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 Dec 6 2005, 03:17 PM
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I just read The Guide by R.K. Narayan. It was good, though I haven't yet figured out "the joke"
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Dec 7 2005, 07:35 PM
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 Lauren loves YOU.  Group: Member Posts: 2,357 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 32,793 |
FINALLY I GOT A TON OF NEW BOOKS.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy It's great so far. Anna is a very interesting character, very human in her sins and guilt. Her relationship with Vronsky is wrong in all the right ways. I know how it ends, but I still hope it all works out for them. I love all of the somewhat obscure references to Russian poetry and history that require detailed footnotes to make sense and the commentary on Russian politics of the time. My mind is happy when I read this. The Essential Catholic Catechism by Alaan Schreck Since my spiritual awakening this spring, I've become more involved in my Church and even more devoted to Jesus Christ. I got this a gift from my aunt after she heard about me. It explains a lot about Catholicism: what distinguishes it from other religions, its core beliefs, the Sacraments and their significance, living one's life according to Christ. It's a good read for anyone interested in Catholicism. Really quite enlightening. Ick. For SCHOOL. Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck. Incredibly boring. Long winded, too much monotonous description. I've never really been a Steinbeck fan to begin with. The best one was East of Eden, only because it focused mostly on character development than on imagery of the Salinas Valley. This book was so boring that we were supposed to read it for an hour in class today and it put me asleep for 45 minutes. |
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Dec 7 2005, 11:22 PM
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 who ma bitch? you ma bitch, bitch. Group: Member Posts: 1,920 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 55,278 |
Books for School
Chicanismo To Kill A Mockingbird Romeo and Juliet Wuthering Heights Books for Im Going to Read Murder Suicide Letters to a Young Poet Sirena Anne Frank:The Diary of a Young Girl and many MANY more Books Currently Reading Witch Child Speak Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince  King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Books I Just Read and Love Angels and Demons The Da Vinci Code Dangerous Girls The Taste of Night:dangerous girls 2 Torn Thread and many MANY more 
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Dec 7 2005, 11:35 PM
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I finished A Million Little Pieces, by James Frey a short while ago. It was a good book...some parts were pretty graphic.
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Dec 7 2005, 11:54 PM
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 hi. call me linda. Group: Official Member Posts: 8,187 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,475 |
QUOTE(tweeak @ Nov 13 2005, 11:06 PM) I also need to read The Princess Bride because Ian is forcing me to. In return, I shall force him to drink lots of coffee.   Oh, I'm reading that book now. It's really good, I like it a lot... Meh, we're not really reading a book for english class. It's supposed to be The Canterbury Tales but my teacher is incompetent. I really want to read Cien Años de Soledad (100 Years of Solitude) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in both English and Spanish. Then, I want to read Garcia Marquez's Memories of My Melancholy Whores. Oh, I also want to read Memoirs of a Geisha before the movie. |
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Dec 7 2005, 11:56 PM
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who ma bitch? you ma bitch, bitch. Group: Member Posts: 1,920 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 55,278 |
QUOTE(silver rain @ Dec 7 2005, 8:54 PM) Oh, I also want to read Memoirs of a Geisha before the movie. i read that book and its really good
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Dec 15 2005, 09:30 AM
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i read million little pieces by james frey last week and i loved it. then i read the da vinci code. it was okay but i really want to read A separate peace and memoirs of geisha... just that i have less time now that i've started college...
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Dec 15 2005, 12:44 PM
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im in the middle of reading memoirs of a geisha, i plan on reading narnia before that movie comes out. I also want to read the latest Artemis Fowl book.
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Dec 15 2005, 12:46 PM
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^ But Narnia is already out.
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Dec 16 2005, 04:48 PM
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who ma bitch? you ma bitch, bitch. Group: Member Posts: 1,920 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 55,278 |
a new book i just bought
The Foretelling by alice hoffman |
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Dec 16 2005, 06:45 PM
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A great and terrible Beauty and the 5 people you meet in heaven
both for name that book. |
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Dec 16 2005, 07:09 PM
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I plan on reading some Annie Proulx and Alice Munro during the break. They're two of the best short story writers around. And some Peter Brooks and Mikhail Bahktin
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Dec 16 2005, 09:08 PM
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QUOTE(silver rain @ Dec 7 2005, 11:54 PM) Oh, I also want to read Memoirs of a Geisha before the movie. oo..i read that book when i auditioned for that movie last yr...good book yup im in 3 eng classes.. the trial - franz kafka catch 22 - heller sula- toni morrison i should read the harry potter books..im wayy behind |
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Dec 16 2005, 11:14 PM
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I'm reading The Historian. I think it's about Dracula or something, lol, I haven't gotten very far into it.. about 10 pages :)
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Dec 17 2005, 12:06 AM
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hi. call me linda. Group: Official Member Posts: 8,187 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,475 |
In English class, we're reading Hamlet.
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Dec 17 2005, 01:36 AM
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^ oi me too!!
but as "recreational" reading, i'm reading che guevara by john lee anderson |
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Dec 17 2005, 01:37 AM
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We're reading this boring book on mythology in english -yawns-
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Dec 17 2005, 06:36 PM
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i ahve to read walkalong for school, but im planning to continue reading got a man, which i already started reading but forgot about it.
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Dec 17 2005, 07:10 PM
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i read all the time - i actually just finished a nancy drew book [i havent read once since i was 9!] uh, number 66 i think - tall dark and deadly..
and i have to read cold sassy tree soon and i just finished lorelie street [about a 17 year old who moves out to rent a room on lorelie street because her mom is an alcoholic and stuff]? :D i dont know the authors names.. |
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Dec 28 2005, 03:12 AM
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Keep the topic alive, peeps!
Now that I'm on break, I'm reading so much, I love it. The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman by Louise Plummer - It's not the best book in the world but it's a cute little story and one of my favorites. It takes place at Christmas time and I've read it at least once a year, around this time, since I was about 12 or 13. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - Awesome book. 'Nuff said. Gossip Girl series by Cecily von Ziegesar - Such trashy reading but it's wonderful. I'm slowly catching up on the series, I've got one book left until I'm on track. The It Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar - New off-shoot of Gossip Girl. This one features Jenny at boarding school (omg, can you say twist?) Very much like its parent series, but it looks promising. Next up: Books Two and Three of the Samurai Girl series, and two short story collections by Annie Proulx and Alice Munro, respectively. After that, another trip to the library where I plan on getting The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown, Wicked by Gregory Maguire, and Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. |
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Dec 29 2005, 08:04 PM
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who ma bitch? you ma bitch, bitch. Group: Member Posts: 1,920 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 55,278 |
Secrets of the Widow's Son: The Mysteries Surrounding the Sequel to the The Da Vinci Code
David A. Shugarts, Dan Burstein (Editor), Dan Burstein (Introduction) |
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Dec 29 2005, 10:47 PM
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-flowers for algernon
-memoirs of a geisha.
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Dec 29 2005, 10:53 PM
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I'm still reading Quicksilver. It's going really slowly because I can't read very well.
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Dec 31 2005, 01:46 AM
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Almost done with Lord of the Flies.
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Dec 31 2005, 10:54 AM
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QUOTE(silver rain @ Dec 16 2005, 11:06 PM) In English class, we're reading Hamlet.  I had to read that like twice in my high school career. Tis boring the second time around.Well I recently finished Ordinary People and The Time Travelers Wife. Mmm, I LOVED the second book. It was soo good, I finished it in one day! |
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