English books

[Florian L.]

I've just finished reading "The Jungle Books" by Kippling. It was the first time I closely was engaged with these themes. What was most stunning was that the thread through the text, basically, were the Mowgli stories. And, although, they were merely losely connected built a frame in which the other parts (Undertakers, ....) were emebedded fairly good. Neverthelesss the quality of the stories varied hugely, especially some of the poems I did not understand totally in terms of language and, particularly, meaning.

At the very moment I read "Tracks" by Louise Erdrich, a native North-American author. I have to read that for university and I must admit that I find it rather boring. Of course the novel provides an authentic picture of the native American at the beginning of the twentieth century but, in general, it is focused on the minority. I don't like novels whose only purpose is to create a pledge for minorities and here you realise such tendencies.

[Norbert]

Paul Ekert: Ordinary Monsters

if you like action thrillers...

[Tony_Iommi]

...finially about to finish up Sedaris' : 'When you are engulfed in flames'

[Tabea]

I can recommend "The Pelican Brief" by John Grisham. I read it for the CAE (Certificate of Advanced English from the Cambride University) and now it's one of my favourite books. It's catching and you just have to go on reading!

[Pit Brett]

Hope you guys still have left some space for another recommendation..

It's Howard Jacobson's "The mighty Walzer" which has been brought to my attention by a friend from Chicago a few years ago.

Of course it's not that catching as a regular thriller but you'll find lots of jokes almost on every page.

As a ping-pong...sorry, as a table tennis player myself, I really enjoyed reading it even though I had to look up for a couple of words from time to time as a german. It's about a little boy who's a real natural at ping-pong and follows his way becomming a pro.

Worth reading even for people who're not that familiar with table tennis. But if you're (and I know you're :-)) it will double the fun!

In case that somebody of you read this book already, I'd like to know if it has been the same pleasure for you

Get it here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mighty-Walze.../dp/0099274728

[Obachecka]

I have to read "About a boy" untill next thursday....

I watched the movie a few days ago and it was boring in my opinion.

[DirkEausM]

Zitat von Obachecka

I have to read "About a boy" untill next thursday....

...not only to read, feel it

The Who - See me feel me

[Obachecka]

Zitat von DirkEausM

...not only to read, feel it

The Who - See me feel me

Read it, feel it, what else ?

Our teacher wants us to collect 10 vocabs from each chapter for our "vocab-list", we have to make a reading log, we'll write a vocab test on thursday and so on....

Horrible...

Deniece Williams - Silly
Let's go back to the "Musik-Thread"...;-)