Bonjour! I am very excited to join a community that actually talks about what I love - books! :) I found it by accident when I was looking for a reference, and there it was, Booktalk.org, and I knew that I had to join immediately. My name is Emélia (Mélle) and I have grown up and live in Paris as a ...

Thanks, I'll definitely take a look at those. Sounds very interesting!

I'm reading a few at the moment... The Collected Stories by Isaac Babel (whose writing is excellent, especially his Guy de Maupassant) The Archivist's Story by Travis Holland (which, coincidentally, is also about revolutionary Russia, and features Babel as a character! A very enjoyable read...) Fahr...

I was wondering what people have read that uses first person narrative well. I love it when an author knows how to use the technique - when it is absorbing and fascinating being in the mind of a particular character with a distinct voice. At the moment the market seems to be bombarded with masses of...

I rather enjoyed the recent adaptation of Atonement by Ian McEwan (with Joe Wright as director), but that could just be because it was so visually stunning and the score was fantastic. I didn't like who they cast for Cecilia, but the three Briony and James McAvoy for Robbie were well done. Another o...

This is difficult but I'd have to say...

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
And because I can’t think of anything else, I’ll have to say: Atonement by Ian McEwan