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2010 - What are you Reading? - Page 32
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Thoreezhea1
United States532 Posts
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mprs
Canada2933 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ebooks-imgs.connect.com/product/400/000/000/000/000/033/099/400000000000000033099_s4.png) Not really sure what I should read next. This is like my 5th run of BNW since like the 5th grade. Reading this for class as well: ![[image loading]](http://questionmarkmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/austen_emma.gif) BTW here is my Reading list (in no order, Bold = already read, Underline = need to read again) + Show Spoiler + 1) 1984 2) Pride and Prejudice 3) To Kill a Mockingbird 4) Catch-22 5) Lolita 6) Animal Farm 7) Jane Eyre 8) Brave New World 9) Lord of the Flies 10) Ulysses 11) Frankenstein 12) Robinson Crusoe 13) Adentures of Huckleberry Finn 14) Don Quixote 15) The Kite Runner 16) Fahrenheit 451 17) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 18) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 19) Moby Dick 20) As I Lay Dying 21) All the King’s Men 22) Animal Farm 23) Atonement 24) The Blind Assassin 25) Go Tell it on the Mountain 26) Gone With the Wind 27) Invisible Man 28) Watchmen 29) The French Lieutenant’s Woman 30) The Great Gatsby 31) Slaughterhouse Five 32) The Good Soldier 33) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 34) The Sound and the Fury 35) Darkness at Noon 36) Under the Volcano 37) I, Claudius 38) The Golden Bowl 39) A Clash of Kings What do you guys think? Should I add/remove something in particular? I'm only looking after classics. I've read stuff like Harry Potter or DaVinci Code (infact I think thats about it). | ||
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Fyodor
Canada971 Posts
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
I just finished The Magicians by Lev Grossman, and it's a brilliant novel, basically a postmodern adult philosophical reaction to the "real world -> fantasy" genre like Harry Potter and Narnia (it references both of these directly and through very clear copying quite a lot), and despite how I just described it, it's not at all devoid of heart and the plight of the characters gets quite sad in parts. And the guy can write. Now started The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon (gotta explore the artistic contributions of my own city), not sure if I'll get through it, I'm finding it slightly obnoxious so far, despite the fact that I was instantly hooked on the third page when he described walking down an exact piece of sidewalk I used to walk a lot, looking at his reflection in the exact windows I always did, and then chided himself for being a devout narcissist basically exactly like I would. Oh and I made my third attempt at getting through Neuromancer, this time I made it halfway or so before I got bored. The ideas are so much better than the actual writing that it feels like a chore to actually read the meat of it to me. mprs: that's quite a weighty list, I would just know which ones are lighter so if you get bogged down you can turn to those. Namely Catch 22, Hitchhiker's Guide, they are extremely fun books (while still being brilliant worthy reads). Lolita can be fun if you are an extremely literary (I mean beyond just your average "I like to read") person. It's easier to see its brilliance than its fun, which I felt like I was only scraping the edge of when I read it. | ||
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Dagon
Romania264 Posts
On December 07 2010 13:48 mprs wrote: Not really sure what I should read next. This is like my 5th run of BNW since like the 5th grade. Reading this for class as well: BTW here is my Reading list (in no order, Bold = already read, Underline = need to read again) + Show Spoiler + 1) 1984 2) Pride and Prejudice 3) To Kill a Mockingbird 4) Catch-22 5) Lolita 6) Animal Farm 7) Jane Eyre 8) Brave New World 9) Lord of the Flies 10) Ulysses 11) Frankenstein 12) Robinson Crusoe 13) Adentures of Huckleberry Finn 14) Don Quixote 15) The Kite Runner 16) Fahrenheit 451 17) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 18) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 19) Moby Dick 20) As I Lay Dying 21) All the King’s Men 22) Animal Farm 23) Atonement 24) The Blind Assassin 25) Go Tell it on the Mountain 26) Gone With the Wind 27) Invisible Man 28) Watchmen 29) The French Lieutenant’s Woman 30) The Great Gatsby 31) Slaughterhouse Five 32) The Good Soldier 33) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 34) The Sound and the Fury 35) Darkness at Noon 36) Under the Volcano 37) I, Claudius 38) The Golden Bowl 39) A Clash of Kings What do you guys think? Should I add/remove something in particular? I'm only looking after classics. I've read stuff like Harry Potter or DaVinci Code (infact I think thats about it). If you liked Huxley so much, try his "Heaven and Hell" and "The Doors of Perception". They are related and also AMAZING reads.. | ||
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Fleet 9
United States40 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img.listal.com/image/1060041/500full.jpg) Peculiar. ![[image loading]](http://images.ebook68.com/14/bc5663b5-bc36-4037-a505-fe7636b8baec.jpg) FML. | ||
TheEmulator
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ArmyOfPlatypi
United States188 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.maryroach.net/images/books/Stiff-cover.jpg) It's enjoyable but I haven't had the time to actually finish it. ![[image loading]](http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:vgNQoxZJqF5RtM:http://rgr-static1.tangentlabs.co.uk/media/9780679745587/in-cold-blood.jpg&t=1) Reading this for English. ![[image loading]](http://dresdendoll.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/for-one-more-day-1401303277-l.jpg) I plan to start on this on my own time, became a fan of Mitch Albom since The Five People You Meet In Heaven. =D | ||
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hoppipolla
Australia782 Posts
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/v1tmw.jpg) For class. ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/xMlf8.jpg) In my own time. | ||
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D1pstick
United States106 Posts
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/images/a/a6/Kyoukai.jpg) Light Novel Kara no Kyoukai by Kinoko Nasu translated in Chinese | ||
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57 Corvette
Canada5941 Posts
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/JyK0e.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/IZdKu.jpg) This one I am about to read for an individial book project: ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/j3XFI.jpg) | ||
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Lorken
New Zealand804 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Jonoman92
United States9109 Posts
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Storchen
Sweden4385 Posts
![[image loading]](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_srxi_XBZJTE/S-ggbLy7qbI/AAAAAAAABRY/AOajk4wUiAw/s1600/pride+and+prejudice+and+zombies.jpg) It's decent. A better idea than an actual book. | ||
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Blackrobe
United States806 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Under%20the%20Loving%20Care.jpg) Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bfXgajOUL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg){kind=icon} Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! ![[image loading]](http://server40136.uk2net.com/~wpower/images/product_images/9781400112838.jpg) Fool's Gold. | ||
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
On December 12 2010 16:47 Jonoman92 wrote: Just finished reading Dune for the first time, and thought it was pretty good. Two chapters into Dune Messiah now and so far it hasn't grabbed my attention. I'm hoping it'll pick up and I'm definitely going to finish it regardless. Dune sequels overall: not worth it. Just stick with appreciating the original. | ||
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LittLeD
Sweden7973 Posts
Doing it now: ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Thedarktower7.jpg) | ||
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