09-02-2002, 02:08 PM | #301 |
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what am i reading ?
right now i am reading a book about ducati motorcycles.those beautiful v-twins
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09-03-2002, 12:43 AM | #302 | |
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right now I've finally started the Silmarillion for the first time!yay for me!
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09-03-2002, 08:00 PM | #303 |
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"Going To Pieces: the rise and fall of the Slasher film 1978-1986"
great book so far! tulc
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09-08-2002, 08:56 PM | #304 |
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I just finished reading The Nanny Diaries while I was on vacation. It was surprisingly good, a very easy read and a page turner. You just can't believe how people could actually be like that (although there is a disclaimer at the beginning that the book is pure fiction, it is based on the authors' actual experiences as nannies).
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09-08-2002, 10:19 PM | #305 |
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I'm still waiting for lost tales (blimmin' amazon!) and the other volumes are sitting on my bookshelf, beckoning me to read them..... *Sigh* I'm reduced to re-reading some Terry Pratchett, to stave my urge to start reading HoME 3......
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09-09-2002, 10:13 AM | #306 |
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Reading The Cell , by John Williams, et al.
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09-09-2002, 11:08 PM | #307 |
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I'm currently reading The Book of Lost Tales part 2. I'm going to read them all in order. I think i've got about ten to go, so thats what I'll be reading for the next 6 monthes.
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09-09-2002, 11:27 PM | #308 | |
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How did you find the first one? How hard is it to get into?
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09-09-2002, 11:35 PM | #309 | |
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09-13-2002, 05:02 AM | #310 |
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Personally, I am re-reading the Two Towers (nearly finished)
For University I am about to re-read The Golden Ass. I have just finished Prometheus Bound, Antigone, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Collonus, the Epic of Gilgamesh, The Odyssey, and the Iliad (again). Next year I have to read; The Nibelungenlied, Henry V (again), The Aenid, the Song of Roland, The twelve Caesars, The Jugurnthine war and the conspiracy of Catalline, and the History of the Franks. and I plan to read The Silmarillion, time permitting. Lots of reading, but extremely interesting
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09-13-2002, 06:16 AM | #311 |
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I'm reading Pride and Pedjudice but gave up halfway through the unfinished tales coz they were very repetitive but I plan on reading the Silmarillion again soon.
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09-15-2002, 11:23 PM | #312 |
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I'm reading the Pardoner's Tale (part of the Canterbury Tales) for my Major Authors class. Chaucer is excellent!
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09-15-2002, 11:28 PM | #313 |
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Return of the King again, and A Clockwork Orange. I really am not liking the latter of the two. I think my opinion on the former is fairly obvious though.
I have a long list of what I want to read afterwards (I usually only read two books at a time, if that): Wuthering Heights, Dracula, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, Letters of JRR Tolkien, Catcher in the Rye, Good Omens, and Ender's Game, in no particular order.
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09-16-2002, 08:25 PM | #314 | |
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I hated Cather In the Rye, but most people love it, at first I thought it was interesting, but it drags on and I thought that the style it is written in got irritating after awhile.
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09-17-2002, 04:27 PM | #315 |
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I'm reading a sequel to Pride and Prejudice - it's terrible. Luckily it's short
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09-19-2002, 07:50 AM | #316 |
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isnt this a poll thread?
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09-19-2002, 05:58 PM | #317 |
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This thread was started LONG before that ban, and it's actually an intelligent one where people can discuss and reccomend (or warn against) books.
I'm still reading ROTK...and my English notes. ::sigh::
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09-19-2002, 06:03 PM | #318 |
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Half way through Lost Tales Vol I and impatient to start Vol II....
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09-20-2002, 04:50 AM | #319 |
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Half way through "Guns, Germs & Steel" (excellent examination of the driving forces behind the development of civilisations). Have just finished reading "The Mouse and his Child" to my two youngest. What a fantastic childrens' book that is. Anyone else read it?
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09-21-2002, 10:23 AM | #320 |
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I'm reading Book of Lost Tales 1. It's good.
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