captainofbeef
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Post by captainofbeef on Jan 24, 2008 20:33:07 GMT -5
Tell me how it is when you get it, I have three books to read before I can go get that.
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captainofbeef
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Post by captainofbeef on Jan 28, 2008 9:47:53 GMT -5
The Plot Against America by Phillip Roth and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (for school)
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sacrilegend
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Post by sacrilegend on Jan 28, 2008 10:37:02 GMT -5
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
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mixed
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Post by mixed on Jan 28, 2008 16:11:43 GMT -5
Yeah Beef, I'll let you know how it is (duma key). I can't afford it until next tuesday though, very out of money!
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captainofbeef
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Post by captainofbeef on Feb 18, 2008 21:56:56 GMT -5
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
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Post by captainofbeef on Feb 25, 2008 19:33:25 GMT -5
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
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Post by dontdigonswine on Feb 25, 2008 23:49:25 GMT -5
Also reading Heart of Darkness. Just got done reading The Stranger by Albert Camus, and it might be my new favorite.
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Post by PTAhole on Feb 26, 2008 5:40:01 GMT -5
Re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird for school. Amazing as remembered. I'm looking for something to read on my own. Any suggestions?
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Post by captainofbeef on Feb 26, 2008 12:45:13 GMT -5
^Pick up some Vonnegut or Cormac McCarthy. Very good stuff.
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Post by PTAhole on Feb 26, 2008 13:17:42 GMT -5
I've wanted to check out Slaughterhouse 5 for a long time, so I think I'll take you up on that advice.
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Post by BarrSnacks on Feb 26, 2008 18:35:50 GMT -5
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad I am also reading that. On a side note... ie made me a new avatar (thank you again) when he was bored - check it out. |
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Post by mixed on Mar 6, 2008 13:56:54 GMT -5
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Post by captainofbeef on Mar 6, 2008 20:56:40 GMT -5
Crime and Punishment again...
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Post by dontdigonswine on Mar 8, 2008 1:15:27 GMT -5
1984 by George Orwell
... and it's about freaking time.
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ie
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Post by ie on Mar 9, 2008 3:19:56 GMT -5
1984 by George Orwell ... and it's about freaking time. Required reading for the average white male between the ages of 12-26, cynical toward false hopes provided by your local and national government and angry against "the man." I would fit in this demographic, but I found it way too fucking depressing for its own good. Fahrenheit 451 at least provided some reasoning behind it; 1984 just kind of was, and I can't get behind that. |
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Post by ie on Mar 14, 2008 2:57:48 GMT -5
I've been reading Peter Benchley's Jaws after finding it for a dime earlier this week or last week (they're all kind of blending together in a kind of waiting for the bus kind of thing).
Starting out with reading somewhere about how sharks don't actually go into shallow water, I started reading critically into the book and I'm finding it to be really stale. There's more than one politically incorrect term used, to the point where the whole book is discounting my interest in the movie. Example: "If every house was not rented, there wouldn't be enough work for Amity's blacks..."
It is good that I'm actually reading, but I'm really just reading this as pulp. Maybe a couple scientific words here and there, but on page 35, there still hasn't been anything of real intellectual value.
I'd try to read more of the Divine Comedy, which has been sitting around my room for the past two months, because little I have read of it definitely lives up to my expectations. I guess I just don't have the time for it, as unfortunately I spend too much time at my computer.
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Post by PTAhole on Mar 14, 2008 4:01:27 GMT -5
I never liked Jaws--the book. The movie made the story so much less clinical and more of a human story.
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mixed
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Post by mixed on Mar 14, 2008 14:38:05 GMT -5
The Great Gatsby. A very approachable 'classic'. Very enjoyable and delightfully well described. Wonderful really  |
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Post by ie on Mar 16, 2008 1:01:29 GMT -5
Yeah, Jaws the novel is just too wordy. There's a certain, shall we say, flow to the read that's made it easy enough to read, but I think that's less an achievement on Benchley's part and more of me wanting to just plow through the book. I know some people don't like the Great Gatsby around here, but it was a decent read in high school. Don't remember too much of it, but it wasn't painful for me. I see a few cheap copies of it from time to time, but I think I already have it, and if I don't, I don't need to buy it again. No problem. I still need to get a start on the Divine Comedy, and would probably also read some of Joyce's stream of consciousness. I read up about it maybe five or so years ago and the idea just really stuck with me, so eventually I need to sit down and experience it proper. But until then, working / job-hunting / posting / sleeping. |
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Post by captainofbeef on Mar 31, 2008 16:58:03 GMT -5
Duma Key by Stephen King...
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Post by ie on Apr 1, 2008 23:54:17 GMT -5
Had to return the Divine Comedy a while back so right now I'm not reading any books. I didn't want to put the nail on the coffin on Jaws, so I just let it be.
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Post by captainofbeef on Apr 16, 2008 8:20:47 GMT -5
I have to read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley for English...
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Post by ie on Apr 16, 2008 19:57:10 GMT -5
I have to read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley for English... I hope you enjoy it...? You're probably at the perfect age to read it. If I were to read it, I'd be far too cynical about everything in general to really buy it, but you're still just getting your sense of cynicism toward the world, so you could easily identify with it. ;D |
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Post by captainofbeef on Apr 16, 2008 20:12:30 GMT -5
Yea, I have been looking forward to reading it for awhile. Though I get the feeling that I'm going to prefer 1984.
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Post by captainofbeef on Apr 21, 2008 22:09:34 GMT -5
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy...
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Post by mixed on Apr 28, 2008 7:17:40 GMT -5
Duma key, finally! I meant to read it ages ago but things have been in the way...
Anyway, seems good so far!
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Post by captainofbeef on Apr 28, 2008 7:36:58 GMT -5
^Enjoy that, its fantastic.
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Post by captainofbeef on May 16, 2008 17:11:59 GMT -5
The Boys From Brazil by Ira Levin...
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Post by PTAhole on May 16, 2008 19:39:47 GMT -5
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut- I finally checked this out, and it is amazing. Looking forward to finishing, and (hopfully) discussing it here.
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Post by captainofbeef on May 16, 2008 22:48:45 GMT -5
^Yea, that might be my favorite book of all time. Definitely my favorite Vonnegut...
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