EPTWhat Are You Reading 2013 - Page 114
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On September 02 2013 07:49 sam!zdat wrote: because the white whale is Capital lol... ..but seriously, its gonna take a lot of explaining for me to buy that. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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farvacola
United States18866 Posts
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Immaterial
Canada510 Posts
Currently reading: The Drawing of the Three (second book of the Dark Tower series) Plan to read: the rest of the Dark Tower series. I'm not completely sold on reading the whole thing after the first book, but it seems like its getting more interesting as it goes. A lot of people I know insist that it's one of the best series of all time, and hopefully it'll live up to that. | ||
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DerSchober
Austria66 Posts
it gets way better after that and i also believe that its one of the best series out there | ||
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Syn Harvest
United States191 Posts
On September 02 2013 08:00 Immaterial wrote: Finished reading: The Gunslinger. Read the foundation series for the second time before that. Right before that I read Food of the Gods which I highly reccomend. Currently reading: The Drawing of the Three (second book of the Dark Tower series) Plan to read: the rest of the Dark Tower series. I'm not completely sold on reading the whole thing after the first book, but it seems like its getting more interesting as it goes. A lot of people I know insist that it's one of the best series of all time, and hopefully it'll live up to that. I wouldn't describe it as the best series of all time or anywhere near it for that matter but it is a cool story arc. That being said personally I struggle with King because I'm not the largest fan of his style of writing. He overdramatizes at times. If you enjoy his style of writing his stories are fantastic though. | ||
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Doppelganger
488 Posts
I added another book to my reading on the war on Terror: Confront and Conceal Obama's secret wars and surprising use of American power by David E. Sanger ![[image loading]](http://www.iranreview.org/file/cms/files/13535210.jpg) | ||
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
On September 02 2013 13:10 DerSchober wrote: ive read it twice and i still dont like the first book it gets way better after that and i also believe that its one of the best series out there For me it was completely the other way round. I really enjoyed the first book with its pseudo-western atmosphere. I was then really disappointed by the rest of the series. I finished it just because I thought the western atmosphere might come back but it didn't. Also + Show Spoiler + Vampires? Androids? Really? That alone could have destroyed the whole series for me. | ||
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KillerSOS
United States4207 Posts
On September 02 2013 23:51 123Gurke wrote: For me it was completely the other way round. I really enjoyed the first book with its pseudo-western atmosphere. I was then really disappointed by the rest of the series. I finished it just because I thought the western atmosphere might come back but it didn't. Also + Show Spoiler + Vampires? Androids? Really? That alone could have destroyed the whole series for me. + Show Spoiler + I think you mean that he wrote himself into the book as the "key" to the universe was what ruined it. | ||
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FaCE_1
Canada6184 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NZ52T14ML._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU02_.jpg){kind=icon} Just went two Romes and I was just amaze by that city. I'm almost half way to it and it's really good. | ||
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HeartOfTheSwarm
Niue585 Posts
On September 01 2013 13:59 SwatRaven wrote: Just finished: ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410JtTsdiUL._SY346_PJlook-inside-v2,TopRight,1,0_SH20_.jpg) Not too sure what to read next. Thought of reading War & Peace but my only copy right now is an abridged copy. What Should I Read Next | ||
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KillerSOS
United States4207 Posts
Neat site, I like Goodreads as well | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
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farvacola
United States18866 Posts
On September 03 2013 08:42 dmnum wrote: finished Heart of Darkness. The language and the ideas were very complex, so I don't feel comfortable giving an opinion yet. I'll re-read it soon. Let us know what you think of the final few pages. I've said it in this thread before, but they are some of my favorite pages in all of literature. | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
On September 03 2013 08:48 farvacola wrote: Let us know what you think of the final few pages. I've said it in this thread before, but they are some of my favorite pages in all of literature. Oh I thought they were good, particularly the second paragraph from the end. But the part I liked the most was when Marlow described the feeling of going up the river, of "going back in time" to a "pre-historic earth". It was beautiful but at the same time it says so much about how people viewed Africa back then. The main problem I had with the book was that it was really ambiguous. Kurtz is a dipshit but Marlow still admires him. The prose was beautiful though. Funny that the two most elaborate english novels I have read prose-wise(Heart of Darkness and Lolita) were written by "foreigners". | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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sam!zdat
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
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