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Old 02-02-2010, 08:41 PM   #2551
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Clive Barker's Imajica. Been a while, forgot how entertaining he can be. Miss him.
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Old 02-02-2010, 09:22 PM   #2552
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Old 02-03-2010, 12:16 PM   #2553
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I bought Don Quixote, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Old Curiosity Shop today so I have plenty of reading to get stuck into.
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Old 02-03-2010, 12:19 PM   #2554
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'Salem's Lot, Stephen King.
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Old 02-03-2010, 07:32 PM   #2555
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i love the icewindale trilogy, dritz has awesome pictures on the front!
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Old 02-03-2010, 07:39 PM   #2556
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The phantom of the opera

i'm reading the phantom of the opera by Gaston Leroux-very good in my opinion.
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Old 02-03-2010, 11:47 PM   #2557
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I'm trying to finish It by Stephen King
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Old 02-03-2010, 11:47 PM   #2558
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But i doubt if I can
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Old 02-04-2010, 01:25 PM   #2559
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Re-reading The Sun Also Rises for about the millionth time. Dude could turn a motherfucking phrase when he wanted to.
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Old 02-05-2010, 08:06 PM   #2560
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i'm reading the phantom of the opera by Gaston Leroux-very good in my opinion.
I love that book...I need to read that again soon.

I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, I wish I had more reading time it's going to take a while to finish.
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Old 02-06-2010, 03:29 AM   #2561
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There's a strong case to be made for The Brothers Karamazov being the best novel ever written, IMO.

Hart Crane's complete poems and selected letters & prose. I've run out of good novels to read recently.
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Old 02-07-2010, 01:47 AM   #2562
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I'mstill reding It (S. King) I think I will be able to finish it. I hope so.
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Old 02-07-2010, 01:51 AM   #2563
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Clive Barker's Imajica. Been a while, forgot how entertaining he can be. Miss him.
LOVE Clive Barker, but I have yet to get around to Imajica yet...

I'm finally reading Fear and Loathing. Also about halfway through The Stand by Stephen King. Re-reading some Sherlock Holmes as well. I adore Holmes; he's one of my all-time favorite characters, in any medium.
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Old 02-07-2010, 09:17 PM   #2564
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I'd be interested in what you think of that one when you're done. I've not read it yet.
For what it is, its good. It was written in 2005 so you have to ignore the rumours bit but it gives a lot of appreciation for how they made their music and how their sound changed over the years. I found myself stopping at times to put on the album that the book was talking about how they made so I could follow along. Overall it could have been written better, but hey, its a biography and it makes good light reading.

I think the best bit of trivia was how Tolhurst once really had to go to the bathroom while they were the supporting act for Generation X and he found Billy Idol in the bathroom fucking a groupie, and he couldn't hold it in so he decided to go for it and pee. He aimed for the toilet but partly peed on Idol's leg. Since I read that whenever I think of Billy Idol I have to giggle and think "hehe, the Cure peed on you."

Dunno what to read now, might pick up The Compass Of Zen by Seung Sahn again, I don't recall if I ever finished it or not.
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Crime and Punishment, it's an excellent book, as was previously stated by others.
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Crime and Punishment, it's an excellent book, as was previously stated by others.
Yep, simply can't go wrong reading that book.
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Old 02-08-2010, 11:58 AM   #2568
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House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski.
Have any of you read it?
It's very...different.
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I so wanna read that. It gets mentioned pretty regularly on here.
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Old 02-10-2010, 02:18 AM   #2570
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Clive Barker's Imajica. Been a while, forgot how entertaining he can be. Miss him.
Do you like it then? That's the only Clive Barker book I tried to read, and I hated it. Maybe I should give it another go.
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Old 02-10-2010, 02:19 AM   #2571
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I so wanna read that. It gets mentioned pretty regularly on here.
You wanna read weird? Read Danielewski's Only Revolutions. If you can.
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Old 02-10-2010, 02:56 AM   #2572
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Maupassant's short stories collection.
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Old 02-10-2010, 11:55 AM   #2573
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You wanna read weird? Read Danielewski's Only Revolutions. If you can.
Sure, may just do - if I like HoL, I'll probably check out some more of his stuff anyway.
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Old 02-10-2010, 05:40 PM   #2574
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We were asked to make a book report of any Newbery medal awardee books. I still can't find one of those.
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