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« Reply #120 on: November 28, 2008, 12:32:15 AM »
The books are, for me at least, differen't then what's usually has been coming out and the way it's written makes u feel like ur really there and stuff...
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« Reply #121 on: November 28, 2008, 05:28:11 AM »
The Ode Less Travelled, by Stephen Fry.
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« Reply #122 on: November 30, 2008, 12:50:02 PM »
Quote from: Beren One-Hand on November 25, 2008, 11:04:04 PM
Quote from: Insane_Monky on November 25, 2008, 10:52:45 PM
Seriously. It's getting the "Harry Potter treatment."  Tongue
Yeah. Smiley  I doubt it could compare to the Potter books, or of course our favorite LOTRs.
Yeah. To me it feels like a cheap paperback romance, that somehow made it big. There are probably tons of equally enjoyable books out there that just happened to not get noticed.
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« Reply #123 on: December 24, 2008, 07:31:17 PM »
I dont like to read but am reading a book called "Why Can't I Stop Eating" maybe it will help me lose some weight.
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« Reply #124 on: December 25, 2008, 01:15:01 AM »
In addition to reading Moby Dick, I have started another one - The Sickness unto Death, by Soren Kierkegaard.
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« Reply #125 on: January 25, 2009, 03:41:35 PM »
I have been trying to read No Country for Old Men... but have found myself far too busy :[
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« Reply #126 on: January 26, 2009, 02:33:31 AM »
The Strange Laws of Old England, by Nigel Cawthorne.
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« Reply #127 on: February 09, 2009, 07:49:19 PM »
Finished Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner a while ago. Very powerful stuff.
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« Reply #128 on: February 10, 2009, 08:41:21 AM »
^I read Moby Dick in high school- was good, but doesn't half drag out a bit towards the end. Like, thirty million paragraphs broken up and called chapters? Streuth, it makes the Da Vinci Code look like War and Peace.

Off the cuff, I have to quote my favorite saying of Stephen Fry's when talking about Da Vinci Code (via the show QI); "It is absolute arse-gravy of the worst kind."

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« Reply #129 on: February 10, 2009, 09:56:28 PM »
Quote from: Wolfchild on February 10, 2009, 08:41:21 AM
^I read Moby Dick in high school- was good, but doesn't half drag out a bit towards the end. Like, thirty million paragraphs broken up and called chapters? Streuth, it makes the Da Vinci Code look like War and Peace.

Off the cuff, I have to quote my favorite saying of Stephen Fry's when talking about Da Vinci Code (via the show QI); "It is absolute arse-gravy of the worst kind."

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Nice little quote on Moby Dick.  I have to admitt, I gave up on the book.  Though this is extremely rare for me to do, and though I know the overall story is a good one (I've seen the film), the book took too long to get going, and spent too much time on dry character development, rather than cut to the chase.  I got to about page 160 or so and hung it up.  Sorry Melville.  Sad

But on a more positive note, after finishing Kierkegaard's The Sickness unto Death (short, but enlightening), I have now started reading another lesser know work of Tolkien - Roverandom.  It looks to be an interesting read.  I will post my comments when finished.
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« Reply #130 on: February 25, 2009, 11:23:36 PM »
I'm reading A Tale of Two Cities currently, for school. Don't you hate it when school is so consuming that you have no time for a book that actually holds your interest? Though I must admit, I do think that I would like the book a lot if I could just figure out what the heck Charles Dickens is trying to say half the time! It's intensely difficult.  Tongue
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« Reply #131 on: March 01, 2009, 01:26:32 PM »
Quote from: Diamond on February 25, 2009, 11:23:36 PM
I'm reading A Tale of Two Cities currently, for school. Don't you hate it when school is so consuming that you have no time for a book that actually holds your interest? Though I must admit, I do think that I would like the book a lot if I could just figure out what the heck Charles Dickens is trying to say half the time! It's intensely difficult.  Tongue
I know what you mean Diamond.  Dickens, though a legendary author, is not for everyone.  I found that book difficult to get into as well.   Smiley
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« Reply #132 on: May 09, 2009, 02:35:51 PM »
Couple of new books on the go right now.

1) Of Empire, by Francis Bacon.

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2) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Both are very engaging so far, well worth it!
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« Reply #133 on: May 18, 2009, 11:22:10 PM »
Just finished Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. I've read her poetry before, but this was on another scale altogether. It was so freaking depressing. Good book, though. Love the language and imagery, and you get drawn in somehow. Reads fast.
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« Reply #134 on: June 17, 2010, 08:43:37 PM »
Figured this topic should be resurrected . . .  You guy's must be reading something.    Wink

I am currently reading -

The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo, by Stieg Larsson.  Very good so far - very engaging!   Smiley
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