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Post by Lu on Jan 20, 2008 12:38:56 GMT -5
I've been wanting to re-read Slaughterhouse Five for over a year, and I started re-reading it yesterday. I've been wanting to re-read it too, but I still haven't started ;D it's such a good book!
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zeldafitzgerald
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Jan 21, 2008 23:19:05 GMT -5
I've been wanting to re-read Slaughterhouse Five for over a year, and I started re-reading it yesterday. I've been wanting to re-read it too, but I still haven't started ;D it's such a good book! I cannot even believer how much I had forgotten. It's practically like I'm reading it again for the first time!
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lostgirl
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Post by lostgirl on Jan 24, 2008 15:37:10 GMT -5
Actually this year I plan to reread a lot of my favorite childhood novels. I think I'll start with LM Montgomery and then maybe move on to Louisa May Alcott
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sagedautumn
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Post by sagedautumn on Jan 24, 2008 17:56:47 GMT -5
Cool! I am reading Anne of Green Gables....and Neh, I apologize about Anne spelled with an "e" she's a pretty delightful to read. I love her randomness, it makes it fun to see what will come out of her mouth next and even more fun to see Marilla fighting back her emotions and try to "bring her up right!" Best of all, it's a light read...
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Katelyn
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Post by Katelyn on Jan 25, 2008 3:10:32 GMT -5
I am currently re-reading A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, which for those who don't know is an essay based upon two papers presented by her to the Arts Society in 1929; the topic which she presents upon is 'women and fiction.' As an aspiring author it's very humbling to read about the hardships which women who desired to write faced throughout history, especially in the centuries leading up to the nineteenth century; within her essay Virginia Woolf considers an interesting scenario, what if Shakespeare had a sister who, like Shakespeare, had the potential to be a literary genius, would she have had the opportunity to realize her potential? If you haven't read her essay yet, I recommend you reading it, it's not very long but it's very well written.
I adore Anne of Green Gables spelt with an 'e'. I actually visited Lucy Maud Montgomery's house in P.E.I., it's beautiful.... If you ever have the opportunity to visit her house you'll be inspired.
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Jan 25, 2008 10:53:19 GMT -5
I am currently re-reading A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, which for those who don't know is an essay based upon two papers presented by her to the Arts Society in 1929; the topic which she presents upon is 'women and fiction.' As an aspiring author it's very humbling to read about the hardships which women who desired to write faced throughout history, especially in the centuries leading up to the nineteenth century; within her essay Virginia Woolf considers an interesting scenario, what if Shakespeare had a sister who, like Shakespeare, had the potential to be a literary genius, would she have had the opportunity to realize her potential? If you haven't read her essay yet, I recommend you reading it, it's not very long but it's very well written. I adore Anne of Green Gables spelt with an 'e'. I actually visited Lucy Maud Montgomery's house in P.E.I., it's beautiful.... If you ever have the opportunity to visit her house you'll be inspired. I've read A Room of One's Own and I really liked, I agree with you Katelyn, it's a well written and very interesting essay.
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lostgirl
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Post by lostgirl on Jan 26, 2008 1:07:57 GMT -5
Cool! I am reading Anne of Green Gables....and Neh, I apologize about Anne spelled with an "e" she's a pretty delightful to read. I love her randomness, it makes it fun to see what will come out of her mouth next and even more fun to see Marilla fighting back her emotions and try to "bring her up right!" Best of all, it's a light read... I just started rereading Anne today. Brings me back to the year I was 11 and I wanted to be her!
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Post by bookaddict on Jan 27, 2008 19:10:25 GMT -5
I'm re-reading "To Kill A Mockingbird." I read it in the 10th grade, and it's about time I re-read it. It's an amazing book. My next book to re-read is "Pride and Prejudice." I bought the annotated version.
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Post by inrain on Jan 30, 2008 2:46:20 GMT -5
I want to read Anne Frank's Diary again.. I've read it when I was in high school but this time I want to read it in English..
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Feb 17, 2008 4:30:36 GMT -5
I want to reread Around The World in Eighty Days (and buy my own copy)
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Post by always reading on Jul 17, 2008 9:15:08 GMT -5
anna karenina, harry potter, special topics in calamity physics. pretty much any book i read, i want to re read
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Post by Isa on Apr 1, 2009 8:31:16 GMT -5
These days I really feel like re-reading Wuthering Heights. I think it's because it was mentioned in both Eclipse and I Capture the Castle, and it's the kind of book that changes as you get older because you keep getting more and more meaning out of the story...
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Post by Halie on Apr 1, 2009 20:05:16 GMT -5
I want to re-read the entire Harry Potter series.
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Post by Bad Kitty on Apr 2, 2009 22:20:31 GMT -5
I feel I really should re-read 'The Catcher In The Rye' and 'Crime & Punishment' I read both of these when I was really too young to appreciate them.
I think I'd get a lot more out of them now (I read 'The Catcher In The Rye' when I was 13 or 14 and didn't like it. Didn't get why it was said to be such a "modern classic" at all. I recall saying to my English teacher when he asked what I thought of it "Not much. It's just three days in the life of this GUY." I have a sneaking suspicion that I'd probably like it quite a lot now. I read 'Crime & Punishment' when I was maybe 15-16? I knew nothing of Russian literature or language at the time and found all the names in the book incredibly confusing and frustrating. I was never completely sure who was talking to who. I have since studied Russian a little and understand the use of patronyms and diminutives, so I really think I would get a lot out of re-reading it now.)
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Post by Dominique on Apr 3, 2009 6:46:57 GMT -5
I have so many I want to reread. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, which has been one of my favourites for so long and I've already read like five times since the age of 13. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, The Great Gatsby (have already reread 2 or 3 times) Wuthering Heights, The Thirteenth Tale, Special Topics in Calamity Physics. I never seem to do many rereads anymore. I always have too many new ones begging to be read. I must try and reread a few this year.
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