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daniela_renton

2009 in books and movies

Jan 01, 2010 21:21

I know, an entry about the previous year on the first day of 2010 may seem nostalgic, but it was a last minute decision:P. Specially made for Justyna clampin (though of course everyone can read it and comment:P), here my list of the books I read and the movies I saw during 2009!( Books! )

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clampin January 2 2010, 10:29:45 UTC

You watched so many movies I haven't even heard of! I'll be trying to see some of them this year ;)

Also, I'm adding a few books from your list to me to-read list this year. I hope they won't be to hard to find in Poland ;)

daniela_renton January 2 2010, 19:18:45 UTC

I'm curious, which books caught your attention?:)

clampin January 2 2010, 19:28:47 UTC

I'd like to find books by Latin America's writers you mentioned like Mario Vargas Llosa or Luisa Valenzuela. Except for Marquez and Zafon I don't think I know any other spanish writing authors so it'll be exciting to discover others :)
It might be hard to find their works in Polish translation, but I hope I'll manage to find an English one at least :)

daniela_renton January 3 2010, 02:01:08 UTC

Yay for that! What have you read by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and Gabo?
I'm positively sure Luisa Valenzuela has been translated to Englih because she has been lving for quite a long time in the States. If you have the luck to find her books, I recommend you "Strange things happen in here" rather than the second one I read...It's a book of short stories very surreal and full of Buenos Aires^^
And can't say anything about Vargas Llosa, except that...he rocks!! Read quite a few books y him (and I'm planning to read some more during this summer holidays) and he never let me down. Long live to him!

clampin January 3 2010, 10:15:51 UTC

One Hundred Years of Solitude, obviously :P and Love in the Time of Cholera. I want to read more of his works, though.

The Shadow of the Wind which I adore. One of the best book I read back then. I really want to read The Angel's Game and Marin but didn't have a chance yet. I hope I'll manage to but these book this year.

daniela_renton January 3 2010, 23:24:43 UTC

I always read García Marquez books during the summer, so I may start one one of these days^^ Try "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" -a highschool classic in here- or "Big Mama's Funeral"- a short story collection, don't remember anyone especifically, but I've got the feeling I liked it when reading it:P.

clampin January 4 2010, 18:18:02 UTC

Speaking of high school classics :D
Have you read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky? I'm pretty sure you have :P SO what are your thoughts? I really enjoyed them both, but recently read some reviews and apparently lots of people love Bulgakov's book, but they think C&P are too angsty and even emo. I just think it's a really good book, and sure it's angsty with dealing wiith murder and stuff.

daniela_renton January 4 2010, 18:50:28 UTC

I'm sorry for disappointing you this time, but in fact, I haven't read none of those books- moreover, I haven't read anything by those authors (shame on me!)(though I've been meaning to^^')! You should ask Sebastian, he's the Dostoievsky fan, and I'm (almost?) sure he's read it:)

clampin January 4 2010, 19:19:23 UTC

In that case, you should read it! I'm pretty sure you'll like The Master and Margarita :) I'm not sure about the other, because as I said it is angsty, but maybe you'll enjoy it anyway? :)

They both were on my high school books to read list. I wrote so many papers on both and it become a bit boring ;)

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