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Post by dodz on Jul 12, 2010 18:48:06 GMT -5
i was looking at the early threads in this board from 05 and found this inspiring post I'll read anything Harry Potter/Narnia-ish. =P Series of Unfortunate Events, Harry Potter, Narnia, all that good stuff. All the popular books, in other words. XD
so what are you reading atm/have you just finished reading
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Post by capitan on Jul 12, 2010 18:50:29 GMT -5
 I've been reading it on and off for the past couple of months. I find the internet so distracting that I hardly find time to read any more, which is a shame cause I really like reading  |
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Post by dodz on Jul 12, 2010 18:51:47 GMT -5
haha same, i always have sudden massive bursts of reading and then don't read again for ages and i really like reading too |
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Post by adam on Jul 12, 2010 18:55:20 GMT -5
i'm gonna start reading franny and zooey again. i haven't been able to get through it thus far, but i'll get there... my goal for the summer is to read a book every week, so i have to anyway. btw- my first two books were the first two harry potter books and i read the first series of unfortunate events in my free time at school so that post is still valid lmfao |
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Post by dodz on Jul 12, 2010 19:07:31 GMT -5
i thought maybe you still like the popular books and were into twilight :3
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Post by adam on Jul 12, 2010 19:36:09 GMT -5
i hate twilight lmao
my queue right now is
franny and zooey
adventures of kavalier and clay
nine stories
then idk after that. i need to finish the hp series, now, too.
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Post by capitan on Jul 12, 2010 19:46:07 GMT -5
i hate twilight lmao my queue right now is franny and zooey adventures of kavalier and clay nine stories then idk after that. i need to finish the hp series, now, too. My reading list right now: The Communist Manifesto about 4 Asimov books A few Tom Holts Harry Harrisson's Deathworld series Lawrence Durrell's White Eagles Over Serbia Maybe a couple of George Orwells And there's a few books that I've stuck behind the counter at the Oxfam shop I volunteer at which I should probably stick back on the shelf I'm going to be not finding any time to read for a while  |
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Post by dodz on Jul 13, 2010 4:07:04 GMT -5
oh yeah if we're posting queues:
Sophie's World
Slow Learner (Pynchon's short stories)
Catch 22 (already got about 1/4 of the way through this about a year and a half ago but gonna restart completely since i barely remember any of it and it's funny as shit anyway)
No ID
and stuff i read this year (as in 365 days and not just since jan):
The Shock Doctrine
How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered The World
An Homage to Catalonia
The Crying of Lot (real short, like 110 pages and Pynchon's most "accessible")
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
awww yeaahhh, slow readers unite
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Post by naomi. on Jul 13, 2010 5:42:01 GMT -5
 my bro also gave me shutter island the other day, will get round to reading that at some point too. |
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Post by bellefleur on Jul 15, 2010 17:43:03 GMT -5
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Post by buddy christ loves you on Jul 15, 2010 17:46:09 GMT -5
Still battling through occasional periods of Mein Kampf. Disgusting book, but deeply fascinating. Once I can clear the first half, it apparently gets to more interesting stuff.
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Post by dodz on Jul 15, 2010 18:05:12 GMT -5
Still battling through occasional periods of Mein Kampf. Disgusting book, but deeply fascinating. Once I can clear the first half, it apparently gets to more interesting stuff. I've read about 100 pages of it over different chapters for an essay on Hitler's Foreign policy. It's terribly written and typical right wing, bigoted, racist drivel. And it doesn't get better. |
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Post by buddy christ loves you on Jul 15, 2010 18:10:38 GMT -5
It's terribly written and typical right wing, bigoted, racist drivel. And it doesn't get better. Well, that side of it yeah. But on the second half supposedly really emphasises the totalitarian mentality, and from the aspect of psychology, is fairly interesting. If only I could get through the god awful "autobiography" part. |
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Post by dodz on Jul 15, 2010 18:14:45 GMT -5
I've read more bits from there, too. You're better off studying how it actually panned out rather than his ideology because you'll find that it hardly ever is put in to action. The psychology of the whole history of its short lived rule is definitely interesting, though.
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Post by JeSS on Jul 15, 2010 18:55:23 GMT -5
I've wanted to read Mein Kampf for awhile..
I'm reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. it's pretty good so far. makes me want a Scottish guy..
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I'll read anything Harry Potter/Narnia-ish. =P
