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03-11-2007, 01:15 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Adam Bede - george eliot.......I have to read it for uni and it is the HARDEST book to get into. DAH!! I read The Turn of the Screw by Henry James before that though - that wasn't too bad! Im trying to read Master and Magarita - Mikhail Bulgakov, it seems pretty good so far, but hard to absorb along with Adam Bede.
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03-11-2007, 09:10 PM
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#1102
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Trapped in Bermuda
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The Odyssey - Homer.
Translated by Robert Fagles.
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03-13-2007, 10:49 AM
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#1103
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: on the top of a large hill
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'Wicked' by Gregory Maguire. I like fantasy books so it was something I could get stuck into quite easily.
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03-13-2007, 11:30 AM
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#1104
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Norway
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Bag Of Bones" by Stephen King and "The Zombie Survival Guide" by Max Brooks. Reely good books so far.
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"Fiction is the truth inside the lie"
-Stephen King
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03-14-2007, 09:07 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 205
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Does anyone else read these things?
I confess...
I read 2 books by Charlaine Harris.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Trashy novels, I know... but they are FUN.
Dead Until Dark and Living Dead In Dallas.
They are part of a series by Charlaine Harris about some blond bimbo redneck girl in Louisiana who is telepathic. Her boy-toy is a vampire and her boss is a shape-shifter. It goes on from there.
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Don't ask. I know it sounds corny and weird. Read those yourself and see what you think.
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03-14-2007, 09:08 PM
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#1106
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 205
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Originally Posted by Kamrusepas
Ohh, gotta get my hands on that.
I'm still reading Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice. Will finally finish it soon.
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I read something similar about the same subject called Blood Countess by Andrei Codrescu. It was pretty good. I dug it.
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03-14-2007, 09:11 PM
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#1107
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 205
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Lost Souls
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Originally Posted by Toni
Just finished Redemption by new Gothic author Wayne Sharrocks & and am now about to re-read Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
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I liked that one as well.
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03-14-2007, 10:01 PM
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#1108
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: With the Zombies
Posts: 2,208
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I'm reading a stack of essays on theories about time.
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It's not so much the pain
It's more the actual knife
Pretending the picture is perfect
I cut myself to sleep
I close my eyes for a second
And curse my fragile soul
I scream to hide that I'm lonely
The echo calls my name
*ANIMAL CRACKERS*
http://www.myspace.com/persephone_x
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03-14-2007, 10:47 PM
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#1109
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 169
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Originally Posted by LaKeesha
I confess...
I read 2 books by Charlaine Harris.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Trashy novels, I know... but they are FUN.
Dead Until Dark and Living Dead In Dallas.
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Those are good reads for airplane trips - fluffy, yet still in our genre. They call it VampLit (as in ChicLit w/Vampires).
Another guilty pleasure is Tate Hallaway, "Tall, Dark and Dead." It's like chocolate for your brain. You know it's bad for you, but you can't stop reading.
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03-15-2007, 02:21 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Norway
Posts: 211
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The Zombie survival guide by Max Brooks. I just love that book
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"Fiction is the truth inside the lie"
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03-15-2007, 06:49 AM
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#1111
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,360
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The redemption of Althalus - Eddings & Eddings.
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03-15-2007, 07:18 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: New Jersey
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The Collected Sandman Volume 1, it came in sexy leather binding...
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03-15-2007, 08:59 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 205
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Originally Posted by edible_eye
"oh, did i mention i have really great breasts and would like to fuck everyone?" - bodnoirbabe
since i've already been accused of being a pussy hound - allow me to say that statement would be perfect if we were just sitting around right now, drinking a few beers and passing the time with nothing more than small talk.
- mark
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Whaaaaa? I am a little LOST here.
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03-15-2007, 09:11 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 205
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Originally Posted by Tin_Lizzie
Those are good reads for airplane trips - fluffy, yet still in our genre. They call it VampLit (as in ChicLit w/Vampires).
Another guilty pleasure is Tate Hallaway, "Tall, Dark and Dead." It's like chocolate for your brain. You know it's bad for you, but you can't stop reading.
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Tate Hallaway. Hmmmm. I gotta look into THAT.
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03-15-2007, 02:11 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Somewhere in this Universe, that's all I'll say.
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Books
Brace yourselves people. This will be long.
- My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
Amazing book. Definitely worth reading. About a girl who was created through InVitro so that she could donate blood and such to her leukemia-sick sister. Decides to sue her parents for the rights to her own body. Surprise ending.
- But Inside I'm Screaming (Elizabeth Flock)
Also a good book. About a woman reporter who is placed in a mental institution after she breaks down on TV. Deals with therapy/self-injury/depression etc. in an interesting way.
