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RothRandom · 11-05-2007, 11:28 AM

Don't call me crazy. I figured not everyone reads books, so they read more articles or magazines.

I JUST bought 2 new books. "If Chins Could Kill" by Bruce Campbell and "Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture" by Trevor Kelley and Leslie Simon

Don't laugh. I haven't even gotten through Bruce's book let alone touch the guide to emo culture. Now you can laugh.

What has everyone else been reading?

Jessica · 11-05-2007, 11:33 AM

I've been reading trashy VC Andrews novels to pass the time. The last GOOD book I read was The Devil in the White City. I HIGHLY recommend it.

I'm going to go today and get the next sequel to Gone With the Wind. It's called Rhett Butler's People and hopefully it will suck less than Scarlett.

punkypower · 11-05-2007, 10:14 PM

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I've been reading trashy VC Andrews novels to pass the time. The last GOOD book I read was The Devil in the White City. I HIGHLY recommend it.

I'm going to go today and get the next sequel to Gone With the Wind. It's called Rhett Butler's People and hopefully it will suck less than Scarlett.

I love VC Andrews! I used to secretly read her books when I was a young teen. I guess Mom didn't approve because they came up missing one day. I'm trying to work on "Heaven," but with school and stuff I'm not getting too far.

Most of my books lately are text books - "Play, Development and Early Education" and "Scaffolding Children's Learning." Interesting to me, but probably not to anybody else.

Jessica · 11-05-2007, 10:37 PM

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I love VC Andrews! I used to secretly read her books when I was a young teen. I guess Mom didn't approve because they came up missing one day. I'm trying to work on "Heaven," but with school and stuff I'm not getting too far.

Most of my books lately are text books - "Play, Development and Early Education" and "Scaffolding Children's Learning." Interesting to me, but probably not to anybody else.

That's the series I just read.

I have all of them, except the one that's told from her mother's point of view.

I've had to read ECE textbooks like that before. Then I realized I didn't want to take care of kids for the rest of my life. Silly me. Look at what I'm doing now.

punkypower · 11-05-2007, 10:46 PM

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That's the series I just read.

I have all of them, except the one that's told from her mother's point of view.

I think my favorite is My Sweet Audrina and I've read most of the Flowers in the Attic series.

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I've had to read ECE textbooks like that before. Then I realized I didn't want to take care of kids for the rest of my life. Silly me. Look at what I'm doing now.

I don't take care of 'em. I just tell other people how to take care of 'em.

Jessica · 11-06-2007, 01:06 AM

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I think my favorite is My Sweet Audrina and I've read most of the Flowers in the Attic series.

I don't take care of 'em. I just tell other people how to take care of 'em.

Yeah, I liked My Sweet Audrina. It was a nice change of pace from her other stories.

And maybe you should tell Britney how to take care of her kids. That bitch needs all the help she can get.

Jessica · 12-17-2009, 02:46 PM

Reading "The Mummy" by Anne Rice right now. I needed something trash-like after wading through George Orwell's "1984". Ugh, I don't think I've ever been so bored in my life.

12-17-2009, 11:27 PM

No way! It feels doubleplusgood to strangle a Prole, baby.

Jessica · 12-20-2009, 11:38 PM

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No way! It feels doubleplusgood to strangle a Prole, baby.

Jessica · 12-27-2009, 11:39 PM

I figured I needed some stimulation, so I started reading "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie again (didn't get through it the first time).

Okay, I'm halfway through the book, and all I have to say is that I want some of whatever Rushdie was smoking when he wrote this. And he has a fatwa on his ass for this literary muddle? Seriously? Because honestly, there is so much hopping about and back and forth between the characters and some random dream world, that I get lost at times and my eyes just glaze over and I lose sight of what he was talking about. I thought this was supposed to be some damning work on Islam or something, because the Ayatollah at the time was bitching about it.

It's an interesting book, just......weirdly written.

RothRandom · 12-30-2009, 03:19 PM

I read all of the Twlight books. I don't care what you say, but I'll have to say that there are a lot of things I dislike about the 4th book.
I have all of the Sookie Stackhouse books, but never took the time to read them.

Jessica · 03-03-2010, 05:32 PM

If you have never heard of Christopher Moore, you'll be hearing about him now. Like a month or so ago, I bought his book "Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal". I laughed until I cried. It is narrated by Biff (duh), who tells of the lost years of Jesus. Between poisons, Biff's horniness, Kung Fu, Yoga, and the stupid angel known as Raziel (who becomes addicted to crappy television), I was literally rolling. This guy has a knack for storytelling. I am definitely going to be reading his other books, with such interesting titles as "The Island of the Sequined Love Nun", "You Suck", and "The Stupidest Angel" (which, of course, stars Raziel as the stupidest angel).