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#351476 - Wed May 16 2007 06:32 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
s0ftba11g1rl13 Learning the ropes... Registered: Fri May 11 2007 Posts: 3 Loc: Maryland USA	i am reading the land of Elyon Books. They are good books for the people that like adventure. It is about a girl who lives in a place where walls were put up to keep the horrible things outside but she has a feeling that they traped them on the inside. through out the series she is trying to get outside the forbidden wall to see for herself if there are really terrible things on teh other side of the wall.
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#351477 - Wed May 16 2007 06:37 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
s0ftba11g1rl13 Learning the ropes... Registered: Fri May 11 2007 Posts: 3 Loc: Maryland USA	lately for engilsh we ahd to read a seperate peace by john knolls. this book is about World War 1. i really enjoyed it bracuse it was about 2 kids and they have a war going on within them. they battle each other and finnaly one triumphs over the other but you have to read to figure out who i wont tell you.
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#351478 - Thu May 17 2007 06:22 PM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
funnygirl17 Learning the ropes... Registered: Wed Nov 22 2006 Posts: 1 Loc: upstate New York	I have just finished The Edge of Winter by Luanne Rice, and totally enjoyed the book and its characters. As in most of Ms. Rice's novels,she pulls you into all of her book personalities until they become your friends. This book uses a sunken submarine and 55 men who died onboard,to link a young man and his father, a teenager and her mom, and fighting for a cause you believe in. Try it and then try others of this author.
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#351479 - Thu May 17 2007 07:28 PM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
HayPo Enthusiast Registered: Mon Feb 26 2007 Posts: 438 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	Quote: Also, I've finally finished the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I read three books whilst I was trying to read that including "While I live" and "Incurable" by John Marsden. These both only took a couple of days each to read as they're impossible to put down. Those books are 'The Ellie Chronicles', sequel to the 'Tomorrow, When the War Began' series. I am on the 5th book of the series and when I finish them I want to read those 2. I believe they pick up after the war with Ellie and Homer.........is that correct? John Marsden IS impossible to put down _________________________ "Wit is educated insolence." - Aristotle
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#351480 - Fri May 18 2007 11:23 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
garyfire Enthusiast Registered: Sun Apr 29 2007 Posts: 264 Loc: Antgonish Nova Scotia Canada	Finished Oliver Twist now and I moved on to Bruce Feiler's Where God Was Born, and The Bible. I pretty much read anything anyone throws in front of me. I enjoy books so much more than movies. I could never watch a movie for an entire day without stopping but I have read books until my eyes feel like they're going to fall out. _________________________ "A ray of light into a room that's remained dark for a thousand years dissolves a thousand years of darkness"
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#351481 - Fri May 18 2007 11:25 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
romeomikegolf Multiloquent Registered: Wed Apr 07 2004 Posts: 4875 Loc: Rothwell Northants England UK	Right now, I'm reading what I'm typing so Sue doesn't tell me off for bad grammar. As far as books go, I'm reading Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything. Edited by romeomikegolf (Fri May 18 2007 11:26 AM) _________________________ Reality is an illusion brought about by lack of alcohol Would the last person to leave the planet please turn off the lights.
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#351482 - Fri May 18 2007 03:11 PM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
chemoangelsg Learning the ropes... Registered: Fri May 18 2007 Posts: 1 Loc: CT USA	Hi everyone...I'm new at this, so bear with me. Right now I am reading The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by: Sidney Poitier. Wonderful book so far. I am in the middle of it, and I find myself not wanting to put it down. Sandy
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#351483 - Fri May 18 2007 08:33 PM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
Hpotter5075 Prolific Registered: Thu Mar 08 2007 Posts: 1042 Loc: Minnesota USA	I am re-reading the sixth harry potter book and I read the bible every night....(werid combo huh?)
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#351484 - Sat May 19 2007 01:43 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
picqero Multiloquent Registered: Tue Dec 28 2004 Posts: 2813 Loc: Hertfordshire<br>England UK	I'm about a third the way through the classic, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee. Unfortunately, as Homer Simpson once said about it, "I'm thinking of giving up on books, as I still haven't learnt anything useful about killing mockingbirds"! Seriously, it's quite good reading, and I'll be taking it on holiday with me next week.
