godisthyname

Cat's Cradle: Kurt Vonnegut. I'm always a bit weary of books that are so easy to read.

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Lily

Currently reading (when not studying): Stephen King's On Writing. Truly marvelous book. Is it true that he didn't write the second half? Anyway, after the Stephen King book I'll be reading Against Love, a book by Laura Kipnis about why love is illogical and outdated or something like that. My English teacher recommended it to the class, and apparently he's trying his darndest to avoid commitment or something, so I'll read it, see what she has to say, and if I think it's complete nonsense I'm going to tell him so. Anyway, that's about it. I'm leaving now.

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Jukeboxhero

I've just finished "Vernon God Little"
An absolutly MUST read.

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Bloody hell where did the time go!!!

Fantasia

I finished Lisa Scottoline's "Dead Ringer" and enjoyed it. It's intelligent and it's about as light as that series "Columbo". Like Allie McBeal, but with murders. I was kind of surprised to find out that it's--like, the 5th in a series. No wonder some characters and events sounded like I should've known them. The book was able to stand alone, though. ^_^ Oh well, I think I'll go and read the ones that came before it.

Right now I'm back to my favorite genre: Fantasy. I'm reading "Dhampir" by Barb and J.C. Hendee. It's captivating.

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"God says he can get me out of this mess, but he's pretty sure you're f%#ked." --Stephen, from "Braveheart"

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We had to read that in lit class; one of the most overrated books I have read.

Currently, I'm towards the end of Tad William's "City of Golden Shadow" in the Otherlands series. I'm also 1/3 of the way through Storm Constantine's Wraeththu series. I don't like it. But, every now and then, I think it's good to read something you don't like, just to see why people think it's good, or how it is put together.

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"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." -Ray Bradbury
Ellipses are my minions, they... do my bidding, mwahahahha!

Lily

Which book did you have to read, Life of Pi, or God of Small Things?

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Fantasia

Now I'm reading Gregory Macguire's "Mirror, Mirror."

So far it's good. He likes putting in a lot of gobbledegook, but since I tend to do that with my writing most times, I'll forgive him. X'D

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"God says he can get me out of this mess, but he's pretty sure you're f%#ked." --Stephen, from "Braveheart"

speculative

Sorry, read that again and from the quote it wasn't clear. We had to read "God of Small Things."

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"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." -Ray Bradbury
Ellipses are my minions, they... do my bidding, mwahahahha!

Farror

Right now I'm reading "Ender's Shadow" by Orsonj Scott Card. I've already read Ender's Game and speaker for the dead and I fin these books to be a fantastic series. I would recommend you read them unless you already have.

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obiwanjabroni

I just finished re-reading The Pearl, by Steinbeck (still a great read, short, to the point, and beautiful). It was one of those breaks that I take in the middle of long reads. I just recently finished Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.

Currently, I'm hacking away at:

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
The Beast by Tracy Thompson

I'm really looking for a good love story right now because, well, I mean, it is nearing Valentine's Day, n'est pas?

strangedaze

In the last two months I've read:

- The the Lighthouse - by Virginia Woolf
- "In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka
- The Trial by Franz Kafka


Right now I am fairly close to finising Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", and I am a quarter of the way through Graham Swift's "Waterland". Some books that are on the horizen are Margaret Atwood's "Lady Oracle", Oscar Wilde's "Picture of Dorian Gray", and, time permitting in the next little bit, something small by Kafka.

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Lily

I'm reading Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh at the moment. Excellent book.

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Farror

Everything by Orson Scott Card at the moment.

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Zachary Glass

I read a couple books a week. Currently I'm re-reading Wayson Choy's The Jade Peony. I just finished re-reading Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys and Ethan Hawke's Ash Wednesday. I read Tobias Wolff's Old School last week...it was awesome, real 50s feel to the writing style.

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Lily

I recently finished both Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee and Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. Bad combination, since both novels depect horrid marriages, and have very nearly succeeded in convincing me never to get married. Honestly, I think everyone's plotting to convince me against it. Well, at least my English teacher is, and he's a confirmed bachelor. Almost all the books he's assigned to us this year revolve around not just bad but terrible marriages or relationships. How depressing.

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