Aomame, I finished The Kite Runner last week and really enjoyed it. It's moving, funny in places and gives a great insight into Afghanastani life before and after their troubles started. It's a quick read, very gripping and deals so well with the themes of regret and forgiveness. In my opinion it de...

I was reading The Children's Book by A.S Byatt but, although beautifully written, it just didn't hold my attention so I ditched it for The Kite Runner. I've only just started it so haven't formed an opinion yet but I've heard it's brilliant.

The Devil And Miss Prym! That's the one.

I know, I've had people look at me in disgust when I tell them that Lolita is one of my favourite novels, as if it's some guide book to paedophilia. Needless to say these people have seldom read it themselves! Humbert Humbert is really a monster but the way Nabokov is able to portray him as a funny ...

Hey thanks, I'll check out Nausea, sounds right up my street! Yeah I loved Lolita and then straight away read it again with the annotations and it blew me away. Obviously it's a risky subject matter but I think Nabokov handles it so well and it's so clever the way the narrator stays in control and r...

Off the top of my head probably Lolita and American Psycho both for obvious reasons (that's if you've read them of course!). I've never heard of The Painted Bird, what is it about?

Norwegian Wood is a great book and terribly sad in places but it didn't affect me in such a deep way as it has affected you. But, as Suzanne says, embrace the emotions it has brought out and feel glad that you have been able to connect to a novel in such a way. Hopefully you'll soon connect to a mor...

Hey everybody! My name's Luke and I'm a 31yr old from Essex in England. I'll read any genre and I haven't got a favourite author in particular but my favourite novels are Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. I'm looking forward to getting involved in discussions and receiving ...