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| Topic Started: Jan 28 2008, 07:52 PM (1,285 Views) | |
| Giron | Oct 2 2009, 10:58 PM Post #136 |
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Anyone ever heard of Stormbringer? It's the first book in The Twilight Herald series (nothing to do with Twilight, New Moon, etc.) I read it not too long ago and it was really good. I bought the second book, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet. |
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| KisekiHarada | Oct 3 2009, 09:50 AM Post #137 |
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I recently finished reading To Kill A Mockingbird. This is good because a) I'm done with required reading for a couple weeks (aside from Wuthering Heights. It would be too much to ask to have a complete break) b) I really enjoyed it. Great book. Read it if you haven't (although I think most people have?) |
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| Cataphrak | Oct 3 2009, 03:12 PM Post #138 |
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I never liked To Kill a Mockingbird, mainly because I only remember for its anvillicious treatment of an issue which has changed to the point where its position no longer has any relevance. That, and the fact that we could have done Brave New World (which still IS relevant) instead. Although you have to admit, Atticus Finch is a friggin' badass. |
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| Nodipman | Oct 3 2009, 03:36 PM Post #139 |
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Anybody else read the The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown? |
 The Moral Of The Story Every problem in the universe can be solved by finding the right long-haired pretty boy and beating the crap out of him. | |
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| KisekiHarada | Oct 4 2009, 02:03 PM Post #140 |
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Um, yes. Very much so. |
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| Experiment 1337 | Oct 6 2009, 09:43 PM Post #141 |
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@Nodipman: No, but I Wiki'd it, and I'll definitely check it out now. |
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| dinowoman | Oct 7 2009, 12:30 PM Post #142 |
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I have to admit to being a little prejudiced against it without having actually checked it out. When I initially started reading Dan Brown's books, I enjoyed them very much. I read The Da Vinci Code to see what all the fuss was about, and thought it was pretty good (with one or two provisos). Then our church's minster at that time said he thought Angels and Demons was better, so I tried it and enjoyed that one too (if you didn't look too closely at the physics). But the more of his books that I read, the more I began to realise that his plots were all very similar, and his research wasn't always as good as it could have been (the German he had a supposed modern languages professor speaking in Digital Fortress made me cringe). Consequently I've been less than enthusiastic about the idea of reading The Lost symbol. |
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| Nodipman | Oct 9 2009, 07:10 PM Post #143 |
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I understand what your talking about. On the book, it is pretty good, but it takes awhile to get started. Out of all of the Langdon books, i would say that it comes in third. It only hits the real exciting part about HALF WAY through the book. Even after your get there, he jumps around to about 4-5 different characters, making it tricky to figure out some times. Even through all that though, its still a good book. Not as good as the others. |
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| Krisz | Oct 20 2009, 11:54 PM Post #144 |
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I can't read anything Dan Brown. It makes me want to tear my eyes out. I don't know if anyone's mentioned it yet... but one of the absolute best fantasy books out there at the moment is Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Like a great deal of good books, it starts off a little slow, but when it pulls you in, it traps you. I stayed up nearly the whole night reading the book, from page one to two-hundred something. The amount of background development that went into the story... (10 years or so,) completely staggering. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for anything at all to read. Even if you don't read fantasy, give it a try. |
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| Experiment 1337 | Oct 21 2009, 11:19 AM Post #145 |
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You know, I just might do that. And I highly recommend Kurt Vonnegut, to any of you people who haven't read anything by him. |
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| KisekiHarada | Oct 21 2009, 04:25 PM Post #146 |
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The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book, and The Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart. Your standard young adult romance/school life novels, with a nice twist--it's not obvious right from the start who the girl ends up with. All three were really helpful after I fried my brain with classic novels for AP English. I didn't have to think as hard while reading them, but they were still entertaining and funny. Also, on Grillon_fou's recommendation (she's a member here, which people might forget since she never posts) I read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Sort of sci-fi, I think. I found it hard to put down. (And there are three sequels. I like sequels.) |
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