Search results

I'm thinkin' about my doorbell When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it yeah, I been thinkin' about my doorbell

Bad spelling bothers me, particularly when it's common words like "definately" instead of "definitely" or "grammer" instead of "grammar". Or when people use words they don't normally use and get the spelling wrong. I recently read something that didn't make any sense to me until I realized that...

The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Dark Water by Koji Suzuki and Astérix: Le ciel lui tombe sur la tête (it came out today! well, yesterday since it's already tomorrow... :confused: )

I finished La Reina del Sur (The Queen of the South) by Arturo Pérez-Reverte last night. I enjoyed this book immensely. At first I was a little confused by the mexican slang some of the characters use but I soon got the hang of it. So far I have read 3 of Pérez-Reverte's novels and I have liked...

Saw The Brothers Grimm Sunday night. I loved Terry Gilliam's vision but the acting was sometimes painful to watch. Particulary Matt Damon, who has the emotional range of an overcooked carrot.

"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice". Gabriel García Márquez, A Hundred Years of Solitude. "I often dream about the Dolphin Hotel". Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance...

I loved The Professor and the Madman! Two of my favorite non-fiction books are memoirs: Living to Tell the Tale by Gabriel García Márquez and My Invented Country by Isabel Allende. I'm currently enjoying Le rideau by Milan Kundera.

In Cold Blood - Truman Capote

Besides the obvious like Notre Dame de Paris or The 3 Musketeers, I can't think of that many and then only part of the story is actually set in Paris: Milan Kundera's Immortality, Pérez-Reverte's The Club Dumas and (of course) The Da Vinci Code (the film crew took over my street and most of the...

cinema: one missed call - I'm deeply in love with Japan and all things Japanese so I really enjoyed this movie. However, the last scene didn't make any sense. home: melinda & melinda - I know the reviews weren't good but I really liked it. I could have done without Will Ferrell but c'est la vie!

right now I'd say my top 3 favorite movies are crouching tiger hidden dragon wings of desire kikujiro some other faves: battle royale, todo sobre mi madre, the sound of music, dolls, pulp fiction, annie hall, spirited away, hana-bi, amélie, lilo & stitch, manhattan, star wars (IV, V and...

Overhyped and disappointing? There are two that immediately come to mind: Atonement and The Little Friend.

Thanks for the warm welcome! As for new authors, my most recent "discoveries" are Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (L'Evangile selon Pilate), Arturo Pérez Reverte (El Club Dumas, La Tabla de Flandes, La Reina del Sur) and John Irving (A Widow for One Year). They've all been around for a long time, I...

I've read a couple of GGM's books in French and English and I thought the translations were excelent (I read them in Spanish first). (and on a different note, why do most people refer to GGM as "Marquez" when his name is "Garcia Marquez"?) About the ending of "memoria de mis putas...

My name is Tatiana and I live in Paris. I enjoy reading different kinds of books and for me one of life's greatest pleasures is "discovering" a new author. Voilà, that's all for now.