What swanky things are you reading? - Page 20

Not Afraid · 04-19-2006, 07:54 PM

Have you read Mirror Mirror? I bought that at one time and it's been taking up space at the bedside for ever, but I can't bring myself to read it for some reason. (Murakami)

Prudence · 04-19-2006, 07:59 PM

Yup, read the almost whole "fairytale" series - Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Lost, Mirror Mirror... but now I see I missed Dream Stealer - and it's a Baba Yaga-esque tale. How could I have missed that?

lindyhop · 04-19-2006, 09:12 PM

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I finally finished both Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and Son of a Witch (the Wicked sequel.) The first was odd. It seems like it was written to mimic the style of the period, not just describe it. It unfolded very slowly, more so than more contemporary popular fiction - at least the ones that I read.

It took me ages to drag myself through that book. I really wanted to like it but I just couldn't. I thought it ended up making magic boring.

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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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.

Not Afraid · 04-20-2006, 03:53 PM

I used to have those. I hate those books.

BarTopDancer · 04-20-2006, 04:04 PM

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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.

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.

04-19-2006, 07:54 PM	#191
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Have you read Mirror Mirror? I bought that at one time and it's been taking up space at the bedside for ever, but I can't bring myself to read it for some reason. (Murakami)
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04-19-2006, 07:59 PM	#192
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Yup, read the almost whole "fairytale" series - Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Lost, Mirror Mirror... but now I see I missed Dream Stealer - and it's a Baba Yaga-esque tale. How could I have missed that? __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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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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04-20-2006, 03:53 PM	#197
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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