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GeoffC · 09-30-2010, 09:36 AM

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (translated into English by *? I don't know) - is a nice gentle read - well recommended.

FlorenceArt · 09-30-2010, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (translated into English by *? I don't know) - is a nice gentle read - well recommended.

Thanks Geoff, I should really start reading it (in the French translation though) but I keep getting sidetracked. Or rather sidetracking myself

thinkpad · 09-30-2010, 10:31 AM

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started All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy

I've seen the movie but not read the book.

kennyc · 09-30-2010, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (translated into English by *? I don't know) - is a nice gentle read - well recommended.

I think I'll read that before Buddha myself...it is on my reader just waiting.

thinkpad · 09-30-2010, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (translated into English by *? I don't know) - is a nice gentle read - well recommended.

A good film in the same genre is Little Buddha, https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikiped.../Little_Buddha

FlorenceArt · 09-30-2010, 10:43 AM

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I think I'll read that before Buddha myself...it is on my reader just waiting.

Mine is a paperback (impulse buy at the cashier's desk

). I don't think the French translation is available as an e-book.

mstetz · 10-01-2010, 06:42 AM

I'm reading, and thoroughly enjoying, The Passage. I like to read horror/science fiction during October, and this is just the ticket. There be vampires in it, but none that you'd want to fall in love with.

Marty

recluse · 10-02-2010, 12:39 AM

Just finished "The Totem" by David Morrell. A small town in Wyoming finds itself under siege from an outbreak of irrational violence. Fast paced and scary as Hell. Highly recommended.

Latinandgreek · 10-02-2010, 05:07 AM

I'm reading "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt. I can't put it down.

GeoffC · 10-02-2010, 05:08 AM

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I'm reading "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt. I can't put it down.

erm...

you put it down long enough to post about it ?

Latinandgreek · 10-02-2010, 05:26 AM

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erm...

you put it down long enough to post about it ?

Well, I had to put it down for a little while to get to my tea and MR fix for the morning!

(Darn it, you caught me in a bald-faced lie...)

FlorenceArt · 10-02-2010, 07:02 AM

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Well, I had to put it down for a little while to get to my tea and MR fix for the morning!

(Darn it, you caught me in a bald-faced lie...)

Tea, MR and a good book (I read that one long ago and it was very good indeed). What more do you need?

Steve Anderson · 10-02-2010, 02:59 PM

I'm enjoying Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre -- non-fiction history about an Allied intelligence ruse during WWII that involved planting a dead, faked British officer to wash up on the shores of Spain carrying papers that would fool the enemy about the invasion of Sicily. Lots of nice background about the quirky intelligence officers who cooked up the con, many of whom were novelists and frustrated adventurers.

I usually read (and write) historical espionage fiction but this is doing the trick. It was also a movie called The Man Who Never Was. As far as the characters go, it's about as close to fiction as you can get.

Steve

LoveReading · 10-02-2010, 09:12 PM

I'm currently reading two books: I loved the first book (The Son Of Man) that I'm now reading the second book in the the series by CW Johnson called Son of Man Elders of Zion (smashwords; first book The Son of Man). "The story of the infant clone of Christ and his surrogate parents continue as they flee the long arm of 'The Vinces.' Rejoin them as they settle in a strange, lawless wilderness once known as The United States of America".
I'm also reading The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd - a love story between a woman and a monk, a woman and her husband, and ultimately a woman and her own soul."

SneakySnake · 10-02-2010, 09:20 PM

I am reading another Vicky Tyley book "Brittle Shadows".

Go Vicky! keep 'em coming.

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09-30-2010, 09:36 AM	#6496
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (translated into English by *? I don't know) - is a nice gentle read - well recommended.

10-01-2010, 06:42 AM	#6502
mstetz Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ohio Device: Kindle 3	I'm reading, and thoroughly enjoying, The Passage. I like to read horror/science fiction during October, and this is just the ticket. There be vampires in it, but none that you'd want to fall in love with. Marty

10-02-2010, 12:39 AM	#6503
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	Just finished "The Totem" by David Morrell. A small town in Wyoming finds itself under siege from an outbreak of irrational violence. Fast paced and scary as Hell. Highly recommended.

10-02-2010, 05:07 AM	#6504
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	I'm reading "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt. I can't put it down.

10-02-2010, 02:59 PM	#6508
Steve Anderson Addict Posts: 226 Karma: 260821 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Device: iPhone, laptop, more	I'm enjoying Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre -- non-fiction history about an Allied intelligence ruse during WWII that involved planting a dead, faked British officer to wash up on the shores of Spain carrying papers that would fool the enemy about the invasion of Sicily. Lots of nice background about the quirky intelligence officers who cooked up the con, many of whom were novelists and frustrated adventurers. I usually read (and write) historical espionage fiction but this is doing the trick. It was also a movie called The Man Who Never Was. As far as the characters go, it's about as close to fiction as you can get. Steve

10-02-2010, 09:12 PM	#6509
LoveReading Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	I'm currently reading two books: I loved the first book (The Son Of Man) that I'm now reading the second book in the the series by CW Johnson called Son of Man Elders of Zion (smashwords; first book The Son of Man). "The story of the infant clone of Christ and his surrogate parents continue as they flee the long arm of 'The Vinces.' Rejoin them as they settle in a strange, lawless wilderness once known as The United States of America". I'm also reading The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd - a love story between a woman and a monk, a woman and her husband, and ultimately a woman and her own soul."

10-02-2010, 09:20 PM	#6510
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	I am reading another Vicky Tyley book "Brittle Shadows". Go Vicky! keep 'em coming.