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07-20-2007, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by vader  Do you think reading a story is better than watching the movie? | Always, except in the case of porn. | 
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07-20-2007, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by allvol123
Always, except in the case of porn. | Valid point.
Finevol, learn to quote.
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07-20-2007, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by vader Valid point.
Finevol, learn to quote. | Right after I learn to post pics  | |
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07-20-2007, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by TennTradition I guess that I'll be starting the final Harry Potter tomorrow as well. | Maybe I should consider reading this series. 
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07-20-2007, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by vader Maybe I should consider reading this series. | Don't get sucked in... if you've read one, you've read them all. | |
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07-20-2007, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by vader My proposed reading list. Comments and suggestions welcome:
Count of Monte Cristo - Dumas
Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
A Death in the Family - James Agee
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
Thin Red Line - James Jones
1984 - George Orwell
Animal Farm - George Orwell
The World According to Garp - John Irving
The Cider House Rules - John Irving
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
The James Fenimore Cooper "Leatherstocking Tales"
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
A Man Without a Country - Kurt Vonnegut
A Connecticut Yankee in Kin Authur's Court - Mark Twain
The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S Lewis
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Deliverance - James Dickey
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
The Snows of Kilamanjaro - Ernest Hemingway
Helter Skelter - Vincent Bugliosi
Reclaiming History - Vincent Bugliosi
Blackhawk Down - Mark Bowden | I know some people that swear by Catcher in the Rye. Heart of Darkness can be a very difficult (slow) read. I started it twice in college and put it down both times. Have you read A Brave New World? | |
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07-20-2007, 10:59 AM
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Also, I recommend Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. | |
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07-20-2007, 11:00 AM
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| Currently reading "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo
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07-20-2007, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by duckman398686 Currently reading "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo | Good one.
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07-20-2007, 11:27 AM
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| This is very ironic.. Just got leather hardback of 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' in the mail.. a late birthday gift from a family member. 
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07-20-2007, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Volunteer_Kirby This is very ironic.. Just got leather hardback of 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' in the mail.. a late birthday gift from a family member. | I have that. Problem is I am to lazy to read it.  | |
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07-20-2007, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Fine Vol I have that. Problem is I am to lazy to read it. |
Probably not one of the habits. | |
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07-20-2007, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by rwemyss No Faulkner? | I was trying to decide what to pick of his works and I searched my library's website. They have compilations of his works that have books grouped by time period. I may read them all. They also have a collection of selected short stories of his. Quote: |
Also, I recommend Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.
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Thanks for the recommendations. 
I also added the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I read it in high school, but that has been a while.
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07-20-2007, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Fine Vol I have that. Problem is I am to lazy to read it. | It looks to like a personal development book - Some hand writing activies are included. Did your comes with a half-size notebook called 'Application Supplement', too? Author is Stephen R. Covey. Has anyone read any of his work?
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