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#51

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Posted: 1/24/05 at 9:09pm

just finished Scarlet Letter for AP english class (and i LOATHED it...)
starting Walden by Thoroeu for AP too..

and i'm in the middle of reading "wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the west"

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#52

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Posted: 1/24/05 at 9:59pm

Ooh, for the people who liked 1984, I would suggest (along with the previously suggested Brave New World) Fahrenheit 451.

#53

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Posted: 1/24/05 at 10:00pm

Anyone who likes Orwell, I would suggest any Bradbury, but certainly, as Taryn said, Fahrenheit 451

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#54

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Posted: 1/24/05 at 10:06pm

That was a great book too. I'll probably look for Brave New World at the library tomorrow or Wednesday.

#55

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Posted: 1/24/05 at 10:33pm

'The Fortress of Solitude' by Jonathan Lethem.

#56

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Posted: 1/24/05 at 10:38pm

Right now?
-Lost in a Good Book ....(god I love this series...I recommend it to everyone...there's some great jokes in there about Richard the 3rd done a la Rocky Horror Picture show "WHEN is the hour of your discontent..???.....I guess you have to read it...but it's great!)
-The 11th Lemony Snicket Book....which suddenly got alot better very quick
-The Da Vinci Code...no, I can't see tom hanks as landon either (shivers)
-Algebra Two Concepts (I'm being forced against my will to read this one.....

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#57

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Posted: 1/25/05 at 10:08am

BroadwayBaby, wait a few years and read THE SCARLET LETTER for pleasure. I, too, hated it when I read it in high school, but when I re-read it several years ago, on my own, without being told what I should get from it, I appreciated it for the tremendous work and social commentary that it is.

I actually recommend doing this with any "assigned reading" from high school. Without a teacher's preconceived notions of what a book should mean to you, you might find new appreciation for the great works of literature.

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#58

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Posted: 1/25/05 at 10:16am

"Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier

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#59

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Posted: 1/25/05 at 5:37pm

I'm also kinda reading Mrs Dalloway... I'm on page twelve.

#60

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Posted: 1/25/05 at 5:44pm

Has anybody read "Black, White, and Jewish" by Rebecca Walker? I just bought it.

#61

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Posted: 1/25/05 at 5:52pm

I am working on the Les Mis book...finding it hard to get into though. I'm sure it'll be better once I get a bit farther in!

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#62

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Posted: 1/25/05 at 6:39pm

Winoker,
I wanted to appreciate it too, but when I was done, the only thing I could appreciate was the fact that I was done. IMO Les Miz sucks.

How can ya'll be readin' 2 books at once? Don't you find it confusing?
Hell, I find it hard when I pick up a book right after I finish another, and have to realise after the first chapter that I'm not reading the same book.

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#63

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/25/05 at 8:09pm

I personally loved Les Miserables.

Also, I think whether or not you enjoy the book probably depends on which translation of it you read. I actually enjoyed the Modern Library version (translated by Charles Wlbour) -- although I know a lot of people hate it. The one that seems to get the best response is the translation by Norman MacAfee (published by Signet Classics).

Updated On: 1/25/05 at 08:09 PM

#64

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Posted: 1/26/05 at 1:01pm

It took me over a year to read Les Miserables. I was bound and determined to do it. Hugo was such a political writer that some sections of the book were rather tedious. (Fifty pages of detailed description of the battle of Waterloo, just to introduce Thenardier?!?) I had to balance it with other books along the way.

When I lived in Chicago and used public transportation, I was often in the middle of two books - one for the train and one for home.

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#65

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Posted: 1/26/05 at 1:03pm

Re-Reading the Harry Potter series, and..


No Claim To Mercy, The Robert Baltovich and Elizabeth Bain Story..
My cousins Law-firm is handling Robert's appeal.

#66

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Posted: 1/26/05 at 1:11pm

'Rebel Without A Crew' Robert Rodriguez's book about the making of 'El Mariachi' with no money and the subsequent buzz about the movie that got him into Hollywood.

It's also got some essays from him about filmmaking and what not.

Good stuff.

#67

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Posted: 1/26/05 at 2:14pm

munkustrap178 i absolutly loved girl with the pearl earring....right now im reading Mansfield Park by Jane Austen but i plan to finish that today and then im going to read "jude the obscure" by tomhas hardy and "the phantom of the opera"

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#68

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Posted: 1/26/05 at 2:16pm

Another fan of Girl With A Pearl Earring right here. Read it start to finish in a day. Exquisite.

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#69

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Posted: 1/26/05 at 2:25pm

Love Tracy Chevalier's work. Liked "Girl with a Pearl Earring"
as well, but I personally like "Lady and the Unicorn" the best

#70

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Posted: 1/26/05 at 2:26pm

Lady and the Unicorn is on my shelf to read when I have finished with Cloud Atlas.

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#71

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Posted: 1/26/05 at 2:56pm

I'm reading:
The Princess Bride (for the third time)
Gone with the Wind

#72

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Posted: 1/26/05 at 4:57pm

The 5 people you meet in heaven

Anyone read it?

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#73

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Posted: 1/26/05 at 5:27pm

Just finished Jasper Ffordes' 'The Eyre Affair'

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#74

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Posted: 1/26/05 at 5:34pm

spiderdj, how is Wonder Boys? I thought the movie was great, and I heard the book is even better. It's on my list of To Read... what do you think of it?

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#75

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Posted: 1/26/05 at 6:42pm

Um......I saw the movie first so that right there puts a damper on it because I am thinking of the movie as I read, but the book is funnier and gives a lot of details that the movie does not. I am actually really loving the book. The movie is one of my favorites and I can tell you that so far the movie does the book justice. You should pick it up.

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