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FlowerGirl 02-16-2010 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Pineapple_Juice (Post 602531)
The Face-Dean Koontz

Good book!

Pineapple_Juice 02-16-2010 05:06 PM

Started out dull but it's getting better.

FlowerGirl 02-16-2010 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Pineapple_Juice (Post 602540)
Started out dull but it's getting better.

The mad stabbing gets better...just wait.
If you havn't read Breathless yet I would highly recommend it. I couldnt stop turning the pages!

Pineapple_Juice 02-16-2010 05:17 PM

I'm only just at the part where he sees Dunny's car go out the garage door. I'll take you up on Breathless.

Anndrea 02-16-2010 08:49 PM

Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Amunet 02-17-2010 06:51 AM

YAY! I just got Book 2 of the Bartimeaus Trilogy! woot!

jpb7776 02-17-2010 02:43 PM

"Moonchild" by Crowley. It's incredibly hard to follow and really doesn't get going until 100 pages in. But it's picked up enough to where I enjoy it.

HumanePain 02-17-2010 04:42 PM

The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley.
Obama's Dreams of my Father was a happy walk in the sunshine compared to this!

Ophelia's Snorkel 02-17-2010 05:50 PM

O'Donnell's An Utterly Impartial History of Britain. We are only mildly amused...

korinna5555 02-18-2010 10:02 AM

Diary Of A Drug Fiend.

FlowerGirl 02-18-2010 10:07 AM

Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
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Detarra 02-18-2010 01:58 PM

Several books at the moment actually.

Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft

Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

HumanePain 02-18-2010 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by FlowerGirl (Post 602926)
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
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I am a third way through where her new life is all pump room drama and annoying men bragging how rich they are. I can't say I like the plot much so far, but I love the flowery way it is written, with such descriptive flourish and old English idioms. Hoping it will get exciting soon.

Man In Room 5 02-19-2010 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by HumanePain (Post 603222)
I am a third way through where her new life is all pump room drama and annoying men bragging how rich they are. I can't say I like the plot much so far, but I love the flowery way it is written, with such descriptive flourish and old English idioms. Hoping it will get exciting soon.

You're hoping in vain HP. Northanger Abbey is horrible. It was a pretty subtle parody in its day and it's lost 99% of its appeal over time as literature drifts farther and farther from the era it was parodying. For some old gothics that are still somewhat funny try Vathek by Beckford, The Heroine by Barrett, or Nightmare Abbey by Peacock. All of them are better than Northanger.

EDIT: And Korinna's reading Diary of a Drug Fiend? Fuckin' cool. Crowley was heroin chic way before Kate Moss.

FlowerGirl 02-19-2010 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Man In Room 5 (Post 603293)
Northanger Abbey is horrible. It was a pretty subtle parody in its day and it's lost 99% of its appeal over time as literature drifts farther and farther from the era it was parodying. For some old gothics that are still somewhat funny try Vathek by Beckford, The Heroine by Barrett, or Nightmare Abbey by Peacock. All of them are better than Northanger.


I know...*sigh* I have to do it for my english essay.

The Heroine by Barrett is pretty great. I'll take you up on Nightmare Abbey

ape descendant 02-19-2010 07:08 AM

H.G. Wells Pocket History of the World.

goth_96 02-24-2010 06:40 PM

I just finished Gallows Hill by Louis Duncan i cant beleive how ignorant people are

Pineapple_Juice 02-24-2010 10:00 PM

The Eyes of Darkness-Dean Koontz.

Crappy title, but it's been good so far.

Niccolo della Luce 02-27-2010 08:48 PM

The Vampire Lestat again. Also, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' Demon In My View, John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, and Sun Tzu's The Art of War.

Thoughts on any of them excepting The Vampire Lestat?

Apathy's_Child 02-28-2010 04:07 AM

The Book of Daniel - E. L. Doctorow. It's actually very good.

Bete Noire 02-28-2010 04:15 AM

The Road - Cormac McCarthy

Again. It's brilliant!

Saya 02-28-2010 06:46 PM

Finished Backlash and am now a little more disgusted with the world. I'm still in the mood for feminist lit so I picked up The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti.

Pineapple_Juice 02-28-2010 11:33 PM

Finished Anansi Boys again.

Lord Azrael 03-01-2010 03:02 PM

I'm reading The Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology (the publisher escapes me now)
Rereading Eragon, Eldest and Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
And Poison by Chris Wooding

sibyl vane. 03-01-2010 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Bete Noire (Post 604897)
The Road - Cormac McCarthy

Again. It's brilliant!

I just saw the movie. Maybe I'll read it.

The Great Gatsby... again.


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