Friday 11 May 2012

LAST B2 Library Mayhem

    Fellow library patrons,
    the time for your presentations on literature is nigh, 
    so I present you again with the lists of books to look upon:
    that welcomed last-minute additions, or maybe a summer reading? Read away!


    Here you can check the most actual list, also with books borrowed (to be returned!):

    Here's an experimental version of the same, where it is easier to search by year, author, title, publisher, etc.

    And here's the table of the books, newly arrived from Edinburgh:
    NEW!! Click on the title to see their description and reviews from Amazon:
    37. Shaw, Bernard: Saint Joan


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    Wednesday 9 May 2012

    LAST B2 Literary Mayhem No.19 - Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

    First of all - I am awaiting your presentations on the books next week! Book of your choice! 

    I will be judging - 1.flow, 2.clarity, 3.vocabulary, 4.grammar and of course 5.the content. Four points each. 


    And now,
    Long ago, men went to sea, and women waited for them, standing on the edge of the water, scanning the horizon for the tiny ship. Now I wait for He nry. He vanishes unwillingly, without warning. I wait for him. Each moment that I wait feels like a year, an eternity. Each moment is as slow and transparent as glass. Through each moment I can see infinite moments lined up, waiting. Why has he gone where I cannot follow? 
    My name is Claire, and I am The Time Traveler's Wife 

    Here's my story in words read

    Here's my story in words spoken

    And here's my author, Audrey Niffenegger
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    Friday 4 May 2012

    B2 Literary Mayhem No.18/2 Gump and Co. by Winston Groom

    Some of you complained about not enough reading to do, so here's a funny one for those, I am going to ask questions about both texts on Forrest in two weeks and I am also awaiting your presentations on the books you have read. Enjoy your reading! and listening (I am attaching the audiobook this time as well)

    Hello again, My Name is Forrest Gump and,
    LET ME SAY THIS: EVERBODY MAKES MISTAKES, WHICH IS WHY THEY PUT A RUBBER MAT AROUND SPITOONS.
    BUT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT—DON'TNEVER LET NOBODY MAKE A MOVIE OF YOURLIFE'S STORY.
    Whether they get it right or wrong, it don't matter.
    Problem is, people be comin up to you all the time, askin
    questions, pokin TV cameras in your face, wantin your
    autograph, tellin you what a fine feller you are. Ha! If bullshit
    came in barrels, I'd get me a job as a barrel-maker an have
    more money than Misters Donald Trump, Michael Mulligan,
    an Ivan Bozosky put together. 
    AUDIO
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    Gump & Co. (or Forrest Gump and Co.) is a 1995 novel by Winston Groom. It is the sequel to his novel Forrest Gump (1986), and theAcademy Award-winning film Forrest Gump (1994), with Tom Hanks.[1]

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