为练英文，想看一本英文小说，请推荐！

astina

那我不能看,笑几下就回娘胎了

孔武

原帖由 astina 于 2009-11-17 14:54 发表
荆棘鸟中文的我也没看完
Debbie Macomber的74 Seaside Avenue

这本书是Cedar Cove系列的book 7
这个系列的主人公都反复出现的，大概每年会有一本关于Cedar Cove的书出版
Cedar Cove应该是作者杜撰出来的一个地方，像桃花源一般，里面的人物都很善良（也有个把“大灰狼”之类的角色，无伤大雅）
场景都很干净，情节都很温馨
我看过一本Cedar Cove的圣诞小说
不知道其他系列前后情节联系的紧凑不
希望不是，否则还得从Book 1开始看

[ 本帖最后由 孔武 于 2009-11-17 15:09 编辑 ]

astina

恩,正合适我这种思想纯洁心底无尘埃的人

暧暧

长见识，我也想去借书看看了

小能豆

好推荐，正愁不知借什么书呢

meya

我想大家去图书馆借书，怎么查到你要借的书在哪里的？我在tafe可以先用电脑查，然后再根据编号，找书架，社区图书馆没有电脑可以查，怎么借？直接问front desk吗？

astina

社区图书馆有电脑可查的啊，都有网站的，在家里查好catalogue,直接去那里奔书架上拿就是了

meya

喔，internet阿，我真笨，我还想一定要找到像学校一样的catalogue only的电脑才行呢。

astina

昨夜开始看neither here nor there,一开始就抓住了我，然后一路狂笑，太好看了，强烈推荐

孔武

是杂文类的吗？

astina

应该算游记类，但是非常非常funny

astina

Bill Bryson70年代初曾经backpack环游欧洲，20多年以后，再去欧洲，充满了温馨的回忆和幽默到肚疼的故事

dorin

这么多好书啊,谢谢了.

joaquin

I like Bill Bryson a lot.
have you  tried his newer books?

astina

原帖由 joaquin 于 2009-11-18 12:54 发表
I like Bill Bryson a lot.
have you  tried his newer books?

such as?

joaquin

phew!
difficult question that
he hasn't done any new travel books as far as I know, but there are others:
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Shakespeare
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors

A Short History of Nearly Everything  is very good as well. I didn't know he writes science books before....

hbrenda

原帖由 astina 于 2009-11-18 12:48 发表
Bill Bryson70年代初曾经backpack环游欧洲，20多年以后，再去欧洲，充满了温馨的回忆和幽默到肚疼的故事

我就喜欢这种的。。今晚去借。

astina

原帖由 joaquin 于 2009-11-18 13:05 发表
phew!
difficult question that
he hasn't done any new travel books as far as I know, but there are others:
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Shakespeare
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers an ...

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid 最近才看完，我觉得不如travel book好看，讲的是他在美国50年代的童年生活，比较没有共鸣

a short story of nearly everything,昨天才借来，好大一本书，图文并茂的

另外他的书我看过的就只有down under 和 notes from a big country,下一本想看的是 notes from a small island

UTSun

简奥斯丁的作品

astina

原帖由 UTSun 于 2009-11-18 13:15 发表
简奥斯丁的作品

不适合刚开始看英文小说者

joaquin

原帖由 astina 于 2009-11-18 13:09 发表


The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid 最近才看完，我觉得不如travel book好看，讲的是他在美国50年代的童年生活，比较没有共鸣

a short story of nearly everything,昨天才借来，好大一本书，图文并茂 ...

his travel books are funny, mucho...how about down under? that's a good one too. and there's another one about europe, a walk in the woods? something like that, also an african story.

I like his language books a lot, but others might not hold the same kind of interest. been struggling with conjugations for some weeks....je vais, tu vas, il va, nous allons, vous allez, ils vont....bah.

joaquin

原帖由 astina 于 2009-11-18 13:17 发表

不适合刚开始看英文小说者

+1000

chenyi1976

有爱就不难。。。无爱难上加难。

我啃过哈利波特6，原因是中文版还没有出。

就等着2010年冰与火之歌5英文版出来，中文版至少需要几个月时间翻译和印刷，等不及。

魔戒1也啃过，原因是想看看电影和书什么区别。

碟形世界啃过多本，不难懂，但英式幽默始终笑不出来。。。

因为对NeilGaiman的喜爱，买了一本他的杂文，可惜不好看。买了他的Sandman漫画，也都是没有翻译的。

看英文书，无非就是追作者，追题材，追奖项，完全没有办法在书店选书，没那个本事。。。

astina

原帖由 joaquin 于 2009-11-18 13:19 发表


his travel books are funny, mucho...how about down under? that's a good one too. and there's another one about europe, a walk in the woods? something like that, also an african story.

I like hi ...

a walk in the woods is on my to-read list as well. too many good books, too little time....

down under is brilliant, a very book to get to know Australia, its history, people, system and everything else, in an entertaining way of course

astina

原帖由 astina 于 2009-11-18 13:30 发表

a walk in the woods is on my to-read list as well. too many good books, too little time....

down under is brilliant, a very book to get to know Australia, its history, people, system and everythi ...

There is a joke in the book regarding Melbournian’s craziness on footy, which I  find very funny:

I went to the grand final and found the seat next to mine was vacant. How come? This is Grand Final!

I asked the man on the other side of the seat: do you know why this seat is not occupied?

It belonged to my wife but she died last week, he answered.

Oh, how unfortunate, I said, but surely you can give the ticket to some friend or relative?

They are all at her funeral today, he shrugged.

maggie-12

谢谢分享,准备去借几本看看

MINIBOAT

the only english book i brought from china to here...very good book including lots backgrands such as ww II, catholic

spiderpig

强推Bill Bryson的down under。我因为图书馆借不到自己买了一本，常看得拍大腿称妙。

最早看到这个作者的书是一本美国小镇的游记: The lost continent。从此迷上这个作者，笔触超幽默的说，而且知识丰富，视角也比较独特。

另外我觉得Agatha Christie 的侦探小说和John Griham 的小说都不错。Agatha Christie 的书每本都像迷宫，让人爱不释手。John Griham 的小说大多以美国法律界为背景，多少有些针砭时弊，能丰富西方社会知识，而又悬念不断。这两个作者的书我自己都是拿起就很难放下的。 推荐！

astina

agatha的书都看完了，有的还看了好几遍

the lost continet,恩，又加一本在to-read list上

孔武

原帖由 spiderpig 于 2009-11-22 14:16 发表
John Griham 的小说大多以美国法律界为背景，多少有些针砭时弊，能丰富西方社会知识，而又悬念不断。这两个作者的书我自己都是拿起就很难放下的。 推荐！

知音