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#351485 - Sat May 19 2007 04:27 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
ren33 Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 12593 Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong	A wonderful book, Aramis. Truly. What am I reading? I am reading about what I should be reading! It Is a fascinating book called "501 Must Read Books" It has most interesting reviews of books of most genres, and it feeds the ego as you are bound to find a book in there that you know and love, if not two..I am really enjoying it. _________________________ Wandering aimlessly through FT since 1999.
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#351486 - Sat May 19 2007 11:05 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
stuthehistoryguy Prolific Registered: Fri Aug 20 2004 Posts: 1302 Loc: Omaha Nebraska USA	Quote: I'm about a third the way through the classic, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee. Unfortunately, as Homer Simpson once said about it, "I'm thinking of giving up on books, as I still haven't learnt anything useful about killing mockingbirds"! Seriously, it's quite good reading, and I'll be taking it on holiday with me next week. Could you do us a favor of posting on how you liked it? I've always thought of this as a quintessential American book, and am curious as to its perception by folks from elsewhere. In other words, I'd really like to know how a bright Brit would apprehend a novel in unchallenging but lucid prose about the depression-era American South. Thanks! _________________________ Peace, Stu Editor, Sports
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#351487 - Sat May 19 2007 11:12 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
spanishliz Champion Poster Registered: Thu Dec 13 2001 Posts: 23115 Loc: Ontario Canada	Just finished The Cruelest Night by Dobson, Miller and Payne, about the sinking of the liner Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic in 1945, and have now plunged headlong into Terry Pratchett's The Light Fantastic to lift my spirits!
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#351488 - Sat May 19 2007 11:38 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
garyfire Enthusiast Registered: Sun Apr 29 2007 Posts: 264 Loc: Antgonish Nova Scotia Canada	Quote: I'm about a third the way through the classic, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee. Unfortunately, as Homer Simpson once said about it, "I'm thinking of giving up on books, as I still haven't learnt anything useful about killing mockingbirds"! Seriously, it's quite good reading, and I'll be taking it on holiday with me next week. That's an amazing book. It's probably my favorite. Harper Lee is a great author. I'm reading Great Expectations right now (I know I've already posted twice about reading something in the last 3 days, but it's because I read fast), and also Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maitenance. My summer book reading has increased ten fold from last year; 7 book in the last 2 weeks...I'm on a roll _________________________ "A ray of light into a room that's remained dark for a thousand years dissolves a thousand years of darkness"
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#351489 - Sat May 19 2007 05:41 PM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
swale84 Learning the ropes... Registered: Sat May 19 2007 Posts: 1 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA	I'm currently reading a biography on Albert Einstein. The author tries to explain the scientific stuff in laymens terms, but I still don't understand it. However, is does cover alot of his personal life, which is interesting.
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#351490 - Sat May 19 2007 08:46 PM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
Lizard_Wizard Prolific Registered: Wed Apr 26 2006 Posts: 1073 Loc: New York City USA	I'm reading The Painted Bird for English class... it's so disturbing (explicitly gory) that I shudder before opening it. And I usually like to read before sleeping, during lunch, and on the subway. I know that I'll get nightmares if I read it before going to bed, lose my appetite (a rare occasion indeed) if I read during a meal, and nauseus if I read on the subway at 7:30 in the morning. Maybe I'll pick 100 Years of Solitude back up... but I don't remember much if it, since it's been on hold for at least a month. Oh well.
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#351491 - Sat May 19 2007 09:53 PM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
picqero Multiloquent Registered: Tue Dec 28 2004 Posts: 2813 Loc: Hertfordshire<br>England UK	Quote: Could you do us a favor of posting on how you liked it? I've always thought of this as a quintessential American book, and am curious as to its perception by folks from elsewhere. In other words, I'd really like to know how a bright Brit would apprehend a novel in unchallenging but lucid prose about the depression-era American South. Thanks! When I've finished reading it, I'll lend it to a bright Brit, and ask them what they think of it My wife and I are off to Poland next week for a couple of weeks holiday, including a week long sailing regatta. I'll finish 'Mockingbird' during the holiday, and let you know. It's quite easy reading so far.
