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06-15-2010, 11:56 PM
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#2726
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Perched on a near-by building
Posts: 93
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady Starrlight
I just finished Brother Odd and started back into my Dragonlance collection
again last night.
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Did you like it?
My 2nd Koontz book - thought it was kind of predictable though.
By Dragonlance do you mean the Chronicles, absolute re-read classic Chronicles?
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06-16-2010, 01:22 AM
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#2727
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 222
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Originally Posted by Angelic Dissonance
Has anyone read 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimmage'? I couldn't get very far past the second canto....
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I actually have an 1888 copy of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimmage". It's dissappointingly tiny but has three quarter binding and marbled paper covers ~ a very beautiful book. Like you mentioned though, it's a very tough read, and I have yet to get through it.
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06-16-2010, 03:09 PM
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#2728
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
Posts: 7,449
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My daughter just got Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith. I am soooo reading that, after I finish Ozzy's autobiography.
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06-16-2010, 04:55 PM
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#2729
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: In AL, which sucks
Posts: 500
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I just finished Little Women and Werewolves. Surprisingly enjoyable, to say the least.
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06-17-2010, 05:51 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Dubrovnik, Croatia.....in other words, in the middle of nowhere. Most people think Croatia is a town
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I just realized the third part of a series I really enjoyed, Shadowrise by Tad Williams was realesed about 3 months ago. I thought it was coming out on July for some weird reason.
And anyway, now I'm re-reading the first 2 parts, Shadowmarch and Shadowplay, because I basically forgot what happened and need to refresh my memory.
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06-19-2010, 11:35 AM
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#2731
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NoVA
Posts: 5,290
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War and Peace, by Tolstoy.
Also re-reading The Child-Thief, by Brom. It's a retelling of Peter Pan.. I love Peter Pan stories. 
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06-19-2010, 09:27 PM
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#2732
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Gallifrey
Posts: 2,817
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Reading the first Jim Butcher book someone lent me. I can't remember what it's called.
PS-I always wished I could sit through War and Peace. I'm jealous of you, Kor.
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06-19-2010, 11:09 PM
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#2733
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: New Orleans, LA
Posts: 30
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Yay new books to read
Thanks to this thread I have some additions to my plan-to-read list. I'm currently reading "Pretty Little Dirty." It's by Amanda Bowden. Picked it up at a book-fair not expecting anything much but to pass some time and I'm loving it.
Damn good story of best-friends growing into themselves amongst artists, drugs, sex & punk rock shows.
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06-20-2010, 01:28 AM
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#2734
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 32
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I just started Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series *again.* There is so much information there I feel I need to reread them to take book twelve in the proper context.
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06-20-2010, 11:00 AM
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#2735
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: A ship called Dignity
Posts: 1,919
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I'm about half way through A Game of Thrones and then I have War & Peace to start myself. I also have Kamikaze Girls to finish.
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06-22-2010, 07:03 AM
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#2736
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Georgia, not far from early colonial settlements
Posts: 38
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The Screwtape Letters - C. S. Lewis
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06-25-2010, 11:01 PM
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#2737
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Finished R@pe: Sex, Violence, History. FINALLY. A really good read, I learned a lot and I'm definitely going to be using it as a reference book from here on, but I think I'm done with books that deal with r@pe for a while, and I'm still not over Push or A Thousand Sisters. I need something fluffy, so I'm reading Dead Until Dark.
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06-27-2010, 10:03 PM
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#2738
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Yeah, couldn't finish it. Wasn't on the edge of my seat to find out what Mary Sue Sookie would wear in the next chapter.
I forgot I didn't finish Oryx And Crake! So I'm back to that now.
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06-27-2010, 10:17 PM
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#2739
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 26
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This thread
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06-28-2010, 07:49 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
Posts: 7,449
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dama de los Cuervos
I just started Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series *again.* There is so much information there I feel I need to reread them to take book twelve in the proper context.
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I have heard good reviews about it, I am going to have to start reading the series.
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06-28-2010, 08:06 AM
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#2741
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Antigo, WI [feel free to say 'where???' lol]
Posts: 156
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the bachman books by stephen king. (collection of his earlier works)
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06-28-2010, 02:43 PM
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#2742
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Posts: 17
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******. Before that, The Vampire Chronicles.
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06-29-2010, 10:58 AM
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#2743
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 15
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Dracula, but not because I've jumped on the Vampire bandwagon, its just a very enjoyable read. Also some Schopenhauer, and a bit of Orwell.
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07-04-2010, 05:41 PM
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#2744
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Finished Oryx And Crake, alright but not as good as Year Of The Flood. Which is a good thing I guess, the third book will probably be even better.
Reading Jane Slayre :3
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07-05-2010, 06:43 AM
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#2745
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Dirty South
Posts: 1,726
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07-09-2010, 07:47 AM
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#2746
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: ∞ ∞ //▲▲\\ ∞ ∞
Posts: 4,618
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Straw Dogs : Thoughts On Humans And Other Animals - John Gray.
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07-18-2010, 06:51 PM
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#2747
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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The Equality Illusion by Kat Banyard.
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07-23-2010, 08:51 PM
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#2748
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Texas/ Florida
Posts: 61
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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.
"The Deluxe Transitive Vampire - The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed"
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07-24-2010, 02:52 PM
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#2749
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Gallifrey
Posts: 2,817
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Fool Moon from Jim Butcher.
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07-26-2010, 01:41 AM
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#2750
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: In your trash can
Posts: 2,594
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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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