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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jun 13, 2011 19:51:12 GMT -5
How are you liking it, and which translation? I loved it once I figured out who all the zillions of characters were. We need a Hector vs Achilles debate. YES. |
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Post by Silva on Jun 13, 2011 20:07:17 GMT -5
We need a Hector vs Achilles debate. YES. START THAT THREAD NOW. |
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Post by Marina on Jun 13, 2011 20:34:23 GMT -5
What board do I start it in?! We need a debate sub-board!
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jun 13, 2011 20:38:32 GMT -5
Start it here in Literature. It's debating literature, right? I completely second your proposal!
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Post by Marina on Jun 13, 2011 20:57:29 GMT -5
Started. Commence the fight club!
Also, I was reading a bit of The Divine Comedy today. But I don't seem to be in a reading mood in general these past few days.
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Zeffy
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Post by Zeffy on Jun 13, 2011 21:47:57 GMT -5
Right now I'm making my way through The Iliad. How are you liking it, and which translation? I loved it once I figured out who all the zillions of characters were. It's good so far. Going slowly though. I've never been a fan of two-page paragraphs. xD Also I'm reading Martin Hammond's translation. |
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jun 13, 2011 22:12:49 GMT -5
I think I cried for everyone, but yes, even now I'm tearing up, I kind of knew he was either going to die or leave, but I was still shocked at how it happened. And then again, when she mentioned the constellation, I was in tears again. I think he shows up again, or is mentioned as a constellation in one of her other books. I'm not sure, though. As for what I'm reading: Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen, Soulless by Gail Carringer, Bone Gods by Caitlin Kittredge, Dead Until Dark by Charlane Harris, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Do you recommend Dead Until Dark so far? |
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Post by serpentheart on Jun 15, 2011 0:05:46 GMT -5
I finished The Hours.
So I'm now on winter holidays and reading:
The Phantom of the Opera
The Last Unicorn
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 15, 2011 0:12:24 GMT -5
I think he shows up again, or is mentioned as a constellation in one of her other books. I'm not sure, though. As for what I'm reading: Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen, Soulless by Gail Carringer, Bone Gods by Caitlin Kittredge, Dead Until Dark by Charlane Harris, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Do you recommend Dead Until Dark so far? Eeeeh...not quite yet. I've been working my way through the book for a ling time. Nothing has yet happened to perk my interest, but I'm sure that will change once I get to the good bits. Currently (as in right) The Poison Eaters by Holly Black. That I would recommend reading. It's deliciously dark and well-written, for short stories. I'm enjoying playing one of my favourite games - Guess the Mythology. |
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Post by a1 on Jun 16, 2011 22:23:36 GMT -5
Fellowship of the Ring - Tolkien Read this one already, doing it again.  Slaughterhouse-Five - Vonnegut <3 Lullaby - Palahniuk <3 The Silmarillion - Tolkien (Will probably take me a while to finish.) After I finish Lullaby and Slaughterhouse Five, (within the next day or so), next will be The Bell Jar - Plath. |
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Gina
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Post by Gina on Jun 16, 2011 22:53:48 GMT -5
Arthur Miller- The Crucible (re-reading) Arthur Miller- Death of a Salesman (re-reading) (I was in a really big Arthur Miller mood.  ) Edgar Lee Masters- Spoon River Anthology (re-reading) Virginia Woolf- Night and Day I will be starting Catch 22 very soon as well. |
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Annie Ozone
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Death of Cars, Reader of Books, Drinker of Booze, and Generally Accident-Prone Lady
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Post by Annie Ozone on Jun 17, 2011 2:15:43 GMT -5
I think I may be the only one currently reading nonfiction--The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker. It's really interesting, I can't recommend it enough. I've read it a couple times, but my dad's had it for the last while and I just stole it back, so, obviously, we must reunite.
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 17, 2011 5:16:01 GMT -5
I said earlier that I was rereading the Wheel of Time, but scratch that. All I've been reading lately is THIS FORUM.
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Post by cyanea on Jun 17, 2011 5:39:20 GMT -5
I said earlier that I was rereading the Wheel of Time, but scratch that. All I've been reading lately is THIS FORUM. Evidenced by your post count.  I'm halfway through Heart of Darkness and needed a break that's not, yanno, Heart of Darkness. I'm actually reading a bunch of my favorite old young adult books from school. Where the Red Fern Grows at the moment. Bracing myself for the ending... |
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cattink
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Post by cattink on Jun 17, 2011 7:04:16 GMT -5
Started Amerika by Franz Kafka <3 yesterday. I love that man.
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