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Postby Lady Arianrod » Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:14 pm

The next book I'm going to read is This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I'm lookinf forward to it ^__^
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:18 pm

Assassins (Book 6 of the Left Behind series).
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Postby madphilb » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:44 pm

[quote="Gypsy"]Ok, I'll keep reading, but I'm holding you responsible if I don't like it. ]
That's fine, but only on the stipulation that if you do like it, I get all the credit for making you keep reading ;)
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Postby Jasdero » Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:16 am

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
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Postby FadedOne » Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:39 am

lol..i'm multi-tasking my reading

Perelandra---CS Lewis
Harry Potter #2---JK Rowling
I Kissed Dating Goodbye---Joshua Harris
Trigun #1---Yasuhiro Nightow (can you believe this is the first manga i've read? o.o)
Waking the Dead---John Eldredge

oh yeah, i'm also reading through Genesis and reading part of a 'Gospel of the Matrix' book.

rofl..truly scary eh? yes...i'm obsessed. :-P
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Postby Jasdero » Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:17 pm

>.>;;;; How do you keep the story plots straight? O.O I can read about 3 books at the same time.. and if they're book with similar subjects, I'm dead... =_=;
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Postby mechana2015 » Fri Dec 10, 2004 2:52 pm

Sunako wrote:A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn


I think i just stocked that at our bookstore at the college.
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Postby FadedOne » Sun Dec 12, 2004 7:38 am

[quote="Sunako"]>.>]
haha...well, I can only read a couple fiction at a time usually(the manga doesn't count b/c I seem to be able to pick that up any time. :) )

But yeah, the rest is mostly non-fiction stuff. I hadn't had time to read much til this summer, so now i'm fully indulging. Problem is that there's too much to read and I keep getting MORE distracting suggestions. haha. Next on the list, the 2nd Trigun, the Halo trilogy(i'm not sure if it's a true trilogy, but yeah), and 3rd CS Lewis book, and rereading the LOTR trilogy.

umm yeah..might take awhile. *grins*
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Postby Technomancer » Sun Dec 12, 2004 12:35 pm

I've just started Carol Off's book "The Ghosts of Medak Pocket: The Story of Canada's Secret War".

The book details the battle of the Medak Pocket and its aftermath. The battle was fought in September 1993 between Canadian and Croatian forces when the Canadians were ordered to hold the Medak salient against any Croatian advance (which they did). News of the incident however was suppressed for political reasons by the Canadian government and the UN.
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Postby Kokhiri Sojourn » Sun Dec 12, 2004 12:39 pm

Loads of Shakespeare:
Macbeth
King Lear
Hamlet
Henry V
Othello
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Postby Lady Arianrod » Sun Dec 12, 2004 3:10 pm

Kokhiri Sojourn wrote:Loads of Shakespeare:
Macbeth
King Lear
Hamlet
Henry V
Othello
...

Also:
Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music, by Jay R. Howard and John M. Streck

Hey everyone, by the way! :brow:


ooh, shakespeare... and so many plays at one time! I never read Henry V or King Lear... I've heard that the latter is very grim.
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Postby mechana2015 » Sun Dec 12, 2004 4:16 pm

reading Waking up Screaming. It's a collection of HP Lovecraft storys.
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Postby mastersquirrel » Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:10 am

Reading Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Postby GhostontheNet » Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:11 pm

mastersquirrel wrote:Reading Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Nice choice! Although it was a few years ago, I really liked that one.
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Postby pyro_moogle » Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:17 pm

I am also reading Eye of the world. I really like it. The plot is rather deep and confusing. I reccomend it. I is a prettty good fantasy read.
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Postby Jasdero » Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:54 pm

Terry Goodkind's Faith of the Fallen
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Postby Kokhiri Sojourn » Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:44 pm

He he.... I'm reading....

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë

It is for a class, and I really don't know what to think of it yet.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:09 pm

In a moment I will be picking up and beginning Catch 22. The very cool aspect of this is that it is actually for a class, and I have been wanting to read it for some time in any case.
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Postby bigsleepj » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:36 pm

Raymond Chandler's "Farewell, my Lovely".

A very good novel so far if you like Raymond Chandler and the likes
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Postby Jasdero » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:47 pm

CRANK by Ellen Hopkins. I thought this was a book with assorted poetry in it, and it turns out that it's an actual story, just written differently... I wish I hadn't bought it, because the storyline is really annoying.. >.<
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Postby Rachel » Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:49 pm

Right now I'm reading St. Ursula's Girls Against The Atomic Bomb. It's by Valerie Hurley and so far it's pretty good. Really well written and funny, I think.
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Postby Hephzibah » Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:05 pm

I'm reading 'We Dance Because We Cannot Fly'. Its a non-fiction about the awesome work being done with drug addicts in various countries.
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Postby Lady Arianrod » Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:41 pm

uc pseudonym wrote:In a moment I will be picking up and beginning Catch 22. The very cool aspect of this is that it is actually for a class, and I have been wanting to read it for some time in any case.



I've always wanted to read Catch 22 and 1984. George Orwell was quite the intelligent author. I don't know much about Joseph Heller, however.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:29 pm

I would give 1984 my recommendation. At the moment I have read a fair portion of Catch 22 and my response is mixed. On one hand, it is very cleverly written and has entertained me well. On the other, however, I have not been very impressed by Heller's inclusion of a great deal of (largely pointless) sexual content.
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Postby Kesshin » Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:30 pm

I'm currently re-reading Lirael, by Garth Nix. Definitely makes my top ten list. It is one of the best fantasy books I've found so far.
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Postby Omega Amen » Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:56 pm

I just finished The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life by Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr. I highly enjoyed it, and I found it far more interesting than the PBS TV series that was inspired from this book. The book is well written and would be considered fairly short for the avid reader. Personally, I am fascinated by the many similarities in the lives of Freud and Lewis, and the occasional irony that their lives show when faced with their proclaimed views, especially in Freud's case. For those interested in the question on how one develops the belief or disbelief in the existence of God, or if you are even just interested in psychology, I strongly recommend reading this book.
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Postby Aka-chan » Wed Dec 22, 2004 2:44 pm

I am taking advantage of a bit of a holiday break to try and read several books at once:
Crime and Punishment by that Russian guy whose name I can't spell
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle (again; I haven't read it in 8 years)
The Great Tree of Avalon: Child of the Dark Prophesy by T. A. Barron (author of all four books of the Lost Years of Merlin Trilogy. XD Good series.)
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Postby AsterlonKnight » Wed Dec 22, 2004 8:16 pm

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Laughter is timeless
Imagination has no age
And Dreams are forever~Disney

Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
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Postby harina » Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:06 am

I just started with Through the looking-glass by Lewis Caroll. It's like the sequel for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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Postby Kokhiri Sojourn » Thu Dec 23, 2004 11:10 pm

Omega Amen wrote:I just finished The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life by Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr. I highly enjoyed it, and I found it far more interesting than the PBS TV series that was inspired from this book. The book is well written and would be considered fairly short for the avid reader. Personally, I am fascinated by the many similarities in the lives of Freud and Lewis, and the occasional irony that their lives show when faced with their proclaimed views, especially in Freud's case. For those interested in the question on how one develops the belief or disbelief in the existence of God, or if you are even just interested in psychology, I strongly recommend reading this book.


I actually stumbled across the TV version and was quite surprised by it. I didn't even realize there was a book on which the program was based. I think I also would like to read this - have to do some research, especially being a Psychology major.
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