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  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    Newch91 wrote:
    "The Picture of Dorian Gray" for my Brit Lit 2 class. I didn't finish it during the break. At least I started it.

    I was disappointed with this book. I wasnt expecting a shock story cause of its time period but i was expecting a fleshed out story and so much of this story is vague to the point of not even being a story. self-censorship to a level of boredom.
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  • Aga81
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    Interview with Adam Nergal Darski from Behemoth - great one...
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  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    finished up Under the Dome yesterday morning... :thumbup:

    I'm on a SK kick so I think I'm going to read Thinner next...
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Starting Pride and Prejudice today.

    The last few I've read have been:
    "In the heart of the sea: The tragedy of the whaleship Essex"
    "Life of Pi"
    "The Big Sky"
    "All Quiet on the Western Front"
    "Fall of Giants"
    "A thousand splendid suns"
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Newch91 wrote:
    "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy for my World Lit class. During the first class on Tuesday, I didn't know if I was enrolled in a History class or an English class.

    The God of Small Things is devastating and beautiful. I would love to read that book again for the first time, even though I felt completely destroyed at the end of it.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    afroannnie wrote:
    finished up Under the Dome yesterday morning... :thumbup:

    I'm on a SK kick so I think I'm going to read Thinner next...

    Um, Thinner isn't a Stephen King book. It's by Richard Bachman. Next thing you know, you're going to claim Eddie Vedder is the same as that Jerome Turner guy. :fp:

    :P

    I was on a Stephen King kick for a while, too, but I think I'm going to slow it down and try a couple classics I own but have never read. I think I want to hit up Breakfast at Tiffany's, Frenzy or Casino Royal next ...
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    dankind wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy for my World Lit class. During the first class on Tuesday, I didn't know if I was enrolled in a History class or an English class.

    The God of Small Things is devastating and beautiful. I would love to read that book again for the first time, even though I felt completely destroyed at the end of it.
    I have no idea what is going on in the book and it keeps putting me to sleep.
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  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    gunter1976 wrote:
    I think I will be rereading some work by my favourite author. After Dark, by Haruki Murakami

    Have you ever read 1Q84? It's on my list of books to pick up, as what I've read about it sounds interesting. But I've never read any of his other works. Thoughts?
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  • Newch91
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    Forgot to mention two more books I'm reading now for my third English class:

    Wallace Stevens: Collected Poetry and Prose and Wallace Stevens: Words Chosen Out of Desire by Helen Vendler. Makes me happy one of the greatest 20th century poets lived in Connecticut.
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Newch91 wrote:
    dankind wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy for my World Lit class. During the first class on Tuesday, I didn't know if I was enrolled in a History class or an English class.

    The God of Small Things is devastating and beautiful. I would love to read that book again for the first time, even though I felt completely destroyed at the end of it.
    I have no idea what is going on in the book and it keeps putting me to sleep.
    It has a language all its own, but as soon as you get into the rhythm of it, it's like a language you've known your whole life. Or at least that was my experience. Give it time.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,801
    know1 wrote:
    "In the heart of the sea: The tragedy of the whaleship Essex"

    Read that when it came out...I liked it very much. Bought his book The Last Stand on Custer & Sitting Bull - it is currently in the giant stack of books to read.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Starting St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell.

    It's her first collection of short stories. I loved Swamplandia! and couldn't wait for her new collection of short stories to come out, so I bought this one.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • vant0037
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    Awesome book so far.
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  • youngster
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    Bruce

    About 1/3 of the way through it and it has so much stuff I never knew about Springsteen and his early days. Just getting into when he met Jon Landau and the ideas he had for the Born to Run album. Good stuff!
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    youngster wrote:
    Bruce

    About 1/3 of the way through it and it has so much stuff I never knew about Springsteen and his early days. Just getting into when he met Jon Landau and the ideas he had for the Born to Run album. Good stuff!
    :thumbup: Love that book so much. Gets better and better.
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  • xavier mcdaniel
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  • gunter1976
    gunter1976 Posts: 587
    kw18 wrote:
    gunter1976 wrote:
    I think I will be rereading some work by my favourite author. After Dark, by Haruki Murakami

    Have you ever read 1Q84? It's on my list of books to pick up, as what I've read about it sounds interesting. But I've never read any of his other works. Thoughts?

    I did read 1Q84 and although there is definitely some great writing to be found, overall I do not consider this one of his best works. I found it rather far-fetched and too much "out there" at times.

    If you have never read anything by Murakami, I would suggest you start out with something more subtle, a book that features some but not too much of the surreal twists and turns that generally characterize vintage Murakami.

    In this regard I suggest you pick up After Dark, a short novel that I am currently rereading myself, or works such as Sputnik Sweetheart, Dance Dance Dance, or Norwegian Wood.

    I trust you will not be disappointed.
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  • RKCNDY
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  • gunter1976
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