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07-19-2004, 10:53 PM
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I am just starting "Deception Point" Dan Brown, but I am also reading "By the light of the moon" Koontz.
Nae
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07-20-2004, 01:11 AM
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I'm reading two books at the moment, The Life of Pi(again) for pleasure. Man I love this novel. I'm also reading Moll Flanders for an English paper I'm doing.
I'm seriously considering picking up The Lovely Bones, can anyone give a reccommendation?
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07-21-2004, 10:22 PM
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duh! i'm reading the computer screen!!!!  well, books wise i am reading Jessica by Bryce Courtenay and a few other books as well. not to mention my own story... gets confusing sometimes when i start to mix up the characters...   |
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07-22-2004, 04:59 AM
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Originally Posted by spunkymonkey
duh! i'm reading the computer screen!!!! well, books wise i am reading Jessica by Bryce Courtenay and a few other books as well. not to mention my own story... gets confusing sometimes when i start to mix up the characters... |
hmm I once read 5 books at once and never mixed the characters....I wonder how you do that. |
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07-22-2004, 11:04 AM
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Over imaginative I suppose...
I'm re-reading Tolkien's work, mainly the Lord of the Rings. Also taking another crack at the Similarillion (However it's spelt)
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07-22-2004, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Apathy
At the moment I'm reading The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley - I'm studying up on my Arthurian Legend. I love how this book isn't told from the point of view of Merlin or Arthur, that the story is seen through the eyes of Morgaine (Morgan le Fay).
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That book is banned where I live because it's "bashing Christianity". 
Anyway, I'm now reading Of Mice and Men.
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07-23-2004, 03:58 AM
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Spies : narrative encyclopedia of dirty deeds and double dealings
Also trying to wade through Crossroads of Twilight - Robert Jordan. Bought it two months ago and I'm only 30 pgs. into it.
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07-23-2004, 05:50 AM
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Picked up and finished The Lovely Bones. An enjoyable read, certainly original when it comes to narrative perspective. Funny and sad too. Recommended.
Been thinking about picking up A Suitable Boy, but I really have to read Moll Flanders, which I haven't started yet. I skimmed through On Writing by Stephen King, another great book. I need to get The Shining or Salem's Lot.
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07-23-2004, 04:33 PM
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I'm terrible, I can't just read one book at once so I'm currently reading the Odyssey and the Iliad.
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That book is banned where I live because it's "bashing Christianity".
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I can't believe that!  I mean, who banned it? The government can't just decide what you can and can't read, that is terrible! 
I think the book isn't worth reading though, so no great loss  , but still. I know the government here has also banned certain books from being read (some I think shouldn't be banned, but they are border cases), that is true, but The Mists of Avalon? If they've banned that book, what other books have they banned then? Lol, I think you could have fun trying to find Rushdie's Satanic Verses where you live . (not because of being christian bashing or anything, just because of the title)
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07-24-2004, 09:07 PM
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The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide, Pattern Recognition, and Rim.
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07-25-2004, 03:57 AM
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Servant of the Empire by Raymond E Feist. It's... different. Nobody else would like it unless they at least have read Magicain first.
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07-25-2004, 07:01 AM
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now I'll start Deadhouse Gates by Erikson.
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Yes! At last, someone else who likes Erikson!
I've just finished The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul, by Douglas Adams, and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Now I'm floundering in the souless limbo of booklessness. I'm trying to hunt down a copy of Magician, by Raymond E. Feist, but none of my friends have a copy and the libraries are all out, for some reason. Someone's hounding me to read The Count of Monte Cristo, and someone else wants me to read a book of short stories by Amy Witting. I can't take this! |
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07-27-2004, 10:25 PM
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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
Funny thing is, after he wrote it, Dumas tryed to be the Count of Monte Cristo, and went broke trying.
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07-28-2004, 10:02 PM
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I am currently reading:
Mary Called Magdalene-Margaret George
Blackbird House-Alice Hoffman
Both are a delight with Mary being my bathtime book amd a bit slow moving. Blackbird House being my night time reader and will be done with it shortly.
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07-29-2004, 12:07 AM
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Moving on to next book in the series- Mistress of the Empire
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