Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Sept 18, 2006 13:56:57 GMT -5
Okay, so I like to see what books are really popular in other countries and it's hard for me to find out. Like, in the US we have the New York Times Bestseller list and stuff. But that's America. I know Jefie's from Canada and there are more people from the old Rory's Book Club that were from many places. So I guess what I'm asking is, if you live in a country other than the US, what books are popular right now?
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Isa
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Post by Isa on Sept 18, 2006 14:50:09 GMT -5
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Post by Dominique on Sept 18, 2006 18:41:17 GMT -5
I think in Australia The Devil Wears Prada is on the top sellers list because the movie is about to come out. I'll find the paper later and see what number one is.
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Bina
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Post by Bina on Sept 19, 2006 6:41:30 GMT -5
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Post by Dominique on Sept 19, 2006 7:07:30 GMT -5
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Bina
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Post by Bina on Sept 19, 2006 8:17:44 GMT -5
It is interesting. But Süskind´s descriptions are so powerful that some situations were downright nauseating. I´m glad I missed out on eighteen century Paris!
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Sept 19, 2006 14:00:50 GMT -5
Thanks for all the feedback. It's really a help! ;DI think in Australia The Devil Wears Prada is on the top sellers list because the movie is about to come out. I'll find the paper later and see what number one is.
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Post by Dominique on Sept 19, 2006 19:02:41 GMT -5
I have yet to read the book, I'd like to but at the moment I don't have enough money to buy it  Starting orientation at lonestar 2morro though (steakhouse) so I will have money again soon ;D I've gone 11 weeks with no income and it nearly killed me... I have read though that the movie greatly modified some aspects of the book. |
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Bina
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Post by Bina on Sept 20, 2006 5:35:00 GMT -5
I read the book some time ago. I thought it was okay but in the second half of the book, Andrea started to get on my nerves.
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Sept 25, 2006 17:08:43 GMT -5
Andy got on my nerves only because she was acting like Holden Caulfield, my LEAST favourite character ever! I say that because she was doing stuff that she knew was stupid and wrong, but she kept doing it anyways. See, when people do stuff they know is stupid/wrong and even keep repeating it, I say they're Holden-like. And I got mad at myself because even I was doing it once! Gah! Anyways...moving on...
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Bina
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Post by Bina on Sept 26, 2006 4:11:41 GMT -5
Whoa! Looks like you and Holden Caulfield have some issues ;D
I wasn´t overly impressed by him but I don´t hate him.
Measuring the World: A Novel by Daniel Kehlmann
is pretty popular in Germany right now.
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Jan 6, 2007 14:14:41 GMT -5
If you are interested, here you can find out the list of the most popular books in Italy at the moment: www.kataweb.it/libri/libriitalia.jspI found this link in the website of the newspaper we use to read in my family. The only problem is that it's written in italian! |
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Bina
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Post by Bina on Jan 6, 2007 14:25:18 GMT -5
Now I have to confess that I don´t know any Italian. But the page looks organised, I´ll find my way through it  |
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Jan 6, 2007 14:39:00 GMT -5
I would pick to learn Italian if I could choose any. I want to go to Italy and Nick promised to take me when I read 1,000 books. So, 107 down, 893 to go...
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bastet
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Post by bastet on Jan 6, 2007 14:39:31 GMT -5
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