03-01-2003, 05:34 PM | #621 |
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The Firm by John Grisham, once Im done Im going to watch the film!
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03-02-2003, 02:30 PM | #622 |
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I left BoLT2 unfinished and I am now reading The Silmarillion.I'll get back to BoLT when I finish the Sil though...
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03-02-2003, 06:13 PM | #624 |
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Queen of the Valar reading Harry Potter? There's an interesting picture.
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03-03-2003, 02:39 AM | #625 |
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Wuthering Heights and Mere Christianity.
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03-03-2003, 12:14 PM | #626 |
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I finally found Douglas Adam's The Ultimate Hitchhicker's Guide. I've been curious to read it for a while but I couldn't find it for sale anywhere. Now I'm glad I'm reading it because it's so wacky.
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03-04-2003, 01:18 AM | #627 |
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The Bumblebee Flies Anyway by Robert Cormier
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03-05-2003, 01:57 AM | #628 |
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I just finished No Place Like Home by Gary Younge. It's an account of a black Englishman's experiences in the American South (where I'm from), and the very complicated differences and similarities between the black experience in America and England. Fascinating stuff. Also just finished Alex Robinson's graphic novel Box Office Poison, which I understand the Comics Journal hated, but I couldn't put it down. I've just started Stephen Pinker's The Language Instinct, which is supposed to be a real landmark in linguistics. I also just reread for like the millionth time Lennon Remembers, which is the complete transcript of the interview John Lennon gave to Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner in I think 1971. It's absolutely one of my favorite books ever. John Lennon is God.
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03-05-2003, 04:40 AM | #629 |
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Next you'll be saying the Beatles are bigger than Jesus.
I'm reading The Letters of JRR Tolkien, at last. I have been waiting sooo long to read it again. And I've got The Return of the Shadow waiting to be read as well.
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03-06-2003, 02:23 AM | #630 |
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Not the Beatles, Cassiopeia: just John Lennon . Tolkien's letters include some fascinating material, especially the one where he goes into his personal philosophy/intentions regarding what elves and the rings represent (not "allegorically" of course).
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03-06-2003, 08:25 AM | #631 | |
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03-06-2003, 12:33 PM | #632 |
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Return of the Shadow is one of them History of Middle Earth volumes, I think.
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03-06-2003, 03:08 PM | #633 |
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I’ve given up reading fiction for Lent, so I’m reading mainly CS Lewis instead - “Reflections on the Psalms” is next on my list. Going to get it from the library tomorrow.
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03-06-2003, 05:27 PM | #634 |
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I've just finished reading Moorstones by Cole and it was brilliant. Was a book I read in my early teens and I couldn't get passed chapter six because it was too scary but now I've finished it (after years of searching for a copy) and I feel very accomplished. Now moved on to Elidor by Garner because I remember the TV series and want to read the original work. Only a few pages into it at the mo though. Mx
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03-07-2003, 12:28 AM | #635 | |
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03-07-2003, 02:00 AM | #636 |
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I've just finished re-reading The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay (Coney our convo sparked that) so now I've started The Third Twin by Ken Follet. So far it is ok, I haven't really got into it yet, so I have not yet reached the juicy parts.
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03-07-2003, 02:53 AM | #637 |
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the bumblebee flies anyway by robert cormier
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03-08-2003, 12:13 PM | #638 |
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Right now I'm reading a book called Tangerine.
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03-08-2003, 02:35 PM | #639 |
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American Gods by Neil Gaiman. EG WOULD be pleased.
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03-08-2003, 02:39 PM | #640 | |
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