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12-20-2006, 01:49 PM
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#951
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Athens, GA
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Originally Posted by HumanePain
Oh, you wll be glad you did! It is a great novel! I love that story. Merlin is so funny.
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Likely it is. I started reading it today, and though I am only in the 40s so far it has quite humoured me. I first read it while I was in seventh or eighth grade, but I didn't get as much out of it then. In fact, there are a lot of books I read during that time I would like to reread to get the literary merit out of it -- except House of the Seven Gables. I don't care how many times I reread that book, I know that my first reading was terrible enough to never want to attempt it again.
I don't mind reading, but I hate having to read for school.
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
You know what I hate about reading?
I don't read as fast as I would want to.
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Hear, hear. I am a terribly slow reader, much as sap running down the trunk of a fallen tree on a hot day in December in the middle of Antarctica (if a tree were to grow there, of course). If I speed up, however, I do not soak in all that I am reading (which would be bad, as I already space out while I am reading anyway). For this reason I can never get to the books I really want to read while reading a book I have to read.
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12-20-2006, 05:52 PM
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#952
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
You know what I hate about reading?
I don't read as fast as I would want to.
The books begin to pile up. But when I see a book I want to read, I have to buy it.
I left the book Frankenstein alone to begin reading The Illuminatus! Trilogy, which I left about half-way through to read The Dying Earth. I still haven't read Gulliver, which I want to, but I don't know how to prioritize it.
And yesterday I bought a book called Shadowfall, and I want to start reading it immediately.
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(sigh) same here, I buy books left and right at laser conventions (optics and physics) at Barnes and Noble (fiction, philosophy, math), them my nightstand next to my bed and the floor all around it becomes a Sargasso Sea of unread books, or books with unread chapters. I think I have A.D.D. too, which makes it hard to finish them. The last book I finished was "The Consolations of Philosphy" by Alain de Botton (only 258 pages).
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12-20-2006, 07:08 PM
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#953
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Yew City
Posts: 2,413
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The Whalestoe Letters by Danielewski
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12-22-2006, 08:19 AM
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#954
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Lithuania
Posts: 123
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Anna's Frank diary.
For some reason, classmates call me nazi nowXDDD
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12-23-2006, 09:37 AM
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#955
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston Texas
Posts: 443
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Mein Kampf by adolf hitler
Note: i have to read it for a history project i am working on for a museaum near where i live.
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aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that
as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion
...the costume without the brain."
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12-23-2006, 02:19 PM
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#956
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Posts: 9,203
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Originally Posted by Isotope
Anna's Frank diary.
For some reason, classmates call me nazi nowXDDD
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Haha, irony much?
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I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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12-23-2006, 02:33 PM
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#957
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 1,688
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Originally Posted by deathbecomesme
Mein Kampf by adolf hitler
Note: i have to read it for a history project i am working on for a museaum near where i live.
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Dude, reading it doesn't make you a nazi. It means you have interest in the mind of the man who twisted Nietzche into Genocide.
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Without a light
Upon an arc of white.
If ruff it was of dame
Or shroud of gnome,
Himself, himself inform.
Of immortality
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--Emily Dickinson
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12-23-2006, 02:58 PM
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#958
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston Texas
Posts: 443
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Originally Posted by DarkHeartedDemoness
Dude, reading it doesn't make you a nazi. It means you have interest in the mind of the man who twisted Nietzche into Genocide.
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I never said it did make me one, lol but yeah it is interesting to read about.
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"The Goths are beautiful, a vast depth of sub cultural,
aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that
as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion
...the costume without the brain."
--Peter Murphy
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12-23-2006, 02:59 PM
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#959
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Originally Posted by deathbecomesme
I never said it did make me one, lol but yeah it is interesting to read about.
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No, you didn't... You just put a disclaimer on it like you were ashamed. Just giving you the heads-up that you shouldn't be.
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A SPIDER sewed at night
Without a light
Upon an arc of white.
If ruff it was of dame
Or shroud of gnome,
Himself, himself inform.
Of immortality
His strategy
Was physiognomy.
--Emily Dickinson
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12-23-2006, 03:01 PM
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#960
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston Texas
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Originally Posted by DarkHeartedDemoness
No, you didn't... You just put a disclaimer on it like you were ashamed. Just giving you the heads-up that you shouldn't be.
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yeah i put the disclaimer up as to not get flamed, bashed or whatever. i don't get ashamed of many things let alone if some one thinks im a nazi, if they do then fine let them doesn't really bother me.
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"The Goths are beautiful, a vast depth of sub cultural,
aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that
as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion
...the costume without the brain."
--Peter Murphy
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12-23-2006, 03:27 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Originally Posted by deathbecomesme
yeah i put the disclaimer up as to not get flamed, bashed or whatever. i don't get ashamed of many things let alone if some one thinks im a nazi, if they do then fine let them doesn't really bother me.
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Yeah, but if someone thinks you're a nazi and flames or bashes you, then it does bother you. :P
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A SPIDER sewed at night
Without a light
Upon an arc of white.
If ruff it was of dame
Or shroud of gnome,
Himself, himself inform.
Of immortality
His strategy
Was physiognomy.
