Poetry, Music, Books and all things good....

I do read quickly squeaky....once my head is in a good book that's it...I just read and read.

Yes, I found many parts of it very moving ... it made me really think more about how life is for people caught up in a war that they neither want or understand.

Yes please do recommend any more books, that one was excellent...thank you.
 
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The book I was trying to think of was HOUSE RULES by Jodi Picoult, about a young man with aspergers who gets accused of murder. Agreat insight into what it's like to live with aspergers and is, I think, very funny in places.
 
Thanks squeaky...will look on ebay...usually mange to pick up a nice copy reasonably priced.
I read a lot of her earlier books...they always leave you feeling slightly 'troubled' for want of a better word, very interesting author.

Have family down this weekend so no reading :(
 
I have never read a Steven King book....I imagine them being slightly scary...

You haven't missed anything, the scariest thing about them is the way they are written. year 8 would possibly get a see me, for the lack of prose in them.
 
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Susie,

Have you read "the curious incident of the dog in the nightime" by Mark Haddon (i think)
 
Susie,

Have you read "the curious incident of the dog in the nightime" by Mark Haddon (i think)

Hi Barnsbury ..... the next book I want to read is your first recommendation 'the Art of racing in the Rain' it arrived today....it looks excellent so I am going to wait until next week when hopefully I will have time to to just get lost in it.
Keep posting....I am building up a lovely list of 'must reads' and 'hopefully' there are others reading this section who will eventually post a comment too.
 
im reading The secret diary of a slummy mummy.....by fiona neills.....in the top 10 of sunday times books list......apparentley.....unadulterated chick sh*t.....................but thats my level of literature....

id highly recommend it :mrgreen:
 
Chick lit is fine when you just want a quick light-hearted read...recently read The Undomesticated Goddess in an afternoon...curled up in a chair and laughed out loud at a very funny book.
 
thanks for that B824 its excellent...
strangely I downloaded the Gotye/Kimbra version of that song only yesterday,
but the guitar work on that one is amazing....
 
It's a studio production. They are just hamming it up for the video.
 
OK, well I'll get into trouble for this but...... can you explain poetry to me? it means absolutely nothing to me. its just random words.

Sorry but I can't amaze you with my literary skills...my take on poetry is basically I read the occasional poem that I really like. The one thing I would say is that you need to take care when reading it....it can't be read like a book....you have to take each line slowly and stop when the punctuation tells you to....it does sometimes take a bit of thought and time to read.
It doesn't have to be serious it can just be light-hearted and fun as in sooeys post....or it can be more deep and meaningful...it can be anything you want it to be really....not everyone likes it.....you are not alone....maybe I am the odd one out...that's nothing new ;)
 
Barnsbury ... thank you for recommending the book The Art Of Racing In The Rain.....that was such an enjoyable read...I must admit at first I really thought I wasn't going to enjoy it but as I got into it ..it was so good....so well written and lots of little phrases so meaningful that I wish I could commit them to memory, I will read it again just to find them.

Brilliant to see life through the dogs eyes...our last GSD had hip dysplasia and had two new hips...I shed more than a tear for her...and it was just so well written ...yes you were right...it did make me cry (a lot).

Very enjoyable, so just a huge thank you from me.
 
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