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2/25/2004 9:37:00 AM
^ I've heard great things about that book. Superstore has it on sale right now for $11.99 (reg. $19.99), so I'm picking up a copy on my next grocery-run.
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2/25/2004 9:39:00 AM
Right now I'm reading The Novel Writer's Tool-Kit by Bob Mayer.
Excellent book on the logistics of bringing a novel from the spark of an idea in your head to the hardcover novel in a reader's hand. Highly recommend for anyone interested in writing as a career.
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2/25/2004 9:54:00 AM
So I got through the first chapter and by the 4th page I recognized that one of my favorite short stories is by the same author (by the writing style). This is promising....
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2/26/2004 2:14:00 PM
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2/26/2004 6:02:00 PM
^ I have to agree with you thus far, neither the characters nor plot has interested me enough to pick it up again since the first chapter. I will persist however, since I loved the short story by Marquez so much. arrrgh......
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2/26/2004 11:45:00 PM
The Age of Aristocracy 1688-1830 (British History class)
Year of the King by Antony Sher (Acting class--but it's actually really interesting)
The Unfinished Nation--America since 1865 (American history class)
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2/26/2004 11:50:00 PM
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2/27/2004 2:34:00 PM
^You must be a speed reader. Some of those are very fat books.
I tried speed-reading a few times, but just kept getting distracted by all my jaw-clenching. On the plus side, it does let you stay up all night to finish a book.
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2/27/2004 2:49:00 PM
on speedreading:
I've always been a speed reader (well, since I was pretty young)... but it get's me in trouble... sometimes my scanning skills are below par. I also notice that I'm bad a retaining things like character names because I've never actually pronounced them in my head, but just recognize them in the story from how the name looks. It's a problem when there are many similar names in a story.
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2/28/2004 3:05:00 PM
I am a fairly slow reader, and have considered trying speedreading to simply boost my ability to enjoy more books in my lifetime. But I never do it. Something about the skimming of words bugs me. If I was to put so much work into writing something, such as a novel, I wouldn't want people to speed read it. I try to show that courtesy to the authors of the books I read.
However, if, after reading diligently for a few chapters, I am not motivated to continue, I may start to skip. Once that begins, usually the book is doomed to be chucked, unread.
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2/28/2004 3:53:00 PM
oh a classic for me,,,,the woman in white....wilkie collins. its brilliant.
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2/28/2004 7:30:00 PM
i'm reading the virgin suicides...
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2/28/2004 7:47:00 PM
The Alchemist
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2/29/2004 4:56:00 AM
^ I have yet to read that...
The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison.
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2/29/2004 11:11:00 AM
The last don - mario puzo
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3/1/2004 8:40:00 AM
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3/2/2004 1:07:00 PM
The Bluest Eye is a very creepy book.
I read quickly too, I can't help it. I re-read everything I like, though, so I catch it all that way.
I just read Caitlin Thomas' "Life With Dylan Thomas" and loved it, although she and her co-author could have edited out a lot of repeat info. He conducted several interviews with her and then copied it out and arranged the material. I've seen this done more succesfully, but I like the rythym of conversational writing when it has been organized well.
I also love Dylan Thomas and read every biography on him I can get my hands on. I've often wondered what became of Caitlin after he died, because she went crazy when she visited him in hospital and had to be locked up for freaking out.
I'll post the co-author's name when I remember it in case anyone is interested. She was the person closest to him.
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3/3/2004 12:12:00 AM
One book I read..."I know This Much Is True" - Wally Lamb....
hard to get into..but one of the most thought provoking, self-delving books I've ever read.
Perhaps it was the time of my life I read it.
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3/3/2004 1:13:00 AM
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3/5/2004 10:48:00 PM
At the moment I am reading 'Pillars of the Earth' by Ken Follett, It is an excellent book. A pretty hard read and it is a long book but very interesting.
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3/6/2004 3:46:00 AM
the vampire armand
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