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by I'm finally getting my brain some stimulation. I just finished "Big Trouble" by Dave Barry, it only took me like 2 weeks to read, lol. I'm so slow when it comes to books, usually it takes me months to finish a book. Anyway, I just started the DaVinci code last night, seems kinda weird, yet cool... i'll see how it goes
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I just finished Ringworld by Larry Niven. It was pretty good, but the ending is kinda...confusing, and the very conclusion is kind of dumb. But it seems like a "happily ever after" ending...sort of.
should I read it?
yeah, I guess, most of the book is pretty interesting. It doesn't really conclude matters, though, because the focus changes (several times). It definitely wasn't "wow" like Ender's Game was. Some parts are pretty cool. I don't know, I'm sure there are better books out there, but it would be cool to be able to talk to someone about this book. The beginning is much more interesting than the end.
You know what I love? The Awakening by Kate Chopin. That book is so amazing for the time it was written.
is it the same as the movie starring Robin Williams?
and robert diniro?? good movie
yeah, REAL good movie! I loved it.
Yes, I read this as a senior in High School and enjoyed it. I like some short stories along the same feminist lines better. "The Yellow Wallpaper" and..dear I can't think of Chopin's. Hm.
I just finished Pride and Prejudice, how do I love Jane Austen? Let me count the ways!
I can't decide if I'm more in love with Lizzy Bennet or Emma Woodhouse.
Me either...I love them both sooooooo much. I love how they are both completely wrong about everything. That's so me. *side point I hate Mr. Bingley's sister! She is spiteful and horrid!*
I hate her as well. She's awful! I absolutely love Mr. Bennet though, he's such a great dad!
mr bennet totally neglects his girls. the only one he really likes is lizzy. although, with girls like that who could blame him?
Exactly! If Lydia were my daughter I'd either ignore her or kick her out of my house. How disgusting is she? I just like the way he is so amused by everything that his daughters do and doesn't want to stop their foolish behavior because it's too amusing for him.
my father is not like this. he is not amused by mistakes or foolishness.
i ended this book not really likeing mr. or mrs. bennet. but i do like how mr. bennet realizes how he doesn't pay enough attention to his girls and it is his fault for the way they turn out. but those regrets just make me feel so horrible for him.
I love Mr. Bennet just for his comment about Mr. Darcy being great but he thinks he may still like Wickman better..such sarcasm!
I read Digital Fortress by Dan Brown (of The DaVinci Code (which I haven't read)) and it was decent. Very easy reading, and moved pretty fast.
I've just started reading Deception Point by him, and it's the same way, easy to read and fast moving.
his books are all similar. fun reads tho.
i finished the DaVinci code, it was okay... a page turner but it had some innaccuracies in it that bothered me. after that I read Tricky Business by Dave Barry, it was okay. right now i'm reading "The Firm" by John Grisham, i'm about halfway thru it, it's pretty cool so far.
Grisham is awesome my favorite is A Time to Kill but, I also have The Firm, The Testament, and The Pelican Brief. Just started The Testament.
The Partner is my all time favorite Grishy book. It'd be amazing if Tony Scott or Quentin Tarantino directed the movie.
i finished the firm, i thought it was pretty good. I just started the Bretheren, also by john grisham
the bretherern is a little gross at times...but very good
Gross? What? Are you TEN?
well the gay references are kinda nasty
ahhh, ok. it's THAT kinda Bretheren.
OOOh I heard this is good, I almost bought it once but opted for another title.
And THE TESTAMENT is really good ...still not done.
so i just finished the 9 short stories by j.d. salinger. interesting but not reccommeneded.
so my uncle reccommended this series to me. it is all actual roman history but in story form. it is AMAZING!!! the first one is titled the first man in rome. they're all longer books (1,00pgs.) but they are just so good that i speed right through them. and you learn so much from it. and through them you see also relations rome did to its downfall and what u.s. politicians are doing today. then the grass crown. there is three more after this but as of yet i can't tell you about them because i just started the grass crown on sunday and i'm only half way done yet. but i truly do reccommend them.
Sammy just read the 9 stories too! I'm probably gonna read it on the beach next week since I enjoy Salinger.
i gotta finish the grass crown. then i gotta read 1984 but then i wanna read the bourne identity and underboss by sammy garvano
1984 is really good so is underboss.
so i finished underboss. it was good. enjoyable. still didn't read 1984 or things fall apart even though they're due next week.
but i read the bourne identity and bourne supremacy. where did they come up with the movie from?? after reading these. how amazing is the book and how much is the movie so not like the book?? the second one is kinda slow moving and not as much fun to read. maybe the third one will be better.
grass crown. oh my gosh. how amazing it was!!!great ending and so upset that i have to read 1984 before i can read the third one. i have it and it sits on the bar and taunts me.
Things Fall Apart is so good and upsetting to me. I sometimes understand the urges of sociologists and anthropologists..but that won't help this world.
I adore 1984. I wanna get my Brave New World back from Heather to read it on the beach again cause I enjoy that so much. Also, I want my Emma and Forrest Wife (a very easy read about robin hood and maid marian) back from her!
I'm on a binge.
This week I read so far:
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
The Nanny Diaries: A Novel by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That: A Novel by Lisa Glatt
and now I'm reading:
The Collected Stories -- by Grace Paley
next in queue is:
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway is impossible to get into for me right now. So last night, I set it aside and picked up The Alchemist. It was a quick read: a little blasphemous, but intriguing.
any new recommendations? im going to be attending a book club starting in august
we should start a book club here and start with great expectations that no one has read and have specific chapters and dates...
That's an interesting idea. hm.
patrick are you behaving?
i'm serious i haven't read the book, and i'm really trying to behave...
out off all the books, you choose great expectations? why?
