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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,242
    OMG, this is funny!

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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    Another book I was interested in reading was Clockwork Orange.
    I cannot be bothered looking up translations from Nadsat to English.

    get ahold of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest too. Loved that book.

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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    catefrances said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    Another book I was interested in reading was Clockwork Orange.
    I cannot be bothered looking up translations from Nadsat to English.

    get ahold of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest too. Loved that book.

    Yeah I have read that not long ago, loved it so much I had to see the movie so I bought it. And I also wrote a song based on the novel/film. I have a demo online :)
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I bought Wuthering Heights yesterday. I have read 50 pages only despite reading for hours on end. It took me a while to understand who is who and relations between characters. Also the Yorkshire dialect is confusing. In addition I have to keep looking up definitions of words online and referring to the notes in the book. So far I am enjoying it but it is not an easy read. I don't know how I will finish it before I head back to university tomorrow week.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    habakkuk chapter 1 and 2...
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,800
    Read some of this on the "throne" today:
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  • bluegrace
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    About to read Marguerite Duras The Lover, a friend of mine lent it to me, so I'd better start reading...
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  • dankind
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  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,956
    Just finished The Great Gatsby (not quite sure what to make of it, still digesting it, I think, lol). Going back to safer territory (for me, lol) with H.G. Wells' The War Of The Worlds.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I bought Wuthering Heights yesterday. I have read 50 pages only despite reading for hours on end. It took me a while to understand who is who and relations between characters. Also the Yorkshire dialect is confusing. In addition I have to keep looking up definitions of words online and referring to the notes in the book. So far I am enjoying it but it is not an easy read. I don't know how I will finish it before I head back to university tomorrow week.

    Might I suggest just reading through the book without looking up definitions and notes and give yourself a chance to absorb the language. You might be surprised with how much you do understand simply by immersing yourself in the language. If there are words you can't figure out, sure make a list of them, mark the spot and look them up when you're finished.

    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • LanaJay
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    The Martian - Andy Weir
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    catefrances said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I bought Wuthering Heights yesterday. I have read 50 pages only despite reading for hours on end. It took me a while to understand who is who and relations between characters. Also the Yorkshire dialect is confusing. In addition I have to keep looking up definitions of words online and referring to the notes in the book. So far I am enjoying it but it is not an easy read. I don't know how I will finish it before I head back to university tomorrow week.

    Might I suggest just reading through the book without looking up definitions and notes and give yourself a chance to absorb the language. You might be surprised with how much you do understand simply by immersing yourself in the language. If there are words you can't figure out, sure make a list of them, mark the spot and look them up when you're finished.

    Thank you for the tip.
    I finished the book the other night.
    Great read. Even though I hated Joseph and most of the characters.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Balzac & The Little Chinese Seamastress. I really am enjoying this one, I'm almost done.
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  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    book of psalms to be precise 37;12-17...
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    edited August 2016
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    catefrances said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I bought Wuthering Heights yesterday. I have read 50 pages only despite reading for hours on end. It took me a while to understand who is who and relations between characters. Also the Yorkshire dialect is confusing. In addition I have to keep looking up definitions of words online and referring to the notes in the book. So far I am enjoying it but it is not an easy read. I don't know how I will finish it before I head back to university tomorrow week.

    Might I suggest just reading through the book without looking up definitions and notes and give yourself a chance to absorb the language. You might be surprised with how much you do understand simply by immersing yourself in the language. If there are words you can't figure out, sure make a list of them, mark the spot and look them up when you're finished.

    Thank you for the tip.
    I finished the book the other night.
    Great read. Even though I hated Joseph and most of the characters.
    lol. yeah the lot of them needed a good slap.


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    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    catefrances said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    catefrances said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I bought Wuthering Heights yesterday. I have read 50 pages only despite reading for hours on end. It took me a while to understand who is who and relations between characters. Also the Yorkshire dialect is confusing. In addition I have to keep looking up definitions of words online and referring to the notes in the book. So far I am enjoying it but it is not an easy read. I don't know how I will finish it before I head back to university tomorrow week.

    Might I suggest just reading through the book without looking up definitions and notes and give yourself a chance to absorb the language. You might be surprised with how much you do understand simply by immersing yourself in the language. If there are words you can't figure out, sure make a list of them, mark the spot and look them up when you're finished.

    Thank you for the tip.
    I finished the book the other night.
    Great read. Even though I hated Joseph and most of the characters.
    lol. yeah the lot of them needed a good slap.



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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    samjam said:

    Balzac & The Little Chinese Seamastress. I really am enjoying this one, I'm almost done.

    I read that one several years ago when it hit the shelves. Excellent book!
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  • Jogill
    Jogill Posts: 4,549
    The gray and guilty sea by Scott William Carter
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  • SD48277
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    I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon.
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