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Post by newslang on Jul 21, 2007 23:18:05 GMT
Harry Potter beginning tonight!
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Post by insertclevername on Jul 22, 2007 19:38:21 GMT
Am definitively the only one on the face of the earth not reading you-know-what. Flipping through a bit of Bukowski at the moment. I am currently reading Nabokov's Ada or Ardor, which I think I might be doing for my English dissertation, along with Lolita. Anyone read either or both of these books and formed an opinion? Lolita was wonderful. But I did read it a while ago, I was maybe 10 or so (the fact that I read that sort of thing at that age may explain a few things...), and in Russian so my opinion of it may be a bit skewed, really. |
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Post by Taxidermy on Jul 26, 2007 15:50:56 GMT
Am definitively the only one on the face of the earth not reading you-know-what. Not reading it either.. I'm reading A Clockwork Orange. Again.  |
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Post by Rhiflect on Jul 26, 2007 16:33:24 GMT
I am reading the final Gossip Girl book by Cecily von Ziegesar. I have read all 8 in under 6 months. Haha, the whole series is great. Bit sad to see it go..
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Post by hark on Jul 26, 2007 17:11:07 GMT
haha, I used to read them when I was your age. They were so cheesy. And the designer name drops every 2 words. Amazing.
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Post by cheshire on Jul 29, 2007 2:44:12 GMT
I am reading the final Gossip Girl book by Cecily von Ziegesar. I have read all 8 in under 6 months. Haha, the whole series is great. Bit sad to see it go.. They banned those books at my grammar school. The principal gave a whole speech about why they were bad for us and I remember bursting out laughing in the middle of it because the old bat said 'blowjobs' on the microphone. Yes I am the most mature person ever. Oh crappy private school, you had your moments... |
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Post by allison on Jul 29, 2007 3:50:40 GMT
oh i hate those books. i've been reading them to some girl i babysit (who's 10, good lord! and its so awkward when i have to explain things that her mother should explain to her, but she has no mother, so i feel bad and end up explaining things i didn't know about until i was like 13 or something cause i don't want her to be ignorant and made fun of and stuff but honestly whatever happened to lois lowrey and sharon creech and philip pullman and beverly clearey... or maybe not beverley clearey (lol, are you there god it's me margaret....) but e.l. koingsburg. those were quality books. my point is gossip girl books are shit shit shit and not at all appropriate for a 10 year old girl. ehhh i'm an old fart)
the only character i was remotely interested in was Mystery Craze and that crazy lady who when with her. and then she disappeared, does she ever come back? we're on book... ummmm the one after her...
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Post by oldgregg on Jul 29, 2007 9:28:18 GMT
whatever happened to lois lowrey and sharon creech and philip pullman and beverly clearey... or maybe not beverley clearey (lol, are you there god it's me margaret....) but e.l. koingsburg. those were quality books. Wasn't that Judy Blume? She was my favourite author when I was 12 so I am a superfacist on her books. they made me want to live in Connecticut. |
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Post by Rhiflect on Jul 29, 2007 9:38:31 GMT
omg! I love the judy blume "fudge" series! Does anyone else remember them? I listened to them all on tape LOLZ. '
M-a-i-n-e spells Maine'
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Post by Debs on Jul 29, 2007 11:23:50 GMT
I've read Gordon Ramsay's Humble Pie this week. It's reminded me why I hate biographies - can't stand all the 'mememememe-aren't-I-great-my-childhood-was-hard-my-dad-beat-me-no-one-helped-me-I-had-to-do-it-all-myself-and-did-I-mention-how-great-I-am?' references.
I'm re-reading Audrey Niffeneger's Time Traveler's Wife. I hate love stories. Bleeurch. Even when I'm lounging by a pool with 90% of my brain turned off I don't want to go down the slushy route, candy floss bubble gum stuff is fine for such an occasion, but full blown love stories? No.
Which is why my love for this book is such a surprise. It's basically a love story between two characters, Henry and Clare. Clare's an ordinary girl and Henry, well, Henry isn't because he suffers from a condition which means his body whips him away to other points in his life completely against his will, leaving him naked and puking wherever he turns up.
The chronology is challenging (I think this is the key reason I have love for this novel), the characters are beautifully written and the fact that the reader can see what's going to happen before it does is just part of the story. I wept reading the last forty pages, because I could see what was going to happen and didn't want it to.
If you do read it, lend it to your mother afterwards.
