timmii
sporadic attendee
- Joined
- Nov 9, 2002
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Stupid white men - pretty good, some interesting points made, but so many vitriolic, gross generalisations that it just got exhausting to read all the superlatives 
I reallllllly recommend "I claudius" by robert graves (its historical fiction, a well researched "autobiography" of the roman emperor claudius.)
James A michener is also pretty good if u like historical fiction, my fave is "the source", "hawaii" is also good, "south pacific" (the basis of the rodgers and hammerstein musical) was ok...haven't read the rest of his, like "alaska".
"guns germs and steel" by Jared Diamond was brilliant - a short history of the world
Metamorphasis - franz kafka
"20 000 leagues under the sea" and "around the world in 80 days" - Jules verne
"the bone people" - keri hulme
"heart of darkness - joseph conrad
Auto/biographies wise, Malika Oufkir's "la prisionniere" was brilliant. "the story of mary bell" by i can't remember who, was also great - it was about a 11 year old murderess who killed two little boys, i read it at the time of the bulger killings, so it seemed pretty apt, but it would of course be really good now!
John Calapinto's "as nature made him" was also really interesting , albeit saddening. An identical twin boy was raised as a girl after a failed circumcision - really good for those intrigued by the nature vs nurture debate.
My current reading list (no joke, its a list next to my bed) is "wild swans" by jung chang, "the name of the rose" by Umberto eco, "the alchemist" by Paulo Coelho and "the life of pi" by Yann Martel.
Post-HSC i went through a "I want to read the classics" stage, and then, *blush* got a bit bored after "wuthering heights", "the mayor of casterbridge" and "therese raquin". I know they're good, but i have too short attention span! *sigh* how embarassing
I reallllllly recommend "I claudius" by robert graves (its historical fiction, a well researched "autobiography" of the roman emperor claudius.)
James A michener is also pretty good if u like historical fiction, my fave is "the source", "hawaii" is also good, "south pacific" (the basis of the rodgers and hammerstein musical) was ok...haven't read the rest of his, like "alaska".
"guns germs and steel" by Jared Diamond was brilliant - a short history of the world
Metamorphasis - franz kafka
"20 000 leagues under the sea" and "around the world in 80 days" - Jules verne
"the bone people" - keri hulme
"heart of darkness - joseph conrad
Auto/biographies wise, Malika Oufkir's "la prisionniere" was brilliant. "the story of mary bell" by i can't remember who, was also great - it was about a 11 year old murderess who killed two little boys, i read it at the time of the bulger killings, so it seemed pretty apt, but it would of course be really good now!
John Calapinto's "as nature made him" was also really interesting , albeit saddening. An identical twin boy was raised as a girl after a failed circumcision - really good for those intrigued by the nature vs nurture debate.
My current reading list (no joke, its a list next to my bed) is "wild swans" by jung chang, "the name of the rose" by Umberto eco, "the alchemist" by Paulo Coelho and "the life of pi" by Yann Martel.
Post-HSC i went through a "I want to read the classics" stage, and then, *blush* got a bit bored after "wuthering heights", "the mayor of casterbridge" and "therese raquin". I know they're good, but i have too short attention span! *sigh* how embarassing
