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I cant elaborate since its political, but its a good read
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I want to read that. Happy to hear it was good.
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10-25-2009, 09:18 PM
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Probably my all time favorite novel. I know alot of people dislike it because they were forced to read it for school, but go back and read it when you dont have to write a paper on it. I have probably read it 10 times, since its such a short and easy read, and it gets better every time. Its the beginning of transgressional fiction and Fitzgerald writes with such brittle language that no matter whats happening in the novel, you feel on edge.
While I do appreciate Fitzgerald's short stories as superior in both prose and in some cases content, Gatsby just gets me every time. Plus the cover art kicks all kinds of ass.
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Agreed, definately one of my favorites along with "The Sun Also Rises"
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10-25-2009, 09:19 PM
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Why the **** am I reading Gravity's Rainbow?
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Great great book. Definitely one of my all time faves.
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Tears for Fears is better than whatever it is you happen to be thinking about right now.
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11-16-2009, 09:13 PM
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Sequel to Areas of my Expertise. Hodgman is definitely one of the better humourists out there
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11-16-2009, 09:28 PM
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Haven't read that book, but I've read some interesting things about it and the author's theories. Very interesting indeed.
Anyone had a chance to look at Stephen King's new novel yet?
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I asked my friend if he had any good books and he lent me the book "Daniel X", not exactly the kinda book I was expecting. Did anyone read it? It looks kinda corny to me but I'll feel like a douche if I give it back to him without reading it, especially after acting mildly interested when he gave it to me.
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Haven't read that book, but I've read some interesting things about it and the author's theories. Very interesting indeed.
Anyone had a chance to look at Stephen King's new novel yet?
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There is a lot of really interesting stuff: what real estate agents and the KKK have in common, why crack dealers are like McDonalds and swimming pools are more dangerous than guns. What is great about the book is it challenges common wisdom on many topics and being a contrarian myself I enjoyed it tremendously.
After I finish this I am definitely going to get the sequel:
Best cover ever.
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****. Yes.
I took Sci-Fi literature in college as a ENGL elective. Best class ever. I loved that book.
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****. Yes.
I took Sci-Fi literature in college as a ENGL elective. Best class ever. I loved that book.
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I was gunna take Sci-Fi as an elective this year, but went with Gender and Sexuality isntead. Better reading list.
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I took a gender and sexuality class. Sadly, my college had such a conservative student body, I was less misogynistic than girls in that class.
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11-16-2009, 11:39 PM
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I took a gender and sexuality class. Sadly, my college had such a conservative student body, I was less misogynistic than girls in that class.
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Well, in my Human Sexuality class I got called misogynistic because I claimed that some women use sex as a tool to get love.
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I can see how a gender and sexuality class could really suck, but my professor is awesome. And the reading list kicks ass, so its really enjoyable. Much more so then my british and american literatures ********.
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11-16-2009, 11:46 PM
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I can see how a gender and sexuality class could really suck, but my professor is awesome. And the reading list kicks ass, so its really enjoyable. Much more so then my british and american literatures ********.
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best reading list I ever had was in my African-American Lit class.
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best reading list I ever had was in my African-American Lit class.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God?
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Their Eyes Were Watching God?
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nah, the reading list was:
a bunch of poems by various African-American poets/authors
" Push" - Sapphire
" If He Hollers Let Him Go" - Chester Himes
" Incognegro" - Mat Johnson
" Beloved" - Toni Morrison
" Platitudes" - Trey Ellis
"Push" was pretty goddamn depressing
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Ender's Shadow in my opinion was as good as Ender's Game. Ender's shadow is based on Beans perspective.
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Haha, I was definitely just joking about Their Eyes Were Watching God. I remember having to read that book and watch the Oprah movie. It was Ok.
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Interesting that I find that when I open this thread up, as I just started reading this.

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Interesting that I find that when I open this thread up, as I just started reading this.

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Funny, I'm reading this:
Hooray Kurt Vonnegut!
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Vonnegut's is great because when you want to read a lot of him, your options are huge...
What I've been reading lately:

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just finished the Inheritance series
(eragon, eldest, brisingr)
great series
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