who in so many way also feels so alien.

Having said that it was still a bit of a slow-struggle of a book.

Comment on The Phantom Of The Opera – Gaston Leroux by Fantôme de l'Opéra

Fantôme de l'Opéra — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:08:06 +0000

Did you know that we are now entering the 100th anniversary of the PHANTOM story? The first installment of Gaston Leroux’s novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra appeared in Le Gaulois, the French paper in which the novel was initially serialized, from September 1909 to January 1910 prior to publication in book format in 1910.

To celebrate this achievement, a brand new Phantom Twitter stream has been launched to spread the word of the centenary and the latest news and developments concerning the Opera Ghost. Eventually it is hoped the stream will be used to release exciting new ongoing research currently being undertaken into the novel and all its subsequent adaptations in areas never previously explored. The more fans who join the stream, the better, so we can spread word of the centenary to the wider world and draw attention to all things Phantom!

Please follow by going to http://twitter.com/fantomedelopera , logging in/signing up and clicking ‘Follow’. Followers will be rewarded by some exclusive news and updates!

Comment on Nobody True – James Herbert by jacob forkin

jacob forkin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:18:10 +0000

i found the book amazing, i couldnt put it down. im 15 and its the first book ive read in years. i have to disagree on the footnotes at first (like you)i struggled to comprehend the purpose of the randomly placed footnotes but as the plot developed i found them to be an occasional entertaining break from the story.I agree with you about the ending but i couldnt have seen it differently if you understand me.
The only bit i didnt like was the few chapters near the beggining where he described how his bussiness thrived and how he got his wife. although i realize that these chapeters where essential to understanding the character of james true i thought they worked at a comparitivly slow pace to the rest of the book.
after reading nobody true i started to sistymaticly read through the rest of james herberts work and in my oppinion nobody true was argueably his best book along with haunted
(sorry about the grammatical errors my punctuation and spelling is awful ha)

Comment on Suggest Me A Book by Jennie

Jennie — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:53:35 +0000

Piglet – I have been trying to find it, I haven’t yet!

Steven – If I could borrow that I would be highly grateful

Comment on Suggest Me A Book by Steven

Steven — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:51:05 +0000

I know you found the Wasp Factory by Iain Banks a little on the graphic side – I would also recommend “The Crow Road” which I don’t currently have (someone liked it so much they stole it!) and “Whit” which I do have (and is a little more fluffy than the Wasp Factory). Usual late return fees will apply.