The Afterglow Library

[Saar°berry]

Ok... Just thought it would be cool to recommend each other good books.

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Here are mine:
Lately I'm very into this writer: 'Tracy Chevalier'. She writes 'historic novels'. They're about real historic events, but she makes a fictive story about it. One of her most well known books 'Girl With A Pearl Earring' was filmed. The film was very nice. But I prefer the book.
Tracy Chevalier always makes me wanna read read read read... lol! She writes so amazingly and it's very easy to read. Plus you learn something from a certain era in history, but it's not boring, 'cos you learn it thru lovely stories.

Tracy has written 4 books. I bought 'Girl With A Pearl Earring' first. (In English, I bought them all in English. They English is really easy. She writes amazing. Very fluently and colourful). Fell in love with her writing and decided to buy all her books. My mum is reading them all as well and she's in love with it too.

Titles:

- Falling Angels:


- The Virgin Blue:


- A Girl With A Pearl Earring:


- The Lady And The Unicorn:


I've read 'A Girl With A Pearl Earring' (is about the painting of the painter 'Johannes Vermeer), 'Falling Angels' (is about two families, mostly about the women, during the time of the 'suffragettes'... (upcoming of the women rights.) and now I'm reading 'The Lady And The Unicorn'... (it's about a designer of tapestries in the Middle Ages. I've only read about 20 pages and I love love love it!!!) I still need to read 'The Virgin Blue'... but my mum is currently reading them...

Anyhow, if you like 'historic' novels, then these are surely recommended!

[pandora]

ooh, great idea, maybe when we fill this thread up, you can actually make a list for all to see or something.

I just finished reading a book the Evelien recommended, I posted a thread about you guys recommendations on certain books..anyway, if you remember, its called

"The Crimson Petal and the White"



About a 19th century prostitute, Sugar who wants a better life, and along the way meets a man who can provide such escape. Based in 1870's London. It's also very sexually explicit at times. I love history, and this just sparked my interest even more. Dont wanna give out too much though. It's well over 800 pages long, but you get soo imersed in it that you dont wanna put it down, and dont even realize how long it is. It's a good read, and one I finished in a week. It's actually like watching a soap opera in your head.
To me, it ended too damn quickly I got left with the feeling of wanting to know more. But I guess thats what a good book does.

[Saar°berry]

Oooo that book sounds intresting... Will keep my eyes open when I next go to Manchester. (I like to read books in English. Oh is it difficult English? Do you think I can read it? 'Cos I have this book in English and it's too hard to read, pfff all those posh English words. Thanks for the tip!

[Vampire Bat Bite Girl]

The English is okay,lot of Latin words in it though,I mean,English words derived from Latin words ofcourse lol! Damn,I just wanted to recommend it! Naughty Juanita! Glad you liked it though!
Euhm,let me think:


Anthony Everitt brings us a biography of Cicero, a lawyer, orator, and politician in Rome during the first century B.C. He worked doggedly to create and maintain a constitution and system of laws for Rome, one of equal rights for all its citizens in the republic. His system was cast aside when his childhood-friend Julius Caesar crowned himself emperor. Everitt's book not only brings us the story of this multi-talented man, but the story of ancient Rome and Cicero's dream for what it could have been. The Houston Chronicle says, "The book's enthusiasm, historical refinement and narrative energy should appeal to a generation that may not know just how cool life could be in ancient Rome."

Amaing book,if you're intrested in Latin,or a history freak,or both ,like me lol


Book by Amélie Nothomb,about the two teenagers,Blanche and Christa,who are the total oppsite of each other,and Christa isn't really the person that Blanche thinks she is,really funny/sarcastically written!


Amazing book (in Flemish though,hope they 'll translate it,cause it's that good!),written by two female journalists,about their adventure in Afghanistan,as women. Lots of pics,scary and emotional stories!

[bugg]

Ya all Amélie Nothomb books are good.

[Saar°berry]

I just finished reading 'Stardust' from Neil Gaiman.
And I loooooooooooooooooooved it very muchly. If you like 'fairytales' and stuff; fantasy stories, then you should check this book out! Really lovely. ;D