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#225Summer Reading
Posted: 9/1/05 at 6:34pmjust finished half blood prince for the third time, and i'm reading Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier, which is incredibly boring so far
"No two shows are alike in the making. Each show is a living
piece of your life in a small unreal world with its own character
and integrity; its own new set of memorable experiences and
incredible happenings. You begin to love and adapt to its strangeness.
Dreams harden into substance. Values come into focus. You wish
it would never end. The dream world vanishes like mist before a
rising sun; part of you vanishes with it. And back you land in the
real world with a thud- fogged, uneasy, jittery, difficult to get
along with. There is only one cure. A new show. A new, small
unreal world; new visions, experiences, incredible happenings.
Again you love it, adapt to it, wish it would never end.
But end it does. Another part of you vanishes.
That's show business."-Anonymous
#226Summer Reading
Posted: 9/1/05 at 6:51pmI just got assigned to read a book called "A Seperate Peace." It's pretty good so far.
#227Summer Reading
Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:45pm
What am i reading,
for pleasure im reading: Ragtime, by EL Doctorow
for school this weekend I'm reading: The Lady with the Little Dog by Anton Chechov, A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia by Thomas Harriot(the 1590 version), Medea by Euripides and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Chapter one in the textbook Child Development
need to defrag my brain.
michaela34
Swing Joined: 8/20/04
#228Summer Reading
Posted: 9/1/05 at 8:03pmI am about to finish Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris...i absolutely love it and i am about to start Year of Wonders by...(i forgot) ps MyDreams, Rebecca starts slow and boring but it will get very good (i loved it)
"Are you petrified of being petrified?" harry and the potters in Save Ginny Weasley
VOLDEMORT CAN'T STOP THE ROCK!
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#229Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 12:45amOh, Jezebel, I adore that book. Garcia-Marquez can be a bit daunting, but One Hundred Years of Soltitude is completely worth it.
#230Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:07am
Since I seem to have read every good fiction book out there, I'm back to plays.
The Baltimore Waltz, And Baby Makes Seven, and The Oldest Profession by Paula Vogel
A Bad Friend by Jules Feiffer
The Book of Liz by David and Amy Sedaris
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#231Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:13amMEF, have you read any Kawabata? I've only read a couple of his books, but they're really understated and lovely.
#232Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:30amThe only book by Kawabata that I've read is Snow Country. I thought it was superb. I really should read more of his work.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#233Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:34am
Also, Neal Stephenson books are enormously time-consuming and entertaining as hell. Just so you don't have the misfortune of being forced to read plays again. 
#234Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:38am
I need some good light reading for a trip I'm taking. MEF already suggested "Bergdorf Blondes" so I'll definitely pick that up. Anything else light and fluffy?
I'm in the midst of The Corrections, so I don't want anything further depressing.
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#235Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:42am
The Washingtonienne by Jessica Cutlet and The JAP Chronicles by Isabel Rose are two light, fluffy, mindless, and often hilarious books released this summer.
Plum, I'll look into Neal Stephenson after I'm done with And Baby Makes Seven.
#236Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:42am
I'm currently reading "Lunar Park", the latest by Bret Easton Ellis.
My friend didn't seem to go for it much but I'm enjoying it so far.
#237Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:47amOooh The JAP Chronicles sounds very promising. I grew up in Cherry Hill, NJ, so half of my high school were JAPs. :)
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#238Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:48am
Cheno you might also enjoy (for light reading) "Carpe Demon." It's sort of buffy-esque, about a soccer mom who is also a demon hunter.
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#239Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:49am
I'm juggling three big reading projects right now:
The Last Juror by John Grisham
Little Children by Tom Perotta (the basis of Mister Wilson's current filming project)
Book of Mormon (translated by Joseph Smith) I do this as on-going reading throughout the year but now part of President Hinckley's invitation to the membership to read the book by the end of the year.
Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?
Patrick Wilson Fans --New "UnOfficial Fan Site". Come check us out!
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#240Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:50amHow I Paid For College was total floof, but I have the feeling I was the last person on this message board to read it.
#241Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:52am
Oooh The JAP Chronicles sounds very promising. I grew up in Cherry Hill, NJ, so half of my high school were JAPs. :)
Yup, I know exactly where you're coming from (born and raised right next door in Medford).
Updated On: 9/2/05 at 09:52 AM
Allie
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/04
#242Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:53amPlum, you seem to be a big reader. What are your thoughts on The Power of One, by Bryce Courtenay? It was highly recommended to me, and I haven't gotten around to picking it up yet. Have you read it?
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#243Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:54am
Reminds me of my two-week experience with a Jewish youth group in which I was the only Israeli. Turns out the "A" and "P" parts of JAP matter a great deal. *shudder* I was out of there faster than you can mispronounce Baruch ata adonai.
ETA- I haven't read that one; sorry. 
I've been spending this summer frantically trying to catch up on all the reading I don't do during college. I'm a pretty sad English major.
Updated On: 9/2/05 at 09:54 AM
#244Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:57am
MyDreamsRecurring, Rebecca boring?! I'm sorry that you feel that way, it does start a little slow, but, in my opinion anyway, is one of the most thrilling novels ever.
#245Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 10:01am
Plum, as an English Major I read a lot when I was in college, it just too often wasn't what I was supposed to be reading
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#246Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 10:08am
Not possible with the classes I've been taking. And it'll only be worse once my seminars start up.
<---Academic masochist
Okay, back on topic. When I finish Sophie's Choice should I read The Blind Assassin or Shopgirl?
#247Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 10:14am
Read both. Liked both very much. My vote goes to The Blind Assassin, mostly because I'm an Atwood whore.
Shopgirl is very good (and the forthcoming film looks delightful), but avoid Martin's painful second novella, The Pleasure of My Company at all costs.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#248Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 12:10pmThe Historian - by Elizabeth Kostova
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
grizzabella
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/05
#249Summer Reading
Posted: 9/2/05 at 12:11pm
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. I'm a sucker for literary puzzles, and this one's a doozy. I'm only about a third of the way through, but I'm definitely enjoying it. Also reading, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, which is a fantasy about Magic in Nineteenth Century England. After this, I think I'll need some non-fiction.
"And the postman sighed as he scratched his head, you really rather thought she ought to be dead..."
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