I'm always dismayed when people say things like "Oh, Lolita? Isn't that some pedophilia book?". I understand but I think it's such a disservice. Like you said, Nabokov does an amazing job of dealing with the subject, and manages to convey such beauty and horror without ever being licentiou...

Have you read The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo books? Swedish crime writers have a certain sort of dispassionate style... Stieg Larsson has that, but Henning Mankell even more so, I think. You either adapt to it or you don't, I think! Another somewhat popular Swedish mystery writer is Camilla Lackberg,...

Hi Manu, welcome to BookTalk!

I've heard it's a good idea for writers to publish their short stories on Amazon for Kindle. Sometimes people just want a short little story! If you had any time left over, I bet you would have people clamouring for you to translate their work into German.

I'm kind of all over the map! I guess my favourite genre is cyberpunk/sci-fi, but I also like magic realism, mystery, supernatural stuff, and just plain fiction. I think most of the mystery I read these days is along the beach reading sort, like Janet Evanovich or Kathy Reichs. However, I have read ...

Well I mean, the ministry of magic didn't listen to harry because they like to control the masses. It was a parallel to how the media and government works today. Unless you're talking about something else... An example I can think of is I think book 5? Wherein Harry keeps trying to tell the adults ...

I'm not proud of this, but I've never read a word of King--well, not true exactly. I did open a couple of his books but was put off by the style so didn't invest the time in them. I wouldn't be ashamed of not reading King, but it is good to know thine enemy. ;) Most of his books are long enough tha...

Welcome to BookTalk, Karen! I don't know if I'd say things are super-active, but it helps to read the New Posts since your last visit (upper right corner of the screen is the link) and reply to anything that interests you.

Agreed, not certain what you mean by "filler"? The most recent crime novel that I read and enjoyed was The Night Train by Martin Amis. I adored that book, though it's quite grim. I definitely wouldn't say there is "filler", but it's not a fast-paced book by any measure. More crim...

I love reading King who's a very gifted writer. His work is not going to ever be considered great literature, and I think Bloom's main problem is that he was being honored, not through any literary merit, but through his popularity. So he probably makes a good point, but really it's probably not th...