Comments on: New York state of mind

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:02:32 +0000

>What are your favourite things/best tips to see in New York?
Has to be the Empire Cafe – late at night, snow outside and the piano playing – bliss!

By: TheGiRLwithKaleidoScopeEyes

TheGiRLwithKaleidoScopeEyes — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:28:08 +0000

I found you by searching in google “the girl with kaleidoscope eyes”, which is my messenger nickname and also something that was in one of your posts. I am an Italian girl (now you know why my English is sooo bad) and I simply cannot stop reading your posts and watching your photos!!! Yours is the best blog I’ve ever visited. It’s so simple and spontaneous and interesting and full of life! I can’t explain -but I always find a piece of me in it…
I recommend you “Atonement” by Ian McEwan. It’s an incredible novel, I’m sure you’ll love it as I do.

go on this way, Girl! =)

By: thegirlinthecafe

thegirlinthecafe — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:33:12 +0000

@Joachim: that’s one of my absolute favourite books ever, I read it and I love it :)

To all others: thanks so much for the suggestions, I will let you know what I have read. It will probably endup with me not reading anything at all because I am too busy enjoying New York!

But I will make a note of all the book titles in the comments and keep and eye out for those book. (I use http://www.readitswapit.co.uk a lot, a great website!)

By: Joachim

Joachim — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:28:04 +0000

“the curious incident of the dog in the night-time” by Mark Haddon (268 pages)
Listen to it:
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/curious/

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:59:30 +0000

If a book is bad, ditch it as soon as you can. If you are constantly doing something else when you would normally be reading then it’s time to change. Life is too short.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:42:47 +0000

I work for http://www.litteratursiden.dk and we have made this “law of reading”:

Læs hvad du har lyst til
Læs hvor du har lyst
Læs når du har lyst
Lær mens du læser
Grin mens du læser
Græd mens du læser
Del dine læseoplevelser
Læs bøger på PC, IPod og papir
Det er altid OK at læse
Du bestemmer om bogen er god – drop den dårlige
(Litteratursidens læselov)

My work means that I read loads of books, but thay are all Danish, but I can recommend Nials Christian Grøndahl “Fire dage i marts”, Sissel-Jo Gazan “Dinosaurens fjer” og Liv Mørk “Falken og falkoneren”, just in case you feel like something Danish…Actually some of them are translated I think.

By: Marieke

Marieke — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:33:09 +0000

A Dutch one, so you might be able to pick it up whenever you’re in the Netherlands: “De Overgave” by Arthur Japin. Highly praised in the press, so I borrowed it from my mum. ;-) And even though I’m usually not a sucker for historical family portraits, I must admit this was a very interesting and easy read.
I also enjoyed “The Devil wears Prada” by Lauren Weisberger some time ago, but perhaps you’ve already seen the film.
I’ve just started in a Dickensian novel, set in 19th century London: “The Crimson Petal and the White” by Michel Faber. It’s fascinating… but different. I don’t know yet if that’s a good sign or not.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:15:33 +0000

1. It despends on the quantity of pages in a book. If the first ten pages of a book with ± 150 pages suck, then you must stop and use it as a doorstop, otherwise it might be good. (As long as it’s not a phone book or a travel guide)

2. I can’t give you any tips on that. At the moment I’m reading Lonely Planet’s Madagascar Travel Guide and It’s Not Easy Being Green.

3. The best thing to see in NY are the New Yorkers. Just go somewhere for tea or coffee and take a seat at the window. It’s better than TV.

By: Des08

Des08 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:28 +0000

I highly recommend you read “Hot, Flat, and Crowded,” by Thomas L. Friedman. And if you’re in NYC you have to go to the Met http://www.metmuseum.org/ It’s fantastic.

By: grigorisgirl

grigorisgirl — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:07:49 +0000

I always used to think you should battle through a book come what may but life’s too short! I started that huge book Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell and after about 100 pages or so I just knew I’d never finish it so passed it on.