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07-30-2007, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: North Carolina
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Just bought "The Vampire Book, Encyclopedia of the Undead" by J. Gordon Melton.
Pretty good reference really, fact, fiction, entertainment and folklore. Can't say Vamps are my thing, but it was on sale for seven bucks and is a fairly interesting book.
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07-30-2007, 07:12 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Inland Empire
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I'm reading Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance for the second time.
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07-30-2007, 07:53 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Posts: 9,203
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^Hey, I'm about to read that book!^
I just have to finish Harry Potter first.
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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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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07-31-2007, 12:24 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: a sneeze away from San Francisco
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I reread my great grandfather's copy of "The Picture of Dorian Grey." It is still one of my favorite novels.
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Originally Posted by Joker_in_the_Pack
At some point, you need to look yourself in the mirror and realize that what other people did to you does not define you as a person. You and your actions define who you are as a person. It's up to you to be a good person, in spite of all the evil you've faced. In fact, it should be because of the evil you see that it's good you do. Be the change you want in the world. Next time someone tells me that they're an asshole because they've had a bad life, I'm stabbing them in the eye with a spork.
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07-31-2007, 11:28 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Brizzle, baby!
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Having finished Deathly Hallows (and yes, I agree that the epilogue was cheesy! The names are awful...) I'm now reading a John Steinbeck 2-in-1. I've finished Of Mice and Men and have just started Cannery Row, which is quite enjoyable.
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"Fear will keep us all in place."
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07-31-2007, 03:42 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Flushing, NY
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A Peoples' History of the United States-Howard Zinn
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"Live for today, but know that tomorrow always comes- even if not for you."-MollyMac
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07-31-2007, 05:10 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Down ze wabbit hole
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Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
****** by Vladimir Nabokov
I Claudius by Robert Graves
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K Rowling 
Yep, i'm reading 4 books at once.
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O loneliness, O hopelessness
To search the ends of time,
For there is in all the world
No greater love than mine.
-Annie Lennox, Love Song For A Vampire-
Rouge Z. Hatter has FINALLY returned to Gnet!
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07-31-2007, 09:45 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Inland Empire
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I just started Gerald's Game today. It's pretty interesting.
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07-31-2007, 10:12 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: a sneeze away from San Francisco
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I'm working on the new Harry Potter book, great expectations, The Once and Future King, Macbeth, and a book on the crisis in sudan by Don Petterson.
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Originally Posted by Joker_in_the_Pack
At some point, you need to look yourself in the mirror and realize that what other people did to you does not define you as a person. You and your actions define who you are as a person. It's up to you to be a good person, in spite of all the evil you've faced. In fact, it should be because of the evil you see that it's good you do. Be the change you want in the world. Next time someone tells me that they're an asshole because they've had a bad life, I'm stabbing them in the eye with a spork.
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08-01-2007, 08:18 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Colorado
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Yes! I love reading multiple books at once. Currently, I have bookmarks in Varney the Vampire, For a Few Demons More, and The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide. I have to read that last book because my cousin wants to talk about that series with someone.
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Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrateSarcasm=You poooooooor baby. You gonna go cwy to your mommy? Did she bring you your bottle a minute wate? You poooooooor wittle baby.
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08-04-2007, 06:51 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
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Samuel Johnson's Meditations and Prayers.
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08-04-2007, 07:03 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
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Already began reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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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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08-04-2007, 09:09 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Yew City
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"Yoga: Moving into Stillness" by Erich Schiffmann
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I am The Mighty Cooch!!!!!!
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08-05-2007, 07:24 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,678
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John Grey's Straw Dogs, Thoughts On Humans And Other Animals.
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08-05-2007, 09:41 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Flushing, NY
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra-Nietzsche
Finally...
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"Live for today, but know that tomorrow always comes- even if not for you."-MollyMac
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08-05-2007, 01:00 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Brussels, Belgium
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Good Omens - Pratchett & Gaiman
(again)
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Cappinator
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08-05-2007, 11:10 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Iowa
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Art Nouveau
I am trying to get some inspiration for a room re-do.
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08-09-2007, 04:21 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Denver
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I'm currently reading the second book of Nora Roberts' Circle Trilogy; Dance of the Gods. I'm not usually into smarmy romance novels, but I started Morrigan's Cross because it's got Vampires, and I got hooked. I do not, however, plan on reading any of her other work. I recently finished ''Stiff'' by Mary Roach (I think?) and it was really good.
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08-09-2007, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra-Nietzsche
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Tell us what you think of it when you're done. It seems to be a "Oh, I get it!" or a "Huh?!" book for most people. It's bloody brilliant either way though.
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Wasted forever, on speed, bikes and booze.
"Meow. Mew. Mrow. Maow? Miaox." - Lovely Delkaetre speaks cat.
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08-09-2007, 05:29 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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I adore Nietzsche, but I haven’t read that yet which is rather sad considering that it’s one of his most well known books. It’s on my list. 
Still, I wouldn’t say Nietzsche was light reading.
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08-09-2007, 05:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Originally Posted by PutridLily
I adore Nietzsche, but I haven’t read that yet which is rather sad considering that it’s one of his most well known books. It’s on my list.
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Start today! 
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext99/spzar10.txt
*preaching*
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Wasted forever, on speed, bikes and booze.
"Meow. Mew. Mrow. Maow? Miaox." - Lovely Delkaetre speaks cat.
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08-09-2007, 05:45 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 181
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Yes, right after I finish Beyond Good and Evil.
*Feels more sadder.*
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08-11-2007, 09:05 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: a sneeze away from San Francisco
Posts: 2,144
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How to be a Villain by Neil Zawacki
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Originally Posted by Joker_in_the_Pack
At some point, you need to look yourself in the mirror and realize that what other people did to you does not define you as a person. You and your actions define who you are as a person. It's up to you to be a good person, in spite of all the evil you've faced. In fact, it should be because of the evil you see that it's good you do. Be the change you want in the world. Next time someone tells me that they're an asshole because they've had a bad life, I'm stabbing them in the eye with a spork.
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08-11-2007, 11:20 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Texas
Posts: 121
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Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. So sad, but a beautifully written classic! I'm such a girl that I've cried at some of the description before in one of the reverent scenes. :D
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08-16-2007, 07:06 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Fascination Street
Posts: 1,238
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I'm still on Harry Potter 7 even though I got it the day it came out. I'm just procrastinating cause it's a piece of sh*t.
I'm reading Watchmen, too. It's amazing.
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