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Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by Zahymaka(m): 3:32pm On May 22, 2006
uzygirl:

I didn't know there was a thread like this, i've been missing out oh. Glad to meet book lovers. Just finished reading "To sir with love" by Braithwhite.

That's one book I've been trying to lay my hands on since I was young -- together with Olaudah Equiano's Equiano's Travels. I wish I could get it -- my school library doesn't have it.

Beyond the Words -- Bonni Goldberg.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by spikedcylinder: 6:25pm On May 22, 2006
The Kite Runner~Khaleed Housseini
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by LoverBwoy(m): 7:33pm On May 22, 2006
3 Blind Mice- james patterson

now reading 2nd Chance- james patterson
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by ikamefa(f): 11:38pm On May 22, 2006
i say a prayer - e.Lynn Harris

the sky is falling -Sidney Sheldon grin
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by pearl2(m): 10:34am On May 23, 2006
The Summing Up by W.Somerset Maugham and,
Living to Tell the Tale by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Just hear Marquez;"And so we shared with them a local meal whose simplicity had nothing to do with poverty but with a regimen of sobriety that he practiced and advocated not only for the table but for all of life's activities.From the moment I tasted the soup I had the sensation that an entire sleeping world was waking in my memory.Tastes that had been mine in childhood and that I had lost when I left the town reappeared intact with each spoonful,and they gripped my heart"
When I savoured this kind of dish in the opening pages,I was gripped too!
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by pearl2(m): 10:43am On May 23, 2006
Zahymaka:

That's one book I've been trying to lay my hands on since I was young -- together with Olaudah Equiano's Equiano's Travels. I wish I could get it -- my school library doesn't have it.

Beyond the Words -- Bonni Goldberg.
I've only read excerpts from Equiano's book in an anthology.
Haven't seen the whole book to read too.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by Zahymaka(m): 11:59am On May 23, 2006
pearl2:

I've only read excerpts from Equiano's book in an anthology.
Haven't seen the whole book to read too.

I put it on my Amazon wishlist. Maybe someone who wants to surprise me will buy it for me.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by spikedcylinder: 7:58pm On May 23, 2006
loverbwoy,
I have read both Patterson novels you're currently reading!Nice!I love Patterson!Have you read The Beach House?Or the one about Gary Soneji(Cat and Mouse?)I forgot the title just now.He's a splendid writer!
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by diddy4(m): 11:27pm On May 23, 2006
the da vinci code.


that book got me at the edge of my seat.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by GL(f): 3:48am On May 24, 2006
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens


i've heard so much about this Da Vinci Code book. I'd love to read it someday.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by LoverBwoy(m): 2:12pm On May 24, 2006
spikedcylinder:

loverbwoy,
I have read both Patterson novels you're currently reading!Nice!I love Patterson!Have you read The Beach House?Or the one about Gary Soneji(Cat and Mouse?)I forgot the title just now.He's a splendid writer!


Hey spikedcylinder

I am just reading the second one, i will read the others afterwards, nice to know someone is one da same wavelength grin

p.s i'm still waiting for your pics by da way
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by nwadinma(f): 7:25pm On May 24, 2006
i love novel by betha m clay . i have quite a lot of them.
presently am writing my own so i have suspened reading.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by uzygirl(f): 6:09pm On May 25, 2006
I'm halfway the Bourne Supremacy. I'm reading and wondering how great it would have been if these movie people would actually potray a story on film the way it is in the original novel.
In my opinion, they cant.
I've watched the movie and I'll say it's a sorry excuse for what I'm reading now.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by LoverBwoy(m): 6:19pm On May 25, 2006
well they tried , i ve not read the book but im sure they tried their best its not that easy to convert a book to a film

better than nigerian films grin
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by uzygirl(f): 7:44pm On May 25, 2006
NB: in Nigeria, we produce home videos, not films. Some of them are nothing to writ home about. But some are good.

