What Are You Reading??

Foucault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco

this is one strange book so far! The description are nothing short of exhaustive (borderline exhausting... ) but a couple of chapters into it, it starts getting interesting.

Just finished Shanghai Baby, the jacket says this book is "banned and burned in China." There was quite a bit of sex in it, guess that's why burning is added in addition to the usual banning .   

WHAT!!!   No Hanging or Drawing or Quartering!!??!!  For shame!!

Just finished "Tales from Nowhere" - a Lonely Planet book of travellers tales.  I love reading travel writing.

This one came from "Joyo" the Chinese version of Amazon. Delivered to my door, cash on delivery.  Much cheaper than having it sent form overseas.

Just finished Shanghai Baby, the jacket says this book is "banned and burned in China." There was quite a bit of sex in it, guess that's why burning is added in addition to the usual banning .   

More info please? Is it a novel? Author? One-sentence synopsis?

Just finished "Tales from Nowhere" - a Lonely Planet book of travellers tales.  I love reading travel writing.

This one came from "Joyo" the Chinese version of Amazon. Delivered to my door, cash on delivery.  Much cheaper than having it sent form overseas.

Also my favourite type of writing. (See recommendations above.) But I'm surprised you were able to get a foreign book in China. Or was this a Chinese imprint?

Sorry, Shanghai Baby has left my possession, can't remember the author but it was written by a mid 20's female living in Shanghai in 1999.  Autobiographical about her life as a struggling author cohabitating with a young man who has a problem with drugs.  Throw a foreign lover into the mix and a lot of Shanghai nightlife and you've got one steamy novel.  Nothing deep and meaningful but an interesting read nonetheless.

The new Disc World novel by Terry Pratchett. Absolutely great 

belrain - I adore Terry Pratchett！

Right now， I am reading a short story collection put together by David Sedaris。  I started Lisey's Story by Stephen King, but his writing makes me so angry.  I just want to find out what happens next, I don't want to suffer through fifty pages of his stumbling prose to get there.

Just finished reading a few books:  Knights of the Black and White, by Jack Whyte; and Black Order by James Rollins.  Right now, I am reading another Ian Rankin book, The Fall.

It's a Lonely Planet book which are printed in China anyway for distribution. But if you navigate through the website, you will find a reasonable (not great) selection of foreign books.

I've started to do some reading for my Master's dissertation and have been dipping in and out of several books, but the work of Jonathan Spence has caught my eye, particularly...

To Change China: Western Advisers in China

Sounds like a good recommendation. I'll have a look for it. For an interesting business book about what happens when you try to change Chinese business practices, do read "Mr. China" by Tim Clissold. Its point? TIC; proceed at your own peril.

Finished Jian, forget the author's name.  got it from George.  Some of it takes place in Beijing, some in Suzhou!  Worthy read.

Just finished Snow Crash by Neal Stevenson.  Hated it to start, but it got better, and better, then was spectacular.  Almost in William Gibson's league, which is saying something.  Has this guy written anything else as good?

In the middle of Xenocide by Orson Scott Card, the 3rd in his Ender saga.  I'm a pig in poop-  all of you, find Ender's Game and read it before someone tells you all about it and wrecks it.

Neal Stevenson has written a number of books. Incidentally, "Snow Crash" started the path of Bruce Damer, who operates "Digital Space"...http://www.digitalspace.com/ which now employs my sister's company.

Every bloody thing. Got it worked out so that my laptop is now my book. I got thousands.


Yaaah Bloody HOooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Working through discworld, warlock in spite of himself, Myth, and Demon Princes series this week. Thats just under 60 books. Less than ten a day. easy peasy.

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