07-07-2004, 04:24 PM | #1421 |
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Finished "Seabiscuit."
Still in "Bro. K" Started "Monsieur Pamplemous and the Secret Mission" by Michael Bond.
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07-07-2004, 04:38 PM | #1422 |
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Lin, I'm glad you liked it!
I've read 'Istället för Hip Hop', a book full of poetry, by a Swede, Daniel Boyacioglu. Really good at times, really frustrating at times. Thought-provoking.
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07-07-2004, 07:10 PM | #1423 |
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whilst reading hobbit, fotr, ttt &rotk all at the same time
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07-08-2004, 01:23 AM | #1424 |
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Trying to re-start Don Quixote - having trouble getting into it...
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07-08-2004, 09:29 AM | #1425 |
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Am also rereading Johan Tell's England, England - Guiden.
A very funny causerie or book of light articles. |
07-08-2004, 04:23 PM | #1426 |
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Thanks to my job, I have now finished reading the Silmarillion. A fantastic book, as many of you know.
Actually, I loved the first chapters, though many warned me that it'd be hard getting thru the first chapters. He really had imagination, our dear JRR. He was brilliant. I believe that it'd be a lot different reading LotR after reading the Sil, than it was before I'd read it. But I won't start reading LotR immediately. I'll read the Hobbit first.
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very much so And I also started "Greyfriar's Bobby." (Its about a dog in the Scotland Borders).
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07-08-2004, 05:15 PM | #1428 |
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I've recently started Mario Puzo's The Godfather. The first pages are kinda dull, but it's just because it's the inevitable introduction to characters. I'm really looking forward to getting past the introduction! Anyone read it?
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07-09-2004, 05:42 PM | #1429 |
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Today I've read an interesting book about Greenpeace.
I've also started the Hobbit. Seems to differ a lot from the Sil!
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07-09-2004, 10:16 PM | #1430 |
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i just started the nameless day by sara douglass which means it'll be even longer 'til i get to the books i got for my b-day and the other ones i've collected over the past few months (i always figure, "oh, well, this library book you can only have for a month or two, but you have the books you bought forever" so library books get first preference lol
i'm also going to start listening to the sil (*dum dum dum dummmm...* ) on cd in a few days (something to listen to while i mow the lawn ) wish me luck- it'll be the fourth time i've tried reading it i really want to get through it this time...
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07-10-2004, 11:32 AM | #1431 |
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J.R.R. Tolkien - Letters
Got the book last year and didn't want to read it because it's not a "relaxing" book and too big to carry in my school bag. But now I'm reading it at work (during the breaks).
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07-12-2004, 08:06 AM | #1432 |
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I've been re-reading some of the Jennings books since Anthony Buckeridge died. They're funny
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07-13-2004, 12:01 AM | #1433 |
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I'm actually going to read all of the Canterbury Tales. So far I've covered the Prologue, the Knight's Tale, the Miller's Tale, the Reeve's Tale, and the Cook's Tale. It's all so much better when no one is making you read them.
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07-13-2004, 12:35 AM | #1434 |
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"After the Martian Apocalypse" by Mac Tonnies. It's nonfiction. Check it out.
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07-13-2004, 05:21 PM | #1435 |
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I've finished the Hobbit! It was very different from the Sil imo, much easier to read (since it's a children's book, I'm very glad it is ).
I liked it a lot. It's humoristic (sp?) and exciting. Next: a book about mammals. I have to vary the literature I read.
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07-15-2004, 08:39 PM | #1436 |
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I am currently reading The Return of Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse.
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07-15-2004, 09:06 PM | #1437 |
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Now I'm reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (or 2o,ooo Leagues Under the Sea )
My dream has been fulfilled! I have my very own library! And most of the books are classics! I'm very happy now. I'm going to the Teacup Cafe. DRINKS STILL ON ME!!!!!
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I'm reading a book by the Norwegian author Agnar Mykle. I'm reding it in Finnish, but it's original name is Sangen om den Röde Rubin.
It was banned in Finland for a long time (it's written in 1956), but now it's been allowed for some 20 years. This far it's interesting; written in a kind of brave way. I can really recognise myself.
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07-16-2004, 05:02 PM | #1439 |
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Anybody here read "the Decameron"?
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07-18-2004, 04:52 PM | #1440 |
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I've heard about the "Decameron" as the origin of the short story genre. But unfortunately I couldn't find it Can you please tell me the name of the author, Mercutio? Have you read it or are you currently reading it?
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