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06-19-2009, 11:04 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Its a damn fine book, been thinking about rereading it again soon, definitely before the new movie comes out.
Off to the bookstore, huzzah!
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06-19-2009, 11:45 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: England.
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I've just finished Jane Eyre and a play for school. Both of which were very good.
I have also ordered 'One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.'
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06-20-2009, 05:33 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Suriname, South-America
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For my book-test I had to read Dr Jekkyl and Mr Hyde. I have to mention that I'm impressed with Dr Jekkyl theory about light and dark side and his goal of splitten them.
For my free time I'm reading "The Bourn Identity".
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06-20-2009, 05:52 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Nowhere
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I'm trying to figure out what to read. The only book I have that I haven't read is "Lisey's Story" by Stephen King, but I got bored with him craptastic books long ago. I tried starting it, but I just couldn't keep going.
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06-25-2009, 11:40 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Sometimes home, more time away.
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I was going to read "The Picture of Dorian Gray" but I've started on Terry Pratchett's "The Colour of Magic", which arrived in the post first and now I think I'm addicted to Discworld. . . I think I'll be reading these before I move onto anything else.
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06-26-2009, 04:00 AM
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#2231
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: in the garden of delight
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The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
I'm quite busy so I've got a long way to go.
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06-26-2009, 04:04 AM
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#2232
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Not near you, I assure you.
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Lightning by Dean Koontz.
Seriously... Getting sick of rhape.
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06-27-2009, 05:03 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Netherlands
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Interview with the vampire
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06-27-2009, 07:38 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine
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06-28-2009, 11:09 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 29
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Philip K Dick- The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
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06-28-2009, 11:55 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 12
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John Beckwith - Early Medieval Art
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06-29-2009, 07:20 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: United States
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Schazmyrrh
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
I'm quite busy so I've got a long way to go.
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Which translation are you reading? The copyright-free translation that's used in most printings is extremely awkward and excises many of the most poetic passages from the original novel. I reccomend either the Leonard Wolf or the Lowell Bair, both readily available in paperback through amazon.com. Do enjoy, though!
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06-30-2009, 05:42 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: R'lyeh
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I'm reading World War Z by Max Brooks.
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06-30-2009, 09:09 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: seattle, wa
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Geoluhread
Interview with the vampire
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Me, too 
I decided to bite the bullet and finally read something of Anne Rice's besides her Sleeping Beauty trilogy (which was loverly) but I have to say she's not my cup of tea. At least, Interview isn't but I think that's partially because the whole book is Louis telling the interviewer so she only goes so far with describing the scenery, atmosphere, and all that vampiric stuff. Still it's a good read and I hope to finish the rest of the series.
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07-11-2009, 07:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, almost done and really enjoying it.
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07-12-2009, 09:22 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Netherlands
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CountVonCount
Me, too
I decided to bite the bullet and finally read something of Anne Rice's besides her Sleeping Beauty trilogy (which was loverly) but I have to say she's not my cup of tea. At least, Interview isn't but I think that's partially because the whole book is Louis telling the interviewer so she only goes so far with describing the scenery, atmosphere, and all that vampiric stuff. Still it's a good read and I hope to finish the rest of the series. |
I didn`t like it much.. I finished it, started reading The Vampire Lestat. I don`t think i`ll finish it.. It all seems kinda gay to me..
I`m currently reading The Count Of Monte Cristo... Got to page 300 and everything is interesting so far..
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― Jack Osborne
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07-12-2009, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Suriname, South-America
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I'm re-reading "Racha" from Ismene Krishnadat.
Fuck Twilight, this is a real love story!!!
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1 The letter "I" shall always be capitalized, as well as "She", "Her" and "Woman".
2 "He/she" or "him/her" and all related sums shall be written instead like this: "She/he" and "Her/him"
3 It is not "You and me", instead it is "Me and you". At the same time "M" is capitalized.
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07-12-2009, 03:31 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Geoluhread
I didn`t like it much.. I finished it, started reading The Vampire Lestat. I don`t think i`ll finish it.. It all seems kinda gay to me..
I`m currently reading The Count Of Monte Cristo... Got to page 300 and everything is interesting so far..
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There's nothing wrong with Lestat being gay :P I only read Interview With A Vampire but I was under the impression then he was gay anyway. But yes, Anne Rice sucks, for other reasons however.
I love the Count Of Monte Cristo, been years since I read it though.
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07-13-2009, 08:26 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Netherlands
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saya
There's nothing wrong with Lestat being gay :P I only read Interview With A Vampire but I was under the impression then he was gay anyway.
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Not Lestat, Armand and his crush or love or whatever you may call that thing for Louis.
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― Jack Osborne
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07-13-2009, 02:47 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: USA
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Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies
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07-13-2009, 04:40 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Ontario, Canada
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"Solitude: a return to the self" by Anthony Storr
-an interesting look at the variety of ways solitude affects the human brain and the social and personal aspects of life.
"The Necromancers" (edited by Peter Haining)
-a collection of historical and fictional accounts of black magic/witchcraft rituals, gatherings, trials, etc.
Sometimes I just walk into the library and pull random books off the shelves.
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07-15-2009, 11:43 PM
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#2247
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Dirty South
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"Through The Looking Glass", by John Ringo
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07-16-2009, 01:47 AM
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#2248
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Not near you, I assure you.
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Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz.
If I win this H.P. Lovecraft book off eBay that's next otherwise Pet Semetary.
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07-16-2009, 01:54 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 62
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Broken Lives by Estelle Blackburn.
It's a book about local history I have to read for English; and oh god, it is boring.
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07-16-2009, 04:42 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 29
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The Loop by Nicholas Evans
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