dizzyupthegirl
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Post by dizzyupthegirl on Sept 8, 2002 21:12:57 GMT -5
I'm reading " The Beach House" by James Patterson, co-write Peter De Jonge. It's a good book so far. But ya'lls shud read James patterson's books. Cuz its soooooo goooddddd!!!!!!!!!!!lolz ;D
xoxo, Dizzy!
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Post by diamond.in.the.rough on Sept 11, 2002 21:32:48 GMT -5
Update: Heart of Darkness wasn't actually all that bad. Not an easy read but a good book. I've just finished reading 'Midnight Predator' by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes and 'The Snow Garden' by Christopher Rice. Both really good. For my A.P. Lit class I'm gonna have to start 'Native Son' by Richard Wright. But I'm still looking for a book to read for sheer amusement.
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Post by It's~A~Nova on Sept 13, 2002 21:24:46 GMT -5
So I finished "Density of Souls" and that's a good book. Sad, but good. Now I'm into "The Snow Garden," also by Christopher Rice.
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Post by Spazmatikal on Sept 16, 2002 23:31:19 GMT -5
i'm in the middle of reading the scarlet letter by nathanial hawthorne for my AP english class. it's not as bad as everyone made it out to be... sure, it's difficult reading because of the language, but it has some great imagery.
i remember reading a short story by hawthorne in middle school. i was so not ready for his style of writing, and i cried because i didn't understand it... lol. how sad.
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Post by RebDoMINe on Sept 20, 2002 10:29:36 GMT -5
Last night, I read all of She Said Yes by Misty Bernall (and plan to read it again soon). This is a huge accomplishment for me, seeing as I never sit down and actually read, let alone read a whole book all at once. I'm just lazy It's a really short book (just under 170 pages), and the majority of the text is large, with fairly large side margins, but I'm still pretty pleased with myself in having read that book. It's about Cassie Bernall, a girl who died at Columbine in the library, supposedly having been asked by her shooter if she believed in God and having answered yes. It's just about her life in general and her teenage years that went through a lot of hardships. I had this pre-judgement on this book based on summaries I've read...nothing like what I thought. I assumed Misty would glorify her daughter, pretend the Bernall family was perfect, and especially Cassie, since people NEVER like to speak badly of the dearly deceased, especially one who died the way Cassie did, at Columbine. I don't take her "hard facts" as truth...as in, Cassie never said a damn thing, stuff like that. Eric nor Dylan NEVER asked her if she believed in God. I was shocked to see that her mother actually did document Cassie's struggle, her murder plots, her being drawn to darkness. She didn't fail to mention that she made many mistakes as a parent, as all parents do, and that her child wasn't perfect, but was still her baby. I had bouts of tears throughout the book, but the first chapter and last chapter had be sobbing like hell, and another rare thing for me is to cry. The Bernall family was extremely forgiving and strong to write that book. I didn't used to think so, but I do now. She began it very shortly after her daughter was killed, and ended it a few months later. I know this thread is technically for books you're reading but uh...I felt like talking about it, so be nice
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Post by ~*GirlAugust: Emily*~ on Sept 24, 2002 21:12:03 GMT -5
I'm reading Cat by Freya North; A really cute Corpse by Joan Hess; and another murder mystery by an author I've never read before....
But I just finished Normal Girl by molly jong-fast (GREAT book!!!!), Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes (Will leave you a changed person, I swear), and about three other mysteries by Joan Hess and Leslie Meier.
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Post by diamond.in.the.rough on Sept 26, 2002 17:54:54 GMT -5
I just finished reading 'The Coming Storm' by Paul Russell. That book is great. It was nearly impossible for me to put it down. I even got in trouble for reading during class....
But anywho, since it didn't take me to long to read that one I've moved onto a book called 'Kushiel's Dart' by Jacuieline Carey. I'm only about 200 hundred pages in (out of like 900 and something) but so far it's pretty good.
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Post by SunShine on Sept 27, 2002 22:00:35 GMT -5
I am reading "The Reluctant God" by Pamela Service and "Little Women." The Reluctant God is okay so far. Its about this girl whose dad is an archeologist in Egypt. It keeps switching time periods back to ancient Egypt about this kid who is the pharoh's son and runs away to have an adventure. Thats as far as I am so far. I have to read it for English. Little Women is about little women around the time of the Civil War. It is about their family and the lives. It is pretty good. I would recommend it. It is long though. Most of you probably know about it.
