Reading any good books? - Page 22

Mercutio · 08-16-2005, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by RÃ*an

Great book! I love Marian!

Have you read his "The Moonstone" yet? Betteredge is wonderful!

Yes I have. I actually read that first--I went to the library to get Woman in White on a teacher's reccommendation...they didn't have it. So I walked out with what looked like the next best thing--another W. Collins book!

***Valandil*** · 08-17-2005, 07:05 AM

"His Excellency" - a George Washington bio (bought it at his former home of Mount Vernon!

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hectorberlioz · 08-17-2005, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rosie Gamgee

I tried reading Don Quixote. It was really funny, I admit, but I got intimidated by the enormity of it and put it down a while ago... haven't picked it up since.

I would pick it back up...its definitely worth the time.

Val! You've just gone to see the Great Man, eh?

***Fat middle*** · 08-19-2005, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

I read Dostoyevsky's The Idiot

I loved The Idiot

I think that Prince Mishkin is a far better elaborated character than Aliosha from Karamazov Bros.

Lotesse · 08-19-2005, 03:55 PM

I liked Crime and Punishment best of the Dostoyevsky Three -(Crime & Punishment, Brothers Karamazov, Idiot). It was the first Dostoyevsky novel I read, back in eigth grade, and remains my favourite of them.

Just started on "The White Peacock," by D.H. Lawrence.

Mercutio · 08-19-2005, 08:16 PM

"Nectar in a Sieve" it got some book award in the 1950s, and is the chosen book for a "Signet Classics" high school essay contest. It's about an Indian women (India Indian). Anybody read it?

katya · 08-21-2005, 08:50 AM

I read a few pages in English in 10th grade. I liked it alright. That was the one where they were going to make that tannery place thing, right?

Crime and Punishment rocks out, Lotesse. I read it twice. Did you ever see the movie Murder by Numbers?

Gabrielle Day · 08-21-2005, 10:31 PM

I'm reading the Storm Front by Jim Butcher. It's the first in the Dresden Files series. It's pretty good so far...sort of like Harry-Potter-grows-up-to-be-cheap-PI.

Honey Mustard by Yeo Hukyung, which is a super cute new manga.
And hopefully soon Tsubasa vol. 6 which my friend is sending to me.

Yes, quick easy reading before school starts next week.

Mercutio · 08-21-2005, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by katya

I read a few pages in English in 10th grade. I liked it alright. That was the one where they were going to make that tannery place thing, right?

Yes.

***RÃan*** · 08-22-2005, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Fat middle

I loved The Idiot

I think that Prince Mishkin is a far better elaborated character than Aliosha from Karamazov Bros.

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Originally Posted by Lotesse

I liked Crime and Punishment best of the Dostoyevsky Three ...

I liked Bros. K, so I can see I'll have to get these other two!

Still enjoying the Odyssey, and Pensees - the second half of Frankl's book is a little less interesting.

Lief Erikson · 08-22-2005, 08:28 PM

What is "Artemis Fowl" about? What sort of book series is it?

Falagar · 08-23-2005, 07:51 AM

A sort of children's fantasy, about a brilliant boy who discovers that there really are fairies living in sivilized societies beneath the earth and tries to rob them...

Currently reading The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick, very, very good so far.

strider8 · 08-23-2005, 01:56 PM

I'm reading the whole Harry Potter series (the ones that are out)

ofthewind · 08-23-2005, 02:04 PM

i just finished reading My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl.... it's pretty funny though the storyline is highly unusual!

hectorberlioz · 08-23-2005, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat middle

I loved The Idiot

I think that Prince Mishkin is a far better elaborated character than Aliosha from Karamazov Bros.

Definitely a lot of elaboration in that whole book

I really liked it, but Brothers Karamazov is still the best. Even more so than The Possessed.
I have to say, I did NOT expect the novel to end with Myshkin going back into a "profound stupor". That was quite dramatic. Probably the most frightening.

Reading "Jane Eyre" Page 100.

hectorberlioz · 08-23-2005, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Lotesse

I liked Crime and Punishment best of the Dostoyevsky Three -(Crime & Punishment, Brothers Karamazov, Idiot). It was the first Dostoyevsky novel I read, back in eigth grade, and remains my favourite of them.

Just started on "The White Peacock," by D.H. Lawrence.

You really need to read "The Posessed", or sometimes its under the title of "The Devils".

I'm trying to get a copy of Dostoyevsky's "A raw youth", but even Amazon doesnt seem to carry it.

Rosie Gamgee · 08-23-2005, 08:03 PM

Sense and Sensibility ~ Jane Austen

Mercutio · 08-23-2005, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Rosie Gamgee

Sense and Sensibility ~ Jane Austen

exciting

***RÃan*** · 08-24-2005, 08:03 PM

great book! (S&S)

I just finished the Odyssey - a lot different than the Iliad - more fun and lively, but not so moving.

We're leaving for Arizona on Friday for my in-law's 50th anniversary - I'll try to finish Pensees and start on Mr. Dante (finally!) And Mr. Shakespeare is still looking at me from his place next to the computer - I want to read more of his works.

hectorberlioz · 08-25-2005, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RÃ*an

great book! (S&S)

I just finished the Odyssey - a lot different than the Iliad - more fun and lively, but not so moving.

We're leaving for Arizona on Friday for my in-law's 50th anniversary - I'll try to finish Pensees and start on Mr. Dante (finally!) And Mr. Shakespeare is still looking at me from his place next to the computer - I want to read more of his works.

I need to read those guys...I have Four of Shkespeare's plays. I tried Hamlet, but I was reading some Lemony Snicket.

08-17-2005, 07:05 AM	#422
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08-19-2005, 03:55 PM	#425
Lotesse of the House of FÃ«anor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	I liked Crime and Punishment best of the Dostoyevsky Three -(Crime & Punishment, Brothers Karamazov, Idiot). It was the first Dostoyevsky novel I read, back in eigth grade, and remains my favourite of them. Just started on "The White Peacock," by D.H. Lawrence. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	"Nectar in a Sieve" it got some book award in the 1950s, and is the chosen book for a "Signet Classics" high school essay contest. It's about an Indian women (India Indian). Anybody read it? __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

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08-21-2005, 08:50 AM	#427
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I read a few pages in English in 10th grade. I liked it alright. That was the one where they were going to make that tannery place thing, right? Crime and Punishment rocks out, Lotesse. I read it twice. Did you ever see the movie Murder by Numbers?

08-21-2005, 10:31 PM	#428
Gabrielle Day Sapling Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In a constant state of sleep deprivation... Posts: 4	I'm reading the Storm Front by Jim Butcher. It's the first in the Dresden Files series. It's pretty good so far...sort of like Harry-Potter-grows-up-to-be-cheap-PI. Honey Mustard by Yeo Hukyung, which is a super cute new manga. And hopefully soon Tsubasa vol. 6 which my friend is sending to me. Yes, quick easy reading before school starts next week.

08-23-2005, 01:56 PM	#433
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08-23-2005, 08:03 PM	#437
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	Sense and Sensibility ~ Jane Austen __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

08-24-2005, 08:03 PM	#439
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	great book! (S&S) I just finished the Odyssey - a lot different than the Iliad - more fun and lively, but not so moving. We're leaving for Arizona on Friday for my in-law's 50th anniversary - I'll try to finish Pensees and start on Mr. Dante (finally!) And Mr. Shakespeare is still looking at me from his place next to the computer - I want to read more of his works. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva! Last edited by RÃan : 08-24-2005 at 08:05 PM.

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