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Post by veela on Aug 9, 2006 14:17:30 GMT -5
right now, i'm about three chapters into stephen fry's "the hippopotamus". i still like "making history" better, though. ;-) up next: probably nick hornby's "a long way down" which i just bought today. stephen fry and more nick hornby -- 2 things currently on my list! haven't read any stephen fry though yet... what would you all recommend?? by the end of tonight i will have finished running with scissors and then i have picoult's my sister's keeper waiting for me at the library(Carly give me a week or so to read -- maybe more since her books are always long -- and then we can talk about it!)
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Post by ♪Carly♪ on Aug 9, 2006 14:22:16 GMT -5
by the end of tonight i will have finished running with scissors and then i have picoult's my sister's keeper waiting for me at the library (Carly give me a week or so to read -- maybe more since her books are always long -- and then we can talk about it!) Ok, I'll give ya a week but I have a feeling you'll want to rip through that thing as quickly as possible. It's kind of long, but it's a quick read. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I'm also reading The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron because I'm tired of my writer's block.
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Post by matzy on Aug 9, 2006 16:00:38 GMT -5
stephen fry and more nick hornby -- 2 things currently on my list! haven't read any stephen fry though yet... what would you all recommend?? i have only read "making history" so far, but that one i absolutely LOVED. i'll make this a bookclub recommendation, though, so i will tell you more about it soon. it's a definite must-read, i think, especially if you like s.f. in connection with comedy.
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Post by veela on Aug 10, 2006 9:52:14 GMT -5
stephen fry and more nick hornby -- 2 things currently on my list! haven't read any stephen fry though yet... what would you all recommend?? i have only read "making history" so far, but that one i absolutely LOVED. i'll make this a bookclub recommendation, though, so i will tell you more about it soon. it's a definite must-read, i think, especially if you like s.f. in connection with comedy. i can't say i've ever read science fiction in connection with comedy! fantasy and s.f. are actually genres i don't really venture into but i'm going to try for the book club! the reason stephen fry was on my list is because amazon keeps recommending him to me (that's how i get most of my book ideas and they are usually pretty good to me). carly -- picked up my sister's keeper this morning and will start today on the bus home... i'll let you know when i'm done!
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Post by elizabeth on Aug 11, 2006 19:02:29 GMT -5
I got My Sister's Keeper today from the library too! Oh, and I got The Neverending Story to read for our bookclub--I have never read it and with so many of you saying you loved it, I wanted to.
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Post by Aims on Aug 11, 2006 23:26:08 GMT -5
up next: probably nick hornby's "a long way down" which i just bought today. Oh, you have to let me know what that's like when you're done! I loved High Fidelity and About A Boy, but would like to read one of his books that hasn't been made into a movie
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Post by matzy on Aug 14, 2006 16:18:28 GMT -5
up next: probably nick hornby's "a long way down" which i just bought today. Oh, you have to let me know what that's like when you're done! I loved High Fidelity and About A Boy, but would like to read one of his books that hasn't been made into a movie i'm some 30 pages into "a long way down" already and i'm loving it so far. you can go buy it already... ;D
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Post by veela on Aug 15, 2006 9:57:54 GMT -5
CARLY!!!!!! finished my sister's keeper this weekend and DAMN! did i cry like a baby!!! we MUST talk about it!!!!!! but i see that elizabeth is reading it too so maybe we can just start a spoiler thread and she can jump in when finished??? what do you two say??? and matzy, think i'll have to request a long way down now. i love nick hornby!!! high fidelity is one of my favorite books. about a boy was great too. i also tried to read the footie one (fever pitch) but it was just not for me. because i didn't really know most of what he was talking about!
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Post by ♪Carly♪ on Aug 15, 2006 13:15:28 GMT -5
CARLY!!!!!! finished my sister's keeper this weekend and DAMN! did i cry like a baby!!! we MUST talk about it!!!!!! but i see that elizabeth is reading it too so maybe we can just start a spoiler thread and she can jump in when finished??? what do you two say??? and matzy, think i'll have to request a long way down now. i love nick hornby!!! high fidelity is one of my favorite books. about a boy was great too. i also tried to read the footie one (fever pitch) but it was just not for me. because i didn't really know most of what he was talking about! hehe! I told you you'd fly through that book! I cried. And I punched my leg really hard. I'm all about a My Sister's Keeper spoiler thread.
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Post by ♪Carly♪ on Aug 15, 2006 13:16:48 GMT -5
I'm currently reading Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris (author of Chocolat).
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Post by elizabeth on Aug 16, 2006 9:40:10 GMT -5
Carly, I loved Chocolat.
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Post by ♪Carly♪ on Aug 23, 2006 13:37:47 GMT -5
Uh...
I'm almost done reading The Devil Wears Prada and I'm actually ashamed to admit that. It's poorly written mind-numbing drivel.
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Post by veela on Aug 23, 2006 14:23:57 GMT -5
Uh... I'm almost done reading The Devil Wears Prada and I'm actually ashamed to admit that. It's poorly written mind-numbing drivel. haha... i just saw the movie. not bad. never read the book though. sometimes a silly girlie read can be fun! hey -- you need to pop into the "my sister's keeper" thread!!! matzy -- i just picked up "a long way down" and i'll start that soon! i'm getting some great reading ideas from all of you -- THANKS!! currently reading neil gaiman's neverwhere for my fantasy book club read. it's my first gaiman... i'm so behind!
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Post by ♣Miranda♣ on Aug 24, 2006 21:44:47 GMT -5
Uh... I'm almost done reading The Devil Wears Prada and I'm actually ashamed to admit that. It's poorly written mind-numbing drivel. haha... i just saw the movie. not bad. never read the book though. sometimes a silly girlie read can be fun! I just saw the movie too! Right now I'm reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire because I'm a nerdy nerd.
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Post by Aims on Aug 24, 2006 22:38:48 GMT -5
Yay for you guys and your MSK spoiler thread because I'll be reading that soon Awww Harry Potter. I miss those dorks.
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Post by veela on Aug 25, 2006 9:09:12 GMT -5
Yay for you guys and your MSK spoiler thread because I'll be reading that soon Awww Harry Potter. I miss those dorks. yay! please jump on in there when you've finished!!! (but not a second before... it really is a spoiler thread!) and Miranda -- what did you think of the "devil" movie? i thought it was a cute flick... pretty much what i expected. Matzy -- just started the Hornby book. will let you know when i'm done!
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Post by matzy on Aug 25, 2006 10:13:22 GMT -5
Matzy -- just started the Hornby book. will let you know when i'm done! yay, i'm on page 120, you might even be done before i am.
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Post by veela on Aug 25, 2006 12:21:45 GMT -5
yay, i'm on page 120, you might even be done before i am. haha, i just may! i'm on page 75 and a pretty fast reader since i have lots of bus time. i'll let you know!
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Post by ♣Miranda♣ on Aug 26, 2006 14:27:51 GMT -5
Yay for you guys and your MSK spoiler thread because I'll be reading that soon Awww Harry Potter. I miss those dorks. yay! please jump on in there when you've finished!!! (but not a second before... it really is a spoiler thread!) and Miranda -- what did you think of the "devil" movie? i thought it was a cute flick... pretty much what i expected. Matzy -- just started the Hornby book. will let you know when i'm done! I thought it was cute too. I'd been in the mood for a silly girlie movie and it didn't disappoint in that aspect.
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Post by sweetsangria on Aug 26, 2006 17:16:40 GMT -5
I just finished Wideacre by Philippa Gregory, and I just started The Favored Child. Nothing like guilty pleasure books to fill the evenings.
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