What are you reading right now?

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 11-29-2010, 08:04 PM

Mine was Flowers for Algernon. I had to read it twice for different schools. Anyone see the movie "Charly"? So awesome.

adidasss · 11-30-2010, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

In college I was assigned Henry James's "Turn of the Screw" about 5 times. I've still never finished that piece of trash.

You should see the film version, The innocents, it's brilliant, captures the eerie mood but you don't have to wade through Victorian English!

Zarko · 11-30-2010, 03:10 AM

No one else got to read 1984 during school?

Astronomer · 11-30-2010, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Zarko

No one else got to read 1984 during school?

Nope

Though I read it on my own accord during high school. All of our assigned books were shit.

~~James~~ · 11-30-2010, 06:09 AM

I got to read To Kill A Mockingbird last year for school. Reading A View From The Bridge in class atm.
Also:

Love them both SO much so far. As much to say that so far they're both 5 stars in my book.

**Janszoon** · 11-30-2010, 06:23 AM

Ursula K. Le Guin—The Lathe of Heaven
Never read anything by her before but I've been on a big sci-fi kick lately and this is supposed to be a good book. I guess we'll see.

rondo · 11-30-2010, 06:25 AM

I'm back to Jeeves and Wooster currently. Need my monthly soul enhancement and there's no better man/character than Jeeves for it!!!

Zarko · 11-30-2010, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Lateralus

Nope

Though I read it on my own accord during high school. All of our assigned books were shit.

Hmm that sucks. I was relatively happy with my reading list in school. Off the top of my head, 1984, Animal Farm, All Quiet on the Western Front, Wake In Fright, Richard III. Only one I remember hating was Fly Away Peter and having to analyse 8 Mile. Ended up wrting my final year essay on 1984 and A Clockwork Orange and their use of fictional language and it's impact on the reader or something or other.

clementine · 11-30-2010, 08:56 AM

Im reading Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman. Gaiman is a genius, I love his narrative and the stories are very witty, reminds me a bit of Roald Dahl, though his stories are quite darker than Dahl's.

adidasss · 11-30-2010, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Ursula K. Le Guin—The Lathe of Heaven
Never read anything by her before but I've been on a big sci-fi kick lately and this is supposed to be a good book. I guess we'll see.

That's a great book. Everything I've read by Le Guin has been great. 60-70s were the golden age of sci-fi.

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~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	Mine was Flowers for Algernon. I had to read it twice for different schools. Anyone see the movie "Charly"? So awesome.

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Zarko Barely Disheveled Zombie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 1,196	No one else got to read 1984 during school?

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~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	I got to read To Kill A Mockingbird last year for school. Reading A View From The Bridge in class atm. Also: Love them both SO much so far. As much to say that so far they're both 5 stars in my book.