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Post by nijil-xnv on Dec 5, 2011 21:46:07 GMT -6
What's the most recent book you've read (non Phantom related) or that you're currently reading?
I've just finished Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light by Vanessa Vega. It's a memoir about her struggle with depression and self-injury. It was a very interesting book.
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leonore
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Post by leonore on Dec 5, 2011 22:27:20 GMT -6
On a long term basis I'm reading Doctor Zhivago, but I'm finding that I have less and less time available to read.  From what I have read, though, it's really wonderful. It focuses on the Bolshevik Revolution and the life of a poet, Zhivago, as it unfolds around him. And Patulya Antipov/Strelnikov might be one of the most interesting characters I've ever read in any book, period. On a short term basis, "The Yellow Wallpaper," a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It's absolutely chilling. |
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Post by muirin007 on Dec 6, 2011 1:03:50 GMT -6
On a long term basis I'm reading Doctor Zhivago, but I'm finding that I have less and less time available to read. From what I have read, though, it's really wonderful. It focuses on the Bolshevik Revolution and the life of a poet, Zhivago, as it unfolds around him. And Patulya Antipov/Strelnikov might be one of the most interesting characters I've ever read in any book, period. On a short term basis, "The Yellow Wallpaper," a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It's absolutely chilling. I LOVE "The Yellow Wallpaper!" Oh, my gosh, I'm so glad you said that! It's unbelievably creepy. So of course, I thought it was brilliant.  |
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Post by asianorange on Dec 6, 2011 3:06:26 GMT -6
I've been reading Stacy Schiff's biography on Cleopatra. It's been pretty good so far but I haven't gotten that far into it. I love history! |
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Post by briggspower on Dec 6, 2011 9:15:20 GMT -6
I've just finished "The Monk" by Matthew Lewis! Well, what can I say? Rape, blood, pregnant nuns, ghosts, castles, demons...A Gothic Novel And I've finished "Memoirs of a Geisha" too! I loved that book, and I'm very curious to see the movie! Right now, I'm reading "Dead souls" by Gogol, which I shall surely adore <3 |
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Post by nijil-xnv on Dec 6, 2011 9:30:28 GMT -6
My long term read is "Les Miserables" by of course, Victor Hugo. Long term because not only is the book big enough to be used as a weapon, but often times I find myself wondering what exactly Hugo was writing about. There is a section in the book I swear was another story Hugo was writing and it just got shuffled in his Les Mis manuscript so he lost it and his editor never noticed because there was so much going on in the story anyway, who cares if this part doesn't make sense?
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Post by The-Savage-Nymph on Dec 6, 2011 10:12:56 GMT -6
I just finished re-reading "Labyrinth" the novel based on the movie with David Bowie.
XD And before that I read The Silmarillion. Funny kind of taste, really XD
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Post by nessundorma345 on Dec 8, 2011 7:28:21 GMT -6
Great Expectations. I love Dickens, and this is one of his best works for sure also loving a christmas carol, which we're reading for school. I'm reading like 5 different books for school now (but they're all pretty good) |
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Post by nijil-xnv on Dec 14, 2011 17:11:38 GMT -6
My friend from New York recently sent me a copy of Please Understand Me II by David Keirsky (I think that's his name, not having the book in my hands at this very moment I am questioning my spelling) and it's great. My brothers and I spent some time laughing about how spot on the personalties are.
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Post by The-Savage-Nymph on Dec 14, 2011 23:42:06 GMT -6
Right now I am reading 'Duma Key' by Stephen King ^.^
(Can somebody tell me why they always change the Title in Germany? It's 'Wahn' here, which means delusion...)
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Post by nijil-xnv on Dec 16, 2011 18:43:10 GMT -6
I'm afraid I can't answer that one for you.
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Post by salierisantfarm on Mar 5, 2012 11:54:56 GMT -6
I've just finished "The Monk" by Matthew Lewis! Well, what can I say? Rape, blood, pregnant nuns, ghosts, castles, demons...A Gothic Novel And I've finished "Memoirs of a Geisha" too! I loved that book, and I'm very curious to see the movie! Right now, I'm reading "Dead souls" by Gogol, which I shall surely adore <3 ...........pregnant NUNS??? I'm reading "Crime and Punishment." It's uncomfortable. |
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Post by nijil-xnv on Mar 5, 2012 23:43:02 GMT -6
The Loop - Nicholas Evans. It's pretty good thus fair. Still haven't finished the other published Phan-fiction I've been working on. It got boring. So that tells you something, haha.
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Post by asianorange on Mar 6, 2012 12:57:29 GMT -6
I'm reading...The Complete Sherlock Holmes! I'm on the Sign of Four and I really love it so far!
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Post by The-Savage-Nymph on Mar 6, 2012 13:33:56 GMT -6
I'm reading...The Complete Sherlock Holmes! I'm on the Sign of Four and I really love it so far! Ah, Sherlock Holmes. Wonderful! I read the complete works too. Nothing better. |
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From what I have read, though, it's really wonderful. It focuses on the Bolshevik Revolution and the life of a poet, Zhivago, as it unfolds around him. And Patulya Antipov/Strelnikov might be one of the most interesting characters I've ever read in any book, period. 
