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this is the final cut
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I'ma gonna blow you out of the water.
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The most outrageous character, though, is a green-bearded dwarf who wants to become a druid (or a "doo-dad" he calls himself). In fact, he's more druid than he is dward. That's not all; his weapon of choice is a tree trunk with a grip for maximum combat efficiency.
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I'd like to read them at some point, but right now I've got so much I wanna read it's probably gonna take forever. Anyway, I got two books besides me; The Confessions Of Brother Haluin by Ellis Peters and The Last Pope by Luis Miguel Rocha
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I have to read this over winter break, is it really good?
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I have to read this over winter break, is it really good?
For an average person, it's actually quite good.
But, considering your reading level, no...it isn't
Oh boy oh boy oh boy!
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I have to read this over winter break, is it really good?
For an average person, it's actually quite good.
But, considering your reading level, no...it isn't
Oh poopy, I guess I better sparknotes it.
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GANTALITY!
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English did this to me too. It made me hate poetry for such a long time but only because the other people's views were all wrong and one fluffy haired tit in my class would always answer with his view, almost jumping out his seat wanting to be picked, tardtastic.
I am going to throw out anything by Germaine Greer, it WILL get some emotions and feelings flowing.
"So apparently P/I fan + Insecurity + airheadedness + strange kinks + bad grasp of reality + over eagerness = bad user........." D= /D\
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I have to read this over winter break, is it really good?
It's one of my favourite books all-time.
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Oh and I bought "Pet Sematary" by Stephen King for 3€ at a little sale at the university in Kassel two days ago. Didn't start to read it yet but I'll start on Monday.
My sister might buy "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman for me as a birthday present. I know that it is just a children's book but I quite like the other stuff Gaiman has written, so why not give it a try.
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I have to read this over winter break, is it really good?
It's one of my favourite books all-time.
I have to agree- Dorian Gray is a fantastic book.
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So long, in fact, that all of my signatures now exist behind a paywall.
Bummer.
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My favourite book is Icefire by Chris D'Lacey, because I'm a little kid at heart. :D
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"The Great Gatsby", after seeing it second on "Top 100 novels of all time" and after suggestions in this thread.
And "To Kill a Mockingbird" simply because I like this genre.
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Stephen King's novel The Liar makes me laugh. <3
So did NightLight the twilight parody.
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I started writing a response in your Grisham thread, but I guess it got closed while I was typing. :(
I wanted to recommend The Client, as it was my favorite from a whole Grisham binge I just got through.
Right now, I'm crazy about Jodi Picoult. I finished "Vanishing Acts" a little while ago, and just got started on "Plain Truth." She seems to write a lot of lawyers, too, but they seem less pulpy than Grisham.
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, by Richard Feynman: Non-fiction. The adventures of a man who, besides reinventing the way we think about particle physics, also cracked safes at the test site of the first atomic bomb, gambled with card sharks, and helped expose the cause of the Challenger space shuttle disaster.
Freeman Dyson described him as "half-genius and half-buffoon"; years later, he corrected himself. "[Feynman] is all genius and all buffoon."
The Thirteen Clocks, by James Thurber: My favorite children's book, and, like the best children's books, it's smart, wise, and a little sad. Easily the greatest fantasy I've ever read, and extremely quotable:
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Dorian Gray?
But, considering your reading level, no...it isn't
I disagree. If you find a piece of tough vocab, look it up. Otherwise, the sentence structure isn't too convoluted, Wilde is wonderfully readable, and the book is just delightful. I think this idea of 'reading levels' is one of the many ways in which modern schools have lowered the standard of literacy to a bare minimum.
The way to become a better reader is to read stuff above your reading level, not at it.
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EVERYONE.
Or Bertie Wooster'll go all Attila the Hun on you and mess up your life.
Bertie Wooster going Attila isn't that scary. Aunt Agatha, on the other hand... brr...
