Rate the last book you read!

[Asheai]

What was the last book that you read? Rate it!

(I figured we have one of these for movies, why not books?)

My last book I finished was The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I'd give it a 7/10 - awesome for a kid's book and I can't wait to see it as a movie... it's gonna be dope!

[mindgurl]

I've got one chapter left in "The Devil Wears Prada".

It's allright, not as good as the shopaholic books, but amusing enough I can read it while i'm at the gym.

[mojo]

even cowgirls get the blues-tom robbins

6/10

i like his newer stuff a lot more.

[Gusto]

hello nostradamus, coupland. 8/10. had some really profound thoughts and is from a local author about local issues. good stuff.

part way through life after god right now, also by coupland. it's a collection of short stories about a bunch of different social issues. it's a fast read and i'd recommend it to anyone. 8/10.

[crookedking]

easily a ten out of ten.

[Gusto]

^ lol. what book?

[crookedking]

something that was written by bernard cornwell.

copperhead? yeah, that's it.

[Grapes]

Thanks to travelling I have three awesome books to recommend:

"A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey. Biography of a trip to rehab. Stunning. Couldn't put it down. Sheer drama. 9.5/10

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time" by Mark Haddon. Very very very very very very very good. Journey into a disassociated mind (fiction, this time). 9/10

Back to non-fiction: Romeo Dallaire's "Shake Hands with the Devil" An account of Canadian Military Officer Dallaire's stint as a UN Peacekeeper in Rwanda.. details the unravelling of negotations which lead to the slaughter of hundreds of thousands. At times a bit technical, but more often deeply emotional and compelling. 9/10

Damn, I'm lucky to have read these books. You should read them too.

[Aki]

grapes if you liked Shake the hands with the devil by Dallaire, you have to read Philip Gourevitch's "We Wish To Inform You That We Will All Be Killed With Our Families". It's a book on stories from the Rwandan Genocide. Very very good. I just watched a documentary on Dallaire of him going back to Rwanda for the first time in 10 years (it was a few years old). But yeah if you haven't yet read Gourevitch's book, I highly recommend it.

[sidekick]

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Froes

--eh, it was okay. very imaginative book, with some killer writing at parts. i could never become completely lost in it however, and i'm not sure why. i think it's partly because the book was written in three different styles and just when i was getting comfortable in one section it would switch to another. the characters were never solidified in my head, so i didn't really feel all that attached to any of them.
6/10

Mao 2 by Don DeLillo

--this guy always writes really beautiful, poetic prose...but i didn't find this book as good as his other ones. maybe i need to re-read it at some point and try to connect everything more.
8/10

Originally Posted by Grapes

Thanks to travelling I have three awesome books to recommend:

"A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey. Biography of a trip to rehab. Stunning. Couldn't put it down. Sheer drama. 9.5/10

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time" by Mark Haddon. Very very very very very very very good. Journey into a disassociated mind (fiction, this time). 9/10

Back to non-fiction: Romeo Dallaire's "Shake Hands with the Devil" An account of Canadian Military Officer Dallaire's stint as a UN Peacekeeper in Rwanda.. details the unravelling of negotations which lead to the slaughter of hundreds of thousands. At times a bit technical, but more often deeply emotional and compelling. 9/10

Damn, I'm lucky to have read these books. You should read them too.

Grapes, I just finished A Million Little Pieces as well. I give it a 10/10. I couldn't put it down either. I was saddened at the end by the twists of the updates on the friends that he made. Especially about the girlfriend.

James Frey has a second book out about his recovery and addiction, I am going to grab it soon.

[Asheai]

Just finished the last Harry Potter book (the Half-Blood Prince)... I'd give it a 7.5/10... I liked the ending of it the best out of all the books, and I really appreciate the fact that they are getting older... but the relationship things kinda bugged me - were we ever that immature?! lol, but I will continue to read the next books in the series as I think that things will pick up as they get older (or get worse, who knows?)

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Back to non-fiction: Romeo Dallaire's "Shake Hands with the Devil" An account of Canadian Military Officer Dallaire's stint as a UN Peacekeeper in Rwanda.. details the unravelling of negotations which lead to the slaughter of hundreds of thousands. At times a bit technical, but more often deeply emotional and compelling. 9/10

Damn, I'm lucky to have read these books. You should read them too.

wasn't dallaire the one that let his own troops get shot to death? lol, and then became a drunk?

[Grapes]

Gosh Tim, perhaps the next book you carry everywhere should be Dallaire's, shall we say, somewhat more discerning examination of the events in question?

[Grapes]

Originally Posted by Aki

grapes if you liked Shake the hands with the devil by Dallaire, you have to read Philip Gourevitch's "We Wish To Inform You That We Will All Be Killed With Our Families". It's a book on stories from the Rwandan Genocide. Very very good. I just watched a documentary on Dallaire of him going back to Rwanda for the first time in 10 years (it was a few years old). But yeah if you haven't yet read Gourevitch's book, I highly recommend it.

Missed this recommendation the first time around. I may check it out.. actually Dallaire himself recommends it at the end of his own book, along with a few others.

[.anya]

Freakonomics

-after a long break I finally powered through the book. It was pretty interesting at times, but some of the relationships were self-explanatory and others seemed a bit implausible. anyways, an easy read that speaks to my interest in economics :) 6.5/10-ish.

[Asheai]

Just finished "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood... It was actually pretty good (better than I was expecting), but the ending kinda pissed me off... Anyways, I'd give it a good round 7/10. Very good writing style she has, extremely descriptive.

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Gosh Tim, perhaps the next book you carry everywhere should be Dallaire's, shall we say, somewhat more discerning examination of the events in question?

was it written by dallaire himself? cause if it was then it'd probably have alot of excuses about why the events in question occured.

[Grapes]

No more arguing till you've read the book. You're tallking out of your ass right now Tim.

[crookedking]

does it help that i watched the documentary?

ps-my grandfather is a HUGE dallaire fan.

[Senior]

The European Dream: Jeremy Rifkin 9/10

It provided a great look at how the US is about to take a nose dive and in many repects already has. It also (of course) looked at what is replaing US dominance and how it is different.

This is a must read for anyone that wants to know what and why things are happening in the World.

[Alex]

last boks I read were A Million Little Pieces and the sequel My friend Leonard by James Frey. count them as 1 book, because they really are. My friend Leonard strarts about 10days after A Million Little Pieces ends.

9/10

kept me completely enthralled throughout, I finished the 800 pages between the 2 books in less than 3 days.

[Asheai]

Originally Posted by Alex

last boks I read were A Million Little Pieces and the sequel My friend Leonard by James Frey. count them as 1 book, because they really are. My friend Leonard strarts about 10days after A Million Little Pieces ends.

9/10

kept me completely enthralled throughout, I finished the 800 pages between the 2 books in less than 3 days.

everyone keeps mentioning these books - now i really wanna read them... they sound quite interesting, but aren't they listed as Oprah's Picks or whatever... lol, I am always wary of those type of books!

[Alex]

I hate Oprah but loved the books^^

[shorty187]

dragons of autumn twilight...cant remember the author but it was an alright book


6/10