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Post by birdwhistle on Jul 29, 2007 13:22:08 GMT
whatever happened to lois lowrey and sharon creech and philip pullman and beverly clearey... or maybe not beverley clearey (lol, are you there god it's me margaret....) but e.l. koingsburg. those were quality books. Wasn't that Judy Blume? She was my favourite author when I was 12 so I am a superfacist on her books. they made me want to live in Connecticut. Yeah, and sort of mooch around, considering the mess that is adolescence, and have minor dramas with friends and each go through your own Significant Problem For Youth Today. I loved her too. When I was very VERY wee I sent her two letters. She replied both times. Nice lady. Now I write to Owen Ashworth instead, lololololololetc. (Shh, he deals with the same issues...) I finished all my books so now I'm just waiting on the delivery of one called "Eeeee Eee Eeee" that I bought solely because of the name. Haha. |
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Post by indiequeen on Jul 29, 2007 15:05:09 GMT
whatever it is, its world war one literature
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Post by fernandoBOT on Jul 30, 2007 4:57:39 GMT
i'm reading a biography on Dr. Dre.
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Post by minda on Jul 30, 2007 9:01:49 GMT
i'm reading a biography on Dr. Dre. that ought to be fun |
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Post by oldgregg on Jul 30, 2007 9:19:37 GMT
I loved her too. When I was very VERY wee I sent her two letters. She replied both times. Nice lady. Now I write to Owen Ashworth instead, lololololololetc. (Shh, he deals with the same issues...) Wow, that's cool. I have respect for people who answer letters from fans. I'm reading Helen of Troy by some author. Period novels are my weakness (does it count as period if it's not georgian/victorian times?) and I've decided I want to be royalty in Ancient Greece. |
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Post by Clare on Jul 30, 2007 10:56:54 GMT
I read Lolita for the first time when I was 12. I did it in secret on summer holidays when we were staying at a family friends house - I would sneak to their library and take it out of the shelf and read it lying on the couples double bed with my heart beating, scared of my mom finding me. I wasn't permitted to read such things, you see  It intrigued me. Hell of a lot. I think I've read it for a second time since then, but can't gather where and when. I've been thinking about re-reading too. All I have is pleasant memories! I like Nabokov's style. Can't be really elaborative though. Erm. Yes, Nabokov's style is fantastic - watching it evolve is just beautiful. I've read Laughter in the Dark, an early Nabokov novel translated from Russian. It's not as whispy, nor sophisticated, but contains all of the same classic Nabokov elements - forbidden love, sex, passion, a deterioration of the world outside of this love. Nabokov wrote his later novels in a really delicate, crystalline way. Beautiful, but almost too beautiful. They reduce me to tears easily. Ada or Ardor is almost torture. |
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Post by shiznat on Aug 1, 2007 12:54:17 GMT
The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien
i had to read bits of it for a gender studies class last semester and, i dunno, i liked it enough to want to read the whole thing.
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Post by youhippy on Aug 1, 2007 14:41:45 GMT
oh i hate those books. i've been reading them to some girl i babysit (who's 10, good lord! and its so awkward when i have to explain things that her mother should explain to her, but she has no mother, so i feel bad and end up explaining things i didn't know about until i was like 13 or something cause i don't want her to be ignorant and made fun of and stuff but honestly whatever happened to lois lowrey and sharon creech and philip pullman and beverly clearey... or maybe not beverley clearey (lol, are you there god it's me margaret....) but e.l. koingsburg. those were quality books. my point is gossip girl books are shit shit shit and not at all appropriate for a 10 year old girl. ehhh i'm an old fart) the only character i was remotely interested in was Mystery Craze and that crazy lady who when with her. and then she disappeared, does she ever come back? we're on book... ummmm the one after her... My ex just turned 18 and is still reading them, you can see why it didn't last I'm also desperately in need of something to read, I've read everything in my house about three times, so I'm wondering about a bit crazy baking cupcakes out of boredom |
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Post by mimicry on Aug 1, 2007 20:37:34 GMT
Last night I had a dream about rabbits, and so woke up with an urge to re-read Watership Down. I couldn't find my copy (nor my copy of Tales from Watership Down! What is it with my books disappearing?) so I had to go to the library. I also checked out The Plague Dogs which I have not read before, but I suspect it will be significantly more sad than Watership Down.
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Post by Roxy on Aug 7, 2007 23:57:05 GMT
I am reading "Thank You, Jeeves" by P.G Wodehouse at the moment. It is complete British humor and fun. But I think I need to put it down to begin my summer reading assignments [Cry, the Beloved Country and Things Fall Apart; icky icky icky.]
I'm also in the middle of a little book of Cornish Folk-lore that I picked up during my stay in Cornwall. I feel like a little kid when I read those kinds of things. It makes me so happy.
I also love Jonathan Safran Foer. I feel the need to read the other book of his, now!
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