My appologies for answering so late. I completely overlooked your question. No, I saw the 1964 one with Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. Thanks for the tip! I'll try to get the 1938 one as well =) Current read: das Christkind kommt (the christ child comes) by Marga Müller. She was a popular writer in the 30s but is almost forgotten nowadays. In my opinion she's a bit too religious but that one is pretty good (and quite funny). I read it every Christmas Over here, we get our presents by the Christchild. It's usually depicted as a curly haired somewhat androgynous child of about 6 -8 years. On the pic you can only see it from behind but you might still get an impression of what children in Germany expect to get a glimpse of on the evening of the 24th
I have only started reading audio books this year. I have avoided them in the past because I have, in the past few years needed subtitles on movies. However I now realised that if the reader has a clear enough voice and have no trouble following the book. I do try and select a book read by a man because I have less trouble with male voices than female voices. I like e-books because I can change the font size, I like audio books because I can 'read' while I am gardening, waiting for the bus, doing housework etc. I was disappointed in the movie When Worlds Collide, too much was changed for no good reason. I have finished listened to After Worlds Collide. Not quite as good as the first book. This month I have also listened to Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It is a techno-thriller set in the New York's Museum of Natural History. I loved the novel and have started on the second in the series , Reliquary. I am still reading Un Lun Dun by China Mieville on my iPad.
I finished Consider Phlebas on the weekend; once I got used to who all the characters were, the story started to flow better and became quite gripping. Sunday, I started Life On the Preservation by Jack Skillingstead. From the summary posted on amazon.ca: It has some creepy elements - there's some post-apocalyptic stuff and some possible-zombies (I'm not sure yet what they are). It moves quite quickly - as I said, I started it on Sunday and am on page 60 or thereabouts already.
I am now listening to The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, the third book in the Pendergast series. I am getting really hooked on this series.
Started Dan Simmons' Hyperion the other day... almost gave up when I found out it was a collection of short-stories tied loosely together, but read the first one as I found it rather entertaining in an old-school-SciFi manner. The second story was less so, but I found that I could skip most of it -so I continued reading... But after having read the first page of the third story I gave up. Now 13% into Frederik Pohls Eschaton - I think I might be finishing this one
I actually pity you. You're missing out on one of the greatest science fiction book series' ever. Just to give you an idea, the first novel, being a great collection of short stories, is basically the set up for The Fall of Hyperion, and the sequel Endymion two-parter.
I am reading the play Orphans by Lyle Kessler. I loved the movie version of the play and I think the movie, which stars Albert Finney, Matthew Modine and Kevin Anderson, is very underrated. I am halfway through the play and it seems that the movie was very true to the play.
Ugh, that was a slog. The first two books in the series were excellent, but this third one pretty much ruins the whole thing. Endings are tricky to pull off. Anyway, I just picked up "Guns, Germs, and Steel" based on a recommendation from a friend. I don't usually read non-fiction, so it should be a nice change of pace.
Star Trek: Corps of Engineers - Out of the Cocoon with stories by William Leisner, Kevin Killiany, Phaedra M. Weldon, and Robert T. Jeschonek.
I am 10% though Bleak House by Charles Dickens. I am alternating between the e-book version and the audio version depending on what I am doing. Sometimes I read and listen at the same time. I am really enjoying this novel - it has been a long time since I read any Dickens at all and this is the first time I have read Bleak House.
The Sandcastle Girls, by Chris Bohjalian. Very interesting, but something about the protagonist/narrator is annoying (haven't been able to define exactly what yet), so I'm not enjoying it as much as I'd like to.
I need a new book to read. I've just read all 63 pages of this thread, and I'm no closer than when I started. I guess I'm currently "reading this thread!"
I am still working my way through Bleak House - so many characters to keep track of. I have also started reading The Lost World of Socotra By Richard Boggs. This book covers the history, culture, wildlife of a island I had never heard of before coming across this book. Here is a short video showing a little of this fascinating place [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEEqHnuDaTo&list=FLXCkZnPNzNkGv3-whDoXWbQ&index=1[/yt]