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posted April 04, 2003 12:15 AM         

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Have you read J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings? It is too cool!

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posted April 04, 2003 10:10 AM         

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If you say so. I have to read after seeing your mouth getting so big. huh?

I'll try reading it . For now I've started reading Omen.

ANy others I should look out for? I'm curious.

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posted April 11, 2003 08:02 AM         

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The lord of the rings ROCKS! dark materials trilogy is great too.

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posted April 11, 2003 02:28 PM         

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i read the hobbit a few months ago and just started reading the LOTR series, and its sooo great. i love all the extra detail folklore and POETRY. i'll check in as a read more!

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posted April 11, 2003 10:42 PM         

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Great!!!

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posted April 12, 2003 06:08 AM         

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it is a masterpiece

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posted July 11, 2003 05:12 AM         

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But sidney sheldon is the best! I loved rage of angels.
woman power! and
tragedy
i love books that make me cry..
any recomendations?
Also another good read is men are from mars, women are from venus

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posted July 13, 2003 07:00 AM         

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welcome pink angel!

I love books that can make me cry!

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posted July 13, 2003 05:47 PM         

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Hmm... I don't think I've ever cried because of a book.

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posted August 01, 2003 04:30 AM         

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Books!!!!! I devour books (not literally, of course, but... hmmm... )

I like books by John Grisham for an unknown reason. I don't know why courtroom stories appeal to me. Maybe it's because of my mercurial mind trying to get into the heart of the matter through all the flak and stuff.

Basically I like stories with many plot twists and makes me think. That's for serious reading. For light reading, I'd go with fantasy novels. Self-help books are also nice. Also that chicken soup series books.

And, believe it or not, I haven't read ANY HP books!

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posted August 01, 2003 12:55 PM         

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Yeah I love those chicken soup books. My (american ) ant bought me a few. They're great when you're hitting low. I've got chicken soup for the teenage soul & for the surviving soul (I think ??).

*nods in agreement* I say boycott harry potter

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posted August 02, 2003 04:07 PM         

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Gooberz is crying material.

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posted August 03, 2003 03:22 PM         

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Oh man, I missed out on this string! I'm a lot like Zerep there will be times when I read like crazy and then I'll just stop for awhile. After I'm done reading a book, I just sift through passages here and there! Right now, I got a hold of Bill Cooper's book so I'm reading that, and I'm also reading Harry Potter books becuase I got to them so late. For school I read, Lord of the Flies and Catcher in the Rye. Both books were pretty good. Especially Lord of the Flies, I think I was the only person who enjoyed that book. As for the Lord of the Ring trilogy I haven't read it and I don't really intend to becuase I read the Hobbit and got really bored by the immense detail. Has anyone read Brave New World? It's okay, it's about how our future could be like, if we rely too much on technology. I mostly read estoric books like Linda's and other astrology books, I read Tarot books, and other topics alike.

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posted August 03, 2003 04:49 PM         

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*gasp*

you haven't read the Lord of the Rings? but Tolkien......is...GOD! oh the humanity

<.<

I've started it again actually.

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posted August 04, 2003 04:10 AM         

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It's come a long way since the cartoon version.

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posted August 05, 2003 04:13 AM         

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why is LOTR so good???? i've tried to read it a few times, but i too get very bored very quickly, it's too much information and not enough "plot moving along" for me. then again i have never read more than about a 100 pages
can someone explain it?

i didn't read anything untill the end of last year (well except for magazines )and now i'm going crazy, i dont like tragedies, if there is a couple in the book, i get very mad at the author if they don't end up together!lol , i love the Harry Potter books, and there were these other books.....i can't remember the name....something like "Yesterday when the WAr began" i think....it's a seven part series.....does anyone know it?? it's good i really like it.
then again right now i'll pretty much read anything.....

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posted August 06, 2003 06:06 PM         

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I like to read a lot of non-fiction. I just finished "Is Your Volkswagen a Sex Symbol?" I forget the author, but he makes a lot of interesting statements. Also, "Your Personality and How to Use It" by Geoffrey A. Dudley is ok, but it mostly explains basic concepts and never really goes into depth on any one topic. Very brief. I've been reading into a lot of Sybil Leek's astrological concepts, too. Straying away from the non-fiction category, I am reading Beowulf to prepare for my AP English class in a couple of weeks. I haven't been able to really get into it, yet.

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posted August 06, 2003 06:10 PM         

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To be completely honest, I haven't read any of the LOTR books. However, I highly recommend any books from the Redwall series!

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posted August 08, 2003 03:37 PM         

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LotR is a heroic mythological story, so if you're someone who doesn't long for adventure and tragedy, then that might explain why you wouldn't like them so much.

I used to LOVE Redwall, but I outgrew them a few years ago. But they are still very good books!

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posted August 08, 2003 04:27 PM         

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I will have to start on the LOTR series I haven't read Redwall in a few years, but I remember it was really good! I picked up Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul yesterday at the library and it is really good, i love it. Hard to put it down! I also picked up an old favorite - LG's Sun Signs
One I would like to read again is ALbert Camus's The Stranger. I read it in 8th grade and I remember I liked it, but I don't remember what it was about!

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posted August 10, 2003 08:33 PM         

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I just finished 'The Left Hand of Darkness' by Ursulla K. LeGuin. It's science fiction set on a world with only one gender. A rather novel premise, actually...

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posted August 14, 2003 01:50 PM         

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Sounds like a Star Trek Voyager episode.

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posted August 16, 2003 05:04 PM         

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A little. There's an interplanetary alliance called the Ekumen, but not so much technology like phasers, warp drives etc. And no alien races- everybody is at least superficially human.

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posted August 17, 2003 03:43 PM         

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Just one gender ? that doesnt sound like fun

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posted August 19, 2003 02:25 PM         

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