I'm curious about what people are reading for leasure here these days? Aside from Net junk and media. Anything new and/or interesting? russian? Enslish? Rita B.

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o, ya nedavno prochitala: Lubov' vo vremya chumy- ochen' ponravilas' kniga. melodramma tak skazat', no Garciu Markesa voobshe trudno ne lubit', mne kazhetsya. ochen' legko chitaetsya. Azazel' i Tureckiy Gambid(Akunin)-loved it, ochen' rekomenduju(pravda ya film ne smotrela, no knizhka ochen' ponra) xochu ostal'nye ego detektivy prochitat', prodolzhenie etix 2x.

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На русском последнее что я читала это был Булгаковский "Мастер и Маргарита", сейчас перечитываю любимую книгу детства Александры Бруштейн "Дорога уходит в даль..." Из английских, люблю и читаю практически все написанное авторами Graham Greene, Arthur Miller, Arthur Hailey (люблю их именно в том порядке). Иногда почитываю английскую и реже американскую классику. Все откладываю чтение "Сто лет одиночества" до того времени когда смогу с уверенностью читать ее в оригинале. Думаю что через пару месяцев попытаюсь

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oy, Dashka, "Sto let..." - VESSSCH!!! .....ya posle neye v Garsiu vlubilas' :))

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Originally posted by Minime21: oy, Dashka, "Sto let..." - VESSSCH!!! .....ya posle neye v Garsiu vlubilas' :))

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slushay, kak tebe "Master i Margarita" ? ya pomnu v "molodsti" :)) popytalas' prochitat', no na polovine ostanovilas'. mne pokazalsya rasskaz sovershennym bredom i oooochen' trudno chitalsya. seychas xochu opyat' poprobyvat', no poka dumau.(snachala s Akuninym razbirus')

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Originally posted by Minime21: slushay, kak tebe "Master i Margarita" ?

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в принципе понравился, но бурных эмоций не было... дочитать-то я дочитала, но читала медленно, часто обсуждала с мамой (она М&М да и вообще Булгакова просто обожает) детали всяких моментов... думаю что когда-нибудь еще раз перечитаю. Там столько подтекста и исторических частей что я просто все не уловила... а в молодости это когда, в пеленках? ты меня наверное на 2-3 года старше и всего-то!

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hmm....right now I am reading Gone with the Wind, cause I can't believe that I still haven't. Before than I read Swapping Lives, Everyone Worth Knowing and Devil Wears Prada (same author), before that Jennifer Weiner's "Goodnight nobody, Good in Bed, and of course In Her Shoes-before the movie came out". Read Memoirs of a Geisha... Hmmm. chto to ya russkie knigi davno ne chitala....

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А. и Б. Стругацкие "Пикник на обочине". _________________________ Life is empty and meaningless.

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Good!!! keep going, guys. I have an urge to spend a couple of hundreds $$ to buy books. I wanted to get something interesting/fascinating. I have to confess that the only things that I read in English are professional related literature. For rest/leasure I read only in Russian. Rita B.

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Last was Victor Pelevin's "Nika". Small story I've read on the airplane. Read it twice. Nice sarcasm toward Vladimir Nabokov. I was also impressed by "Omon Ra", Pelevin's as well. Before that I finished "Angels & Demons" by David Brown. Need to read it again in two weeks. Lately I enjoy reading about history of art.

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Dark Shadows: The Salem Branch (continuation of storyline from campy 70's series), Lara Parker Midnight Mass, F Paul Wilson I Am Legend, Richard Matheson (a reread, but the one immediately above was inspired by this one, so I wanted to read again) I seem to be have a theme going at the moment.

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Originally posted by _Sergey_: Last was Victor Pelevin's "Nika". Small story I've read on the airplane. Read it twice. Nice sarcasm toward Vladimir Nabokov. I was also impressed by "Omon Ra", Pelevin's as well. Before that I finished "Angels & Demons" by David Brown. Need to read it again in two weeks. Lately I enjoy reading about history of art.

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Pelevin has been my favorite for last couple of years.... I like his writing very much..but I haven't seen "Nika"... will defenetly check it out... thanks... And Dan Brown-- actually the only exception English that I read just for fun. I enjoy his story as much controversial(sp?) they may jave been Rita B.

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Read "Brief History of Time" by Hawking - good to read in bed, can get asleep after a couple of pages :) Cool stuff to know though. "The World is Flat" by Friedman - India sucks blood out of hardworking American programmers, basically. Tozhe Akunin - prochital vsego za iskucheniem 2h knig. "Da Vinci Code" - kuda zh beg nego rodimogo. Nu i Victoria's Secret dlja horoshego nastroenija :)

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Originally posted by Alex: . Nu i Victoria's Secret dlja horoshego nastroenija :)

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So, u like "Picture books".... do u get them with sound effects too?:) Rita B.

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