well firstly hi there, it's good 2 find y'all share a passion for reading

has anyone read Ethan Hawke's Ash Wednesday? (Yes, the actor, Ethan Hawke), i sorta gotta it the other day, n it examines the relationship between a US Army Sergeant and his wife, it's rather deep actually, it examines their feelings and thoughts from a first person perspective. i'm almost done with it and it is a rather different read i muz say compared to what i've read previously, it's rather raw, Hawke hasn't been tainted wif commercialisation as yet and tht's refreshing.

Another read is Amitav's Ghosh The Hungry Tide, novel's captured in India and you get vivid descriptions of each locality in very detailed prose. there's also constant flashbacks of character's reminiscing of the past. it can get a tad long winded, tht's y i had to put it down and revert to Hawke first. the central characters couldn't be more far-apart though, one's a local to India and one's an Indian from the States, it's interesting how she communicates with the locals as she doesn't speak the language. i'll eventually finish the book and i think once it seeps in, i'll find it a real good book, guess u gotta grow into some books.

Books on my shelf now:
1. Kite Runner - Khaled Hussaini
2. The Diary of Anne Frank
3. Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand

It'll keep me occupied for awhile yet, any fans of Nicholas Sparks and Danielle Steel here?

Cheerios

Well firstly, my apologies for not answering or replying to your posts earlier, tot it was a dead thread, was AWOL myself for awhile
U gotta read Ash Wednesday love, it's good, it's deep, not your typical sappy love novels tho i do love those too
N Kite Runner was awesome, i rarely gush this much about books but GOD, it's a must-read for all readers, da prose, da emotion, it juz springs forth from the book and one would honestly think it's an autobiography coz it's so real n raw, Khaled outdid himself with this one
Amitav Ghosh was a drag, unless u liked dolphins tht is, tho i'd have to say i'm less ignorant of dolphin species now
In btw all tht i read this piece from Nisha Minhas: Passion and Pappodoms, which was real quirky and funny, about an Indian livin in Britain and how she tries to ensnare a rich British hunk, it was a bag of laughs to say the least, i also think it's sorta a trilogy of books
N u've got some interestin choice in books urself, if i may say rather eccentric
N yeah has anyone read I Am Muslim yet? it's like on my shelf of must-reads, c'mon guys give us a review, also been meanin to read Tash Aw's book, now if only i could get a job to finance my book fetish,