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Old 04-12-2005, 11:51 PM   #226
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I generally read two books at a time. I keep one by the bed so I can read while going to sleep and one on the coffee table for when my bf wants to zone off into the tv. I'm reading VC Andrews "Ruby" as a bed time story and collection of HP Lovecraft for the waking hours.
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Old 04-13-2005, 02:40 AM   #227
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thanks, mael, edited - BUT:that was a typo - o is next to i on german keybords ;P
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Old 04-19-2005, 05:14 PM   #228
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im reading a book on john lennon, and i just got done reading the Great Gatsby, and right befor that a book on margaret sanger
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Old 04-19-2005, 05:16 PM   #229
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i just got the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe at the library for $5
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Old 04-19-2005, 06:42 PM   #230
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I finally got around to reading "The Hitchhicker's Guide To The Galaxy". There's this crazy hippy that rides his bike around campus here, and if there were such a thing as "the Hitchhikers Guide..." It would say NOT TO TALK TO HIM! Every time you talk to him, it will turn into an hour long conversation about how you should "Totally check out my website, Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy... I totally designed it and stuff... Hitchhicker's guide..." I've never actually vivisted it 0.o He even calls himself "Time Lloyd" or something. Anyway, hilarious book. I drew a picture of my version of Ford Prefect. He looks pretty shadey in a happy kind of way ^.^ Ford is my favorite character.
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Old 04-19-2005, 08:41 PM   #231
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Old 04-20-2005, 06:00 AM   #232
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I am currently reading a novel by a Greek author, M. Karagatsis. It's called Leitourgia se La yfesis, in English Mass in La minore, originally published in 1943.

Karagatsis' use of the Greek language is amazing, he uses many metaphors and he develops his characters in depth. I don't know if any of his books are translated, my guess is yes.
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Old 04-21-2005, 10:13 AM   #233
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Old 04-21-2005, 10:17 AM   #234
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It took me two weeks, but I just finished rereading the entire Dragonriders of Pern saga. Well, until the point where her son took over. There's just been something about this series, since I first read it way back when, that I find endearing.

I <3 Ruth, he's just the best dragon ever.
Yes he is!

I get the feeling maybe that we're the only ones reading this series?

:P

I wanna read that now! My friends Greeny and Adam were reading those! Adam's really funny... he sits on a stool in front of my German teacer and just... stares at him... or throws his toy cow at him... I call him "Dingus Kahn" sometimes. I said "Adam, if you were a puppy, I would name you "Dingus Kahn"". My friend Kim said, "He is your puppy". I'm really sorry and really tired. Um... I'm going to read "Peter Pan".
Ha HA!!!

Dingus Kahn!

Brilliant!
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Old 04-23-2005, 10:26 PM   #235
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Just finished Huckleberry Finn for the third time in 14 years. Not so goth, but in fear of calling out for people to just be whatever you want them to be... I was taught in college that this rather than Tom Sawyer was Mark Twain's classic. It's great. Huck helps Jim, a runwaway slave, get away while spending the entire book thinking he's awful while really he's a brave kid. I found it worth my time to read again.
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Old 04-24-2005, 08:35 AM   #236
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Dingus Kahn.. I'm glad you like it, Wolfmoon ^.^ As for Samuel Clemens, I've always liked "The Prince and The Pauper".
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Old 04-24-2005, 09:58 AM   #237
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Samuel Clemens?

Who?

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Old 04-28-2005, 09:58 AM   #238
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Therese Raquin (anybody who knows how do to accents... you're smarter than I am) by Zola. I *loooooove* it. It's a nice substitute for Dostoyevsky, since all of the books of him (that I have within reach of my bed), I've already finished.

*edit* I forgot! I have a really pretty quote from the book. Is that allowed? I hope that's allowed. It's allowed. It's really pretty, and it's about ****, pretty much:

"Then with a violent movement Laurent stooped, took the young woman, and held her against his breast. He pushed her head back, crushing her lips beneath his own. She made one wild instinctive effort to resist and then yielded, slipping down onto the floor. Not a single word was exchanged. The act was silent and brutal."

I love it.
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Old 04-28-2005, 04:45 PM   #239
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That's scarry, Tea. 0.o

I just finished Farenheit 451 a couple days ago.
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Old 04-29-2005, 03:17 AM   #240
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Right now I am currently reading a book called "girls on the verge" Its about diffrent intitions girls goes through.
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Old 04-29-2005, 06:17 PM   #241
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It's really pretty, and it's about ****, pretty much:

"Then with a violent movement Laurent stooped, took the young woman, and held her against his breast. He pushed her head back, crushing her lips beneath his own. She made one wild instinctive effort to resist and then yielded, slipping down onto the floor. Not a single word was exchanged. The act was silent and brutal."

I love it.
Are you sure it's not just rough sex?
Some girls like it rough.



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Old 04-29-2005, 06:21 PM   #242
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Some girls like it rough.



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Old 04-29-2005, 06:30 PM   #243
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That wasn't directed to Tea, that's the book I'm reading right now. Seriously.
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Old 04-29-2005, 06:43 PM   #244
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Thats funny because not too long ago I read a book called SLUT by Leora Tanenbaum. It was about women who grew up with a reputation and how it affected them.
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Old 05-12-2005, 03:46 AM   #245
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Just started Orlando by Virginia Woolf. Books that deal with subjects like gender ambiguity/androgyny are always interesting to me, so I just had to pick this one up. I'm still on the introduction, which is mainly about Virginia, her writing, circle of friends and such. Pretty interesting stuff.
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Old 05-12-2005, 09:26 PM   #246
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Old 05-20-2005, 04:31 PM   #247
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Went to the local Book Dispensary and got a bunch of horror novels. Edward Lee, Laymon, Ketchum, Clegg, Little, Levin, Straub, and some anthologies. A few hundred dollars worth for a little over $15. Gotta love the used paperback store (they look new too!). Currently Im reading through the Laymon i got, and im in the middle of The Traveling Vampire Show. Love it. No Sanctuary is next.
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Old 05-20-2005, 04:52 PM   #248
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Old 05-22-2005, 10:10 AM   #249
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I'm about to read The Good Negress. It's required summer reading because I was "invited to join Mrs. Herron-Titus's Honors Sophmore English class this coming semester!"
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Old 06-01-2005, 09:00 PM   #250
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I wish I could say I'm reading something intellectually stimulating, so as not to seem lazy or decadent during these trying summer months.





.....Fuck it all. I'm reading Fairy Tales redesigned for gay men. Which I am not, but they didn't have anything like beauty and the butch, so there we are.
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