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Post by gilmorefanalways on Nov 19, 2012 20:49:36 GMT -5
 what are you guys currently reading?
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Nov 27, 2012 8:35:04 GMT -5
It's about that time of year again that i start rereading flowers in the attic <3
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Nov 30, 2012 22:29:32 GMT -5
I am just finishing up Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair. I had actually read the second novel in this series first, Lost in a Good Book, but this is the first in the series.
It is set in 1985. Time travel is possible. There is also an invention called the Prose Machine that can insert you into original manuscripts as well as send the characters from them out into the modern day world. And there are terrorists who would hold characters like Jane Eyre hostage, or even change the story in the novels drastically if their demands aren't met.
The hero is a female special ops literary detective named Thursday Next. This is a series that all English majors would love. I give it 3 stars out of four. There are several other novels that follow, and I plan to read them as well.
It's not George R. R. Martin's series of Fire and Ice, but it's much better and wittier than average.
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Post by avp60685 on Dec 1, 2012 8:37:02 GMT -5
I need to start on the Odyssey since I read the Iliad about two months ago
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Post by TheFlashFan on Dec 1, 2012 11:50:13 GMT -5
still the last harry potter book haven't had much time to finsh it after I get done reading unsure what I go to next.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Dec 1, 2012 12:05:56 GMT -5
Hey Marshall nice to see you here. Id like to read the Harry potter books but I haven't found them in store lately  |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Dec 1, 2012 12:06:57 GMT -5
Avp I just downloaded the Iliad on my kindle
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Dec 17, 2012 19:29:58 GMT -5
I am so excited. I just got the brand new biography of my hero Leonard Cohen, entitled Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man by Sylvie Simmons in from our library system. Can't wait to crack it open tonight.
I'm just finishing up a free paperback edition of The Last Days of Krypton by Kevin J. Anderson that I got from the library, which, of course, is about Superman's origin.
Tomorrow I'm off work and going to the Christmas Luncheon for library volunteers for the first time. I've had to work the previous two years. I can't wait. I love my library so much.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Dec 17, 2012 19:50:20 GMT -5
Library volunteers is this a real thing? Can i be one? Hmm im very curious now and moon you must tell mehow that book turns out
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Dec 17, 2012 19:53:20 GMT -5
As soon as i find some extra time i plan on reading the second novel in a series I've been looking for the second book for a long time
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Dec 17, 2012 20:25:24 GMT -5
Library volunteers is this a real thing? Can i be one? Hmm im very curious now and moon you must tell mehow that book turns out Almost all libraries have a volunteer program where you donate your time to help out. In my case I didn't even know I was a volunteer until our library director invited me to the luncheon. I just knew that I'd love to read Halloween and Christmas stories to the kids. And they said, "when can you start?" Well, Leonard Cohen is still alive and making music today, so I'm going to say the book has a happy ending. |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Dec 30, 2012 2:00:06 GMT -5
How is that book moon? I tried once to read a biography about John Nash however the way it started bored me i tried to push through but perhaps i was too tired i remember reading this at night but i have always felt regret at never returning to this novel as i find his story interesting.
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Post by mercurytheatre on Dec 31, 2012 1:15:28 GMT -5
The Empty Copper Sea by John D MacDonald 
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Dec 31, 2012 1:40:08 GMT -5
Timmy good seeing you here , that title sounds interesting and its unique that you used it as your sn i admire that idea
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Post by mercurytheatre on Dec 31, 2012 13:34:46 GMT -5
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Dec 31, 2012 20:36:28 GMT -5
How have you been my friend i rarely see you anymore
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Jan 1, 2013 19:14:41 GMT -5
How is that book moon? I tried once to read a biography about John Nash however the way it started bored me i tried to push through but perhaps i was too tired i remember reading this at night but i have always felt regret at never returning to this novel as i find his story interesting. The Cohen biography is great. I'm really enjoying it a lot, but then I'm a HUGE fan, too. As far as Nash goes, I liked the movie about him, A Beautiful Mind. I've never felt compelled to read a book about him, or any other mathematician, though. But for some reason I just love biographies about physicists. Go figure. |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Jan 3, 2013 23:11:43 GMT -5
i watched the movie in my psychology class and had to buy it, even though I've seen it three times i always feel for him as he sinks deeper and deeper into his illusions |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Jan 3, 2013 23:18:56 GMT -5
One thing i found astounding was, he remained loving alicia even through his sickness. It was such a moving scene near the end of the movie when he stood on stage and said she was all his reasons.beautiful simply beautiful I'm a sap i know lol
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Post by avp60685 on Jan 8, 2013 8:43:08 GMT -5
I am also reading 'A tainted dawn' written by my Aunt who used to attend my church ages ago.
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Jan 8, 2013 9:28:10 GMT -5
Alas, I finished the Leonard Cohen biography. Don't you hate that feeling when you've finished a book you love? I'm now on a book recommended by Entertainment Weekly called Pretty Little Secrets by Sarah Shepard, which is kind of a Young Adult chick-lit novel, and so far so good. I'm enjoying it. It's so popular that I had to wait about 6 weeks to get it from the library. That's how long the waiting list was. |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Jan 9, 2013 1:49:55 GMT -5
That is long moon, for me when i finish a good book i just read it again so that's probably why I've read flowers in the attic well I'm sure its been over 13 times now I've been reading and rereading that ever since freshman year I am currently reading never let me go and there is also a movie of this novel. Its a very strange and different idea but spellbinding all the same i do recommend it |
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Post by avp60685 on Jan 9, 2013 7:08:24 GMT -5
Maybe we can do that book for our next book club reading then Jennifer!
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Jan 9, 2013 21:03:27 GMT -5
Which book avp flowers in the attic or never let me go
I wouldn't mind either
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Post by avp60685 on Jan 10, 2013 8:13:53 GMT -5
Flowers in the Attic! I wouldn't mind rereading it again!
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Jan 11, 2013 4:15:41 GMT -5
that's def a good idea that will def be one suggestion for our next read and of course its gonna get my vote lol it would be great to read it with you guys then i could have someone to discuss it with rather than talking to everyone i encounter and sounding like a crazy person lol
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Post by avp60685 on Jan 11, 2013 8:09:12 GMT -5
I would love to read and discuss it with you Jennifer!
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Post by mercurytheatre on Jan 12, 2013 6:34:37 GMT -5
How have you been my friend i rarely see you anymore I am ok...just been thinking thinking about some deep junk and stuff. How are you?  |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Jan 12, 2013 15:53:41 GMT -5
I am doing fine my friend remember what i sent you in that pm its still true. |
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Post by mercurytheatre on Jan 12, 2013 18:30:35 GMT -5
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what are you guys currently reading?
