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Old 09-20-2009, 03:13 AM

These are more historical based fictions based on real people. But the stories are really good. I finished all three and my husband is reading them now. The books give you a view of what life was like back then.

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#6902
Old 09-20-2009, 03:57 AM

I've been meaning to come in here and get my list posted - right now I have a Google Doc I've been keeping track of.

so here goes -

Siaasgn's 2009Reading List


1. London Calling
Bloor, Edward 304p

2. There's a (slight) change I'm Going to Hell
Notaro, Laurie 320p

3. Strange Bedpersons
Crusie, Jennife 336p

4. Dead Until Dark
Harris, Charlaine 336p

5. Halting State
Stross, Charles 336p

6. Turn me on
Jeffrey, Cherie 304p

7. Living Dead in Dallas
Harris, Charlaine 291p

8. Tithe
Black, Holly 336p

9. The Walls of the Universe
Melko, Paul 384p

10. Club Dead
Harris, Charlaine 258p

11. Dead to the World
Harris, Charlaine 320p

12. Dead as a Doornail
Harris, Charlaine 320p

13. Definitely Dead
Harris, Charlaine 342p

14. Tigerheart
David, Peter 320p

15. All Together Dead
Harris, Charlaine 352p

16. Ironside
Black, Holly 336p

17. From Dead to Worse
Harris, Charlaine 336p

18. The Graveyard Book
Gaiman, Nail 320p

19. M is for Magic
Gaiman, Neil 272p

20. Ten Sigmas & Other Unlikelihoods
Melko, Paul 260p

21. Little Brother
Doctorow, Cory 384p

22. The Diary
Goudge, Eileen 224p

23. Lowboy
Wray, John 272p

24. Perdido Street Station
Mieville, China 640p

25. Pygmy
Palahniuk, Chuck 256p

26. Dead and Gone
Harris, Charlaine 320p

27. Strange nervous laughter
McNulty, Bridget 256p

28. Why We Make Mistakes
Hallinan, Joseph 304p

29. Eastern Standard Tribe
Doctorow, Cory 224p

30. Buyology
Lindstrom, Martin 256p

31. Liberation: being the adventures of the slick six after the collapse of the USA
Slattery, Brian Francis 304p

32. Naamah's Kiss
Carey, Jacqueline 656p

33. Dying Inside
Silverberg, Robert 245p

34. The City & The City
Mieville, China 336p

35. Singularity's Ring
Melko, Paul 316p

36. Palimpsest
Valente, Catherynne 384p

37. Lying in Bed
Rose, M.J. 320p

38. Tease
Forester, Suzanne 384p

39. American Gods
Gaiman, Neil 461p

40. Anansi Boys
Gaiman, Neil 384p

41. The Complete Persepolis
Satrapi, Marjane 341p

42. The Blue Notebook
Levine, James A. 206p

43. Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
Howard, Jonathan L. 290p

44. The Little Stranger
Waters, Sarah 463p

45. Neverwhere
Gaiman, Neil 337p

46. Censoring an Iranian Love Story
Mandanipour, Shahriar 295p

47. Pretty in Plaid: A Life, A Witch, and a Wardrobe, or the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase
Lancaster, Jen 363p

48. Eating Animals
Foer, Jonathan Safran 267p

49. Seduction of a Proper Gentleman
Alexander, Victoria 384p

50. A Touch of Dead
Harris, Charlaine 208p

51. NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
Bronson, Po and Merryman, Ashley p. 239

52. Good Omens
Gaiman, Neil & Pratchett, Terry 402p.

53. New Moon
Meyer, Stephenie 563p.

54. Eclipse
Meyer, Stephenie 629p.

55. Breaking Dawn
Meyer, Stephenie 756p.

Total Books: 55/50 !!!!

Total pages: 18,715

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#6903
Old 09-20-2009, 05:13 PM

What do you all do when there's a book you've been assigned to read, but you simply can't get into it?

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#6904
Old 09-20-2009, 05:23 PM

Siaasgn- Oh, I see Ironside and Tithe on there! I actually read Ironside first, didn't realize it followed Tithe. XD I loved Ironside though, wasn't as fond of the first book, though it was a pretty good read. Have you read Valiant? It comes between the two, shows us where Luis and David came from, though it's about a girl named Val. It was probably my favorite of the three.

I also spy The Graveyard Book- I have it on hold at the library, because I definitely need to read some Neil Gaiman. Is it good?

Scholar- I suck it up, sigh, and read it, with gratuitous amounts of complaining on the way. ;) I never risk not reading it, as much as I'd like to sometimes.

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#6905
Old 09-20-2009, 05:45 PM

@Iltu: What I find most frustrating is how much longer it takes to read when I'm not into it. I have to read and re-read the same paragraphs because I didn't pick up half of it the first three times; my mind was elsewhere.:headdesk:

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#6906
Old 09-20-2009, 05:56 PM

Oh, I agree! Especially when you know your teacher is expecting you to pick up on every little bit of metaphor and symbolism. :gonk: It's so frustrating!

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#6907
Old 09-20-2009, 06:09 PM

For me, it's all nonfiction, so I need to understand where they're placed in the literature, how they expand on theories X, Y, and Z, and I also usually need to work out a way to incorporate them into my own work. I don't even have a plot to hang my interest on, no matter how thin of one! *grumbles*

ETA: I have an addition to the rhyme in your signature: "If you don't believe this lie is true, ask the blind man -- he saw it, too!" Oh, and I learned it as "one bright day." But I love that little rhyme and things like it.

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#6908
Old 09-20-2009, 06:35 PM

I actually prefer having to read boring nonfiction for school as opposed to boring fiction. I feel like the book is at least mildly useful in giving me information, even if it's a bore to read. The boring fiction is just completley useless and a waste of my time.

Hehe, I love the whole poem, and if I could fit it all in my signature, I definitely would. ;) Though I'd always heard "story" instead of "lie", but I like lie much better, it makes more sense with the poem! So thanks kindly for bringing that up. :3
The version I first heard was "one fine day" but the variations are endless- everything from simply "one day" to "one bright morning" to "one dark night in the middle of the day" and all manner of things in between.
All the different takes on it (the first line and other lines in the poem) are so interesting to study. ^^ It's one of my favorites for that reason.

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#6909
Old 09-20-2009, 10:42 PM

@anime_scholar
Take notes! That's exactly what I've been doing this weekend.
It forces you to pick out the main points and then you're reiterating them again by forcing yourself to write them down. You might not absorb everything, but it helps you concentrate and prepares you for class.

On that note:
Anyone want to read Captives: Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850 by Linda Colley for me?

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#6910
Old 09-20-2009, 11:03 PM

@Knerd:
Only if you read Humanities Through the Arts for me. I like artsy fartsy stuff, but that book is so bent on 'everything in art is what YOU think', that it doesn't actually give you any real information. Because if YOU think it's wrong, well then we don't have to be right!
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It's possibly the most infuriating text book ever.

That being said I would totally read your book, Knerd. One more history book to my three would be fine. I like history! =D [/nerd]

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#6911
Old 09-20-2009, 11:38 PM

Scholar- And in addition to what Knerd said about writing stuff down, highlight! I'm too impatient to write stuff down, but lots of my books for school are ridiculously full of highlighting and scribbled margin notes. XD

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#6912
Old 09-21-2009, 01:47 AM

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lots of my books for school are ridiculously full of highlighting and scribbled margin notes. XD
I can't bring my self to do that... I just can't. @[email protected] My Italian Text book has parts were we have to write in it and it kind of hurts. XD

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Old 09-21-2009, 04:50 PM

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Siaasgn- Oh, I see Ironside and Tithe on there! I actually read Ironside first, didn't realize it followed Tithe. XD I loved Ironside though, wasn't as fond of the first book, though it was a pretty good read. Have you read Valiant? It comes between the two, shows us where Luis and David came from, though it's about a girl named Val. It was probably my favorite of the three.

I also spy The Graveyard Book- I have it on hold at the library, because I definitely need to read some Neil Gaiman. Is it good?

