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taotrooper) wrote2005-06-30 03:08 pm
taotrooper) wrote2005-06-30 03:08 pm
Book recs?
GIP. The perfect icon for paranoid rants. Har har.
Meanwhile, I bought the cheapest Fellowship of the Ring DVD (one of those in special offer at magazine stands, you know; it's so cheap it only has one disc: the movie one). I'm not such a fan to waste so many movie in extended versions with documentaries and cast members going slashy. The movie is enough.
Anyway, I wanted to ask you guys something. I'm getting my public library card next Monday, so I'll be reading a lot this summer. So I'd like you guys to give me book recs. The library is not that big and a lot of cool books are not even translated into Spanish (as I discovered when I wanted to buy some Diana Wynne Jones books... meh), but I'll be searching for all suggestions just in case.
Just so you know, the genres I prefer are fantasy, mystery, terror, adventure, sci-fi... The only "realistic" books I tend to like are murder cases. Still, I'm also looking forward to read classic books even if they're real-life styled, as long as they're from an older time setting, not contemporany (i.e, Charles Dickens or Jane Austen books are okay, since they're Victorian, or historical-based fiction like Dumas books.)
So summing up, I'd like you to tell me which books you feel I should read, either because you feel I should love them, OR they're classic ones you think everyone must read at least once in a lifetime. Thank you in advance :)
Meanwhile, I bought the cheapest Fellowship of the Ring DVD (one of those in special offer at magazine stands, you know; it's so cheap it only has one disc: the movie one). I'm not such a fan to waste so many movie in extended versions with documentaries and cast members going slashy. The movie is enough.
Anyway, I wanted to ask you guys something. I'm getting my public library card next Monday, so I'll be reading a lot this summer. So I'd like you guys to give me book recs. The library is not that big and a lot of cool books are not even translated into Spanish (as I discovered when I wanted to buy some Diana Wynne Jones books... meh), but I'll be searching for all suggestions just in case.
Just so you know, the genres I prefer are fantasy, mystery, terror, adventure, sci-fi... The only "realistic" books I tend to like are murder cases. Still, I'm also looking forward to read classic books even if they're real-life styled, as long as they're from an older time setting, not contemporany (i.e, Charles Dickens or Jane Austen books are okay, since they're Victorian, or historical-based fiction like Dumas books.)
So summing up, I'd like you to tell me which books you feel I should read, either because you feel I should love them, OR they're classic ones you think everyone must read at least once in a lifetime. Thank you in advance :)
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Yo he sido uno de los últimos monos de este mundo en leer El Código DaVinci, así que presupongo que todo el mundo lo ha leído, pero si no lo has hecho aún, no esperes más. Algunos lo han tachado de fast-food literario, pero a pesar de sus puntos negativos, se devora rápido y no puedes soltarlo por mucho que quieras. Por su culpa apenas he podido estudiar estos días ^^;; También El Ocho, de Katherine Neville, que es similar en bastantes aspectos al anterior, aunque diría que globalmente me gustó más: menos escándalo religioso y más "crossovers" históricos bien llevados. Y recuerdo que en su momento también me obsesioné bastante con la trilogía de La Canción de Albión de Stephen Lawhead. Estoy neuronalmente muerta como para profundizar más en sus respectivos argumentos, lo siento ^^;;
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Gracias por las recomendaciones, y descuida que confiaré en tu juicio, no es necesario que intentes argumentar ^_^