- The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
About Dinah, a woman who is only mentioned in passing in the Bible. Talks all about the world of the red tent, which is the tent reserved exclusively to women during their menstrual cycle, menopause and pregnancy. Really interesting, especially for those interested in women's history.
- I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I swear, Asimov is a genius. If you haven't read this book, you must. It is simply a classic and amazing by the logic. Loved it. I am now a science fiction junkie.
- Anything by Isaac Asimov. Read previous book first.
- A Woman in Jerusalem (A.B. Yehoshua)
About a woman who is found dead in Jerusalem and the search for who she really is. Pretty good.
- Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships (John Gray)
A friend of mine recently lent me his copy of this book. Don't be daunted by the title. Firstly, you must know that this is not a novel. It is, as the title indicates, a practical guide. It resembles a self-help book, but is designed to help women understand men and men understand women. Though it may be considered as a book aimed at married couples, a lot of the advice given in it can be used to help build a stronger relationship. It gets a little redundant at some point
- Stoner and Spaz (Ron Koertge)
About the unlikely relationship that starts between a victim of Cerebral Palsy (spaz) and a girl who is always on drugs (stoner). Easy and quick to read.
- Prep (Curtis Sittenfield)
I hated this book. So boring. About a girl at a prep school in the States. No one I have discussed this book with actually enjoyed it.
- Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures (Vincent Lam)
V. Interesting book about the world of the ER, the OR and medicine in general. It got the Giller Prize recently. I loved it.
- The Black Tattoo (Sam Enthoven)
A good fantasy book about a demon called the Scourge and the fight to rid the world of it. An easy read.
I have yet to finish an Anne Rice novel. I'm trying, really, I am!
Enjoy...
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03-15-2007, 03:29 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: The Icy Forest of New England
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I just got done reading a book called "One Child" by Torey Hayden. It was an excellent book and now I am reading the sequel "The Tiger's Child" by Torey Hayden. The books are great and the author is amazing.
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"Tigers love pepper, they hate cinnamon."
-Zach Galifianakis
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03-15-2007, 04:24 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 205
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Oh shit!! NEVER MIND.
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Originally Posted by LaKeesha
Whaaaaa? I am a little LOST here.
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DUR. I didn't read the whole thing but I am sorry I did.
Ewww.
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03-15-2007, 07:04 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: North Carolina
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For a great trashy novel, try Jeremy Reed's "Sister Midnight". It's a sequel to another one of his books, but a good stand allone
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03-15-2007, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Yew City
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"The Last Unicorn: Th eLost Tale" by Peter Beagle
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I am The Mighty Cooch!!!!!!
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03-15-2007, 08:04 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Athens, GA
Posts: 1,696
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"Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston. Reading it for AP Lit, but it's actually pretty good.
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"Don't ever let anybody teach you to think, Lance: it is the curse of the world." - King Arthur in T.H. White's The Once And Future King
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you" The Bible (Matthew 7:12)
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03-15-2007, 08:28 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Yew City
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No joke- I hated that book when I read it at 17. When I re-read it at 28, it almost killed me. It's a different book at different times in your life, a marvelous read, a must-read!
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I am The Mighty Cooch!!!!!!
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03-15-2007, 10:15 PM
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#1122
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: With the Zombies
Posts: 2,208
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Has anyone here actually read the WHOLE bible? And does it seriously suck all the way to the end? I'm not kidding...i want to know. It's one of those books i havent quite read to the end, yet.
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It's not so much the pain
It's more the actual knife
Pretending the picture is perfect
I cut myself to sleep
I close my eyes for a second
And curse my fragile soul
I scream to hide that I'm lonely
The echo calls my name
*ANIMAL CRACKERS*
http://www.myspace.com/persephone_x
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03-15-2007, 11:21 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: North Carolina
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I just fon't see why can't there be a better translation of it. Seriously no wonder every interprets it differentl... I 've never made it past a few chpts....
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03-16-2007, 05:27 AM
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#1124
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Yew City
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Yep I read it over the course of adolesence and again in college. I didn't think that it sucked, but it is a different book each time you read it. Try reading it as a believer, then try reading it dry- devoid of reading inbetween the lines and creating a line where only two dots exist. Personally, I'm an OT gal, but the Letters to the Romans are very telling, love the Book of Ruth.
But to the point, in my opinion, it does not suck at all. Not a fan pf the begattage, but even that serves a purpose.
If you are reading it for the sake of reading it with no set notions- good. we all need to do that at some point. CUltural literacy, not prostelethyzing. Re-resding it with SET notions is fun.
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03-16-2007, 06:48 AM
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#1125
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
Posts: 8,001
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I can't read.
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