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Post by Gabster on Sept 29, 2002 22:28:08 GMT -5
Yeah so this quote was from page 4, but oh well. Anyways, to answer your question, Fahrenheit 451 is about a time in the future where books are forbidden, and if you have them, the firemen come and burn them. Anyways, this guy Montag is a firemen and the book's about how he changes after thinking about life without censorship. I guess it would be an OK book if it wasn't required, but after analyzing it over and over and over again, it's slightly lost it's appeal. Also, to me it just wasn't interesting...it's was hard for me to get into it and follow it. Anyways, right now I'm reading another book for school, but this one is good because I got to choose it, and it's for an INDEPENDENT reading report. It's called "Romiette and Julio" by Sharon M. Draper and it's about a mixed race relationship and how this gang threatens them and stuff. I can't explain it very well, but it's really, really good. Of course it would be better if I didn't have to analyze it every 22 pages...but hey, what can you do.
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Post by diamond.in.the.rough on Oct 9, 2002 21:18:47 GMT -5
I finished Kushiel's Dart like 3 days ago and I want to continue on to the next in the trilogy Kushiel's Chosen but the only freaking bookstore in town doesn't have it!!! I was so peeved, but they put in a special order for it.
So while I was at the bookstore I picked up Dead Above Ground by Jervey Tervalon, Green Rider by Kristen Britain, and oddly enough Fahrenheit 451.
And as for school reading moved onto Hamlet in my AP class.
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Post by busybodies on Oct 10, 2002 12:12:07 GMT -5
I just finished reading Magical Worlds of Harry Potter. It's all about the meanings and mythological references to names, creatures, legends etc Rowling uses in (surprise) Harry Potter. Educational, I guess. I'm also in the middle of Oscar Wilde's Plays (I'm on an Ideal Husband right now), Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul and A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. I'm spending most of my time on Oscar Wilde cos I have to return it to the library by Wednesday.
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Post by SunShine on Oct 11, 2002 21:33:05 GMT -5
I just finished The Reluctant God. It is like the best book ever! For anyone who is interested in ancient Egypt and likes a great story I really recommend it. It also has a really good moral at the end. I'm not going to tell about it, cause I don't want to ruin the ending for anyone who wants to read it. It's by Pamela Service. Definetly worth reading.
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Post by canadiana on Oct 16, 2002 22:19:59 GMT -5
I'm SUPPOSED to be reading Heart of Darkness for English class but I haven't got around to it. Whoops. I'm also reading A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway for my English ISU.
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Post by funkygirlk16 on Oct 28, 2002 16:26:28 GMT -5
Right now I'm reading Robert L. Stine's The Baby-Sitter 1, I read #3 now all I gotta do is read #2. I'm kinda goin backwards ;D <<<<<Last night, I read all of She Said Yes by Misty Bernall (and plan to read it again soon). This is a huge accomplishment for me, seeing as I never sit down and actually read, let alone read a whole book all at once. I'm just lazy It's a really short book (just under 170 pages), and the majority of the text is large, with fairly large side margins, but I'm still pretty pleased with myself in having read that book. It's about Cassie Bernall, a girl who died at Columbine in the library, supposedly having been asked by her shooter if she believed in God and having answered yes. It's just about her life in general and her teenage years that went through a lot of hardships. I had this pre-judgement on this book based on summaries I've read...nothing like what I thought. I assumed Misty would glorify her daughter, pretend the Bernall family was perfect, and especially Cassie, since people NEVER like to speak badly of the dearly deceased, especially one who died the way Cassie did, at Columbine. I don't take her "hard facts" as truth...as in, Cassie never said a damn thing, stuff like that. Eric nor Dylan NEVER asked her if she believed in God. I was shocked to see that her mother actually did document Cassie's struggle, her murder plots, her being drawn to darkness. She didn't fail to mention that she made many mistakes as a parent, as all parents do, and that her child wasn't perfect, but was still her baby. I had bouts of tears throughout the book, but the first chapter and last chapter had be sobbing like hell, and another rare thing for me is to cry. The Bernall family was extremely forgiving and strong to write that book. I didn't used to think so, but I do now. She began it very shortly after her daughter was killed, and ended it a few months later. I know this thread is technically for books you're reading but uh...I felt like talking about it, so be nice >>>>> I read a bookelt about her and that was the most touching thing I have ever read.
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Post by dream10 on Oct 30, 2002 13:42:38 GMT -5
Natasha: the biography of Natalie Woods by Suzanne Finstad My Wars are laid away in books by Alfred Habegger (the life of Emily Dickinson) and the complete book of essential oils and aromatherapy by Valerie Worwood I always read more then one book at a time. That first one is really interesting.
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