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Dr Nancy 10-07-2008 08:38 AM

Memoirs of a geisha.

jack_the_knife 10-07-2008 08:48 AM

currently "The gods themselves" - Isaac Asimov
next either "Faust" - Goethe or, "Slaughterhouse 5" - Kurt Vonnegut.

Disaffected Shoelaces 10-08-2008 01:19 PM

The Secret History, by Donna Tartt. It's compulsive as fuck, even though the climax came on the first page.

LaBelleDameSansMerci 10-08-2008 03:15 PM

Twilight. My art teacher strongly requested that I read it because her daughter bought the thing and she wanted it to be used for more than 3 days. It is a 1st draft account of a 15-year-old's vampire fantasy. That's what it's about, that's how it's written, that's how it reads. It's bloody fucking frustrating to read and has only served to deepen my mistrust of vampire novels >.< At least it's quick... kind of like being shot in the foot.

JCC 10-08-2008 03:17 PM

If my Art teacher strongly requested I read Twilight I would quit.

jack_the_knife 10-08-2008 03:24 PM

If my art teacher suggested that I read Twilight I would strongly suggest that she should aquire a better taste in literature.

TheBloodEternity 10-08-2008 03:25 PM

I would just start turning in pieces of art with no effort put into them, based on the book.

LaBelleDameSansMerci 10-08-2008 06:17 PM

HAHAHA. She hasn't read it, I don't think, and wanted the book to be used more than once.
However I can't say I wasn't warned because I did read that thread about it, though like anything that screams "THIS IS SO [bad/disturbing/shitty/fucking irritating], it made me want to see how bad it was >.< And all your keystrokes, for all their vitriol, have not done it justice.

Oh well. My fault. Maybe I'll forget about it sometime.

*goes back and reads thread* She's 34?

MegearaErotica 10-08-2008 06:27 PM

I used to like Twilight until I realized how bad the vocabulary and imagery was. I also noticed how easy it must have been to write because it's in first person. I only read it the first time because I heard from a friend that it was a good teen vampire romance. Now I see it as a half-assed attempt to write a good book.

Elysiume 10-10-2008 03:16 PM

I prefer stories written in first person, it helps you empathise with the character. As for Twilight, it reminds me of those "choose your vampire romance" things, only longer.
Anyway, back to the original question, I'm reading Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.

a morbid curiosity 10-11-2008 04:31 AM

Twilight... just... words fail to describe.

Anyway, I'm reading A Russian Beauty and Other Stories by Vladimir Nabokov.

Jillian May Scortfil 10-11-2008 04:49 AM

Elizabeth Kostova - "The Historian" (3rd time I'm reading this!) :)

MegearaErotica 10-11-2008 06:54 AM

Gone With the Wind

GothicChristian 10-11-2008 02:42 PM

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Methadrine 10-11-2008 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Disaffected Shoelaces
The Secret History, by Donna Tartt. It's compulsive as fuck, even though the climax came on the first page.

Ridiculously good book. Although her other books aren't quite up to its standard...

Methadrine 10-11-2008 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GothicChristian
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Also a great book. Do try to read Atlas Shrugged and Anthem too.

As for what I'm reading; Miltons Paradise Lost

MegearaErotica 10-11-2008 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Methadrine
As for what I'm reading; Miltons Paradise Lost

I've just fallen rediculously in love with you. Paradise Lost is one of my favorites.

Methadrine 10-11-2008 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MegearaErotica
I've just fallen rediculously in love with you. Paradise Lost is one of my favorites.

Indeed.

Delight thee more, and Siloa’s brook, that flow’d
Fast by the oracle of God.

Freedom Rising 10-11-2008 04:48 PM

Demian - Herman Hesse. Have just read it a third time and it gets better with each read!!

Apathy's_Child 10-12-2008 04:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disaffected Shoelaces
The Secret History, by Donna Tartt. It's compulsive as fuck, even though the climax came on the first page.

Awesome book.

Freedom Rising 10-12-2008 04:55 AM

Yeah. Steppenwolf is pretty damn good too!

Raptor 10-12-2008 05:39 AM

Perdido Street Station.

shogem 10-12-2008 08:48 AM

Oh, it is so relieving to see people on a goth forum dislike Twilight.

Anyway, I just finished The Riven Kingdom by Karen Miller. So far, she's had entertaining work.

MegearaErotica 10-19-2008 04:43 PM

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

dead_dreams 10-19-2008 05:25 PM

"The Tommyknockers" by Stephen King :D


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