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Old 07-05-2010, 06:43 AM   #2726
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Old 07-18-2010, 06:51 PM   #2728
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Old 07-23-2010, 08:51 PM   #2729
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Working my way through a Grammar Book, No wait it is actually really interesting. My Little Leo (all of 3) pulled it off the shelf at Half Price Books here in Texas.

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Old 07-24-2010, 02:52 PM   #2730
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Old 07-26-2010, 01:41 AM   #2731
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I'm reading a lot of the genre that I'm writing - finished Vampire kisses, reading burned in the house of night, the dreadful last book in the immortal series (if you like your hero's stupid then Ever's the girl for you), Betrayal and shiver. i need to pull my eyes out and finish one of them. Started a book by R mead - the succubus but just didn't hold my attention.

and if you want a really disturbing book to read try the research part of parenting for a peaceful world - it talks about childrearing practices since roman times... cruel and terrible us humans are.
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Old 07-28-2010, 12:40 PM   #2732
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I just got done with a book called "The Toy Cemetery". It was boring beyond belief and I couldn't believe I actually forced myself to read the whole thing.

I am currently on book 3 of the Harry Potter series.
My friend brought them to school the last day and loaded my backpack up with them. She is making me read them because they are 'so good!'. As of yet, I fail to see what is so amazing, but they are good enough to hold my attention for more than one page.
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Old 07-28-2010, 12:58 PM   #2733
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Insomnia by Stephen King.

Also discovered that I have not finished 'Salem's Lot [also SK] nor The Witching Hour by Anne Rice, but I feel I need to try and tackle one at a time.
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Old 07-28-2010, 01:09 PM   #2734
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Old 07-28-2010, 01:27 PM   #2735
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For some reason, Ophie, you just reminded me of the main character in Despicable Me. lol
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Old 08-09-2010, 10:06 PM   #2736
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I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. The only movie adaptation I've seen was The Last Man On Earth, which is one of my favourite Vincent Price films but I hear Matheson was really disappointed with it. After I finish I'll watch the recent flick and The Omega Man.
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Old 08-09-2010, 10:31 PM   #2737
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Currently the Great Gatsby, Wuthering Heights, and No-No Boy.

Though reading is a dear pastime of mine, all of these books were assigned over summer. Kill me. But through the torture they each have their moments.
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Old 08-09-2010, 11:48 PM   #2738
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I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. The only movie adaptation I've seen was The Last Man On Earth, which is one of my favourite Vincent Price films but I hear Matheson was really disappointed with it. After I finish I'll watch the recent flick and The Omega Man.
Let me know what the book I am legend is like. I'm still reading whatever it was I wrote a million pages ago. Almost finished Spells.
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Old 08-14-2010, 12:43 PM   #2739
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Old 08-14-2010, 05:22 PM   #2740
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^ That was the first book I've ever read that made me cry. It really got to me.
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Old 08-14-2010, 05:25 PM   #2741
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Was reading Hannibal, and loving it, but I left it in my locker. Dx i'm now digging through my collection to find something worth reading. I began and finished the Host within 6 hours, though. It sounds like an accomplishment. ^-^
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Old 08-14-2010, 09:20 PM   #2742
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Was reading Hannibal, and loving it, but I left it in my locker. Dx i'm now digging through my collection to find something worth reading. I began and finished the Host within 6 hours, though. It sounds like an accomplishment. ^-^
I really tried to read The Host, but got really bored, really quickly. I read the twi books (all four of them) in four days though, which was pretty good considering I had a 4week old baby at the time.

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Old 08-14-2010, 09:27 PM   #2743
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lolz I'd expect so. Twilight's an amazingly quick read. It was just something to pore through. I needed my mind occupied and I needed something thick. Unfortunately, I just wasn't in the mood for Eldest or Brisingr.
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lolz I'd expect so. Twilight's an amazingly quick read. It was just something to pore through. I needed my mind occupied and I needed something thick. Unfortunately, I just wasn't in the mood for Eldest or Brisingr.
*nods in agreement*

For me, at the moment, its all about keeping the mind occupied, rather than the quality of the writing - but that's just the phase I'm going through at the moment.

it will change, maybe, when I get more sleep and less procrastination.

Speak has just arrived, so maybe I'll get time to read that this week.
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Old 08-14-2010, 10:07 PM   #2745
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Boo sleep. Yay procrastination! We shall celebrate! (later...)

I think someone, probably you, mentioned that earlier, but i've got no clue what it is.

And if you're looking for quantity rather than quality, then you've got alot to choose from in the YA sections. lol
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Old 08-14-2010, 10:13 PM   #2746
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Boo sleep. Yay procrastination! We shall celebrate! (later...)

I think someone, probably you, mentioned that earlier, but i've got no clue what it is.

And if you're looking for quantity rather than quality, then you've got alot to choose from in the YA sections. lol
I love sleep - that's my problem. I was a 12hr a night girl before I had a baby, now I'm lucky to get four-five hours of broken sleep a night.

Speak - was a book recommended by Saya.

Yeah, loads of crap in the YA field - but that's the field I'm writing in, so I'm stuck there for a bit longer.

More procrastination... holy mackeral!
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Old 08-14-2010, 10:24 PM   #2747
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xD I'm close. 10 seems to be my limit.

lolz Yes, that's right. :3

What're you writing?

Amazing, isn't it? : P
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Old 08-15-2010, 03:34 AM   #2748
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Let me know what the book I am legend is like. I'm still reading whatever it was I wrote a million pages ago. Almost finished Spells.
Its great! Its only really short though, I was kinda disappointed, I didn't want it to end so soon, it was 169 pages and the rest of the book is short stories, so I'm still reading those.

You're reading Speak? Awesome! I saw it in Chapters the other day, they had a back to school YA display at the entrance. I'm going to pick it up one of these days.
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Old 08-15-2010, 08:44 AM   #2749
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heavier than heaven...gotta say i highly reccomend it if your a big Kurt/Nirvana fan veryyyy indepth
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Its great! Its only really short though, I was kinda disappointed, I didn't want it to end so soon, it was 169 pages and the rest of the book is short stories, so I'm still reading those.

You're reading Speak? Awesome! I saw it in Chapters the other day, they had a back to school YA display at the entrance. I'm going to pick it up one of these days.
Cool. I'm going to put it on my big person's reading list.

I've got speak. I'm hoping to get stuck into it this week. I cheated and watched the movie (with Kristen Stew) in it. As baby bat gets more active, its getting harder to sit and read a book.

Baby bat has just spilled is breakfast drink - gotta fly.
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