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Beatriz · 04-12-2009, 10:58 AM

Yesterday's night, I finished The hobbit!!! Big Grin

I loved it, is great stuff, Bilbo is so wonderful!! hahaha
Now, I'm looking forward to watch the films!!! Big Grin

Now, I'm going to start reading "Of mice and men" by John Steinbeck, has anyone read it? I have to, because of my Advance English Exam.

**JHyde** · (This post was last modified: 04-12-2009 11:15 AM by JHyde.)

That's a great book. Steinbeck is probably a good choice, because so much of his language is simple, but the message is conveyed through nuance rather than words of four syllables.

You should read Beckett too, Beatriz, for the same reason. I still try and read Beckett in French (which he wrote many of his works in originally) to keep mine up.

To keep it on topic: I love reading Beckett, both fiction and plays, and I'm very excited that I'm seeing Happy Days in a month or two in Sydney. They're expensive to stage, so it doesn't happen very often.

Bam86 · 04-12-2009, 11:56 AM

(04-12-2009 10:58 AM)Beatriz Wrote: Yesterday's night, I finished The hobbit!!! I loved it, is great stuff, Bilbo is so wonderful!! hahaha
Now, I'm looking forward to watch the films!!!

Now, I'm going to start reading "Of mice and men" by John Steinbeck, has anyone read it? I have to, because of my Advance English Exam.

I love Tolkien's books. I read The Hobbit and all 3 LOTR's books before watching any of the films. But they are that good I could easily read them again and again.

I did 'Of Mice & Men' for my English GCSE. That's going back a few years now. But it too is a good read. Confused

My favorite authors at the moment at Jeff Abbott and Jill Mansell.

**bertowud** · 04-12-2009, 12:17 PM

Steinbeck is great. Of Mice and Men is a great book. Nearly cried on that one.

**JHyde** · (This post was last modified: 04-12-2009 01:16 PM by JHyde.)

I also like Cannery Row.

I just finished reading Harry's Diary. Buy it from Spooks Shop now!! Seriously, it is very good, even though there's the odd continuity error.

Margaret · 05-12-2009, 12:55 PM

I've just finished Harry's Diary too: can highly recommend it. Definately get hold of a copy if you haven't already.

I have just finished Stella Rimington's latest in the Liz Carlyle series:

Liz Carlyle
1. At Risk (2004)
2. Secret Asset (2005)
3. Illegal Action (2007)
4. Dead Line (2008)
5. Present Danger (2009)

All of these are worth a look.

At the moment I am reading Complicit by Nicci French.

almh · 05-12-2009, 01:03 PM

Wow, she's written a load! I've only read At Risk, but I'll definitely look at getting the other books.

**JHyde** · (This post was last modified: 05-12-2009 05:02 PM by JHyde.)

Margaret, you and I should have combined our shipping! It was more than the book itself to get it out here Smile

I'm starting a thread for Harry's Diary so we can obsess about it at length.

I'm also very excited about the new Robert Lowell poetry collection I bought today. I'm saving it for my lazy Sunday.

Margaret · 06-12-2009, 05:13 AM

JHyde: Thank you, I'll remember that. I always try to cheer myself up re the shipping and postage costs by saying: "Well, it's cheaper than getting there myself."

**JHyde** · 06-12-2009, 09:19 AM

That is true, and it makes me feel a little better - thanks!

Re-reading my English translation of Ovid's Love Poems (including Ars Amatoria) by Melville that's really good. Finding good translations of classical poetry is very difficult but this one is stellar and it's an Oxford World's Classic so it's easy to get your hands on.