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Post by chinesejewfool on Mar 12, 2007 0:12:49 GMT -5
Calculus by James Stewart
lol, j/k. It's just my textbook. Last book i read was 1984.
I love you Big Brother.
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Post by isalee on Mar 12, 2007 7:16:55 GMT -5
I would like some book recommendations!
Though I still haven't got through all my books which were birthday/christmas presents because I have to read all the set texts at uni..
Ugh. All this reading in English Lit feels like a chore. I used to love reading, but when you're forced to it just takes away all the excitement
Any Haruki Murakami fans out there?
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Post by Jaded Lady on Mar 12, 2007 9:12:55 GMT -5
@ Isa: You've probably discovered a version of this at some point. And yeah, it's definitely cheating a bit but it buys you some time with the deadlines to finish the text and at least one very profound, blow-your-prof away comment can be found. www.sparknotes.com
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Post by isalee on Mar 12, 2007 10:13:07 GMT -5
^ Haha thanks .. I use spark notes if I can't quite grasp the themes/symbols in a novel =P But I don't think I could get by with just this!
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Post by Tricky on Mar 15, 2007 10:56:26 GMT -5
Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah. I think someone on this site recommended it to me. This book is an autobiography and it features her Eurasian stepmother in it. It's a good read because it gives an insight into what it was like to live in communist China. I think it's a good insight overall into how the wealthy Chinese lived in the 1900's.
There's one called bones or the bone collector. I can't for the life of me remember, because I read it so long ago. It is very good. it's also an autobiography, I usually only read those.
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Post by Mimo on Mar 19, 2007 12:56:19 GMT -5
I'm reading my 3rd (Queen of the Damned) out of 10 books from Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, just of out curiousity to see if the books suck as much as the films do and the answer appears to be no. They're not brilliant books but no where near that pile of stinking s***ty Gothic wank-fest that was the film "Queen of the Damned". The 3 books I've read so far are alright.
Before that I read "The Perfume" by Patrick Süskind - it's a good book even though it's a translation which means it's probably lost something when it was translated.
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Post by jenbrook on Mar 20, 2007 7:04:50 GMT -5
Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
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Post by Miyuki on Mar 20, 2007 8:26:18 GMT -5
The Know It All and How To Talk To Anyone. The first one is pretty funny.
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Post by Ajeno on Mar 22, 2007 5:47:55 GMT -5
Guerilla Warfare by Che Guevara and a book on playing piano.
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Post by 0 on Mar 22, 2007 8:14:37 GMT -5
The Stoic Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
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Post by avax on Mar 22, 2007 8:20:27 GMT -5
Woman and Her Master The Accursed Share - Georges Bataille
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Post by scott on Mar 28, 2007 8:53:19 GMT -5
south of the border, west of the sun - haruki murakami
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Post by Nikki on Apr 6, 2007 9:38:22 GMT -5
alot of Haruki Murakami books.. most re-reading Kafka on the Shore Sputnik Sweetheart etc etc I would seriously recommend this write he's absolutely a modern Franz Kafka I honestly don't get the hype about this guy. Everyone who comes to Japan flocks to the shelves to read this guy's work. I've tried reading him but honestly did not find him that engaging, at all. Perhaps I'm just missing something or it's not to my taste. But it really feels like he's just one of those authors who people feel they "have to" read, yet are completely overrated. Meh. Currently reading "Jitterbug Perfume" by Tom Robbins. So far, so good.
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Post by dannyd on Apr 6, 2007 10:12:24 GMT -5
Finally got around to reading the Corrections by Jon Franzen. Enjoying it.
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Post by ladystacey on Apr 6, 2007 10:45:34 GMT -5
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