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Relaxing summer reading tips? | Try Goodreads dot com

Hikmat Gumilar — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:52:00 +0000

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Relaxing summer reading tips? | Thank you!

Els Hoefman — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:05:00 +0000

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Wow, thank you for the great reactions. So many tips, I don't know where to start! I'll google them all to see which ones appeal to me most. Thank you for sharing your favourite titles!

I'll give a few tips myself to thank all you bookworms for your help. I would recommend:

The lovely bones by Alice Sebold
La sombra del viento (The shadow of the wind) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The time traveller's wife (mentioned in this thread by Barbara Wiegel) by Audrey Niffenegger, which I read a few weeks ago

and an older one, but my absolute favourite:

The world according to Garp by John Irving

Happy reading to all of you!

And if anyone has any other tips, they are always welcome!

Relaxing summer reading tips? | Bryson

Liliana Roman-Hamilton — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:33:00 +0000

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Another vote for Bill Bryson! The book I read recently is called "I'm a stranger here myself". Enjoyable, ironic, short chapters.... Equally entertaining is "The Lost continent, travels in small-town America", also by B. Bryson.

For more serious stuff: "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck (one of my favourite authors). Wonderful novella.

Relaxing summer reading tips? | Since your profile says you translate from Spanish...

Alexandra Goldburt — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:18:00 +0000

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...I'm sure you can enjoy reading in Spanish, too.

Here are my favorites in Spanish:

Angeles Mastretta, "Mal de Amores" and "Mujeres de Ojos Grandes"

Isabel Allende "Hija de la Fortuna".

Both are delicious!

Of course you can find a translation, but nothing compares to reading a book in the original language.

Enjoy!

Relaxing summer reading tips? | Alessandro Baricco

jacana54 (X) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:19:00 +0000

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I read these in Spanish, but I'm sure you can get them in other languages:

Esta historia
Seda

(originally written in Italian).

Enjoy your holidays!

:-D

Lucía

Relaxing summer reading tips? | This I just read...

Juliana Brown — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:04:00 +0000

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How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Sasa Stanisic (sorry, I can't put the accents in here, pronounced Sasha Stanishich). It's a gorgeous read- even with my 5 and 3 year olds on my head all week and a TON of work, I managed to read it in a day and a half (books are better than sleep),

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Andrea Riffo — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:22:00 +0000

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Anything by Julian Barnes.

Andrea :)

Relaxing summer reading tips? | The Secret of Ivan the Terrible, by Piotr Homyakov

Jack Doughty — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:22:00 +0000

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Post title: The Secret of Ivan the Terrible, by Piotr Homyakov

Political & crime thriller. I translated it last year. It was available on Amazon.com last time I looked. When I read the printed copy, I found it still had a few typing errors in it, in spite of all my proofreading. I kept urging them to get another native English speaker to proofread it, but they never did.

Relaxing summer reading tips? | The Birth House by Ami McKay

French Foodie — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:14:00 +0000

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You can read a description here:
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A not-too-taxing read (important if your brain's on holiday and you've got kids running about), but extremely interesting and poignant. Set in rural war-time Nova Scotia.

Relaxing summer reading tips? | The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Annelise Meyer (X) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:45:00 +0000

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by Mark Haddon, one of the most pleasant books I've read lately :-)

Annelise

Relaxing summer reading tips? | The Remains of the Day

Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:07:00 +0000

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by Kazuo Ishiguro. MUCH better than the movie they made!!

Relaxing summer reading tips? | Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveller's Wife

27341 (X) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:49:00 +0000

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If you haven't read this book yet - it's a fantastic read. Intriguing science fiction concept paired with a touching love story - I loved it and couldn't put it down.

Happy reading and enjoy your time off!

Best,
Barbara

Relaxing summer reading tips? | Paulo Coelho...

Niraja Nanjundan (X) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:44:00 +0000

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...makes relaxing and thought provoking reading. Try "Like a Flowing River" or "Manual of The Warrior of Light."

Short stories are also good for the holidays. I recently read a nice collection by Doris Lessing.

Happy reading!

Relaxing summer reading tips? | Siri Hustvedt: What I loved

Ivana Søndergaard — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:06:00 +0000

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An amazing book, an easy read, but really makes you think. My favourite in the last 10 years.

The author is the wife of Paul Auster - she is actually better than him!

Relaxing summer reading tips? | Bill Bryson, of course

Galina Mitrohovitch — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:57:00 +0000

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Travel + humour!

The one I liked best is "Down Under" (about Australia).
And travelled to Australia after having read it.

Nice holiday to you!

Relaxing summer reading tips? | "On Chesil Beach"

LuciaC — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:24:00 +0000

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by Ian McEwan

Only 160 pages long but a *true masterpiece* - like everything else he's written, Atonement, Saturday, Enduring Love (my all-time favourite novel) and many others.

Relaxing summer reading tips? | Against the Day

Damian Harrison (X) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:18:00 +0000

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Pynchon's latest 2kg volume will keep you busy for a couple of weeks. It might not be everyone's idea of relaxation, but its certainly a wonderful read!

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Relaxing summer reading tips? | Orhan Pamuk

Eleni Makantani — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:57:00 +0000

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The Black Book

It's certainly been translated into English and several other languages. It's not relaxing - it's overwhelming - it makes you travel, dream, laugh, cry, think...

Just, take care on the beach - I've already got sunburnt because of it...

Relaxing summer reading tips? | recommended books

cassidy1 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:27:00 +0000

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Hi Margreet,

two books I read recently I can really comment. I only know the German titels and I am not sure if they have been translated yet.

- Der Geschmack von Apfelkernen, Katharina Hagena
- Für jede Lösung ein Problem, Kerstin Gier

Have a nice holiday!

Best regards,
Ilona Momberger

Relaxing summer reading tips? | What language?

Margreet Logmans (X) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:59:00 +0000

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In what languages do you read?

A book that springs to mind right away is 'Blue Highways' by William Least Heat Moon. It is not very recent (1982), but a very nice read. Available in English and Dutch (the translation is quite good).

Relaxing summer reading tips?

Els Hoefman — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:51:00 +0000

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I'm looking forward to some relaxing weeks off in July and I hope to be able to read a few books (although that will be hard with a two-year-old and a one-year-old around all day).
Which books would you recommend for some relaxing summer reading?