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13 years ago @ http://markspoils.blog... - Geeky Weekly Funtimez · 1 reply · +6 points

This is my attitude towards Dan Brown books. Popcorn stories, which I can devour on a plane/train, nothing earth shattering. (Except Arctic Circle - that book made me nearly die of boredom and the inevitable twist was just so...urgh).

13 years ago @ http://markspoils.blog... - Geeky Weekly Funtimez · 0 replies · +3 points

Philip Pullman: The Amber Spyglass. We've covered it pretty extensively on Mark Reads so I don't really want to add anything except that it's one of the books that shaped my life. Also, I adore The Ruby in the Smoke, very much a victorian-era thriller but the characters are amazing.

Jane Austen: Well, Pride and Prejudice obviously, because of perfectly written characters and social commentary and wit. Also, Northanger Abbey because I think Austen tried to put herself out of her comfort zone for a small part of the book (when it becomes a parody of a gothic novel) and it worked really well for me.

13 years ago @ http://markspoils.blog... - Geeky Weekly Funtimez · 0 replies · +3 points

Philip Pullman, no question. That man's writing has set the bar pretty high and his prose is one of my favourite things ever. Also, I've read everything he's written and, while not all his books are favourites of mine, I always appreciate the beautiful flow of writing.
I could add Jane Austen too, simply because I think she's genuinely hilarious and her social commentary is brilliant.

13 years ago @ http://markspoils.blog... - Geeky Weekly Funtimez · 0 replies · +6 points

Yeah, i think Twilight might be my answer too. I don't think I was ever a huge fan but I enjoyed the UST between Edward and Bella enough to speed-read it in a couple of days or so. Then I went through the next two books and the whole take-the-engine-out-of-your-car thing happened and I was completely freaked out about what kind of message SMeyer was sending. And after Breaking Dawn i don't see how anyone can see the series as anything more than a joke.

13 years ago @ http://markspoils.blog... - Geeky Weekly Funtimez · 0 replies · +7 points

It's a question that's been asked a lot but still thanks for answering all of you! (I have the Guards!Guards! ebook on my ipad and will be starting it on Sunday! Excite!!!)

13 years ago @ http://markspoils.blog... - Geeky Weekly Funtimez · 2 replies · +7 points

LOL, who knows when Mark is going to get to Discworld? I think I might start them soon, I'll be travelling in a few days and a four-hour flight is much less boring with a book. Have they been published as e-books?Any suggestions where I should start?

13 years ago @ http://markspoils.blog... - Geeky Weekly Funtimez · 4 replies · +5 points

All great books. But that rot13 highlights my own literary failings - I've been meaning to read Discworld since forever. There's a huge Terry Pratchett sized gap in my bookshelves!

13 years ago @ http://markspoils.blog... - Geeky Weekly Funtimez · 7 replies · +4 points

Hey, I only managed to start delving into Russian lit about a year or two ago. It's quite a daunting prospect because so many books are considered 'great classics'. But then I got Anna Karenina in my hands and it took me a while but I loved it by the end. Leo Tolstoy is amazing. But so is Dostoyevski and Pushkin and Chekhov and Anna Achmatova and...is my obsession with Russian literature showing?

13 years ago @ http://markspoils.blog... - Geeky Weekly Funtimez · 9 replies · +6 points

Agreed with both of you. To Kill a Mockingbird (so much love for the movie too)
and Pride and Prejudice are definitely on my classic books list. I'd have to add Anna Karenina and maybe The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (I consider it a classic because it's so deeply ingrained in the literary part of my brain).

13 years ago @ http://markspoils.blog... - Geeky Weekly Funtimez · 0 replies · +5 points

Yeah, I think it's Pride and Prejudice for me too. I thought because it was for school, the writing would be stuffy and incomprehensible and the story would be boring and oh, I could not have been more wrong. One of my favourite books now too.

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