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01-22-2010, 03:30 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Originally Posted by Pineapple_Juice
And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks
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How is it? That's one of the few I haven't read.
I'm reading The Message in the Bottle by Walker Percy.
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All pleasure is relief from tension. - William S. Burroughs
Witches have no wit, said the magician who was weak.
Hula, hula, said the witches. - Norman Mailer
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01-22-2010, 04:10 PM
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#2527
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 123
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Bend Sinister by Vladimir Nabokov
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01-23-2010, 02:14 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 321
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"The Last Watch" - Sergei Lukyavenko (again)
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01-23-2010, 03:12 AM
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#2529
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: california
Posts: 7
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reading romeo and juliet . i read it all the time
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01-24-2010, 10:32 PM
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#2530
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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I finished The Year Of The Flood by Margaret Atwood today, was pretty good but probably should have read Oryx And Crake first.
Reading Bitten by Kelley Armstrong. Its bad, but at the same time its at least entertaining. So far.
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01-24-2010, 10:52 PM
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#2531
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 2,932
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The Federalist Papers. I am not going to enjoy that.
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Originally Posted by KissMeDeadly
You fucking people [war veterans] are only a step below entitled rich kids, the only difference being you had to do and witness horrible things, instead of being given everything.
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real classy
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01-25-2010, 11:54 AM
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#2532
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: R'lyeh
Posts: 2,104
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Franz Kafka compilation.
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"One mohawk wasn't enough to keep up with how badass he is so he had to get two." - Haunted House, about me, YEAH, ME!
Terror Nuclear,Terror Nuclear
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01-25-2010, 09:39 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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I finished Bitten. Didn't hate it but didn't like it either, wouldn't recommend it. Armstrong needs to learn to show, not tell. I could skip the protagonist's long, long angsty rants explaining how she's feeling about the situation at hand and not miss anything.
Now I'm reading Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. I find it weird I found it at HMV.
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01-26-2010, 09:06 AM
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#2534
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: california
Posts: 7
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romeo and julet love that story
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01-26-2010, 10:51 AM
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#2535
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 4,036
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I`m torn between finishing The Master and Margarita, Wuthering Heights and Notes from the Underground (Dostoyevsky)
Anyone got an opinion on what should I start with?
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― Jack Osborne
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01-26-2010, 11:31 AM
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#2536
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: IL, USA
Posts: 754
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Geoluhread
I`m torn between finishing The Master and Margarita, Wuthering Heights and Notes from the Underground (Dostoyevsky)
Anyone got an opinion on what should I start with?
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Read Wuthering Heights first. It's a favorite of mine. Altho, Notes From The Underground is damned good as well.
I'm currently reading Stein On Writing by Sol Stein. Supposedly one of the best writing books around. We'll see....
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01-26-2010, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Athens, Greece
Posts: 664
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The diary of a chambermaid, by Octave Mirbeau
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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01-26-2010, 03:57 PM
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#2538
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 123
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Charles Baudelaire - The Complete Verse
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01-27-2010, 04:42 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Where I go to sleep every night
Posts: 72
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Just something from the pack of Vampire books I downloaded.
Yes I know, I am a torrent download whore.
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01-27-2010, 07:41 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 4,036
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Torrents FTW!!
@Man In Room 5: Thanks! I`ll do just that.
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"I've an idea. Why don't we play a little game. Let's pretend that we're human beings, and that we're actually alive. Just for a while. What do you say? Let's pretend we're human. Oh, brother, it's such a long time since I was with anyone who got enthusiastic about anything."
― Jack Osborne
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01-28-2010, 07:23 PM
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#2541
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Gallifrey
Posts: 2,817
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Apathy's_Child
How is it? That's one of the few I haven't read.
I'm reading The Message in the Bottle by Walker Percy.
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It was lovely, despite the fact that the actual point of the story only happens at the end and everything else is just drinking and talking.
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01-28-2010, 08:20 PM
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#2542
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Flushing, NY
Posts: 3,206
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Marjorie Morningstar
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"Live for today, but know that tomorrow always comes- even if not for you."-MollyMac
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01-29-2010, 11:19 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,721
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Tristessa by Kerouac. I've gotten back into him in a big way recently.
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All pleasure is relief from tension. - William S. Burroughs
Witches have no wit, said the magician who was weak.
Hula, hula, said the witches. - Norman Mailer
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01-29-2010, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 4
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Short stories by Roald Dahl and Maira Janion's book on vampires.
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01-29-2010, 02:08 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: North Florida
Posts: 646
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The Wooden World (a history of the 18th century British Navy) by N. A. M. Rodger
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02-01-2010, 10:02 AM
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#2546
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: IL, USA
Posts: 754
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Vergil In The Middle Ages--Domenico Comparetti
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02-01-2010, 05:43 PM
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#2547
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Never Enough: The Story Of The Cure by Jeff Apter.
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02-01-2010, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: North Florida
Posts: 646
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saya
Never Enough: The Story Of The Cure by Jeff Apter.
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I'd be interested in what you think of that one when you're done. I've not read it yet.
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02-02-2010, 07:43 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: ∞ ∞ //▲▲\\ ∞ ∞
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A short history of nearly everything. I'm currently reading about supernovas.
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rubber band balls
Bring Kontan Back
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02-02-2010, 06:35 PM
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#2550
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: IL, USA
Posts: 754
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The Golden Notebook--Doris Lessing
So, you won't be seeing me in this thread for a while. It's 570 pages and really fucking good, so I'll be taking my time and paying attention.
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