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If you're interested in Vonnegut, maybe look into some of these other authors:
William S. Burroughs: - Naked Lunch - The Western Lands - The Cat Inside Thomas Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow - The Crying of Lot 49 - Mason & Dixon Jorge Luis Borges - Labyrinths - Brodie's Report Italo Calvino - If on a winter's night a traveler - Invisible Cities |
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But I know what glasses you're talking about now, haha. xD Yeah, Twilight remains my favorite so far, and I feel like it always will. xDD I'm currently a little over halfway through Just In Case. It seems to be pretty interesting so far, though I'm not sure if I can say why. @[email protected]; |
@Secret Twilight is really good. Me and uh... *counts* about six of my friends read it, and one of them is moving to Louisiana, so we're all going to see the movie before she goes. When it comes out, of course.
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Yup, same here. Meyer had said that Twilight was about finding love, New Moon was about losing love, and Eclipse was about choosing love. I wonder what Breaking Dawn would be of? Embracing love? >>; Still, can't wait for the wedding~~~~! >w< There's no unfinished business left, is there? I'm not sure what the plot would be for Breaking Dawn. @ A @ I should run off to find out more about it. Twilight still seems to be my favorite. I mean, at first, it was like Edward was so exotic, and I think that's what drew most of us towards him -- this handsome, perfect... dream of a guy! But then, after a while, you get used to his perfection and awesomeness... and he's just not as cool anymore ( still cool, just not AS cool ). D; What's Just In Case about? O: @ Ricola: Aaaaah, I can't wait for the movie to be out!! >w< However, one of the things I didn't like about having a movie is that it ruins my mental images. >>; I mean, here we have these beautiful people -- inhuman perfection! The actors and actresses that play these roles are, in actually, just people, so it burdens the whole godly beauty thing. XP |
Hehe, agreed. xD
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Is it one of those books where it's like... really deep at first glance, and just a tad deeper when investigated? |
I'm not really sure, it seems to be staying at the same depth so far. xD;
I guess from the first chapter, it seems like it could be pretty deep, but I don't know it's not getting any deeper right now. Still plenty to think about though, I think. :3 |
You're talking about Just in Case? *swoo~oons!*
I read it for Carnegie last year, and have been ranting at people to read it ever since. I sent a copy to my friend in Canada as a birthday/Christmas present, but she hasn't been online much for me to discuss. Reasons why I love it: - Charlie. I got through the first couple of chapters coming home on the bus from school, immediately hopped in the bath, sodded homework, and kept reading till I'd finished - and the water was tepid. I don't think I've ever laughed so much at a book. Rosoff's an incredibly witty writer - there's something in ever other sentence that makes me smile. - Peter and Dorothea. One of my own oldest characters is so like him - tall, hard to ruffle, intelligent, and I dabble in astronomy - that it bred a warm and fuzzy feeling to have someone looking back at me from a book. - Amber. How many times have I myself tried to find it? xD - Luton airport. I've been there! And the trains - the locations were incredibly vivid for familiarity. - Descriptions of Agnes's appearance remind me of my cousin (only, I was the one studying textiles and fashion, and not at so high a level.) I read that one person commented on Rosoff's Bebo saying none of the characters are likeable - but that doesn't bother me at all. It's refreshing to find an author who's unsympathetic and points out realistic faults. It's colourful. - Rabbits have been a feature of obsession for me all through childhood. I still have the mothercare rabbit toy my parents brought for me before birth (I'm eighteen - she's falling apart, and I'm going to sew her pyjamas once the exams are over, when my Nanny's over). I used to have a big grey lop called Flopsy (after Peter Rabbit) and she got dragged off my a fox. - Invisible greyhounds (another reason for loving Peter). I had an imaginary friend/character who was an owl/moth/wolf/manta ray (wolf because my cousin liked them and she and I talked about them.) Also, we had just got our first dog the December before, and I was able to recognise doggy behaviours and understand the bond. x) - The ending. I predicted it, because I'm utterly neurotic, and have read too many health posters. - IMAGERY! And economical style. - The front cover art. x) I have the paperback, which has patchwork flwers and words and metalic red and links of thread and birds and butterflies. It's the sky blue, the red, the white, the black/navy combination that reminds me of my childhood. x) In other words, I love it, because the way she writes feels similar to the way I see the world. What I Was is even better, in my opinion. But that's because I'm a bit of an old-style Romantic (sublime scenery, history, being outside the sytem...) And I've also sent a copy of that to another Canadian friend, and we had a good tearful gush about it. I want Rosoff to win again this year (I'm not biased, noo.) I finished Finding Violet Park yesterday, and though I thought it was good, it didn't grip me and shake me about the way What I Was did. And the hardback cover for that is gorgeous, too. Since these are all my responses and don't really detail much about the plot, they don't count as spoilers, do they? I'll take them down if they do. x__x |
I don't think they're spoilers, but yeah, I just finished it right now, and loved it. xD I didn't predict the ending at all, haha. But I looked through a review and accidentally read about a certain condition that happens, but while reading, I didn't realize until later. xD;;
