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Post by Clare on Jul 5, 2007 0:40:38 GMT
I only made it through the first hundred pages of Ulysses before I switched to another book. Have fun with that. Ulysses is really worth making an effort and persevering with. It's both hilarious and endlessly fascinating. I'm reading Dubliners just now, Joyce's collection of short stories. Bit mad, lots of footnotes and references to the catechism; but actually rather entertaining. The problem with Nineteen Eighty-Four is that the political theory put me to sleep. I was more interested in the love affair! I've read it the whole way through a half dozen times, but mostly when I was younger - now I get about half way through, get utterly depressed and throw the book against the wall; then stomp off to read a happy love story instead.
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Post by fabbit on Jul 5, 2007 0:51:08 GMT
Hm. So, unfortunately, my interests wanders and I find myself in the middle of several interesting books, which are Sex, Drugs, And Cocoa Puffs (i have read this before), Restless Are The Sails, BLAST!, Freakonomics, 1984, and, one of the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul books (i love these!!). I must finish things I read before going on to something else. Bad Gretchen!
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Post by harnold2 on Jul 5, 2007 2:01:21 GMT
Hello, I'm new to the board, but can't resist putting in my literary two cent's worth. I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseni, which will wring out your heart like a wet sponge. He has a wonderful written voice and creates characters you can't forget. I recently finished Haunted by Chuck Palahnuk, which was horrible. Talented writer, but the book is ruined by endless, gratuitous button-pushing grossout scenes. And of course, I've got my Harry Potter book pre ordered from Amazon!
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Post by Lauren on Jul 5, 2007 2:09:50 GMT
I only made it through the first hundred pages of Ulysses before I switched to another book. Have fun with that. Ulysses is really worth making an effort and persevering with. It's both hilarious and endlessly fascinating. Oh, I'm going to get back to it. The problem was that my prime reading time was during my US history class, so my focus was split in half. I found a collection of Vonnegut books hiding in my basement!!
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Post by mimicry on Jul 5, 2007 2:43:00 GMT
im reading DRACULA fun times xx It is fun times!
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Post by newslang on Jul 5, 2007 3:06:50 GMT
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel by Louise Rennison AGAIN.
I cannot even imagine how many times I have read the series. They're just sooo funny. And for 14 year olds, but that's alright. Georgia has a much more interesting life than I do. I can live vicariously through her (une personnage...how sad).
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Post by toadstool on Jul 5, 2007 9:36:20 GMT
I do need to read all of the Harry Potters over before the new book comes out. Unfortunately, I am the slowest reader known to mankind. It's really sad. I love Harry Potter because people are actually training for it. All of my friends are like, "Gotta read up on Harry Potter and make sure I know all of the debates and listen to all of the Mugglecasts." Fantastic. I am so enthralled. It's makes me so anxious to think about it.
But currently I am reading 'Destiny Ship' which is a pretty good book, I do recommend the trilogy.
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Post by stentorsrevenge on Jul 5, 2007 12:42:08 GMT
I'm trying my best not to get all anxious about Harry Potter. I'm probably just going to make sure no one tells me what happens in the book while I'm at Siren Music Fest the day after it's release... I'm really worried that someone's going to spill it to me...
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Post by margot on Jul 5, 2007 12:44:54 GMT
The problem with Nineteen Eighty-Four is that the political theory put me to sleep. I was more interested in the love affair! I've read it the whole way through a half dozen times, but mostly when I was younger - now I get about half way through, get utterly depressed and throw the book against the wall; then stomp off to read a happy love story instead. I'm not that far into it. My 'Cloud Atlas', 'Middlesex', and 'The Virgin Suicides' arrived this morning from various Amazon sellers. I had a Royal Mail van pull up outside my house to deliver them. I felt special. Very excited, but I have officially run out of book-shelf-space.
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Post by stentorsrevenge on Jul 5, 2007 12:57:38 GMT
I'm not that far into it. My 'Cloud Atlas', 'Middlesex', and 'The Virgin Suicides' arrived this morning from various Amazon sellers. I bought Middlesex about 2 years ago and have not yet to read it; have you heard good things about it?
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Post by margot on Jul 5, 2007 14:23:25 GMT
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Post by stentorsrevenge on Jul 5, 2007 15:43:42 GMT
Thanks! It's up there on my To Read List. You'll probably finish it before I start it, though. You'll have to let me know what you think. (without spoiling it for me! ;D)
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Post by Rhiflect on Jul 5, 2007 18:32:32 GMT
I've started another book called
What every girl knows except me
It turns out it's written from the point of a 12 year old.
Joy. Not.
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Post by blamingmame on Jul 5, 2007 18:35:09 GMT
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Supposed to be, anyway. I'm going to the library tomorrow and I have a feeling I'll be returning it and taking something else out from the little mental list that I keep...
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Post by margot on Jul 5, 2007 22:11:53 GMT
Thanks! It's up there on my To Read List. You'll probably finish it before I start it, though. You'll have to let me know what you think. (without spoiling it for me! ;D) Of course. Rhiman? 12 year olds should not have a point of view, in my opinion. Especially girls.
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Post by birdwhistle on Jul 7, 2007 2:50:35 GMT
James Joyce's Dubliners lies under my pillow until I can work up the strength to keep reading The portrait of the artist as a young man just about killed me. Me too. My liking of James Joyce is utterly bipolar. Though he did write one of the most lovely sentences in the world in The Dead, and that keeps me hoping my Joycelove will grow. I started and finished Ella Minnow Pea in the airport lounge. I didn't read back far enough to know for sure if this has been mentioned, but I for one loved it. So so so thoroughly clever and prettily-written. Before that, the aforementioned-ly doomfully good Franny and Zooey and THE ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE A Family Daughter. How did that gossipy, dry crap even get published? Oh, books.
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Post by indiequeen on Jul 8, 2007 12:00:14 GMT
"is it me or is everything shit?"
its so funny
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Post by Rhiflect on Jul 8, 2007 12:19:17 GMT
semi-perfect.
Seems a bit depressing at the moment.
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Post by Lauren on Jul 8, 2007 14:28:37 GMT
I started reading Madame Bovary yesterday. So far I like it a lot.
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Post by Rhiflect on Jul 8, 2007 15:03:05 GMT
I just finished Semi-Perfect. Yeah I just spent a day reading.
Turns out it was depressing because it was a book about depression.
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