I've seen some films as well as read the books, and i can tell you, the fils are usually like one third of the books. The books work with the mind, while films work with the eyes
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by uzygirl(f): 7:47pm On May 25, 2006
NB: in Nigeria, we produce home videos, not films. Some of them are nothing to writ home about. But some are good.

I've seen some films as well as read the books, and i can tell you, the films are usually like one third of the books. The books work with all your senses, You can actually see the mind of the characters, but films work with satisfying the eyes.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by spikedcylinder: 1:39am On May 27, 2006
LoverBwoy:


Hey spikedcylinder

I am just reading the second one, i will read the others afterwards, nice to know someone is one da same wavelength grin

p.s i'm still waiting for your pics by da way

The guy is good!No question!

AH!you're still waiting for those? grin

Nwadina,I have read In Love's Crucible by Bertha M Clay.It was pretty nice.I liked it.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by Zahymaka(m): 1:42am On May 27, 2006
How to Write Popular Fiction -- Dean Koontz
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by spikedcylinder: 2:59am On May 27, 2006
Zahymaka,is that one of his usual horror novels?
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by Nia: 4:52am On May 30, 2006
Beasts of No Nation-- Uzodinma Iweala
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by dominobaby(f): 12:28pm On Jun 01, 2006
Jst started reading Tom Clancy's Op-Centre:Divide and Conquer.
Anyone read it?
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by lovelyS(m): 1:07pm On Jun 01, 2006
Have read alot so far expecially any novel from JAMES HADLEY CHASE.and i've read many by this book tycoons like:

LIKE A SHOT IN THE HEAD
VULTURE IS A PATIENT BIRD
ONE SUMMER MORNING
WITH NO MONEY YOU ARE DEAD

GOLDEN HAND ETC

thatz all i could remember


I'm now working and i don't have time to read anymore.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by pearl2(m): 1:11am On Jun 02, 2006
NEWS OF A KIDNAPPING -GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ.
MY INVENTED COUNTRY -ISABEL ALLENDE
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by Zahymaka(m): 1:16am On Jun 02, 2006
spikedcylinder:

Zahymaka,is that one of his usual horror novels?

No. He discusses writing techniques, as the title suggests.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by otolorin(m): 11:59am On Jun 02, 2006
The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by uzygirl(f): 2:03pm On Jun 02, 2006
"Windmill of the gods"
I Think this is the best of Sidney Sheldon, I've read yet.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by Zahymaka(m): 2:06pm On Jun 02, 2006
uzygirl:

"Windmill of the gods"
I Think this is the best of Sidney Sheldon, I've read yet.

That, and The Sky is Falling -- those are his only true thrillers.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by spikedcylinder: 7:20pm On Jun 02, 2006
Zahymaka,i beg to disagree.
Eventhough i read THE SKY IS FALLING and enjoyed it thoroughly,i still think DOOMSDAY CONSPIRACY is Sheldon at his best!
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by bagoma(f): 11:30pm On Jun 04, 2006
i've read both windmills of the gods and the sky is falling and must say that they are both similar in plot and storyline. they basically follow the same pattern.
i enjoyed windmills of the gods more (probably because i read it first i dont know) undecided

@ spiky, yet to read doomsday conspiracy, would love to.

@zahymaka, i find almost all of sheldons books very enjoyable.

just started reading the macgregors, alan~grant by nora roberts, i hope i find it interesting.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by Zahymaka(m): 11:56pm On Jun 04, 2006
Hi Bagoma, I like books that give me an adrenalin rush -- they're so cool. Different people have different preferences but almost all rank The Doomsday Conspiracy, Windmills of the Gods and The Sky is Falling as Sheldon's top three, in any order.

Most of the others qualify better as romance -- of course it might be just me seeing them that way.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by bagoma(f): 12:41am On Jun 05, 2006
yet to read doomsday , i have just made it a must-read now.

loved if tomorrow comes as well. master of the game too

sheldon is cool indeed.
Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by DaHitler(m): 5:28am On Jun 05, 2006
I am not a big fan of novels or books in general (unless it is about History or Politics)

So, I am reading the news papers. (I know, it is not a book. cool)

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