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#351492 - Mon May 21 2007 06:12 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
_elbereth_ Forum Adept Registered: Tue Jun 22 2004 Posts: 129 Loc: Adelaide South Australia	My newest acquisition is 'Bodies', by Jed Mercurio. I'm a few chapters in, and I'm really into it. I like the style, it hooks you in. If you'd rather not know how a hospital operates, I'd advise you to steer clear!
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#351493 - Mon May 21 2007 06:44 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
Smurphie Participant Registered: Sat Jul 07 2001 Posts: 13 Loc: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA	Currently, and for the last while the North and South trilogy by John Jakes (am finally half-way through the third installment: Heaven and Hell). Next on my list is Septimis Heap, Book 3: Physik, and then (this summer, of course) Harry Potter 7!!! _________________________ ~Smurphie --------------- You can despair because the rosebush has thorns, or you can rejoice because the thorn-bush bears a rose.
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#351494 - Mon May 21 2007 07:24 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
Loni15 Learning the ropes... Registered: Sat May 12 2007 Posts: 2 Loc: South Australia, Australia	Bones by Kathy Reichs, and I have a Patricia Cornwall book lined up after that.
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#351495 - Mon May 21 2007 09:24 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
pjbeliever13 Explorer Registered: Sat Sep 21 2002 Posts: 79 Loc: CT, USA	Oh, Bones was excellent!! I hope you like it. I'm currently reading The Lucifer Effect, Anna Karenina, and 1984. But the main book I'm waiting for this summer is the final Harry Potter book. _________________________ ::Dreaming in Technicolor:: "Most people are subjective toward themselves and objective toward all others, frightfully objective sometimes--but the task is precisely to be objective toward oneself and subjective toward all others."
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#351496 - Mon May 21 2007 06:17 PM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
fontenilles Explorer Registered: Mon May 07 2007 Posts: 51 Loc: Fontenilles France	At the moment I'm reading "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" by Lous De Bernieres. I had been meaning to read it for years but after hearing it had been made into a film decided to start. I dislike reading books after I've seen the film. It's not a 'read in a night book'and I think it took me the first hundred pages to become hooked. I think it's well worth reading. So I'm signing out to get on with it. Robin
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#351497 - Mon May 21 2007 06:53 PM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
Lizard_Wizard Prolific Registered: Wed Apr 26 2006 Posts: 1073 Loc: New York City USA	Yikes, PJ. Anna Karenina AND something else?! Good luck with that one. I made the mistake of starting to read One Hundred Years of Solitude when Anna Karenina got boring...err, slow... and ended up dropping it completely. I think I'll pick it back up soon though. It was really good.
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#351498 - Tue May 22 2007 02:51 PM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
rogue Mainstay Registered: Sat Apr 05 2003 Posts: 664	"The Amphora Project" by William Kotzwinkle. A sci-fi fantasy dealing with immortality, a moon junkyard, insect and reptile people both beautiful and strange, and a treasure hunting spaceship captain wanted for numerous crimes. Much fun.
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#351499 - Thu May 24 2007 06:20 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
jendo2 Participant Registered: Wed Feb 21 2007 Posts: 10 Loc: Perth, WA, Australia	Those books are 'The Ellie Chronicles', sequel to the 'Tomorrow, When the War Began' series. I am on the 5th book of the series and when I finish them I want to read those 2. I believe they pick up after the war with Ellie and Homer.........is that correct? John Marsden IS impossible to put down Yes that is correct. They're as addictive as the "Tomorrow" series so happy reading.
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#351500 - Thu May 24 2007 06:52 AM Re: What are you reading at the moment?
MuggleMomUSA Participant Registered: Tue May 15 2007 Posts: 28 Loc: Maryland USA	I work in a middle school and most of what I read comes from our media center so I can recommend it(or not) to my students. Currently I am reading, I am the Cheese, by Robert Cormier. At home I just finished Time Traveler's Wife.Couldn't put it down. _________________________ "I am not worried, Harry" said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water,"I am with you." (Half-Blood Prince) Thank you J.K. Rowling for making the whole world read, especially my daughter.
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