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Same here . I wish I could resist the temptation :whistling:

Prisoner Of Zenda by Anthony Hope . I have the fondest memories about reading it when I was a child. Sadly, I haven't re-read it ever since.

This is what I said in a similar thread Great books, Bad Movies : The Haunting of Hill House,The Shining, DaVinci Code, The Time Machine, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Dracula, Lolita. Great Books, Good Movies : Blindness, Perfume, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Memoir of a Geisha, Piano...

Because I don't write down the names of the books that I read (and because I have a lousy memory !) I'm not able to remember all the books that I read in 2011. I'm sure that I read something that was worth mentioning , I just don't remember what it was :sad: Anyway, those that I remember...

The Unfolding of Language by Guy Deutscher I'm loving it so far.

The Power and The Glory by Graham Greene. Not the overwhelming masterpiece I was expecting.

Finished The Shadow of The Wind. It could have been my ultimate favorite book if it wasn't for some flaws in the plot and the lack of character development. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed reading it and could not put it down until the very last page .

I'm in Barcelona, in The Cemetery of Forgotten Books. Reading " The Shadow of The Wind" .

All these opening lines are great and make me intrigued to read their books. .

. My all-time favorite opening line is Italo's calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler : " You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler. " Others that I like : " It was love at first sight. " Heller, Catch-22 " I have never...

If it's a hardcover, I use the dust jacket. if it's not, I use business cards, Amazon receipts or I don't use anything at all and just try to remember the page number. It works too!

. Great books, Bad Movies : The Haunting of Hill House,The Shining, DaVinci Code, The Time Machine, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Dracula, Lolita. Great Books, Good Movies : Blindness, Perfume, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Memoir of a Geisha, Piano. Awful book, Great Movie : The...

Norwegian Wood does seem interesting. Thanks beer good. I will :flowers: Thanks for the recommendation pontalba, but short stories aren't really my thing. .

Thanks a lot Peder & eclair. Unfortunately, I only found Kafka on The Shore at the local bookstore so I guess I'm gonna start with it.

I never thought of 1984 as a sci-fi before. I find the description "Political Horror" quite accurate though. I too recommend reading We, a great dystopian novel that is undeservingly less known .

I haven't read any of Murakami's books, what would would you recommend to get started ?

Then, I guess the world of non-fiction is your oyster :D You might want to check non-fiction books written by your favorite fiction authors. Books like Stephen King's On Writing , Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast and Maugham's The Summing Up just to name a few. I often find these kind of books...

Anu, I agree. I loved Wuthering Heights and found Coelho to be so overrated. Haven't read Steig Larsson yet :whistling: .

There are so many I don't know where to start. You know you'll make it a lot easier for us if you're being a bit more specific. Anyway, I recommend these : Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel The Bookseller Of Kabul by Asne Seierstad Fatal...

I think this should be #11 :D . I've done the same many times and I usually end up never reading these books. .