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Post by leo on Dec 6, 2005 15:55:15 GMT -5
right now i'm working my way through a few.. 1) dracula - tales for the millenium: its a collection of short stories written by various horror/sci-fi writers about dracula. i've been reading it slowly for months and its pretty good. 2) jaywalking with the irish: excellent and funny book about a man and his family, and their decision to move from the us to ireland. 3) living abroad in ireland: um, self explanatory 4) the idiot: a good read, but i have to be in the right mood for it. up on deck: the johnny cash autobiography and another irish travel book, this one is a collection of essays dealing with various place in ireland that were settings in novels or inspiration for writing, or otherwise dealing with irish writers. i think its called the readers companion to ireland or something. if you haven't noticed, i'm going through this irish obssession thingy.
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Post by columbo on Dec 6, 2005 17:36:13 GMT -5
I am just about to start The Plague - Albert Camus , and I'm reading Alice Through The Looking Glass which somebody gave me because I'm apparently deluded and it suits me, and I never read it when I was younger. And I just finished Down And Out In Paris And London - George Orwell which i loooved.
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ladypenelope
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Post by ladypenelope on Dec 8, 2005 9:20:28 GMT -5
I just finished 'The Shadow of the Wind' by some Spanish guy. It was very good and in 'Richard & Judy's' book club lol. I'm doing some research on a British bog body called 'Lindow Man' now, very grim
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Post by cbverde on Feb 9, 2006 6:19:27 GMT -5
just finished watership down by richard adams im on the sequel, tales from... great books about bunnies. weird thing is theyre not anthromorphic, meaning its not like a sat morn cartoon (they walk on 4 paws i mean) kinda educational and a great adventure/suspense story
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Post by Almost Famous on Feb 9, 2006 16:23:55 GMT -5
I want to read, but I don't. There are just so many, fun distractions. I have been given a book by a co-worker called 'Whale Music' and apparently it's loosely based on Brian Wilson's behaviour.
It's on the coffee table, which is the closest any novel has gotten to being 'read' in recent memory, so it does stand a chance.
We shall see. Cheers to all of you that actually expand your intellect and don't waste it on NES games from the 80's.
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Post by indiekitten on Feb 10, 2006 9:15:18 GMT -5
Developments in British Politics by Dunleavy et al. Not for recreational enjoyment I might add.
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Post by leo on Feb 10, 2006 10:07:32 GMT -5
okay, still reading those books i mentioned above but i am almost done w/ jaywalking with the irish. i'm close to finishing les enfants terribles by cocteau. i finally found the english translation (thank you amazon.ca!). also thumbing threw the art of peace, the idiots guide to martial arts, and the joffery school of ballet's ballet fit. oh maybe if i didn't read so much at once i'd actually finish something
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Post by Sans Nom on Feb 11, 2006 1:34:42 GMT -5
I don't read for recreation anymore. I read because it's part of my syllabus. Some things I'm reading for classes: Britons:Forging a Nation 1707-1837. The Social life of Coffee The long 18th Century Various works by Jonathan Swift, Samuel Johnson, Titus Oates, et al. Anglophile? Maybe. Also a book called Just My Soul responding about R&B and the Civil Rights movement. yes it's for class.
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Post by indiekitten on Feb 11, 2006 18:04:24 GMT -5
I know exactly what you mean, don't get me wrong most of my text stuff is really interesting. I just find it really difficult to sit down with a book wether it's pants or not. My time is too precious, good music has saved me many a time.
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Post by cbverde on Feb 12, 2006 4:00:21 GMT -5
i dont really have time to read and of course theres distractions eleswhere, so i mainly read on my lunch break
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ladypenelope
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Post by ladypenelope on Feb 20, 2006 8:45:46 GMT -5
I'm reading a biography of Madame Pompadour. It's quite good. That whale one loosely based on Wacko Wilson sounds good though.
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Post by indiekitten on Feb 20, 2006 17:51:51 GMT -5
The Emerging Underclass by Charles Murray, actually quite interesting.
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Post by LockstockinSam on Mar 12, 2006 18:32:56 GMT -5
I'm bored as of late, thought I'd throw my list in ;D
1) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 2) Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 3) Dracula - Bram Stoker 4) The Plucker - Brom 5) Ecstasia - Francesca Lia Block 6) Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
I'm so skitzophrenic when it comes to reading. Depends on the mood (or what's DUE for marks...)
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Post by Cult Hero on May 4, 2006 22:40:30 GMT -5
Currently reading The Historian by Elizabeth Kastova. It's pretty good, a bit slow at first but it's starting to get pretty interesting.
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Post by cbverde on May 24, 2006 2:57:10 GMT -5
for some reason im in a "re-reading" mood
ive already re-read my serenity novelization
and i just bought a new edition of watership down my old one was getting... well old, heh its well over 30 years of age i believe! but i love that book. i really wanna read the books "source material" the private life of rabbits, lady at the bookstore says it comes out next month?! how odd, prob a reissue, ill research it later
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