What are you reading? — Page 3

#51

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Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:20pm

I love Much Ado About Nothing. It's one of my favorite Shakespeare plays.

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#52

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:40pm

Just recently finished Mirror, Mirror and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister along with The Time-Traveler's Wife in between (all excellent, although I think I enjoyed The Time Traveler's Wife the most). I'm rereading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy right now, just because I love it so much. XD Douglas Adams was a comic GENIUS.

#53

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Posted: 1/4/05 at 12:01am

Taryn: I've heard if you like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy then you'll Good Omens by Neil Gaiman. Terrific book in my opinion.

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"It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes. This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers." - Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

#54

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 12:02am

I have a couple of books on the go at the moment. I am rereading 'The Nanny Diaries.' Also, I have just started Jasper Fford's 'The Eyre Affair.'

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#55

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Posted: 1/4/05 at 12:06am

imcuteloveme, Neil Gaiman is my favorite author. I LOVE Good Omens. XD

#56

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Posted: 1/4/05 at 12:12am

He's my favorite as well. Good Omens is my favorite but I also love Smoke and Mirrors and Neverwhere.

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"It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes. This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers." - Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

#57

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 12:16am

Choke - Chuck Palahniuk, My Antonia - Willa Cather

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#58

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Posted: 1/4/05 at 12:40am

Half-heartedly attempting to finish LOTR: The Two Towers... *sigh*

#59

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Posted: 1/4/05 at 12:48am

Don't bother, zaney. LOTR is overrated, tedious pap, and if Tolkien is the father of the fantasy genre I like his "children" a whole lot better.

If you want to read a big giant English fantasy book that's actually good, go for Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea cycle is great, too.

#60

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 12:50am

I bought Jonathan Stange ages ago, but haven't even cracked it open yet.

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#61

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 12:55am

That book's greatest weakness is also in its length, but it's compelling all the way through. The length problem lies in the fact that it's hard to stay heavily involved in one subplot or the fate of a character when you don't see them for 100 pages.

#62

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 1:35am

Oh, God, I'm currently reading:

LOLITA (Nabokov)

TEN NOVELS & THEIR AUTHORS (Maugham)

PATHWAYS TO BLISS (J. Campbell)

ALEX NORTH, FILM COMPOSER (Henderson)

Tonight I read:
CHESS (Richard Nelson/Tim Rice)---a muddled mess with horrendous lyrics

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#63

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 1:43am

I'm reading Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives of Eccentric Scientists and Madmen by Clifford A. Pickover. It's really interesting, especially if you're interested in psychology. It discusses possible links between IQ and mental illness-- focuses a lot on OCD... pretty easy read too.

Before that I read America: The Book. SO funny. There are a few theatre references in there!

#64

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 1:51am

I'm reading The Devil Wears Prada right now. Cute book.

I'm SUPPOSED to be reading The Once and Future King for English class. I'm totally not into fantasy in the least bit, so I can't get past the the first chapter. Which is not very good considering the class starts next Monday.

#65

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 1:55am

I just finished "Playing with Boys" by Alisa Valdez-Rodrigues. I loved this book just as much as her first, "Dirty Girls Social Club."

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#66

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 2:12am

Just finished: "The Honk and Holler Opening Soon" by Billie Letts

Attempting to start: "Crime and Punishment"

#67

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 8:15am

Hairstyles of the Damned and Isadora Duncan's bio.

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#68

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:25am

re-reading The Da Vinci Code...

Updated On: 1/4/05 at 09:25 AM

#69

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Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:32am

I knew it. Young, cute, clever and RICH!!!!!

#70

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Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:50am

Hardly...

But I thought I would take down that comment anyway...bad idea, all things considered...

#71

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Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:52am

Kept you awake, huh?

#72

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Posted: 1/4/05 at 11:05am

I just recently finished Ender's Game for school. It was a good book. Also, I'm in the middle of The Five People You Meet In Heaven. It's a wonderful book.

#73

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 1:13pm

I loved "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell." Best book I read last year.

Right now I am reading Michael Thomas Ford's "Looking For It." I am really liking it, and am almost done.

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#74

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 1:18pm

This thread.

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#75

re: What are you reading?

Posted: 1/4/05 at 1:32pm

The Other Side of the River by Alex Kotlowitz

Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle