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Post by numbmelody on Nov 21, 2005 22:03:07 GMT -5
Of those two books I've only read Fahrenheit 451, but oh, man, that's ironic. The book about censorship was banned!
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Post by usagiss on Nov 21, 2005 22:35:52 GMT -5
Has anyone read Go Ask Alice its a really good book.
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Post by blueknight on Nov 21, 2005 23:16:43 GMT -5
Of those two books I've only read Fahrenheit 451, but oh, man, that's ironic. The book about censorship was banned! That's unusual. I would never have guessed.that a book about cencorship would be banned.
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Post by Betty Ann on Nov 23, 2005 19:10:37 GMT -5
I haven't read any good books lately. I like to read books for more mature ages and when I do find one, people stop me and force down a book about a spoiled, whiny teenager. Even my school does this. I guess I have to wait until High School to read the more mature books. Are you in Middle School? You might want to try out Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles books. I read those in Middle School and I loved them!! They're a little more mature, but I don't think they're too much for someone in Middle School. When I was in Middle School, I also read things like John Grisham and stuff like the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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Post by Mac Dragard on Nov 26, 2005 1:45:21 GMT -5
I think she's refering to books they MAKE you read like in English class. But yeah, the books do get better in High School, seeing as you focus more on classics rather than stupid whiny teenager crap. I hated what we had to read in Elementary/Middle school. I remember this stupid book called Hatchet about this kid from Canada who gets lost in the wilderness. Boring and lame.
Anyways, like I said, I don't read as many books as anyone else, but over the summer I read a book called "Who Were The Celts", which was a great book about the history of the Ancient Celts that dates back all the way to 1000 BC. I also read Beowulf, which is a MUST read for those of you who are into stories like Lord of the Rings. Right now I'm trying to read The Bible. I have to start over because I was originally reading the King James Version, but I found out that the KJV is like the worst version of the Bible out there and isn't approved by the Roman Catholic Church (Historians have found 35,000 errors in the KJV). So I got myself a Catholic Bible, which is the American Bible with a lot of answers to questions Catholics frequently ask.
I may start reading the Harry Potter books soon. I'm really into fantasy, but the problem with most fantasy books is that they're usually written by some computer nerd who plays Dungeons & Dragons all day and sucks ass at writing or being creative. If anyone knows of any real good ones though, let me know. I'd be into fantasy books that have epic battles, pixies/faries, and/or dark elves.
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Post by SeraFirefly on Nov 26, 2005 1:54:40 GMT -5
It's my school and sometimes even the public library that procrastinates my liking of books. I had to read Hatchet last year also. That was about a 4 hours wasted from my life. My older brothers do have good books that I would love to read like To Kill A Mocking Bird, The Scarlett Letter, some Shakespeare plays, and others, but they never let me get near their stuff.
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Post by Mac Dragard on Nov 26, 2005 1:58:45 GMT -5
I can't read Shakespere without some sort of guide. He's the one author who makes up a bunch of words and jumbles them together. It's crazy.
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Post by blueknight on Nov 26, 2005 2:10:17 GMT -5
I never read Hatchet before. Ido remember readin some book in middle school called The Day No Pigs Would Die. I don't entirely remember what it was about though.
I have the King James Version of the Bible. I hope I can get the Catholic version though.
For Fantasy books I'd recomend Dinotopia and Dinotopia Lost. The original Dinotopia is a lot smaller than Dinotopia Lost. It is more in the form of a diary but the artwork is stunning. James Gurney, the author wrote a sequel to the book as well. I believe he painted the pictures in the book too. Dinotopia Lost is by a different author and it has no pictures but still a good storyline. Also, no, the books aren't written by computer geeks who like Dungeons and Dragons.
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Post by arwentheelf02 on Nov 28, 2005 17:13:24 GMT -5
I can't read Shakespere without some sort of guide. He's the one author who makes up a bunch of words and jumbles them together. It's crazy. Woo! Huge Shakespeare fan! Right here! *does dance* I can read the Bard without a guide, but I think it helps enrich the experience. It shows you his word choice and how he bends language.
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Post by blueknight on Nov 28, 2005 22:01:48 GMT -5
I can't read Shakespere without some sort of guide. He's the one author who makes up a bunch of words and jumbles them together. It's crazy. If you think Shakespear is bad ypu should read some of Nostradamus' Quatrains. Now there's a guy who makes abunch of words up and jumbles them together. With one step extra, he uses latin, anagrams and whole bunches of other stuff.
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Post by Mac Dragard on Nov 29, 2005 2:20:10 GMT -5
Someone told me today that a series called "The Wheel of Time" is really good.
Anyways, I'm almost finished with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It's pretty good.
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Post by blueknight on Nov 29, 2005 6:36:18 GMT -5
I don't think I have heard of The Wheel of Time before. It does sound interesting though.
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Post by numbmelody on Nov 30, 2005 18:47:48 GMT -5
Has anyone ever read anything by Diana Wynne Jones? I love her. Right now I'm reading Howl's Moving Castle.
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Post by blueknight on Nov 30, 2005 21:23:51 GMT -5
Howl's Moving Castle sounds familiar. Wasn't it made into a movie?
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Post by Betty Ann on Nov 30, 2005 21:49:17 GMT -5
I can't read Shakespere without some sort of guide. He's the one author who makes up a bunch of words and jumbles them together. It's crazy. Um, yes, he made up words, but the words are now PART OF OUR LANGUAGE. So what is the big deal about him having made up words, when they are COMMON words to us? Some of the made up words include: champion, birthplace, premeditated, obscene, lonely, gossip, worthless, generous, rant, advertising, amazement, lower, bedroom, luggage, submerge... and the list just goes on and on!!! He also jumbled up words, making some of our MOST OFTEN USED PHRASES, such as: tongue-tied vanished into thin air in a pickle for goodness' sake give the devil his due be that as it may too much of a good thing
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