I loved Charlie, and was always eager for him to come into the story again~ And I found something in every main character likable, so meh, I don't think that one person's comment would bother me either. 8d Though honestly, I didn't really love the book until I had already read half of it. Still, I found it difficult to put the book down since I started it. The ending certainly makes me want to reread and rethink stuff, but I don't have the time for it right now (unfortunately). xD;; Oh, and I happened to see a picture of the cover online, and was immediately drawn to it. The one I own features a photographic image of a greyhound, with flat lime green leaf patterns in a corner against a black background. What I Was was a title I saw while skimming reviews, and now I feel eager to try it out~ Thanks for pointing it out. 83 While we're talking about her other books, what do you happen to know about How I Live Now? 8O And next up for reading is Good Omens~ |
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Though thoughts of the library reminds me that I have books that need to be returned >.> |
Aaah, now that I've read Chai's post, I wanna read Just in Case now. XD
-adds to to-read list- >>; I really need to go to the library soon. Sadly, it's closed on Sundays. D: |
:3 I have How I Live Now, but I haven't read it yet. x__x
Depending where you live, What I Was will be in the young adult or an older section. At my school, it's reserved for students over thirteen (the only one this year in Carnegie, completely unlike last year when about half of them were for older readers' only.) I read somewhere that they were aiming it at an older band in the States. @[email protected] Silly smitten teenage boys. x) I'VE READ... half of Good Omens. xD I have my own copy now, and I swear I'll pick it up again. cx Apparently, the authors said at an interview that Crowley and Aziraphale go and live in a cottage in Sussex, in the Downs (WHERE I LIVE! MY CLAIM TO FAME! 8D) after the novel. So funny. |
Haha, what do you think of Good Omens so far (if you remember?)? xD
Yay for indirect fame~! 8DD Crowley makes me think of D.Gray-man.. xD;; |
Dolphins. :3
And Atlantis. And dieting. And gayer than a tree full of monkeys high on nitrous oxide. 8D AND LOTS OF CAPITALS. And plants. c: I was about half-way through before I got distracted. There's lots of good fanart. x) |
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Gravity's Rainbow is an awesome book. At least, I remember I liked it. I don't remember anything else about it.
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-happy flailing ensues-
I shall have to participate! Although, what if we can remember the book & author but not how many pages it was? Goal: 0/200 books Goal: 0/60,000 pages. |
Ok, so I'm reading Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson now. Whee for a new book, this should be good.
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I LOVE books, mostly nonfiction stuff.
@akasha: How is mona lisa overdrive? Sounds interesting. @joie: I LOVE the title of that book. XD |
I just started, I'm only at page 7, but it got recommend to me by a friend. OS it shall hopefully be good. I'm trusting his judgement.
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Ok, tell me how it was when you finish the book, Akasha. Is it fiction?
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@Thoth: Yeah, it's a great title.
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It is fiction and I will let people know about it.
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If I had the money to spare I'd read a lot more than 50 books a year.
I used to read a book a day when I was in 7th grade, but now I'm older and have to buy my own books and there isn't a library near where I'm living, I can't afford to do that xD Besides, I like a book to be mine, not a libraries, that way I can re-read whenever I want. I was lucky and got lots of book tokens for Christmas and bought a Virginia Andrews series I'd been wanting (Logan Family Series) and then for my birthday in February I got more book tokens, so I got a whole series by Alexander McCall Smith (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series) and it was addictive - I read all 8 books in just over a week. I'll post the ones I remember reading so far this year, unfortunately they're not in any particular order, as I only just found this thread. I'll edit and add more as I read more or remember more I've read this year : Read so far : 1. Neil Gaiman - Smoke and Mirrors 2. Stephen King - Cell 3. Gabriel García Márquez - Of Love and Other Demons 4. Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the Time of Cholera 5. Alexander McCall Smith - The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency 6. Alexander McCall Smith - Tears of the Giraffe 7. Alexander McCall Smith - Morality for Beautiful Girls 8. Alexander McCall Smith - The Kalahari Typing School for men 9. Alexander McCall Smith - The Full Cupboard of Life 10. Alexander McCall Smith - In the Company of Cheerful Ladies 11. Alexander McCall Smith - Blue Shoes and Happiness 12. Alexander McCall Smith - The Good Husband of Zebra Drive 13. Alexander McCall Smith - The Miracle at Speedy Motors 14. Isabel Allende - Zorro 15. Daniel Vilmure - Toby's Lie 16. Stephen Fry - Moab is my Washpot 17. Virginia Andrews - Melody 18. Virginia Andrews - Heartsong 19. Virginia Andrews - Unfinished Symphony 20. Virginia Andrews - Music in the Night 21. Virginia Andrews - Olivia Currently reading : Dean Koontz - The Good Guy Currently wanting to get my paws on : Virginia Andrews - Ruby Virginia Andrews - Pearl in the Mist Virginia Andrews - All That Glitters Virginia Andrews - Hidden Jewel Virginia Andrews - Tarnished Gold Neil Gaiman - Stardust - I got the audiobook, but can't listen to someone reading to me >.< Neil Gaiman - American Gods Neil Gaiman - Anansi Boys Dean Koontz - The Darkest Evening of the Year Dean Koontz - In Odd We Trust Gabriel García Márquez - Autumn of the Patriarch Gabriel García Márquez - Memories of My Melancholy Whores |
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