EPTWhat Are You Reading 2013 - Page 3
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tofucake
Hyrule18943 Posts
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2muchSWAG
76 Posts
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DavoS
United States4605 Posts
On January 16 2013 03:08 bartus88 wrote: I love reading, but I'm fucking terrible at sitting down and actually doing it, I spend too much time glued behind my laptop... That being said, I really want to finish The Divine Comedy sometime soon. Made it halfway through 2 years ago and just stopped reading it for no reason, even though I enjoyed it a lot. Adding a picture to follow the format: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/UzYmb.jpg) I found that halfway through the book, it started padding itself unnecessarily and became absurdly dry | ||
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DavoS
United States4605 Posts
On January 16 2013 03:26 tofucake wrote: Timeline was very good. The movie doesn't exist. It's not like The da Vinci Code Haha yeah, but trying to explain it to someone like my mother is hard when she only reads stuff like the Da Vince code and 50 Shades of Grey | ||
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AngryLlama
United States1227 Posts
 ![[image loading]](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ttlAi9La_mc/T8X6batboSI/AAAAAAAAAsg/eMri1wwvhoY/s1600/9780446697965_388X586.jpg) and recently picked this up myself with an old amazon giftcard ![[image loading]](http://www.fee.org/files/imglib/20121116_economicshirez.jpg) + Murray Rothbard ![[image loading]](http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Ethics-of-Liberty.jpg) | ||
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SpikeStarcraft
Germany2095 Posts
On January 16 2013 03:33 2muchSWAG wrote: I have been the Twilight series and will read the Hunger Games and 50 Shades of Gray series as soon as I am done. I am on the third book in the Twilight series and I can honestly say that this is the best series I have ever read in my entire life. I am so excited to read the Hunger Games and 50 Shades of Gray!~ Haha you must be a girl... all the books i would never touch. Okay hunger games maybe but i have a really hard time reading books after watching the movie or the series. im reading the game of thrones books and i think i would enjoy it much more if i wouldnt know most of it already.. I almost have to force me to read so i can reach new content someday :D | ||
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2muchSWAG
76 Posts
On January 16 2013 03:44 SpikeStarcraft wrote: Haha you must be a girl... all the books i would never touch. Okay hunger games maybe but i have a really hard time reading books after watching the movie or the series. im reading the game of thrones books and i think i would enjoy it much more if i wouldnt know most of it already.. I almost have to force me to read so i can reach new content someday :D Nope, I am a straight male with a girlfriend. I enjoy those books because they have good romantic story lines. | ||
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Introvert
United States4643 Posts
On January 16 2013 03:39 DavoS wrote: I found that halfway through the book, it started padding itself unnecessarily and became absurdly dry  Inferno would be the most popular nowadays, since it has the most "action" but they are all amazing. The politics and names can be hard to deal with at times, but get a version with good notes, it should help. I wouldn't say it is "padding itself." This is a classic for good reason. it is a long read, but entirely worth it. | ||
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tofucake
Hyrule18943 Posts
On January 16 2013 03:45 2muchSWAG wrote: Nope, I am a straight male with a girlfriend. I enjoy those books because they have good romantic story lines. They actually have very creepy and stalkerish romantic storylines. | ||
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farvacola
United States18815 Posts
On January 16 2013 03:56 tofucake wrote: They actually have very creepy and stalkerish romantic storylines. I thought all women enjoy being watched nightly while they sleep and followed around everywhere they go. | ||
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Juggernaut477
United States379 Posts
On January 16 2013 03:44 SpikeStarcraft wrote: Haha you must be a girl... all the books i would never touch. Okay hunger games maybe but i have a really hard time reading books after watching the movie or the series. im reading the game of thrones books and i think i would enjoy it much more if i wouldnt know most of it already.. I almost have to force me to read so i can reach new content someday :D Wait till you get to Clash of Kings, its a lot different then the show and 10x better. | ||
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DavoS
United States4605 Posts
On January 16 2013 04:01 farvacola wrote: I thought all women enjoy being watched nightly while they sleep and followed around everywhere they go. And being rape dolls. If the success of 50 Shades of Grey is any indicator at least | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On January 16 2013 04:01 farvacola wrote: I thought all women enjoy being watched nightly while they sleep and followed around everywhere they go. i know your mom does, at least | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
-Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) Really liked it, strong, crazy, powerful, fantasmatic. -Demons (Dostoïevski) Absolutely brilliant. Both a brilliant and funny satire on russian nihilist in the 1850s (seriously, that Tourgueniev caricature is really hilarious at times) and a dark, moving novel on the temptation of suicide and the silence of God. Nicolas Stavroguine is one of the most impressive character in a novel I've read along with Mme de Merteuil in Les Liaisons dangereuses. Currently reading : Eugénie Grandet (Honoré de Balzac) I'm at page 20, only descriptions so far, but there is already more life in this novel than in most thing I've read so far. Not reading Balzac during all those years seems to have been a mistake ! | ||
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Ctesias
4595 Posts
A Song of Ice and Fire, book 1 and 2. Ivanhoe. Currently reading: The Idiot. Planning to read next: Book 3 and 4 of A Song of Ice and Fire, as soon as they arrive by mail. The Game of Thrones books are great. Been waiting for two months for the third and fourth book to arrive (sidenote: Ecuadorian mailsystem sucks), and just keeping myself busy with other books while I wait. Ivanhoe wasn't good. Pretentious language, awfully slow moving and uninteresting characters. The Idiot is 'alright', but as soon as the books arrive I will give it up - possibly finishing some time later. | ||
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StarVe
Germany13591 Posts
![[image loading]](http://bilder.buecher.de/produkte/36/36070/36070987z.jpg) and a few mediocre crime novels. Nothing too deep, just to distract me a bit. | ||
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farvacola
United States18815 Posts
In related news, I've just finished rereading ![[image loading]](http://wordsforworms.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/lady-chatterleys-lover.jpg) and I must say, your mother does an excellent Lady Chatterly. | ||
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5128AQQP2ML._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg){kind=icon} started this: ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PYGTP3QGL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg){kind=icon} then going to read this: ![[image loading]](http://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/960997.jpg) | ||
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Juggernaut477
United States379 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/eu5os.jpg) Next is book 2 of the Dresden Files, or maybe ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Bd7dJ.jpg) | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
On January 16 2013 04:21 Ctesias wrote: Finished reading (in December 2012, but still): A Song of Ice and Fire, book 1 and 2. Ivanhoe. Currently reading: The Idiot. Planning to read next: Book 3 and 4 of A Song of Ice and Fire, as soon as they arrive by mail. The Game of Thrones books are great. Been waiting for two months for the third and fourth book to arrive (sidenote: Ecuadorian mailsystem sucks), and just keeping myself busy with other books while I wait. Ivanhoe wasn't good. Pretentious language, awfully slow moving and uninteresting characters. The Idiot is 'alright', but as soon as the books arrive I will give it up - possibly finishing some time later. The Idiot is an incredible book Mychkine/Natassya/Aglaïa is an incredibly complicated love triangle, Rogozhin is a fascinating character and Dotoïevski is such a powerful writer... | ||
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