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Feb 3, 2008 20:47:58 GMT -5
Post by child-of-fae on Feb 3, 2008 20:47:58 GMT -5
i read the blue girl! good stuff. i HIGHLY suggest The Bloody Jack Series by L. A. Meyer. I own all of them so far. and The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray. I own them too. I devoured them all, practically. plus i'm rereading the Alex rider series b/c my littlest brother is reading them. As a "reward" for getting through the first book mostly on his own, we rented the movie for it. although my choics aren't exactly adult reading material. OH! except you simply HAVE to read Red Branch. It tells the story of Cuchullain. I -love- it. I remember hearing the stories all the time when i was little and reading a version of them was awesome. (even though Conor mac Nessa and Cuchullain were from Ulster Maebh was from Connaught, and my family from Munster. At least Munster probably had the Fianna.)
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Feb 4, 2008 8:39:17 GMT -5
Post by alba on Feb 4, 2008 8:39:17 GMT -5
It's a trilogy now? Since when! Fuck I didn't know *is upset that she didn't know there's a sequel to the first two books*
I also recommend Trainspotting, which I've only just started and is actually hard for most people to understand as it's written in Glaswegian dialect (think Still Game) but is pretty cool.
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Feb 5, 2008 11:36:25 GMT -5
Post by AndrogynousMelon on Feb 5, 2008 11:36:25 GMT -5
Oh God Trainspotting. I've seen the movie and I think I'd have problems stomaching the book.
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Feb 5, 2008 11:49:06 GMT -5
Post by misaki on Feb 5, 2008 11:49:06 GMT -5
Has anyone ever tried reading "A Clockwork Orange"? I just couldn't get my head around all that slang. Crazy stuff.
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Feb 5, 2008 14:33:57 GMT -5
Post by alba on Feb 5, 2008 14:33:57 GMT -5
I haven't seen the trainspotting film, but the book doesn't seem particularly gory (well, it is a bit, but not too bad), if that's what you mean when you say you might have difficulty stomaching it.
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Feb 6, 2008 2:49:33 GMT -5
Post by Spammich on Feb 6, 2008 2:49:33 GMT -5
Has anyone ever tried reading "A Clockwork Orange"? I just couldn't get my head around all that slang. Crazy stuff. Read the first chapter over three times, and you'll get the slang ^.^
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Feb 8, 2008 17:13:46 GMT -5
Post by misaki on Feb 8, 2008 17:13:46 GMT -5
Haha! I just about got that they were beating up an old man, and then I was like, "Ach, my brain!"
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cp
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CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!
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Feb 8, 2008 17:21:21 GMT -5
Post by cp on Feb 8, 2008 17:21:21 GMT -5
inkheart, inkspell, twilight, new moon, eclipse, the golden compass, the amber spyglass, the subtle knife, lotr, impulse, crank, the lovely bones, the spiderwick chronicles, the bar code tattoo, uglies, pretties, septimus heap, vampirates.
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Feb 9, 2008 16:10:37 GMT -5
Post by Kanna-chii on Feb 9, 2008 16:10:37 GMT -5
the books/ mangas by Kozue Amano. they're awesome.
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Feb 9, 2008 20:59:13 GMT -5
Post by vanyelashke on Feb 9, 2008 20:59:13 GMT -5
Anything fantasy by Mercedes Lackey. (As you can tell by my name. :X I absolutely love her Last Herald-Mage Trilogy.) Stephenie Meyer's books. Lord of the Flies. To Kill A Mockingbird. Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy and Farseer trilogy. I used to enjoy Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, but it drug on too long. After the sixth book I was tired of it. I also like Jennifer Roberson's Chronicles of the Cheysuli. Manga-wise: Eerie Queerie, Death Note, FMA, Demon Diary.
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Feb 10, 2008 14:15:28 GMT -5
Post by alba on Feb 10, 2008 14:15:28 GMT -5
Has anyone ever tried reading "A Clockwork Orange"? I just couldn't get my head around all that slang. Crazy stuff. What's wrong with the slang? I haven't read it, but a bunch of my friends saw the film (don't know if it has the same slang or not) and didn't seem to find it difficult to understand.
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Feb 10, 2008 15:18:59 GMT -5
Post by AndrogynousMelon on Feb 10, 2008 15:18:59 GMT -5
The film Trainspotting is very uhm....it was hard for me to watch. It's not that it was gorey. The withdrawl scene really stands out in my mind. THAT'S what I wanted to get at the library, dangit. A clockwork orange. I keep tellin myself to read it.
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Feb 10, 2008 16:56:05 GMT -5
Post by Spammich on Feb 10, 2008 16:56:05 GMT -5
The movie was really close to the book.
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Feb 15, 2008 15:41:40 GMT -5
Post by Kanna-chii on Feb 15, 2008 15:41:40 GMT -5
I should write up my manga library.... I only buy good boods unless it's yaoi and was in plastic.... GRRR!
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Feb 16, 2008 0:57:11 GMT -5
Post by Spammich on Feb 16, 2008 0:57:11 GMT -5
... I wish I could get some good boods. I have a virtual bookshelf.
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