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Post by gavin on Sept 10, 2010 19:37:26 GMT -5
i started lolita recently and i'm already floored by it. the writing is sensational, but the subject matter is terrifying. now and again i catch myself rooting for the narrator, because he's done such an exceptional job of making me forget that what he's doing is predatory and wrong. amazing.
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Post by LCisVL616 on Oct 11, 2010 18:00:18 GMT -5
Today I checked out Go Ask Alice (I read it in the 3rd grade so I'm rereading.), The Last Boleyn (Just grabbed it when I walked by it.), and The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov (It was in the recent returns shelf so I just grabbed it because I couldn't think of books I wanted.).
Should be good.
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Post by gavin on Oct 18, 2010 23:24:49 GMT -5
i'm still trudging through lolita. i haven't finished it yet, so i don't want to start anything new, but the book is honestly breaking my heart and i don't know if i can bear to continue.
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Post by kellygrey16 on Dec 9, 2010 11:18:13 GMT -5
I can't remember the last time I read a book that wasn't for a class. Sad, I know, but I never have time to read when I have to read for all of my classes and study and all that...but now that I'm on winter break, I've decided that I'm going to read, one, if not a few books!
I got "Diet for a New America" which is something that I've wanted to read ever since I started thinking about becoming a vegetarian, so I figure better late than never!
Anyone else have any suggestions for once I finish this one?
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Post by Holly Clarissa Grey on Dec 9, 2010 11:25:25 GMT -5
Kelly, you should read "The Future Homemakers of America" by Laurie Graham if you haven't already.
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Post by LCisVL616 on Dec 9, 2010 17:23:07 GMT -5
Right now I'm reading 1984 for the fourth time. I don't mind this because it's just so good and I seem to find something new to it each time.
Before that I read Frankenstein for the second time. It's such an amazing, tragic story.
Next I'm reading Animal Farm because I just like George Orwell.
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Post by Holly Clarissa Grey on Dec 9, 2010 23:35:02 GMT -5
Frankenstein was amazing!
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Post by LCisVL616 on Dec 10, 2010 1:11:45 GMT -5
Hands down one of my favorite books ever.
I always try to get people to read it.
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Post by sierra on Dec 10, 2010 11:58:16 GMT -5
I'm reading A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs. It's super depressing, it bums me out so bad but I completely love him.
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Post by Holly Clarissa Grey on Dec 11, 2010 10:56:52 GMT -5
I looked it up Sierra it seems interesting I may look into it.
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Post by Megan Grey on Dec 11, 2010 20:13:27 GMT -5
I keep jumping around between Brave New World, Prozac Nation and the Perks of Being A Wallflower. I've read them all before so it makes for good and easy vacation reading.
I want to start The Dark Tower series but there are so many books and I hear that the subject matter is pretty heavy. I'm not sure I have the time to take it on just yet.
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Post by Holly Clarissa Grey on Dec 13, 2010 7:16:39 GMT -5
Dark Tower series is awesome Megan! If you get time you should totally read them.
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Post by sierra on Dec 14, 2010 13:06:55 GMT -5
If I can finish this book I'm going to read Let the Right One In next.
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Post by Kristina Grey on Feb 17, 2011 23:21:59 GMT -5
i just finished reading Howl's Moving Castle and i'm totally in love with it. technically it's a "young teen" book but i still loved it. highly recommended for a quick weekend read
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Post by angelaspring on Feb 17, 2011 23:54:08 GMT -5
I just started, The Stranger Beside Me, book about Ted Bundy. So fascinating.
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