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10th Sep 2009, 11:59 PM	#26
Rabid Mad Poster Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 6,174	Now I'm reading "The Joke," by Milan Kundera and "Franny and Zooey," by J.D. Salinger. I try to read one work of contemporary fiction and one work of classic literature at the same time, but I usually have a toe dipped in at least five or six books at once despite my primary focus being on only two.
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11th Sep 2009, 3:38 PM	#27
minus. Top Secret Researcher Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,593 1 Achievements	Hmm, I can't really decide between "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and Agatha Christie's "They Came to Baghdad". Suggestions? :D
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11th Sep 2009, 4:06 PM	#28
NightmareCandle Mad Poster Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 5,226 Thanks: 16 in 2 Posts 2 Achievements	hasn't read either
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11th Sep 2009, 5:38 PM	#29
PharaohHound Crazy Cat Lady Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,170 Thanks: 12854 in 52 Posts 18 Achievements View My Journal	Why choose? At any rate, Hitchhiker's is AWESOME! Seriously, it's, like, the best book ever.
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11th Sep 2009, 5:57 PM	#30
minus. Top Secret Researcher Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,593 1 Achievements	I'm just so eager to read them both that I don't know which one to begin with But I guess it'll be The Hitchhiker :D
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11th Sep 2009, 6:12 PM

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Originally Posted by meggie272

I know there are some people who love to read in this group so I thought we could have a thread for discussin' what we're reading, having little book rants etc.

I'm reading Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. It's interesting, not as funny as his other ones, kind of philosophical and a little disturbing.

Go for it bookwurms!!

I'm reading Small Gods too! That's just WEIRD.

I've only started with it, but it seems pretty good so far. I couldn't get into Thud!, though, which was a little disappointing.

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11th Sep 2009, 6:17 PM	#32
candiiee Mad Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,747	is still struggling through The Host I'm almost halfway through.
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11th Sep 2009, 6:27 PM	#33
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12th Sep 2009, 9:51 AM	#34
meggie272 Original Poster Scholar Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,049	Lol feefifofum XD I really liked Thud!, but my favourite Discworld has to be Men At Arms.
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12th Sep 2009, 9:58 AM	#35
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12th Sep 2009, 10:11 AM	#36
lethifold Mad Poster Join Date: Nov 1999 Posts: 6,260	Well I just bought "Lolita" and "Perfume: Story of a Murderer" today, and I think I'll start Lolita tonight.
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12th Sep 2009, 1:04 PM	#37
Dreamydre Mad Poster Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,584 Thanks: 1 in 1 Posts 3 Achievements	Right now I'm reading the Time Travelers Wife and afterwards I want to read My Sisters Keeper (:
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12th Sep 2009, 2:20 PM

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"Perfume: Story of a Murderer" today, and I think I'll start Lolita tonight.

Perfume is such a chilling book. It's not my usual cup of tea, but I thoroughly enjoyed it- Grenouille may well be one of the creepiest fictional villains to date.

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12th Sep 2009, 3:22 PM	#39
Dreamydre Mad Poster Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,584 Thanks: 1 in 1 Posts 3 Achievements	uhh does anyone agree the book (My Sister's Keeper) seems better than the movie? I'm not done reading it yet but I hear the ending of the book was changed, Anna was suppose to die. I don't think its fair to the readers to change the ending which pretty much shapes the book right?
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12th Sep 2009, 4:57 PM

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uhh does anyone agree the book (My Sister's Keeper) seems better than the movie? I'm not done reading it yet but I hear the ending of the book was changed, Anna was suppose to die.

I read the book before the movie came out, and I couldn't really appreciate it. It didn't explore the ethics of the situation in a compelling way, it was badly written, and the plot twist at the end seemed illogical and gratuitous.

Er, not to be negative, or anything.

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12th Sep 2009, 7:05 PM

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Well I just bought "Lolita" and "Perfume: Story of a Murderer" today, and I think I'll start Lolita tonight.

My dad did "Perfume" with his class, he really liked it. Said the kids (I call his students that, even though they're the same age as me

) found it interesting. From what he told me of the plot it sounds fairly creepy.

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12th Sep 2009, 7:20 PM	#42
Rabid Mad Poster Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 6,174	It is creepy- it's about a French serial killer who selects his victims (beautiful women) based on scent in order to bottle their essence and create the perfect perfume. It's a great book, though, and a compelling look into the motivations and insecurities of a murderer.
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13th Sep 2009, 12:31 AM	#43
lethifold Mad Poster Join Date: Nov 1999 Posts: 6,260	I've seen the movie of Perfume which is absolutely amazing, and then by chance I came across the book yesterday and immediately snatched it up. Unfortunately instead of beginning to read it yesterday I got distracted by "Lady Chatterley's Lover," by D.H Lawrence.
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13th Sep 2009, 1:02 AM

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uhh does anyone agree the book (My Sister's Keeper) seems better than the movie? I'm not done reading it yet but I hear the ending of the book was changed, Anna was suppose to die. I don't think its fair to the readers to change the ending which pretty much shapes the book right?

I finished reading it almost 1 month ago and I watched the movie after that.. I was like NO!!! THATS NOT WHAT HAPPENED !!!

lol

It's a good book tho... for casual reading . but I fall asleep on the movie *wonders why she always do that !!! *

All and all, no good.

13th Sep 2009, 5:33 PM	#45
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14th Sep 2009, 6:26 AM	#46
flanah Instructor Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 511 Thanks: 1333 in 11 Posts 11 Achievements	Just started reading The Giver by Lois Lowry :O !!! Its very interesting !!
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17th Sep 2009, 10:56 PM	#47
Rabid Mad Poster Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 6,174	"Julian," by Gore Vidal, and "When You Are Engulfed in Flames," by David Sedaris. I love David Sedaris so much... a friend of mine got to meet him after seeing him lecture at Carnegie Hall, and I'm green with envy .
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18th Sep 2009, 12:08 AM	#48
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18th Sep 2009, 10:42 AM	#49
cupcake12winx Alchemist Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,683 Thanks: 65 in 4 Posts 3 Achievements View My Journal	Re-reading New Moon again. And working my way through the second volume of The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith... still. Oh, and Eldest by Christopher Paolini, too.

18th Sep 2009, 12:04 PM	#50
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