Recommended book list for next ISG novel reading

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Kooper
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Recommended book list for next ISG novel reading

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chiron 寫: However, I already started to look forward our next book. Here are some I recommend, maybe you can also choose some from the links I provide. BTW, due to the price and convinence in buying, I only recommend the books of Eslite.

Twilight
Dewey
The Secret
Law of Attraction
Taking Woodstock
The Gift
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
*P.S. I Love You
*Way of the Peaceful Worrior
Julie & Julia
The Time Travelor's Wife
*Slumdog Millionaire


http://www.eslite.com/exhibition.aspx?i ... ckid=17293
http://www.eslite.com/exhibition.aspx?i ... ckid=16917
set up a new thread for discussion on selecting next novel
Kooper
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Re: Recommended book list for next ISG novel reading

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My recommendation is to remove below five books from our candidate list for various reasons.

Taking Woodstock: too expensive (NT$504)
The Time Traveler's Wife: too thick (640 pages)
The Secret: I've read its Chinese version
Law of Attraction: I've read its Chinese version
Julie & Julia: Average customer review at Amazon is only 2.5 star, given 5 star as the best rank.

Among the rest books I prefer the four books:
1. Dewey
- NT$221 (good)
- 221 pages (good)
- Average customer review at Amazon is 4.5 star (good)

2. P.S. I love you
- NT$194 (good)
- 496 pages (slightly long)
- Average customer review at Amazon: 3.5 star (so so)

3. Slumdog Millionaire
- NT$221 (good)
- 400 pages (good)
- 4 star (good)

4. Twilight
- NT$327 @ 博客來 (so so)
- 4 star (good)

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Here I add another one:
5. Confession of a Shopaholic
- NT$221 (good)
- 384 pages (good)
- 4.5 star (good)
kelly jur.
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Re: Recommended book list for next ISG novel reading

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I recommended " The Road"

6. The Road http://www.eslite.com/product.aspx?pgid ... 0291842224
- NT$221
- 287 pages
- 4 star

kelly
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Leon
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kelly jur. 寫:I recommended " The Road"

6. The Road http://www.eslite.com/product.aspx?pgid ... 0291842224
- NT$221
- 287 pages
- 4 star

kelly
Ha Kelly, you have my vote. This is a good book.
Actually Cormac, McCarthy`s books are great.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
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Timothy Cheng
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Re: Recommended book list for next ISG novel reading

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Dear all,
Life is always tough, I'd like to read something soft and warm to lift the gloom, so I prefer Dewey.
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Angel Lin
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文章 Angel Lin »

Well.. because life is always tough, so I am eager to explore the recondite wisdom..
I guess "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Road" are also not bad... : )
I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life. Madeleine Albright
我學到要努力並非是因為有任何成功的保證, 而是因為努力的行為本身是保持人生信念的唯一途徑。 麥德琳‧歐布萊特
Kooper
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Next ISG novel reading - Dewel

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Dear novel-reader-to-be,

We have picked Dewey (http://www.eslite.com/product.aspx?pgid ... 0691871292)as next novel to read. Here are detailed results of the vote.

1st run:
Dewey: 3 ballots
P.S. I Love You: 3 ballots
The Road: 3 ballots
Slumdog Millionaire: 2 ballots
Confession of a Sophoholic: 1 ballot
Twilight: 0 ballot

2nd run:
Dewey: 3 ballots
P.S. I Love You: 2 ballots
The Road: 0 ballot


As the Eslite Bookstore is located beneath my office, I'm going to buy a few copies for Chiron, Janet, Ivy and Sherry. If you also would like me to get a copy for you, please post your request on the forum before Monday noon (Jan-11th). I'll hand you the copy in Wednesday's meeting.

We plan to finish the novel in two meetings.

1st meeting: 2/21
2nd meeting: 3/28


For details, you may check http://122.116.234.216/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=2614.

At the moment, registered novel readers include Angel Lin, Chiron, Gavin, Ivy Yang, Janet, Kelly, Kooper, Sherry Laio, Timothy.
samlauncher
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Re: Recommended book list for next ISG novel reading

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hey frndz m looking for some famous english novels plz help…
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Kat C
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Dewey has been a well-loved book since its publication. I think I've read parts of it a while back. Count me in, please! :D

Kat
Kooper
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Dear Kat,

Thanks for your willingness to join.

The thing is this thread was posted one and half years ago and has been out-of-date. We had been done with the novel quite a while ago...
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Kat C
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Re: Recommended book list for next ISG novel reading

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Oops! I didn't pay attention to the dates! Thanks for letting me know. :mrgreen:
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