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| Books & Authors Recommended and not so recommended reading. |
08-03-2007, 09:03 PM
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What haven't you read?
Which book were you supposed to appreciate, but just couldn't read?
I'll start. "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I've tried reading it four times now, always making it to the same place, always putting it down for something else.
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08-03-2007, 09:10 PM
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The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. I started it, but I kept getting distracted and could never finish it.
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08-03-2007, 09:13 PM
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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08-04-2007, 01:02 AM
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I hate to admit it, but the anonymity of the internet permits it:
"Notes from the Underground" by Dostoyevsky.
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08-04-2007, 01:04 AM
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Catcher in the Rye
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08-05-2007, 05:15 PM
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Also, "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin" by Mark Twain. Am I the only one who hasn't read stuff I'm supposed to have read?
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08-05-2007, 05:19 PM
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Grapes of Wrath. damned turtle crossing the freaking road. I wanted to shoot myself.
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08-05-2007, 05:27 PM
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Are these just for school? Because I've always been able to force myself through the drivel they gave us, but I've always been ashamed of not reading Lord of the Rings. I keep trying, I just can't.
Actually, I'm due another attempt.
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08-05-2007, 05:33 PM
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OMG! You haven't read LOTR!? You are going to HELL! Just jking. I have read it three times, but I haven't been able to get through most of the dribble of other stuff.
Harry Potter. I'm sorry, I can't get past the first page.
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08-05-2007, 05:36 PM
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One. Dune - Frank Herbert :: I feel bad, because it's my sister's favorite book, but she's the only one who's read my copy.
Two. The bible.
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08-05-2007, 05:42 PM
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I severely doubt even the pope has read the bible the whole way through, and Dune is... wierd. Good, but wierd.
Wuthering hieghts. I own it, but I've never read it.
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08-05-2007, 05:49 PM
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"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathanial Hawthorne
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08-05-2007, 05:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mandax
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lost in Some Story
"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathanial Hawthorne
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I second those and add Great Expectations by Charles Dickens!!
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08-05-2007, 07:23 PM
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Harry Potter, I simply dislike the story, and the writing, so I cant get halfway though the first book, let alone all... Seven?
Moby Dick, its like an encyclopedia on whales, whalers, and whaling.
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08-05-2007, 07:29 PM
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Ug, I think I read it but I wish I hadn't "Billy Budd"
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