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Are they useful ways of recognising people who contribute to our language's cultural life and give a bit of publicity to struggling writers? Or are they a self-indulgent exercise in propping up the "literary novel" which otherwise would have quietly died because no-one actually wants to read it? </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/an-oriental-voice#post-77 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:57:18 +0000 mamgoon 77@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Hi!</p> <p>I'm a North African writer. I'm not that much known yet, but my audience is ever increasing. Hope you'll like some of my work at:</p> <p><a href="http://arabicwithlagouader.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://arabicwithlagouader.blogspot.com/</a> </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/which-books-got-you-started-as-a-reader#post-76 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:27:58 +0000 sandy 76@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>For me it was anything by Dr. Seuss. The artwork, the humor, the rhyming - I got more enjoyment (over and over again) from those books, than from anything else in my childhood.</p> <p>If I had to choose one, it would probably be GREEN EGGS AND HAM. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/the-bailout-car-guys-vs-finance-guys#post-75 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:39:21 +0000 sandy 75@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Yes, and now I read this morning that the Senate is putting the blame on the union's "intransigence." I don't remember employees in the banking or finance industry being required to take pay cuts before being approved for a bailout. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/the-bailout-car-guys-vs-finance-guys#post-74 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:29:18 +0000 fitler 74@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>As bad as the economy is, I think both Wall Street and auto bailouts are necessary (although I'm not sure about Chrysler and their Hedge Fund owners in Connecticut). But I agree with you completely about the difference in treatment they each received. I think it's more class difference and prejudice than a regional difference. The people running this country are so detached from the economic concerns of ordinary Americans. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/the-bailout-car-guys-vs-finance-guys#post-73 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:11:10 +0000 burt 73@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Anyone else angry about the treatment Detroit executives received in Washington when compared to the reception Wall Street execs were given? I don't think either one of them should get a bailout, but the fact that the people who actually produce a product were treated so shabbily compared to the people who produce nothing, says a lot about this country and why we're in so much trouble. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/hello#post-72 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:56:46 +0000 minny 72@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Hi, I'm a middle aged female living in Illinois. I'm a huge science fiction fan - Neal Stephenson and Frank Herbert are two of my favorites. I'm hoping to find others who like to talk books. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/the-host-by-stephenie-meyer#post-71 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:55:45 +0000 deborah 71@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Yes, I did read this and enjoyed it. Maybe not as much as you, but it was good. My niece is obsessed with her TWILIGHT series of vampire books. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/best-book-ever-read#post-70 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:51:25 +0000 robin 70@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>I'd have to say JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte. For me, it's a perfect work of fiction that works on all levels - history, drama, characters, etc. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/the-host-by-stephenie-meyer#post-69 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:36:55 +0000 minny 69@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Don't know if we have any science fiction fans out there, but I have to recommend THE HOST by Stephanie Meyer - a tale of alien parasites infecting human brains, but making life better - curing cancer, stopping war, etc. Some people want their old brains back. It reminds me in theme of BRAVE NEW WORLD. A terrific read. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/worst-book-you-ever-read#post-68 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:44:30 +0000 burt 68@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach. I think it caused permanent psychological damage. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/best-book-ever-read#post-67 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:55:00 +0000 sandy 67@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>"Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse - it has the same effect on me that a walk through the forest or a swim in the ocean does. It puts things in perspective and lets me appreciate the beauty in the world. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/presidential-debates#post-66 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:19:38 +0000 fitler 66@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>yes, that's what struck me - the visual image of their faces next to each other. The contrast was as dramatic and devastating as Kennedy/Nixon.</p> <p>btw, has anyone seen this video of Ohio voters and their opinions of Obama - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqcfqiXCX0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqcfqiXCX0</a> - very frightening. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/presidential-debates#post-65 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:30:26 +0000 deborah 65@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Debate 3 just reinforced for me that I don't want McCain anywhere near the Presidency. The contrast between McCain and Obama in those side-by-side television images was devastating for McCain. His fidgeting and eye rolling and smirking was in contrast to the cool, even (Presidential) temperament of Obama. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/worst-book-you-ever-read#post-64 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:30:16 +0000 Jem Bloomfield 64@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Yes, I'm afraid so! I'm teaching it the week after next - bizarrely, it's now set in a translated version. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/worst-book-you-ever-read#post-63 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:30:08 +0000 robin 63@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>"Beowulf" - are kids still required to read it? </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/whats-everyone-reading#post-62 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:44:06 +0000 claudia 62@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Continuing along the medical thriller genre, Robin Cook's, TRAUMA,is a great book. Does anyone recommend any other of his books? </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/ckick-lit-im-sorry-i-love-it#post-59 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:54:08 +0000 fictiongirl 59@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>HoneyBrook, you hit on two of my favorites. Are you talking about Sophie Kinsella when you say shopaholic books? Yes, she's wonderful!