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Post by serpentheart on Jul 9, 2011 5:16:05 GMT -5
Finished Phantom of the Opera. Oh man, it was really good! I had never read a detective type novel before.
Now I'm going to start reading Shakespeare on Toast as preparation for my Shakespeare class next semester.
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Post by badger on Jul 9, 2011 8:24:23 GMT -5
Just finished The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. It's a pretty sweet book.
Still reading:
American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Great so far, almost finished it thanks to 4 hours on a plane.
The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. mind = blown.
Affluenza by Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss. Reading it for class, it's amazingly biased and full of statistics but I still like it.
A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. It's okay, I guess? I don't like the style of it too much.
Take It Personally by Anita Roddick et al. Recommendation from English teacher, it's all about globalisation. It's biased, but worth reading I think.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sachs. Mind = blown, again.
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jul 10, 2011 23:17:07 GMT -5
Finished Naamah's Blessing the other evening; it was a breezy read.
Got started on A Game of Thrones, and enjoying it so far. I'll let you know if I'm still enjoying it after they start killing off main characters (or direwolves).
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Post by Alis on Jul 11, 2011 9:09:03 GMT -5
I am devouring P.G. Wodehouse books and drinking Pimms and lemonade, because it is the summer and I can pretend to be British if I want to.
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Post by djcarter on Jul 16, 2011 14:58:33 GMT -5
I'd just like to say that I'm currently reading A Prayer for Owen Meany  I figured I should get around to it at some point, with the armadillo thing and all... |
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Post by tosney on Jul 18, 2011 11:19:27 GMT -5
Just read Good Omens and The Novel. Loved both.
I'm working through Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. There certainly are a lot of slow, wordy, dry parts between interesting happenings. :/ I'm curious to see if what people have been raving about will come to be in the 400-some pages I still have to go.
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Post by rayyychul on Jul 18, 2011 12:38:07 GMT -5
I'm currently racing through the Harry Potter series before I see the final installment. I don't think I'll be done by Thursday, though. I'm only about a quarter of the way through the fifth, with not much time to read; oh well.
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Post by fifi on Jul 19, 2011 10:45:27 GMT -5
I'm currently reading Duty and Desire, the second of Pamela Aidan's Fitzwilliam Darcy series. It's interesting to see the story from Darcy's perspective, although this one exclusively takes place away from the main story.
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Post by Inquisitive White Rabbit on Jul 21, 2011 1:28:30 GMT -5
I'm currently re-reading "Eldest" because the fourth and final book of the Inheritance series comes out November 8th. Normally I would have waited until at least September to re-read the entire series, but I won't have time for it so I'm doing it now. One I finish it "Brisingr" is next, followed by "The Orc King" by R. A. Salvatore.
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Post by fifi on Jul 21, 2011 15:17:49 GMT -5
I'm currently reading Duty and Desire, the second of Pamela Aidan's Fitzwilliam Darcy series. It's interesting to see the story from Darcy's perspective, although this one exclusively takes place away from the main story. Finished it last night. Enjoyed it, but the next one hasn't come in at the library yet. Now I'm reading Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson. This is the only book of hers I haven't read yet and I'm enjoying it so far. I forget how much I like contemporary fiction, until I read contemporary fiction. |
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Post by imaginarymelodies on Jul 30, 2011 0:18:59 GMT -5
For school - currently studying No Sugar by Jack Davis.
As a European Australian it's very hard for me to read such injustice to fellow Australians just based on their race. I am so thankful we have moved on from that past, but we still have a long way to go in that respect. The play writing skills by Davis are very good, and it is great to see a good play come out of Australia.
For pleasure - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
I am about 50 pages to finishing this one. I was looking forward to reading this for a while, mainly for the story but also for the bonus that the main character's name is Emma, like myself. It is a good book, still trying to get my head around Emma Bovary as a character. I would prefer to read it in French (that, however, will probably never happen) as I think there's some things that are lost in translation. Next on my list is either Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H.Lawrence or Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.
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Post by Inquisitive White Rabbit on Aug 1, 2011 10:57:02 GMT -5
Just started reading 1984 by George Orwell and I love it!!! It's absolutely fantastic. I've found so many things ridiculous, such as the concept of "thoughtcrime" and "facecrime". I mean, really? They are literally stomping out any sort of individuality to be found. Not to mention the lac of privacy.
Has any one else read it?
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Post by Marina on Aug 1, 2011 12:59:18 GMT -5
Just started reading 1984 by George Orwell and I love it!!! It's absolutely fantastic. I've found so many things ridiculous, such as the concept of "thoughtcrime" and "facecrime". I mean, really? They are literally stomping out any sort of individuality to be found. Not to mention the lac of privacy. Has any one else read it? Yeah, that book is amazing. But by the end it started freaking me out because I started drawing parallels between their world and our reality. |
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Post by rayyychul on Aug 1, 2011 13:52:54 GMT -5
I'm reading The Book Theif by Markus Zusak right now, but I'm having a really hard time getting into it. I'm not enjoying the way its written at all, but I will press on!
I also just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett and Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah, and I enjoyed both immensely.
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Post by tosney on Aug 1, 2011 19:49:08 GMT -5
The Book Thief is immensely over rated, in my opinion. Don't worry if you can't get into it.
I just read The Old Man and the Sea. It was very satisfying.
Now I'm mostly through How To Win Friends and Influence People, and partly through Dorian Gray. I'm enjoying both - the first is interesting and helpful because I'm now somehow president of a club next year and shy little passive me is a little terrified. I think it'll help me encourage the club to be at its best. Also, its advice is giving me more confidence when being friendly to people. I always assume I'll annoy people if I approach them, but I'm going to try to be more openly friendly from now on.
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