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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2006 19:55:34 GMT
I've just started reading The High Frontier by Gerard K. O'Neill. Good book for those who like space stuff.
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Post by douglas on May 26, 2006 21:54:55 GMT
I was reading 'Cujo' by King, just finished, now I'm starting 'Salem's Lot'
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Post by bobwinkle007 on May 27, 2006 5:44:20 GMT
I just finished "To Kill a Mockingbird." Nearly cried at the end too- powerful book.
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Post by gotSTEAM? on May 27, 2006 7:54:58 GMT
I'm reading Star Wars: Outbound Flight right now. It's a good book, but I find it a bit hard to follow. I read a lot of Star Wars Any other books I read are Thomas ones XD I might read The Da Vinci Code, but I'm not sure. Maybe I'll read a nice Harry Potter book, instead ~Elizabeth
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Post by Neil on May 31, 2006 10:45:10 GMT
just started reading "Rule Britannia" by Daphne du Maurier, her last novel, only got a few chapters in, but its gripping stuff, fictional story bout a supposed friendly 'alliance' between the UK and the USA, creepy stuff.
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Post by Aidan on Jun 1, 2006 23:25:58 GMT
I've had to read David Baldacci's book "Wish You Well" for English class. It's set in the rural mountains of Virginia, and it was a pretty good book.
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Post by gotSTEAM? on Jun 17, 2006 19:17:43 GMT
Wow, I just finished a moving book called To Sleep With the Angels. It's about a fire that happened in a Catholic school in Chicago, back in the 50's. Very sad, but quite fascinating.
~Elizabeth
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Jun 18, 2006 13:53:12 GMT
I was reading 'Incompetence' by Rob Grant, which I picked up because I'm a Red Dwarf fan and Rob Grant was one of the creators and long-time writers of the series. However, I have to say that it's really bad. Most of the humour either seems to be sarcasm (and not in the sharp, witty sense) or gross-out, which I loathe. The story is boring, I actively disliked most of the characters and the premise - that in the future, bureaocracy and political correctness will ruin the world - felt more like a middle-aged rant about how things were better in the old days than hard-edged satire. And it doesn't help that every character seemed to talk like Arnold Rimmer. It's hard to buy that a character is devastatingly attractive when they keep using words like "Indeedaroonie".
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Post by Casey Jones on Jun 18, 2006 13:56:48 GMT
I'm currently reading 'LOAMHEDGE' a novel of Redwall by Brian Jacques.
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Post by Smitty on Jun 24, 2006 2:21:34 GMT
I'm now reading Morgan Spurlock's new book, "Don't Eat this Book".
I officially HATE McDonalds.
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Post by ashsowerby on Jun 25, 2006 7:01:37 GMT
I'm currently reading 'Alec Guinness' by Piers Paul Read, I'm really enjoying it, a really fascinating insight into the life of my favorite actor.
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Post by gotSTEAM? on Jun 25, 2006 7:15:11 GMT
Hehehe, you all may laugh at me, but I'm currently reading a book that is quite dear to me...
The Concise Dinosaur Encyclopedia, a book I picked up at the Field Museum last year in March. Best dinosaur refference book in the world. Taught me a ton of things I never knew about the early years of the planet, and how life started, not to mention all the dinosaurs! The art is spectacular, and the text is quite detailed.
~Elizabeth
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Post by Kitty_Blues_loves_James on Jul 8, 2006 16:03:10 GMT
The Killer Angels - Mike Shaara. A novel about the battle of Gettysburg. Wonderfully written with great details. Was the basis for the film 'Gettysburg.' Ack, that is my favorite book of all time!!! Absolutely amazing in everything the book says and everything the book is about... The current book that I'm reading is "Things Fall Apart." It's a book I need to read for my world lit honors class next year. It's about an African man who's life is dominated by fear. It's actually really good.
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Post by reno on Jul 16, 2006 16:48:35 GMT
Well I have just finished reading dot Hack Legand Of The Twilight so the next book that I'm going to read is Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Volume 1.
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Post by duncanfan on Jul 16, 2006 17:03:12 GMT
I'm required to read 'Cold Mountain' and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' over this Summer for English class. I'm really not enjoying either book; mostly because as I read along I have to answer long, complicated questions that seem to require a degree in psychology to understand properly- and because neither book has been particularly interesting. I can't stand when reading is assigned, the books usually fall far short of what I consider to be good reading- and ridiculous over analysis is required. Is it any wonder nobody seems to like it? I'd rather read on my own...
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Post by ATK on Jul 30, 2006 1:33:21 GMT
I'm required to read 'Cold Mountain' and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' over this Summer for English class. I'm really not enjoying either book; mostly because as I read along I have to answer long, complicated questions that seem to require a degree in psychology to understand properly- and because neither book has been particularly interesting. I can't stand when reading is assigned, the books usually fall far short of what I consider to be good reading- and ridiculous over analysis is required. Is it any wonder nobody seems to like it? I'd rather read on my own... I can't speak for the first book, although I also had to read 'To Kill A Mockingbird' over the summer. Although I liked it more than previous books I had to read, I considered it to be somewhat boring. It's supposed to have all of these 'themes' in it - I just found it to be another good waste of a summer. Anyone else ever read 'Farenheit 451?' I also had to read that. That book was even more stupid than 'To Kill A Mockingbird.' Burning books? Yawn... ATK
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Post by Skarloey on Jul 30, 2006 21:41:18 GMT
For me, I've started reading BILL BRYSON - Notes from a Small Island. I saw some episodes of the TV series of it that he made, which were particularly amusing, and the book is just as good.
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Post by Ajani on Aug 1, 2006 1:02:35 GMT
I'm required to read 'Cold Mountain' and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' over this Summer for English class. I'm really not enjoying either book; mostly because as I read along I have to answer long, complicated questions that seem to require a degree in psychology to understand properly- and because neither book has been particularly interesting. I can't stand when reading is assigned, the books usually fall far short of what I consider to be good reading- and ridiculous over analysis is required. Is it any wonder nobody seems to like it? I'd rather read on my own... I can't speak for the first book, although I also had to read 'To Kill A Mockingbird' over the summer. Although I liked it more than previous books I had to read, I considered it to be somewhat boring. It's supposed to have all of these 'themes' in it - I just found it to be another good waste of a summer. Anyone else ever read 'Farenheit 451?' I also had to read that. That book was even more stupid than 'To Kill A Mockingbird.' Burning books? Yawn... ATK I read that this past week. I thoguht it was a thriler, like George Orwell's 1984. It seemed along the same lines to me. The whole thing about censorship in the near future. Another book that I am reading now is a book by Walter Moseley called "Little Scarlet". It's about a black woman who gets killed during the 1965 race riots in Los Angeles.
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Post by edwardblue on Aug 1, 2006 3:03:33 GMT
I'm currently reading Ian Fleming's Bond novels. I have been all summer and I must say, some of them are even better than the films!
Right now I am currently reading For Your Eyes Only, Ian Fleming's first short story collection. I'm really enjoying it, and it's a nice change of pace to read of of Fleming's two short story Bond collections after reading seven Bond novels in a row.
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Post by Captain Punjab on Aug 1, 2006 4:10:03 GMT
I love 1984, and Alaric's Rogue, and other similar stories. Anybody read any books similar to 1984 but with a more sci-fi theme? I'm sure there are at least a few. What I mean by similar to 1984 is, the general concept--a story set in a dystopian future, told from the POV of a single man who realizes that the system is flawed and wants to change it.
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