What swanky things are you reading? - Page 20

blueerica · 04-19-2006, 09:15 PM

Finishing (again!) The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, and have started on Maxine Hong Kingston's Woman Warrior

Have read a lot of interesting books for my ethnic lit class, some of them I have already read, so many of which are just breaking my heart repeatedly. Who'd 'a thunk a fluffy little class would be making me think so much?

BarTopDancer · 04-20-2006, 02:02 PM

I'm reading this. I know you are all jealous.

Motorboat Cruiser · 04-20-2006, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I'm reading this. I know you are all jealous.

Been there, done that.

I have the access bible and also access programming for dummies if you would like to borrow either.

BarTopDancer · 04-20-2006, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

Been there, done that.

I have the access bible and also access programming for dummies if you would like to borrow either.

I may take you up on that. Work will buy us the books we need, and I try to pick the least painful reads.

Not Afraid · 04-20-2006, 03:53 PM

I used to have those. I hate those books.

scaeagles · 04-20-2006, 04:04 PM

Perhaps I am a neanderthal, but ever since college I have lost any enjoyment for reading books. Fiction, non fiction, whatever. Can't do it anymore. I'd rather do most anything than read a book.

I read articles, certain magazines, columns, internet bulletin board threads that interest me.....but if I can't finish the whole thing in one setting, then it isn't for me.

Plus my wife says I'm ADD, so perhaps that's why, too.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-20-2006, 04:15 PM

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Perhaps I am a neanderthal, but ever since college I have lost any enjoyment for reading books. Fiction, non fiction, whatever. Can't do it anymore. I'd rather do most anything than read a book.

It all becomes clear now.

Prudence · 04-20-2006, 06:12 PM

Oh yeah - I got a kick out of the footnotes.

€uroMeinke · 04-20-2006, 08:39 PM

I read over a 100 pages of Neverwhere today - somehow this book is improved greatly when reading on public transportation.

Ghoulish Delight · 05-26-2006, 06:28 PM

I'm taking my first foray into Murakami. I suppose I should have perused the recommendations here for what would be a good one to start with...but I just grabbed the first one that I liked the description for, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. So far, I like.

04-19-2006, 09:15 PM	#1
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Finishing (again!) The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, and have started on Maxine Hong Kingston's Woman Warrior Have read a lot of interesting books for my ethnic lit class, some of them I have already read, so many of which are just breaking my heart repeatedly. Who'd 'a thunk a fluffy little class would be making me think so much? __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	I'm reading this. I know you are all jealous. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I used to have those. I hate those books.
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Perhaps I am a neanderthal, but ever since college I have lost any enjoyment for reading books. Fiction, non fiction, whatever. Can't do it anymore. I'd rather do most anything than read a book. I read articles, certain magazines, columns, internet bulletin board threads that interest me.....but if I can't finish the whole thing in one setting, then it isn't for me. Plus my wife says I'm ADD, so perhaps that's why, too.
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Oh yeah - I got a kick out of the footnotes. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I read over a 100 pages of Neverwhere today - somehow this book is improved greatly when reading on public transportation. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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05-26-2006, 06:28 PM	#10
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I'm taking my first foray into Murakami. I suppose I should have perused the recommendations here for what would be a good one to start with...but I just grabbed the first one that I liked the description for, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. So far, I like. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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