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06-06-2007, 10:11 AM
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Re: What does everyone read?
Of the books I have actually read, which have mostly been for school-related stuff, The Catcher in the Rye is the one that really stands out in my mind as the most memorable book.
I actually took a Shakespeare class in college to fulfill my literary course requirement, and I really dug some of that stuff. Henry VIII, The Taming of the Shrew, and MacBeth were excellent. I also liked One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Lord of the Flies a lot. And then there were kids books, there was an author named Matt Christopher who wrote a book about just about every sport there was. I LOVED "The Kid Who Only Hit Homeruns." You can imagine what it was about. There was a kid, and all he did was hit homeruns. He was my hero in 4th grade! An author I really hate? Nathaniel Hawthorne. When I read The Scarlet Letter, I was getting so pissed at how thick his verbage was. I had a hard time wading through his diction.
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06-06-2007, 11:41 AM
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06-06-2007, 06:12 PM
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Re: What does everyone read?
Last few books I've read:
Witness by Whittaker Chambers Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck The Global Village by Marshall McLuhan (not as good as Understanding Media but it does contain some good bits. I think it was mostly written by a collaborator of his after he died) Goodbye To All That by Robert Graves (which was assigned in college circa 1990 and never opened until last month)
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06-06-2007, 11:37 AM
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Re: What does everyone read?
Yeah, but I read Choke about 5 years ago and I have trouble remembering it now. I've been thinking about re-reading all of his books.
Fight Club was my favorite but I also really liked Diary.
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06-06-2007, 11:50 AM
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I like Chuck's books but they are kind of hard to follow at times. |
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06-06-2007, 12:04 PM
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It's not like his other books because he works in a bunch of his short stories, but they are supposed to be written by the characters in the book itself. There are also a ton of main characters, who all use pseudonyms, so that's hard to keep track of. Maybe I'll give that one another shot because I don't have anything else to read right now.
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06-06-2007, 06:23 PM
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06-06-2007, 06:57 PM
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Re: What does everyone read?
Lonesome Dove was a huge deal when it was on. Robert Duvall's performance is among the greatest of all time. I love it when he says to Robert Urich?, "He's going to find a tree to hang you from, son." Masterful.
Everybody I knew, and I mean EVERYBODY was watching that show.
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06-06-2007, 07:07 PM
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If you want to read something really gross by him read the first story, 'Testy Festy' in his collection "Stranger Than Fiction." The worst part is that it, and everything else in the book, is a true story.
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06-06-2007, 10:21 PM
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Re: What does everyone read?
I will admit I am totally into the Harry Potter series. Can't wait for book 7.
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06-06-2007, 01:51 PM
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Re: What does everyone read?
I read everything by Richard Laymon, he's a horror writer, like the only author I've gotten into, kinda funny though there's always sex in his books and it's usually graphic, but at least I'm reading ha ha
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06-06-2007, 01:53 PM
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Re: What does everyone read?
The Joy of S*x. Great read... lol
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06-06-2007, 03:11 PM
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I mean really, Hess, who reads about having sex? |
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06-06-2007, 03:55 PM
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06-06-2007, 03:58 PM
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