sylviaplath
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Post by sylviaplath on Jan 14, 2010 22:30:38 GMT -5
I'm about 2/3 of the way through Reborn: Journals and Notebooks of Susan Sontag. I'm really enjoying it so far. We actually just studied existentialism in English, and I had no idea how existential she is (her journal is full of Kierkegaard quotes), so it was the perfect time to pick it up.
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Post by whitegold on Feb 5, 2010 15:13:07 GMT -5
Im a little over halfway through The Reader and still feeling very "meh" about it. I'm hoping it picks up.
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Post by Dominique on Feb 5, 2010 20:23:57 GMT -5
I've got about 100 pages of Margherita Dolce Vita by Stefano Benni left, it's really funny. The style is so surreal that it's hard for me to describe it.
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Post by whitegold on Feb 7, 2010 0:21:43 GMT -5
Whitegold, I read the Reader and really enjoyed it. I think the ending is a bit more exciting than the rest, because you're not sure what is going to happen (unless you've seen the movie ) I'm glad to hear that! I've been getting so many mixed reviews (my co-worker literally told me to stop wasting my time with it, its horrible) but then some people tell me its a great book. I'm hoping I enjoy this ending haha and i haven't seen the movie so no surprises were ruined
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Post by whitegold on Feb 9, 2010 16:19:44 GMT -5
Making my way through Shop Girl. About halfway through and I'm liking it. Its so weird to think that Steve Martin wrote this!
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Post by whitegold on Feb 16, 2010 14:34:55 GMT -5
Almost finished reading Heart Sick by Chelsea Cain! I forgot how much I enjoy crime/thriller books, they are so exhilarating. Putting down this book has been a hard task (whyy do I have to go to work!? I'm so tempted to call in sick lol)
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Post by coffeelover on Feb 22, 2010 4:53:26 GMT -5
I'm at the beginning of anna karenina...on page 100. I like it and Tolstoi's Style is cool.
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Post by Dominique on Feb 23, 2010 18:06:17 GMT -5
I'm about halfway through The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James. It's good, it's taken awhile to get going though. I think Isabel is a really interesting character.
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Feb 24, 2010 16:03:09 GMT -5
I'm at the beginning of anna karenina...on page 100. I like it and Tolstoi's Style is cool. I loved Anna Karenina! I almost finished White Teeth by Zadie Smith, so many things happen in the story that I sometimes feel kind of lost, and I have to stop reading and collect my thoughts. Anyway I like it and I'm curious to know how it ends.
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Post by Carma on Feb 24, 2010 16:09:37 GMT -5
1/4th-ish into The Silverlinings Playbook and I still don't really like it... This book gives away endings of classics and I find that to be very annoying :/. And the way it is written is also very annoying. But I want to finish it, because I bought the book! I hope it'll get better, but I'm really regretting buying this book on impuls.
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Post by Pilleriin on Feb 27, 2010 12:30:21 GMT -5
I'm halfway through Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. It's okay, I'm not very fond of the characters and the plot, but I really hope that it'll change.
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Post by whitegold on Mar 1, 2010 21:48:19 GMT -5
Making my way through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Its a LONG book but I'm enjoying it! hoping to have it finished soon so i can move on to my march reads
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Post by Hanna on Mar 2, 2010 6:21:12 GMT -5
I've just started the third part of Reading Lolita in Teheran. I love it.
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Post by coffeelover on Mar 2, 2010 13:47:25 GMT -5
Now I'm in the second part of Anna karenina...and started again Sandmann by E.T.A Hoffmann
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