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[ScarlettCrush]

I am reading Courtesans, a catalog of their virtues and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
I love anything about courtesans or famous mistress's

[SensiRide]

I love reading! It's a great way to escape from this world for a bit and absorb yourself in someone elses world. Readers have the best imaginations!

I think it improves your spelling as well and extends your vocabulary. I done real well at English in school because I always had my head buried in a book and found it eas to write essays and stuff (but I was shite at maths )
Books are always waaaaay better than films. I think Memoirs of a Geisha is an excellent book but I dont want to see the movie because I don't think it will be (and heard it isn't) anwhere near as good as the book.

My favourite book EVER is Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - I would recommend that everyone read it at least once, its amazing - I've read it countless times and don't get bored of it.
Lord of the Flies is good as well.

[Harvesthetic]

I love reading! It's a great way to escape from this world for a bit and absorb yourself in someone elses world. Readers have the best imaginations!

I think it improves your spelling as well and extends your vocabulary. I done real well at English in school because I always had my head buried in a book and found it eas to write essays and stuff (but I was shite at maths )
Books are always waaaaay better than films. I think Memoirs of a Geisha is an excellent book but I dont want to see the movie because I don't think it will be (and heard it isn't) anwhere near as good as the book.

My favourite book EVER is Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - I would recommend that everyone read it at least once, its amazing - I've read it countless times and don't get bored of it.
Lord of the Flies is good as well.

you listed two of my top five books there. Lolita is great..
I prefer to read in English since it does improve my spelling.
Nicely put into words there about reading, it does heighten the imagination, which i think is a problem, especially with young kids these days, like Ganj put it very accurately, they are poisoned by instant satisfaction.
Hell, they don't even accept the fact that Kill Bill was split in half, lacking immediate mental orgasm.
Memoirs of a Geisha is one of those exceptions where the movie does pay respect to the book. My female friends loved the movie, and the one that read the book, liked it too.

[slayergirl]

loved 'crime and punishment '...how man's mind is his worst enemy...
somerset maughm.."of human bondage"
anything by james elroy--""la confidential", "killer on the road"

[Harvesthetic]

loved 'crime and punishment '...how man's mind is his worst enemy...
somerset maughm.."of human bondage"
anything by james elroy--""la confidential", "killer on the road"

If you like James Elroy check out Elmore Leonard. (if you don't know him yet)

[RastaKaze]

Nicely put into words there about reading, it does heighten the imagination, which i think is a problem, especially with young kids these days, like Ganj put it very accurately, they are poisoned by instant satisfaction.

Yes, todays youth... *sigh* don't even get me started

[BabyFacedAbortion]

I loved "A million little pieces" by James Fry.

Kind of made me mad that it was all bullshit, but still a good book.

[BabyFacedAbortion]

frey*

[Blowboy]

yeah instant satisfaction is one of those luxury-problems, I can really get upset when I see an example of it.
During the week, I live alone in pretty small room, and I don't have a tv here. I'm actually glad about that, don't mis it for a second. It gives me time to read
I like reading a lot, almost every time in english.
The last few months I've reading a bunch of Aldous Huxely, what went down in that man's mind is truely exceptional.
He was married to a belgian woman that lived a block away from me, so it's very probable he used to walk where I walk nowadays

[Blowboy]

And "Lord of the Flies" moved me more than I expected it to do.