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My favorite book series is Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey; it has its flaws, I'm aware, but McCaffrey's worldbuilding skills are incredible. She managed to create a fascinating and believable world with Pern, and I especially love how her dragons have their own distinct personalities. I also started reading Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea Cycle last summer, and I really need to get back to it. It's a great story with something that I think most high fantasies lack: realistic, "human" characters. In that genre most characters fall into either the "black" or "white" morality, but in Earthsea everyone is a shade of gray. This is a lesser known series, but I also love Catherynne Valente's The Orphan's Tales. It's a very well-written lyrical fantasy.
Right now, books for class aside, I'm rereading Battle Royale. It's a classic.
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Finished AF for the third time on Old Year's night, and I'm just finishing off Dirk Gently. I'll read Gatsby after I buy and read:
Who on Earth is Tom Baker?, The Salmon of Doubt, possibly Last Chance to See and The Long, Dark Tea-Time of Soul.
The reason I'm delaying Gatsby so much is because a friend of mine wanted me to read it months ago. And I feel like being spiteful to annoy him.
Oh, and Dirk Gently's really, really good, like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. And yes, I like Douglas Adams books, ok? (Though TB's autobiography Who On Earth? seems really cool, and he's my fave actor.)
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I read Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It wasn't what I expected but it was okay. I kept reading Lanyon as Layton.
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I read Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It wasn't what I expected but it was okay. I kept reading Lanyon as Layton.
Ooh, I plan on reading Dracula and Strange Case. Are they any good?
And anyone know if Gatsby's good?
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I've heard some good things about Gatsby though I've never read the book. I couldn't see it in the college liabrary. I'm pretty shocked about the lack of Stephen King they have at the college liabrary.
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I read Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It wasn't what I expected but it was okay. I kept reading Lanyon as Layton.
Vampirates, Harry Potter and Dracula? Ooh, nice. I love them.
I've just finished reading To Kill A Mockingbird, and omfg it's one of the best books ever. <3
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I've just finished reading To Kill A Mockingbird, and omfg it's one of the best books ever. <3
Me too.
I love Vampirates, I'm excited for the new one. <3
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I shipped Darcy and Jez together as well, for some reason, even before they'd met. XD☆KrazyKaro and Romeo's Daughter☆
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I love his books! His short stories are amazing too. I absolutely adore The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.
Recently, I've gotten into Kevin Brooks' books. I just read Black Rabbit Summer, Being and Killing God. That man is amazing.
Oh boy oh boy oh boy!
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Life's a Happy Song when there's someone by your side to sing along!
This is my Path, my Dream, my Choice
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A Time to Kill is really good! Man, I piked up a few tricks from that book. Runaway Jury, definitely a good one. I found it a little dry at first but once I got into it, man, I could not put it down!
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The Host by Stephanie Meyer was and is still one of my favorites. And if you haven't read it, don't bash it because it's made by the same person who wrote Twilight. I (mostly) hated Twilight's guts, yet even though The Host is sci-fi (I hate sci-fi stuff) and a cheesy romance novel (hate those too), I still loved the storyline, the characters, and the whole idea behind it. And it's really well written, considering that it kinda looks at the point of view of two characters at once.
The Mysterious Benedict Society is MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOK EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Despite having a Gary Stu-ish main character and a slow pace, it is very hard to put the book down. I had to read it in class, but I kept reading FAAAR ahead of the class, and even took it home with me to read it again. It was such a good book, I read as much as the class did in two months in only an hour or two. XD It's basically about 4 children who are either orphans or have ran away from home, including a bald-headed brainiac who can memorize anything, a natural leader and puzzle-solving master, a girl who carries around her bucket of tools and can do practically anything with or without them, and a short, growchy, annoying girl who seems practically useless, yet is the most important and astounding character in the entire book, joining this society to try to stop secret messages being transmitted through TVs, radios, cellphones, etc. from an institution on Nomansen Island [or something like that] which are being used to manipulate people's thoughts. It's hard to describe. Just... READ IT.
I can't think of any more at the moment... XP I'll probably post some more when I remember them.
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