Cian Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Title says it all. Reading/writing is a huge passion of mine that only seems to grow at a continuous rate. This thread is for likeminded people who'd like to state their opinions on books, poetry, plays, as well as share their own mini-masterpieces! I doubt many people will, but enjoy[emoji14]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesberg Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 I'm not an English minded person. I don't really read books, English exams are torture for me and figurative thinking is just sickeningly painful for me. That being said, I do like to write in detail when making posts and I will go into as much depth as I can. But I've probably broken too many English rules in doing so (but who cares? It's a human concept, so technically nothing's wrong ). Cian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 I like books that are grounded in a sense of reality rather than out there SciFi stuff; non-fiction travel, diaries, memoirs, or fiction that is based in a reality. I find myself reading a lot less since the internet and access via smart phones became a thing (imagine, kids, all this didn't exist when I was young!), which is a shame. It's too easy to occupy your mind with drivel now, I need to make an effort to make time to read again. If I could only have one authors books for the rest of time, that author would be Bill Bryson. Unendingly entertaining and informative, I read his books repeatedly. If I was going to recommend one easy reading book it would be Stewart Lee's 'How I escaped my certain fate', an unusually funny and honest autobiography. Cian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 I'm massively into dystopian narratives or our world but different. 1984 is a personal favourite. Cian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamminGamer Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Being on a Literature based course at Uni means I do a lot of reading. Personally I like fantasy style novels. My absolute favourite author is Brandon Sanderson but right now I'm reading the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan which is fantastic imo! Cian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean_W Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen - that's a good play! It's quite short, but really gets into the idea of 'self' and what it is to be ones 'self'. Deep stuff lol! Oh! Also, when I was reading it, I couldn't help but notice the 'Dovre Master', or 'Troll King'... King of the Norwegian mountains. It was the play for which Edvard Grieg wrote "In The Hall of the Mountain King" It was a completely unintentional find which made it more like "oh wow!" Haha! Cian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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