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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #300 on: December 26, 2012, 03:51:17 PM »
Got Empire of the summer moon, great look at Native American history and culture.  INcredibly easy read as well.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #301 on: December 26, 2012, 03:53:03 PM »
Got Empire of the summer moon, great look at Native American history and culture.  INcredibly easy read as well.

yeah, read this a couple years back. liked it very much.
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« Reply #302 on: December 26, 2012, 04:05:49 PM »
Got Empire of the summer moon, great look at Native American history and culture.  INcredibly easy read as well.

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« Reply #303 on: December 27, 2012, 03:49:31 PM »
everyone should buy and then read this book which talks about goEMAW and probably other things

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« Reply #304 on: December 27, 2012, 05:39:56 PM »
I am starting Count of Monte Cristo.  Pretty good so far.  Just finished The Name of the Rose and V.

One of my fave books of all-time.  Just a fantastic story.

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« Reply #305 on: December 27, 2012, 07:46:02 PM »
Moby Dick

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« Reply #306 on: December 28, 2012, 08:22:02 AM »
Was there ever a book that "broke" you guys? I was always a very eager reader but then sophomore year of high school we had to read Tale of Two Cities and it broke me. I could not get through it.  :frown:

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« Reply #307 on: December 28, 2012, 09:22:26 AM »
Was there ever a book that "broke" you guys? I was always a very eager reader but then sophomore year of high school we had to read Tale of Two Cities and it broke me. I could not get through it.  :frown:

Same one did it to me. Couldnt get through first 100pgs.  Tied again yrs later, pushed through the beginning and it turned out to be a very good book.

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« Reply #308 on: December 28, 2012, 09:30:23 AM »
Was there ever a book that "broke" you guys? I was always a very eager reader but then sophomore year of high school we had to read Tale of Two Cities and it broke me. I could not get through it.  :frown:

Started to read Anna Karenina. Broke me within 200 pages. Will try and pick it up again though.

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« Reply #309 on: December 28, 2012, 11:17:23 AM »
For weird, unknown reasons, I've read the first 90% of The Great Gatsby three different times.  I doubt I'll ever try to finish it.

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« Reply #310 on: December 28, 2012, 11:19:30 AM »
For weird, unknown reasons, I've read the first 90% of The Great Gatsby three different times.  I doubt I'll ever try to finish it.

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« Reply #311 on: December 28, 2012, 11:29:38 AM »
For weird, unknown reasons, I've read the first 90% of The Great Gatsby three different times.  I doubt I'll ever try to finish it.

That's weird. You only have like 20 pages left, right?

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« Reply #312 on: December 28, 2012, 11:33:43 AM »
Was there ever a book that "broke" you guys? I was always a very eager reader but then sophomore year of high school we had to read Tale of Two Cities and it broke me. I could not get through it.  :frown:

Same one did it to me. Couldnt get through first 100pgs.  Tied again yrs later, pushed through the beginning and it turned out to be a very good book.

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« Reply #313 on: December 28, 2012, 05:39:07 PM »
Tale of Two Cities is so frustrating. I've read 75% of it, had no idea what was going on at any point, but just loved the prose. Would read lines that made me put the book down and just think about how beautiful and perfect Dickens' analogies were. But yeah, no idea what was happening page to page.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #314 on: December 28, 2012, 05:45:16 PM »
Finished the rules of attraction last night... The movie was better.
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« Reply #315 on: December 28, 2012, 05:54:07 PM »
Finished the rules of attraction last night... The movie was better.

Oh crap, BEE :love:!!!  Less than zero? American psycho? :excited:

The movie was very good.  I bought it after I saw it.  It really reaffirms my view of life. 
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« Reply #316 on: December 28, 2012, 05:59:14 PM »
Finished the rules of attraction last night... The movie was better.

Oh crap, BEE :love:!!!  Less than zero? American psycho? :excited:

The movie was very good.  I bought it after I saw it.  It really reaffirms my view of life.

So snorting coke, torture, mutilation and murder really speak to you, Bread? That fits.

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« Reply #317 on: December 28, 2012, 06:24:15 PM »
Finished the rules of attraction last night... The movie was better.

Oh crap, BEE :love:!!!  Less than zero? American psycho? :excited:

The movie was very good.  I bought it after I saw it.  It really reaffirms my view of life.

So snorting coke, torture, mutilation and murder really speak to you, Bread? That fits.

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« Reply #318 on: December 28, 2012, 06:41:25 PM »
For weird, unknown reasons, I've read the first 90% of The Great Gatsby three different times.  I doubt I'll ever try to finish it.

That's weird. You only have like 20 pages left, right?

On the second and third attempts, I was like, "Well, maybe I won't remember enough to fully appreciate the ending, so I'll start from the beginning again." Now, I'm just like, "I don't even think the book is all that good anyway."

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« Reply #319 on: December 28, 2012, 07:23:00 PM »
Tale of Two Cities is so frustrating. I've read 75% of it, had no idea what was going on at any point, but just loved the prose. Would read lines that made me put the book down and just think about how beautiful and perfect Dickens' analogies were. But yeah, no idea what was happening page to page.

Try the audio book. Listened to it after reading it and it was really good and easier to follow if you don't have a lot of reading time.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #320 on: December 28, 2012, 07:40:15 PM »
Was there ever a book that "broke" you guys? I was always a very eager reader but then sophomore year of high school we had to read Tale of Two Cities and it broke me. I could not get through it.  :frown:

Definitely.

Finnegan's Wake within two pages, Democracy in America after 50 or so.  I actually really like de Tocqueville's writing, but the prose is so good that it is a slow read and probably need to read it with a shepherd or with a group.

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« Reply #321 on: December 28, 2012, 07:48:52 PM »
Books with pics. Illustrations are a must.

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« Reply #322 on: December 28, 2012, 08:27:53 PM »
I liked take of two cities, Scarlett letter, woof

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« Reply #323 on: December 28, 2012, 08:56:19 PM »
Finished the rules of attraction last night... The movie was better.

Oh crap, BEE :love:!!!  Less than zero? American psycho? :excited:

The movie was very good.  I bought it after I saw it.  It really reaffirms my view of life.

AP is one of my faves, read it twice.  Had to read glamorama in college, and BEE is definitely fantastic.

Going to read brave new world and then maybe less than zero.   There is a book on columbine that I'm eying as well.
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« Reply #324 on: December 30, 2012, 01:14:09 PM »
Currently slogging through A Tale of Two Cities. Reading this thread has made me very :ohno: about the prospect of finishing it.