I've read it..well..a length abridgement of it.
oh a really great book is princess bride, definitely would read it, anyone else think so?
I just read it the other day, very enjoyable. I read the "good parts" abridgement though and I'm thinking of tackling the real thing.
hehe, there is no real thing. the whole morgenstern thing was just a plot device. and all the author narrative added by gibson is part of the plot device too. it's all just part of "the princess bride".
I know..Forreste just told me this the other day. I was really bummed out but that's soo funny!
hey you know whats good, the princess bride
anyone here read the Secret Garden?................................................................................................................................................................................................. Ok thought so
Princess Bride (the abridged "good parts" version) was enjoyable. I may tackle the original version filled with all its satirical political commentary one day.
I read Joy Luck Club this week, enjoyable enough. I have a Princess Bride for the next few days then I'm gonna need new books.
princess bride...HIGHLY ENJOYABLE
lol, i know you know that's not real
What's not real?
the "unabridged" version. there's no S. Morganstern, there's no unabridged version. It was just something the author made up
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I wanna read Timeline by Michael Crichton... anybody read it? Is it good, i liked the movie.
i'm reading it now. i started it yesterday. and read 160 pages in one day. despite working all day. amazing book. reads VERY quickly
y'know. i used to be a huge michael crichton fan. i've read every one of his books except for the latest two, timeline and prey. they just didn't interest me. i may get back on the MC horse tho. let me know how Timeline is.
yeah. timeline is DEFINITELY worth getting back on the bandwagon for. ditch "Airframe" though. And also "A case of need".
dude prey was REALLY good i liked it, lotta science and math terms... but still pretty interesting... good read, you can borrow mine if you want.
Yeah I've read a few of his books and I've liked most of them though Andromeda strain was defenitly one of my favorites of his.
Mikayla loved it. She raves about it.
okay so i love michael chriton and read all his books but i hated timeline. with a passion. so many people love it but i just thought it was horrible. such bad fiction. save yourself the trouble and don't read it.
are you the person who liked catch 22??? i did not enjoy that one.
come on!!!!that book is amazing!! but i could see how you could not like it. fine. but it was weird i love all michael chriton books but i just do not like timeline at all. my one sister and my mom and i always read his books and they loved it but i just did not.
omg, i LOVE that book...i'm a huge MC fan...and i think Timeline is right up there with the Lost World, it was way better than the movie too
also, i definitely recommend Prey
go outside and read some tree rings, its great and very stimulating
almost as stimulating as the Fernie book collection
soon i shall be king and own the home run record of hank aaron
it will take over a year to do though
I just finished 'The Crucible' by Arthur Miller, I really enjoyed it, it was so good I managed to finish it in like two days despite the Bethel schedule haha. Yeah it had some very good and intense parts, especially between John Proctor and his wife.
Yeah, this summer I fully intend to have like a marathon and see how many books I can read!! so excited! I'm gonna print out a top 100 list and just read them all.
EVERY one says that... I seem to remember a certain sister of mine claiming she would read every book in the library one summer... lemme tell you how that worked out...
But I'm thinking I really need to get around to it sometime before I become a teacher. Like..seriously those people have read a heck-of-a-lot of books!
haha was that me or summer? summer could probably do it if she wanted to.
it was you retard
dude, i read that dave barry book in like 2 hours. you're like a retarded kid moving in slow motion, why dont' you sit yourself down, buy some shorts that aren't orange, and do some reading.
I'm starting to read leviticus now, i'll see how long it takes me.. it's kinda a slow read
I'm thinking about reading Catch 22 soon. anybody read it? good stuff?
i havent read that one in years. i first read it in 4th grade and i think it was a bit much for me then. if you like dark satire-read it. i recently unpacked my books maybe i'll crack open my copy.
i love this book!!! it creacks me up and makes complete sense in my mind. some sketchy parts but not crude but like stories about soliders hanging out at whore houses. but just the overall despair and the way the main character reacts to it and the way the author puts it, this is my favorite novel.
I liked it. I read it when I was 15 or 16 and I remember it being very hard to understand. At that point, I needed to read it with a dictionary in hand. I like books like that, though. The author really has a mastery of language and he can use the perfect words to describe what he wants to say.
i've just started reading it, and it's funny and all, but i'm not really getting into it that much....not like a "put everything else down and just read this book" kind of mode
shouldn't you be reading the abbreviated version of The Winter's Tale so i don't have to explain it to you?
im almost done with The Princess Bride. it's gonna be a one week read for me. i'm really enjoying it.
i loved that book :)
dork! you are supposed to be reading the Count of Monte Cristo even though its dumb at the begining!
im still reading that, anna karrenin, and east of eden. i read like 2 chapters of each a day.
Yeah that book is great!
it depends on the book. if i'm truly into it, it'll take me a day or so, depending on length, but if it's so-so, it'll take me a few weeks. I read the book "a walk to remember" (way before the movie) and it was so good, i finished it in 2 1 hour lunch periods.
a must read, picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde.
Yeah I used to be able to read a 500 page book in a day but that was back before I had anything to do and could just sit down and read for hours on end. Now it takes me about 2 and a half weeks to finish books that long. Of course it also depends on how good the book is. A great book I tend to read faster simply because I get so caught up in it I just can't put it down.
THATS pretty intense. I'm almost the same way. Only I read about 100 or so pages a day, of course, depending on how good the book is.
oh, he wrote the notebook too! haha, i didn't read it...but i thought the movie was good
oscar wilde wrote the notebook?? i did not know that!
no no, i mean the guy who wrote a walk to remember
i guess he likes to torture people with tragicly sad love stories!