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TruckOSaurus on 15 March 2011
sapphi_snake said:
TruckOSaurus said:

Books I've finished recently:

Awesome book, very dark but an awesome view of how a totalitarian state would function. Just don't expect a happy ending here.

This is one of my favorite books ever. It was also the first book to make me cry (I cried at the end).

 

I'm also glad this thread isn't dead.

I went through a lot of emotions reading this book, at first I was intrigued at finally knowing what Big Brother was all about (apart from a stupid reality show) then really fascinated by this world and finally I was mortified for all of the third part of the book.



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Signalstar on 15 March 2011
Doobie_wop said:
Signalstar said:

I'm almost done with Wuthering Heights for my literature class. I had to stop halfway through Gulliver's Travels but I will be picking that back up when I'm done.

I've also been reading some short stories like "The Death of Ivan Ilych" by Tolstoy, "The Enormous Radio" by Cheever, and "Royal Beatings" by Alice Munro.

Wuthering Heights was surprisingly enjoyable or should I say interesting. I found it much better than Jane Eyre by the authro's sister.

I'm glad this thread is still alive.


What are you moving on to when you finish high school? I studied literature as well, but I didn't directly move on to any courses based around writing and I kind of regret it. I'm currently trying to get into a Bachelor of Communications. 

The reason I ask is that Literature was really hard to get into in my high school and it was usually a course made for people that are interested in picking a course involving professional writing.

I'm a freshman in college now. I am double majoring in English (Creative Writing) and Communications (Film). I just want to write for a living.



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Ail on 15 March 2011

Whoever was looking for good scifi look for books by Peter F Hamilton.

Plenty of good stuff there.

Either the Nightdawn trilogy, Pandora's star/Judas unchained or his latest Void trilogy...



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sapphi_snake on 16 March 2011
Signalstar said:

I'm almost done with Wuthering Heights for my literature class. I had to stop halfway through Gulliver's Travels but I will be picking that back up when I'm done.

I've also been reading some short stories like "The Death of Ivan Ilych" by Tolstoy, "The Enormous Radio" by Cheever, and "Royal Beatings" by Alice Munro.

Wuthering Heights was surprisingly enjoyable or should I say interesting. I found it much better than Jane Eyre by the authro's sister.

I'm glad this thread is still alive.

Blasphemy! Blasphemy!!! Jane Eyre>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Wuthering Heights.



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sapphi_snake on 16 March 2011
TruckOSaurus said:

I went through a lot of emotions reading this book, at first I was intrigued at finally knowing what Big Brother was all about (apart from a stupid reality show) then really fascinated by this world and finally I was mortified for all of the third part of the book.

I agree. I went pretty much through the same emotions while reading it. The ending however made me so sad, I literally cried. It may bot be as prophetic as Brave New World, but it's much better written and more powerfull. Definately one of the best books ever.



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sapphi_snake on 16 March 2011
pizzahut451 said:

I started reading Angles and Demons by Den Braun. Hopefully, it will be as good as Da Vinci's Code

I never read The Da Vinci Code, but I tried reading Angels and Demons, and I found it to be terrible. What do you like about Dan Brown?



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MrBubbles on 16 March 2011

i am a bit of a fan of the Coldfire Trilogy (Black Sun Rising, When True Night Falls, and Crown of Shadows)...  i really wasnt to fond of the authors writing style but she sure tells a good story. 



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pizzahut451 on 16 March 2011
sapphi_snake said:
pizzahut451 said:

I started reading Angles and Demons by Den Braun. Hopefully, it will be as good as Da Vinci's Code

I never read The Da Vinci Code, but I tried reading Angels and Demons, and I found it to be terrible. What do you like about Dan Brown?


I do not know. Im not even 50 pages into the book yet



sapphi_snake on 16 March 2011
pizzahut451 said:
sapphi_snake said:
pizzahut451 said:

I started reading Angles and Demons by Den Braun. Hopefully, it will be as good as Da Vinci's Code

I never read The Da Vinci Code, but I tried reading Angels and Demons, and I found it to be terrible. What do you like about Dan Brown?


I do not know. Im not even 50 pages into the book yet

That should be enough. How is it so far?



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"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

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Baalzamon on 16 March 2011
pizzahut451 said:

I started reading Angles and Demons by Den Braun. Hopefully, it will be as good as Da Vinci's Code

Angels and Demons was a lot better than Da Vinci Code, I'm sure you will agree.



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