What Book Are You Currently Reading?

#1351 je suis prest

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Posted 22 December 2006 - 05:08 PM

i'm currently reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind. Planning on finishing it before the movie comes out in 5 days lol :]

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Posted 22 December 2006 - 05:47 PM

Alice In Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll.
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte.

Both are for English. ;p

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Posted 22 December 2006 - 10:01 PM

just finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
nooooo dumbledore

now currently reading:
The Odyssey - Homer (for english class)
The Bride Stripped Bare - Anonymous

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#1354 miss sweetie

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Posted 22 December 2006 - 10:16 PM

^-- Odyssey is such a good book but everyone around me seems to hate it. =/

I just finished well not really finished but I'm supposed to be finished (for class of course

) "The Great Gatsby". My friend who never reads for school, actually read this book and was talking about how good it is and plus she hates books.

and seriously it is a good book.

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Posted 23 December 2006 - 05:31 AM

QUOTE(mellybean @ Dec 16 2006, 04:22 PM)

just finished ender's game from orson scott card...
very, very, very, very, very good.

picked it up from the library's used book section for 30 cents.
best 30 cents i spent so far.

i don't usually read sci-fi books, but if i had to describe it, i guess you might call it the star trek version of harry potter. card has a really great imagination, and you really get sucked into this world he's created. it's very readable...you can finish many pages in a short time...
the characterization of ender is really moving. i <3 ender. he really broke my heart. give it a go!

30 cents?? T___T Definitely the best 30 cents spent. Haha.

I read that book back in junior high and truthfully I FAINTLY remember what it's about now...only that there was an unseen twist at the end. But what I DO remember is how much I loved it (and the author's confusing name...I kept saying card-scott)! It was fantastic and a surprisingly easy read for such a good book.

Personally I am currently devouring a fantastic little book called "On Giant's Shoulders". I've been meaning to read it since I flicked through a few pages while at the library a few years ago but never got around to it. Finally I snatched it up at the bookshop the other day and all I can say is that I'm disappointed I didn't read it earlier. It's so interesting and jam-packed with humourous details about the world of science. It's books like this that make me feel like picking up the nearest chemistry textbook to read for fun.

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Posted 23 December 2006 - 05:44 AM

QUOTE(miss sweetie @ Dec 22 2006, 11:16 PM)

^-- Odyssey is such a good book but everyone around me seems to hate it. =/

I loved "The Odyssey". I read it in high school and then again last year and it's really good. I prefer it over "The Illiad".

Still reading "The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie"; it's still not that great, especially compared to "The Year of Secret Assignments" but Bindy has some very interestings musings.

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Posted 23 December 2006 - 09:15 AM

i'm reading "the devil wears prada"

i havent seen the movie so i dunno how different it is from the book..the book is really fun to read though~ ^^

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Posted 23 December 2006 - 10:33 AM

i'm currently reading Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. I loved the book The Giver, so I was super excited when I saw that she had sort of a sequelish book to it.

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Posted 23 December 2006 - 01:59 PM

I am currently reading Snowfalling on Cedars. It really good so far. Kinda hard to follow with so many character.

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Posted 23 December 2006 - 04:28 PM

I'm reading David Copperfield by Charles Dickens... It's really good!

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Posted 23 December 2006 - 05:57 PM

metamorphosis by kafka.

and i just finished garlics and sapphires by ruth reichl for ap english.

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Posted 23 December 2006 - 06:46 PM

Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk

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Posted 23 December 2006 - 06:57 PM

QUOTE(DreamDweller @ Oct 10 2005, 05:32 PM)

Right now, I'm reading Anne Rice book, The Vampire Armand.

i checked out that book too!! really nice. damn is Armand a hottie~~

anyways!!

in honor of Christmas im currently reading The Nutcracker and The Mouse King by ETA Hoffman.

i LOVE the original story!! :]

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Posted 23 December 2006 - 07:47 PM

I am currently reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley for my ap english class.
I haven't gotten far yet

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Posted 23 December 2006 - 07:48 PM

currently reading

The Golem's Eye Book II in the Bartimaeus Trilogy =D

got 7 other books lined up haha

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Posted 24 December 2006 - 01:01 PM

Lance Armstrong: Its Not About the Bike

Im only to the chapter about chemo but I reaally like this book :]

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Posted 24 December 2006 - 09:06 PM

Loop- Koji Suzuki....I've been waiting forever for this to come out in paperback!

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Posted 24 December 2006 - 10:53 PM

da vinci code. lol i know, i'm late
but i just got done reading speak... :/
i think i wanna read perfume now, since the movie's coming out soon, like the lovely bones.
oh and aquariums of north korea

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Posted 25 December 2006 - 08:44 AM

my sister got me two books for christmas.. the alchemist and miss wyoming.. cant wait to start reading them!

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Posted 25 December 2006 - 01:24 PM

The Catcher in the Rye. A lot of people don't like it, and they don't like the main character.
As for me, I can't stop reading it, and I think I sort of like the main character in a way.

note* this is the book that sort of incouraged the guy who assasinated Jon Lennon (Beatles member). Not saying that it's an evil book or that it'll drive you mad. Just an interesting fact I thought I'd put out there.