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#251

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Posted: 9/2/05 at 12:15pm

Ooh, I love Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Isn't Strange a bastard? But a loveable bastard, of course. :)

So many of the best fantasy writers come from England. The only American one I can think of offhand that I really like is Ursula K. LeGuin.

#252

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/2/05 at 12:17pm

I'm reading THE LITTLE FRIEND by Donna Tartt, which is alternating between being absolutely mesmerizing and lively and indulgent and draggy.

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"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

#253

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/2/05 at 7:20pm

Just finished A Lost Lady by Willa Cather and the latest Gossip Girl novel for a easy read, on chapter 3 of My Bondage and My Freedom by Freddy D.

#254

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Posted: 9/2/05 at 7:22pm

Still reading THE HISTORIAN, but almost finished. I'm on page 540ish, I think.

Has anyone else read this? I skipped over the whole Zacharias Chronicle thing.. I was really boring. Oh well.

#255

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/2/05 at 10:54pm

Actually, Plum, I've just gotten into it, and Jonathan Strange has just made his first appearance, so I have a lot to look forward to! Can't wait!

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#256

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Posted: 9/2/05 at 10:57pm

I'm reading READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN. Slow, but worth it.

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"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

#257

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/2/05 at 11:05pm

THE WOMAN IN WHITE by Wilkie Collins.

As big a crowd pleaser 140 years ago as Harry Potter is today, I'd say.

#258

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/2/05 at 11:10pm

The Rum Diary, by Hunter S. Thompson.

#259

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/2/05 at 11:25pm

Equus by Peter Schaffer and about to start The Stanislavski System by Sonia Moore.

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Thou giveth fever.

#260

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/3/05 at 12:01am

Dracula, Prince of many faces: His Life and Times

by Radu R. Florescu and Raymond T. McNally

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It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

#261

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/3/05 at 12:05am

I rereading The Nanny Diaries.

I like comparing my real-life experiences with those in the book. Most are very similar.

#262

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/3/05 at 7:43am

Munk, I loved Reading Lolita in Tehran. Such a wonderful, rewarding book.

#263

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/3/05 at 12:04pm

I literally just finished One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. I have seen the movie so I knew what was going to happen at the end, but it is still very upsetting.
Now I'm going to start Forever by Peter Hamill. It sounds amazing.

#264

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/3/05 at 1:26pm

Thanks for the recommend for The Rule of Four...my friend is finishing her copy and wants to loan it to me. I think I'll take her up on the offer.

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#265

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/3/05 at 6:04pm

I've put off One Hundred Years of Solitude yet again, and started The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon. But definitely after that, I'll get cracking on Solitude. Maybe.

#266

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/3/05 at 8:13pm

I've been thinking about reading Reading Lolita in Tehran for a while. I like reading books that give lots of emphasis to cultural study, so I was wondering:
Does the book contain a good deal of information on the culture in Iran?

#267

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/8/05 at 1:27pm

Finished Shopgirl and (at last) Sophie's Choice. Now I'm trying to choose between The Blind Assassin and a coffe-table book about samurai. Hmmm.

#268

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Posted: 9/8/05 at 1:32pm

I feel that The Blind Assassin is Margaret Atwood's weakest novel, depsite its plaudits.

Updated On: 9/8/05 at 01:32 PM

#269

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/8/05 at 4:05pm

I'm reading A Separate Peace. I haven't read it since high school, but noticed they had a TV movie playing on Showtime. Didn't watch it though. I went out and bought the book instead.

#270

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/8/05 at 6:26pm

"Hard Candy"..short stories be Tenessee Williams. God I love all his work, and these are no different.

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"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."

#271

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/8/05 at 9:35pm

"My Life and Loves" by Frank Harris.


It's the erotic biography of an Englishman from puberty to his death. It takes place in Victorian England and was banned from publication in the US until very recently.

GREAT book!

#272

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/8/05 at 9:36pm

"Rage to Survive..The Etta James Story"....what a story it is too....WOW !!!!

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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

#273

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/8/05 at 10:08pm

I'm in the middle of "The Broker" by John Grisham. It's not gonna win the Pulitzer or anything, but entertaining...

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"High time we made a stand and shook up the views of the common man" - Tears for Fears

#274

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/8/05 at 10:33pm

Anyone else find amused by the fact that a top prize for American writing is named for a yellow journalist?

#275

Summer Reading

Posted: 9/9/05 at 12:13pm

Finished "The Euastace Diamonds" by Trollope and intent to go through the whole series. Not sure about his Barchester Novels.