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 Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:39 pm
What books are any of you reading at the moment? Is there something you've read in the past you'd like to recommend? I'm slowly working my way through The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. I have a really weird relationship with this book. I'll read about a hundred pages and then suddenly become disenchanted with it, and ignore it for a week or so. But when I go to pick it up again, I'll be back in love with it. Regardless, it's extremely well written and I love Murakami's ability to work the surreal into seemingly normal settings. I just finished Kafka On The Shore by the same author. It's a trainwreck of a book. I can't say I liked or didn't like it, but it really left a kind of impression on me. Sometimes I'll find myself thinking of a line from the book out of nowhere. The Oedipal prophecy stuff is a little off-putting, but I think it's worth reading. :]
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:50 pm
I'm reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Seebold right now. :3 It's a good book...
I reccomend Memiors of a Geisha to anyone... the movie was good, but it left out some details, but that's okay I guess, or the movie would be too long. xp
I also like the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer... ^^; Er, it's sort of a kid's book, but I like how the whole idea is original. 3nodding
Oh! Carrie by Stephen King is good too... it's short, and a little twisted is all I have to say. xp
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a great book... very satirical/futuristic. 3nodding It's not like Star Trek though... it is a great spin off of modern science... basically things that did not happen during the mid-20th century. Reccomend it to anyone who is tired of sappy "happy-ending" type stories.
Er, that's it. ^^ Or, that's all I can think up of right now...
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:19 pm
thanks! I've heard one of my friends talk about The Lovely Bones and I wasn't sure if it'd live up to all the hype it was getting. But I'll be sure to give it a shot.
I've read the first two Artemis Fowl books, I believe. Her writing style is really involving, considering its target audience. razz I hope I'll get around to reading the other ones, one day.
i'm a big Stephen King fan which is why I'm sad to say I haven't read Carrie yet. another book for me to add to my list!
Oh, I also want to recommend the Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix. It's also kind of a kid's book, but I never get bored of it. Although he describes things in a way even kids can understand, the worlds he create still manage to be very vivid. Anything by Nix is good, really, including his Sabriel series. :]
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:45 am
Yayz! More books to add for the summer~! <3 But damn english summer reading... } razz
The Shining I've heard is also pretty good... my sister really likes the "Dark Tower" series as well. I've tried to get into the series, but it's too long for me. ;__;
Have you heard about the A Million little Pieces (something like that) controversy with Oprah? xD The guy lied in some parts... I mean, wouldn't it be obvious if it wasn't real? xp
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:20 pm
Anything by Trudi Canavan. The Black Magician trilogy... I worship it. Which is strange, because I usually read more humour/modern day set books rather than fantasy, but she really got me with that series. 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:41 pm
If you like fantasy stories, I really suggest the Sevenwaters Trilogy.
In that trilogy, the books: Daughter of the Forest, Son of the Shadows and Child of the Prophecy.
There's a bit of sexual content in each, but it's not DETAILED.
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:43 am
NittleGrasper^-^ I reccomend Memiors of a Geisha to anyone... the movie was good, but it left out some details, but that's okay I guess, or the movie would be too long. xp
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a great book... very satirical/futuristic. 3nodding It's not like Star Trek though... it is a great spin off of modern science... basically things that did not happen during the mid-20th century. Reccomend it to anyone who is tired of sappy "happy-ending" type stories.
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:57 pm
I finished The Lovely Bones and I'm starting to read Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. xp I heard it was pretty gross on what they do to the fast food... DDD: But, I'm just on the intro, so I don't know what disgusting crap is described yet.
Off topic: This new Gaia system is throwing me off... ;__; A tad hard to navigate. Did anyone recieve the new 'freebie' items?
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:52 am
NittleGrasper^-^ Off topic: This new Gaia system is throwing me off... ;__; A tad hard to navigate. Did anyone recieve the new 'freebie' items? I cheated and got all three sets. xd Who can say no to free clothes?
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:08 pm
Reinhart II NittleGrasper^-^ Off topic: This new Gaia system is throwing me off... ;__; A tad hard to navigate. Did anyone recieve the new 'freebie' items? I cheated and got all three sets. xd Who can say no to free clothes?
I love free items... esp. at an anime con... they were handing out these free fans. xDDD
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:59 am
NittleGrasper^-^ Reinhart II NittleGrasper^-^ Off topic: This new Gaia system is throwing me off... ;__; A tad hard to navigate. Did anyone recieve the new 'freebie' items? I cheated and got all three sets. xd Who can say no to free clothes?
I love free items... esp. at an anime con... they were handing out these free fans. xDDD I have two mules. :'D I'd like free stuff at cons, but I've never got anything free except a conbook, because the only one I've ever been to was very small and I only attended for like... five hours. xd
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:38 am
Reinhart II NittleGrasper^-^ Reinhart II NittleGrasper^-^ Off topic: This new Gaia system is throwing me off... ;__; A tad hard to navigate. Did anyone recieve the new 'freebie' items? I cheated and got all three sets. xd Who can say no to free clothes?
I love free items... esp. at an anime con... they were handing out these free fans. xDDD I have two mules. :'D I'd like free stuff at cons, but I've never got anything free except a conbook, because the only one I've ever been to was very small and I only attended for like... five hours. xd
Cons can get tiring... xp I wanted to go to the concert they had, but I was already wiped out.
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Is or has anyone read/reading The Scarlet Letter and/or Into the Wild? domokun I have to read those books for summer reading... D:
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:06 pm
NittleGrasper^-^ Two mules... xD They sell the starter stuff at Barton Boutique for 2 gold each. whee I actually did it before they started selling them in Barton. XD I was just hanging around waiting for the new layout. o__o; How sad of me.
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:38 pm
^^; I've read the Artemis Fowl series, it's pretty good...
I want to read memoirs of a geisha... Hmmm.. I guess I should start looking for hte books mentioned here...
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:59 pm
I'm not reading anything right now, but I suggest Twilight, by Stepehnie Meyer.
It's a romance/action/suspense story about vampires.
It's the best.
gonk heart
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