</p> <p>SOMETHING BORROWED is one of my all time favorites. I wasn't as crazy about SOMETHING BLUE but I still enjoyed it. Those are the only two of Emily Griffin's that I've read.</p> <p>Lauren Weisberger's another great author if you haven't read her. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/financial-meltdown#post-58 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:16:48 +0000 fitler 58@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>I think it's going to be very serious and take years to unwind. Wall street's been clobbered, and Main Street is about to get the full impact. One of the important ways we're overextended is trying to run an empire when we can't even repair our roads and bridges. I'd rather we plan for shifting our focus to this country than have events overwhelm us and go that much deeper into debt. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/ckick-lit-im-sorry-i-love-it#post-57 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:57:57 +0000 HoneyBrook 57@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>If you are a fan of chick-lit, have you read the Shop-a-holic series, or the Somehing borrowed, &#38; blue books?</p> <p>Both authors are fab. chick-lit authors. I too and a Jen Weiner fan...can you sugguest anything new that I may have not read? </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/hello#post-56 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:51:14 +0000 HoneyBrook 56@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Hello there...I am a 28 year old female and I reside in PA! I am an elementary school teacher, therefore I try to keep myself abreast as to what my students read. For my own sanity I enjoy reading anything fiction, however tend to stay away from Sci-fi and math. However as deborah said, if it is "dumbed down enough" I will enjoy it. My current favorite author is Jodi Picoult and have my own personal library of her novels. As if reading wasn't enough I also enjoy audio-books on my daily commute to and from work. This is something I highly suggest if you have a long commute, although be mindful of your speeds, something I recenlty am not doing, as my speeding tickets are adding up...(I am just to into the story.) Happy reading!!! </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/financial-meltdown#post-55 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:06:46 +0000 buckeye 55@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>What does everyone think about where the US and the world are headed economically? Also, what caused this mess?</p> <p>I fear we're headed for the worst downturn since the depression as people and businesses cut back spending. The money we're pouring in to fix the problem may help in the short term, but I believe that many dollars loose in the world will result in high, maybe devastatingly high, inflation.</p> <p>Home loans to people unable to pay them back may have ignited this crisis, but I think everyone - government, individuals and business - were overextended, and it makes it that much more painful to adjust and live within our means. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/films-of-books#post-54 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:30:15 +0000 deborah 54@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>I can't think of a worst right now, but THE GRADUATE was a phenomenal adaptation of a book by Charles Webb. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/presidential-debates#post-53 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:25:50 +0000 deborah 53@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>To quote Andrew Sullivan, - <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/live-blogging-n.html" rel="nofollow">http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/live-blogging-n.html</a> - it was a mauling. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/presidential-debates#post-52 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:17:59 +0000 fitler 52@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Just watched round 2. I know I'm biased, but I think Obama comes across calmer, smarter and just more Presidential. I can't see how a country in this much debt is going to be able to do all the things he says, but I'd rather have him dealing with the problems than McCain. Anyone else see it differently? </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/vice-presidential-debate#post-51 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:44:55 +0000 Jem Bloomfield 51@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>I'm actually not sure how widely it was watched - I think it was screened at something like two o'clock in the morning on the BBC, so anyone wanting to see it had to make the effort! Personally I cheated and watched it online. Of course this means that we rely even further on the media to pick out what was relevant and what important about the debate - I do worry that the way Palin's profile is often presented over here is simply encouraging some of the more tedious and simple-minded forms of Yank-bashing that you come across in pubs. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/worst-book-you-ever-read#post-50 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:02:54 +0000 hardboiled 50@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>"Moby Dick" </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/best-book-ever-read#post-49 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:10:26 +0000 fitler 49@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/vice-presidential-debate#post-48 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:52:29 +0000 fitler 48@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Jem, It's surprising to me that our Vice-presidential debates are shown in England. Do many people watch them? </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/best-book-ever-read#post-47 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:04:20 +0000 claudia 47@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>"I Know This Much Is True" by Wally Lamb. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/vice-presidential-debate#post-46 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:08:29 +0000 Jem Bloomfield 46@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>I have to agree with you. Whatever one thinks of the parties or tickets involved, this was not an impressive performance at all. I really wish the moderator had exercised a little more control - on both candidates, actually - and just insisted from time to time that they answer the question as asked. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/best-book-ever-read#post-45 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:54:04 +0000 deborah 45@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Let me balance my "worst book" thread with one for best book. I loved THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand. I'm not a Randian, but the story just moved and inspired me. I reread it every few years. </p>