Scholar- I suck it up, sigh, and read it, with gratuitous amounts of complaining on the way. ;) I never risk not reading it, as much as I'd like to sometimes.
I haven't read Valiant yet - I'll have to put a hold on it. :yes: I liked both Tithe and Ironside, they're easy and entertaining reads, which is exactly what I was looking for at the time.

The Graveyard Book was fantastic- but so far I've loved everything by Neil Gaiman that I've been able to put my hands on so I don't know if I'm giving it a fair assessment.


I agree Knerd - taking notes while reading is one of the best ways to remember a book that you're not interested in.

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#6914
Old 09-21-2009, 06:57 PM

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That being said I would totally read your book, Knerd. One more history book to my three would be fine. I like history! =D [/nerd]
Don't get me wrong, I love history too. It's my concentration! It's just tough to read through a thick, boring textbook in a single weekend. :sweat:

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Old 09-21-2009, 08:37 PM

@Knerd
You have to read it all in one weekend? Oh, that would be terrible. I only need to read a couple chapters every week for mine.

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#6916
Old 09-21-2009, 10:17 PM

Dream- I don't mind doing it so much, it's just that I tend to get bored because it takes so much longer, so I don't except for school. XD
Part of our summer assignment for English was to read, highlight, and write notes in The Sun Also Rises and Their Eyes Were Watching God. It was annoying to me just in that it took me extra time, but some of my friends made them sound like writing in a book made them physically ill.
Can't say I blame them, though, it's good to have such respect for books. ;)

siaasgn- Thanks! I have heard nothing but wonderful about Neil Gaiman, and an artist I like did some wonderful fanart of The Graveyard Book, so, I decided to just start there. Hopefully I'll like it as much as you did!

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#6917
Old 09-22-2009, 12:11 AM

Good evening, everybody! Phew, it's almost time for bed, but I just had to come online and update my book list, haha. See, I went shopping today, and... Well, I bought a lot of stuff. xD

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Old 09-22-2009, 12:38 AM

Iltu: Yeah it comes close to making me ill. With text books though it's not because it's a book so much as, I spent a lot of money on it. XD

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Old 09-22-2009, 03:11 AM

I am now readed two Andre Norton books I had never seen before.
4. The Shadow of Albion and it's sequel
5. Leopard in Exile.
I have always I loved her books. I keep kicking myself for not making the time to meet her. I had a several chances and kept putting it off. Now it's too late.

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#6920
Old 09-23-2009, 02:46 PM

I love writing in books, but not in fiction. I'm obsessed with keeping covers and bindings clean, though. But I like to see what I've thought about the content of the book, and it's really useful if it's a book I use a lot. I remember when I saw a high school acquaintance highlighting her textbook (she *said* it was a duplicate copy, but I'm pretty sure she was lying), it did make me physically ill. But that faded away in college when I realized how many times I'd have to read through things unless I took notes in the margins and marked out important passages. These days I'm using a pencil/crayon type of highlighter, from Levenger, and I really like them. It doesn't bleed through the way traditional highlighters do, and the brightness doesn't make my eyes burn.

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Old 09-23-2009, 03:04 PM

Oh, I hate writing/highlighting in books!! I don't care if it's a textbook. It just spoils it. XD

I did it a little bit in college, but I ended up not actually reading much out of my college textbooks in general. XP

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#6922
Old 09-25-2009, 02:51 AM

Hey sizzla~ writing and highlighting in my textbooks is mainly how I got through a lot of my harder college classes like anatomy, chem and micro... Its a necessity to me, anyways...

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#6923
Old 09-25-2009, 08:53 AM

I'm never going to finish my challenge if I don't start adding my finished books and manga onto my list. I have 5 or 6 things that I've finished, but they aren't on my lists. m(=_=);m

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#6924
Old 09-25-2009, 05:27 PM

:nods:
I have a pile on my desk of books I've finished. I'm just never on the computer at home anymore, only at school in between classes. T_T

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#6925
Old 09-25-2009, 06:05 PM

I'm in the same boat as you guys.

I've got about 4 books that need to be added, but that would involve getting up from my desk to get them. :lol:

 


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