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01-17-2013, 09:36 AM
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#591
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Martian Manhunter
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Dela-where??
Posts: 17,934
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bat_collector
I need to read the Great Gatsby. I never had to read this in school.
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Me too!
It's so odd that I didn't read it in school. But then again we were given books to choose from and I guess it just never came around again for me.
Seems stupid I had to read Animal Farm three times and A Seperate Peace twice, but never Gatsby.
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01-17-2013, 10:46 AM
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#592
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Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Lago, Hell
Posts: 1,912
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Originally Posted by Demona
Me too!
It's so odd that I didn't read it in school. But then again we were given books to choose from and I guess it just never came around again for me.
Seems stupid I had to read Animal Farm three times and A Seperate Peace twice, but never Gatsby.
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I had to choose 1984 or Animal Farm. 1984, no hesitation. Never did read Animal Farm.
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01-17-2013, 11:57 AM
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#593
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Galactus
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Farmers Branch
Posts: 30,626
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Read 1984
never read Animal Farm
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01-17-2013, 01:04 PM
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#594
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Scarlet Witch
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Frozen Wasteland
Posts: 7,865
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I've read all of those three, but not in a long time. If I were to rank them I would go
1984
Great Gatsby
Animal Farm
Also read Rise and Fall of the Third Reich mentioned earlier when I was in college but good lord is that long dry reading.
I have never been able to get through War and Peace
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01-17-2013, 04:57 PM
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#595
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Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Lago, Hell
Posts: 1,912
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TNovak
I've read all of those three, but not in a long time. If I were to rank them I would go
1984
Great Gatsby
Animal Farm
Also read Rise and Fall of the Third Reich mentioned earlier when I was in college but good lord is that long dry reading.
I have never been able to get through War and Peace
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I'm a huge world war 2 history buff, so third reich was was like a turkey leg at a carnival.
I read war and peace about every decade or so. I normally enjoy it, but struggled this time. I'll try again later on.
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01-18-2013, 09:46 AM
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#596
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Ghost
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 8,648
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In Cold Blood (1966), by Truman Capote. This is my bedtime reading. It's long overdue, as I've seen all the various movies based on it.
Also listening to a free Librivox audiobook of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899) on the train to and from work.
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01-18-2013, 09:58 AM
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#597
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It's not hard to meet expenses, they're everywhere.
Adamantium Plus Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,918
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pavehawk78
Just finished it yesterday. It was a really long ride and I have to admit I got a little misty eyed reading this one.
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Yeah there were a few great moments that really hit home. To stay spoiler free I will just say when someone came back for someone else it hit me as hard as anything in the series.
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01-18-2013, 03:53 PM
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#598
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Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Lago, Hell
Posts: 1,912
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Babytoxie
In Cold Blood (1966), by Truman Capote. This is my bedtime reading. It's long overdue, as I've seen all the various movies based on it.
Also listening to a free Librivox audiobook of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899) on the train to and from work.
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In cold blood is soo gripping. I couldn't put it down.
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01-18-2013, 04:20 PM
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#599
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Scarlet Witch
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Frozen Wasteland
Posts: 7,865
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Babytoxie
In Cold Blood (1966), by Truman Capote. This is my bedtime reading. It's long overdue, as I've seen all the various movies based on it.
Also listening to a free Librivox audiobook of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899) on the train to and from work.
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I read "Heart of Darkness" years ago after I saw "Appocolypse Now" and just thought it was kind of overrated. I don't know I must have just expected it to be so much better. At least it is a fairly short book.
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01-18-2013, 05:28 PM
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#600
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Omega Red
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Dobbs Ferry, NY
Posts: 9,095
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bat_collector
Read 1984
never read Animal Farm
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I've read Animal Farm a few times...
But never 1984...
Guess it's time to give it a go.
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