--Emily Dickinson
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12-23-2006, 04:15 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston Texas
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Originally Posted by DarkHeartedDemoness
Yeah, but if someone thinks you're a nazi and flames or bashes you, then it does bother you. :P
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no not rreally i would just be like shut up and leave me alone and let that be it. lol
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"The Goths are beautiful, a vast depth of sub cultural,
aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that
as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion
...the costume without the brain."
--Peter Murphy
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12-25-2006, 02:43 PM
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#963
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 50
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How is Mein Kampf, anyway? I've been wanting to read it for a while...I have quite a Nazi/WW2 obsession.
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12-25-2006, 02:58 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston Texas
Posts: 443
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Originally Posted by owlx
How is Mein Kampf, anyway? I've been wanting to read it for a while...I have quite a Nazi/WW2 obsession.
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Its a very good book depending on what translation you get or if you read the orinagnal German the way he wrote it.
I have read the oringal German and the James Murphy Translation which is not the one you will find in most Barnes & Nobles or book stores. It has a much more grainy and darker outlook of it. But overall its a good book and it really lets you see into the mind of the man behide the Nazi's, and it shows that he was not a really bad person, but rather a good person with good moral who looked at every decision and studyed all the out comes. But in the end he took the wrong turn and well everyone knows it from their.
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"The Goths are beautiful, a vast depth of sub cultural,
aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that
as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion
...the costume without the brain."
--Peter Murphy
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12-25-2006, 03:20 PM
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#965
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: UK
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Would one really find Mein Kampf in Barnes & Nobles anyway?
As for what I'm reading, I currently have four books on my bedside table: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, Like a Flowing River by Paulo Coelho and Ute by Natsuo Kirino. I've been reading up on japanese litterature lately...hm...
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I'm not saying that stupidity should be a capital offence, but we could remove all the warningstickers and let nature run it's course...
"Nutrizone can kiss my pale, decayed ass"
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12-25-2006, 03:27 PM
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#966
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston Texas
Posts: 443
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Originally Posted by Zenit
Would one really find Mein Kampf in Barnes & Nobles anyway?
As for what I'm reading, I currently have four books on my bedside table: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, Like a Flowing River by Paulo Coelho and Ute by Natsuo Kirino. I've been reading up on japanese litterature lately...hm...
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Actually yes you can, most all Barnes & Nobles i have been too carrys it under WW2 Lit.
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"The Goths are beautiful, a vast depth of sub cultural,
aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that
as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion
...the costume without the brain."
--Peter Murphy
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12-25-2006, 04:47 PM
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#967
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
Posts: 7,449
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The Worst Case Scenario ALMANAC By a host of authors
(Piven, Borgenicht, Marchant & Wagner)
A fascinating book on how to survive life and death situations, for example, being thrown into an arena of lions, a falling elevator, or survive your ship sinking in the North Atlantic.
This book was one of my Christmas presents (from my Saintly Mother, bless her pink and pure heart! She also got me the Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, and Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice. Such a nice mother!)
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12-25-2006, 05:02 PM
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#968
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston Texas
Posts: 443
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Originally Posted by HumanePain
This book was one of my Christmas presents (from my Saintly Mother, bless her pink and pure heart! She also got me the Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, and Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice. Such a nice mother!)
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Hey no fair i want your mom, care to trade moms?
Im reading Stained by Jennifer Jacobson, i am reading it for another project im in.
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"The Goths are beautiful, a vast depth of sub cultural,
aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that
as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion
...the costume without the brain."
--Peter Murphy
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12-25-2006, 06:09 PM
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#969
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
Posts: 7,449
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Originally Posted by Isotope
Anna's Frank diary.
For some reason, classmates call me nazi nowXDDD
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I need to read that, I'll use my newly acquired Barnes & Noble gift card (Christmas gift from my beloved daughter) and obtain it this week.
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12-25-2006, 06:49 PM
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#970
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,360
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Do you all mean, "The Diary of Anne Frank" by any chance?
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12-26-2006, 11:49 AM
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#971
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: U.K
Posts: 1,858
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Finished 'Slawter' last night & now I'm starting on Darren Shan's 'Bec'. I know it's designed for a younger audience, but they're actually a fair bit scary. I guess it's just the frankness of it all. Really hit me in the first book 'Lord Loss' when Grubbs sees his family get killed. I had to read that bit over & over, just to actually clarify it.
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12-26-2006, 12:11 PM
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#972
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: The Icy Forest of New England
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OOOOOOOO!!!!! When did that book come out??? I LOVE Darren Shan!!!!! I must find that book!!!!!!
Anyways, I just finished "Eragon." It was actually a pretty good book. I liked it.
And now I am about to move onto Jodi Picoult's "The Tenth Cirlce." She's one of my favorite authors so I hope this book is good.
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12-26-2006, 12:19 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: U.K
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I think 'Bec' came out in October. I know 'Slawter' has been out for a while. Check his site for updates.
I recently added him on Myspace & it's actually him y'know. All his family & friends are on there.
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12-26-2006, 12:27 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: The Icy Forest of New England
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Cool. I'm excited now.
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"Tigers love pepper, they hate cinnamon."
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12-26-2006, 12:35 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: U.K
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Yeah, they're such good books. Y'know they're doing films of the vampire books too. I can't wait.
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