What do you read?

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Re: What do you read?

Post by Morgana » Thu Dec 08, 2005 6:23 pm

Jack London "Martin Iden"

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Re: What do you read?

Post by NordicStorm » Thu Dec 08, 2005 6:48 pm

My current reading list:
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Kennedy by Hugh Brogan
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by...can't remember the author's name
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Re: What do you read?

Post by nepi » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:24 pm

I recently read the "Formula" from Preston & Child. An awesome book! Very cool, extremly good words they used and finally I can't stop reading (I only stop when I wake up in the middle of the night with the lights on and the book in my hands)
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Re: What do you read?

Post by htcdude » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:46 pm

'Taming A Liger' by Jeff Dunn & Adam Palmer
"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."

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Re: What do you read?

Post by Just a Vampire » Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:42 am

I like the fiction ones, like "Trojan Horse" (Caballo de Troya pa los que sepan español), the DaVinci code, and JRR Tolkien. and Want to read the CS Lewis ones.
Also like the history books, but I don'r remember anyone now

And Finished "for whom the bells tolls" (maybe the last word is wrong) by Hemingway. Great book.
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Re: What do you read?

Post by Morgana » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:37 pm

P. Bright "LOST SOULS" , about vampires. :twisted: Barbara Hambly "THOSE WHO HUNT THE NIGHT" will be the next :twisted:

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Re: What do you read?

Post by Equinox » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:18 pm

Oh, right now I'm reading "If I should Die Before I wake" by Han Nolan.

It's about a jewish girl during the holocaust.
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Re: What do you read?

Post by stratobabius » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:35 pm

Can anyone recommend any books from Edgar Alan Poe or H.P. Lovecraft? I'd really appreciate it...

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Re: What do you read?

Post by MetalAngel » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:36 pm

Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä by Arto Paasilinna.
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Re: What do you read?

Post by Patricia » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:23 am

In this moment i read "Telos" from Aurelia Louise Jones.
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Re: What do you read?

Post by Warrior of Hell » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:24 am

i cannot read

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Re: What do you read?

Post by Stealth » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:41 am

I'm only reading for university right now, but I highly recommend anything by Milan Kundera, one of my favourite (ok, maybe the only one I know :lol: ). "Laughable Loves", "The Joke" and "Immortality" are very good (although Immortality was the least entertaining of the three).
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Re: What do you read?

Post by Heiserich » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:00 pm

In the moment I'm reading the classic vampire-novel: Bram Stokers Dracula. They are just beginning their hunt for the count himself...
Life can only be understood in reverse
But must be lived forwards...
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Re: What do you read?

Post by Morgana » Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:08 pm

Heiserich wrote:In the moment I'm reading the classic vampire-novel: Bram Stokers Dracula. They are just beginning their hunt for the count himself...
SEND IT TO ME!!!!! SEND IT TO ME!!!!! :P OH PLEASE SEND IT TO ME!!!!!!

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Re: What do you read?

Post by Miyuko_KDU » Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:33 pm

I am actually reading books 1 to 6 of the "Chronicles of the Immortal" by the German Fantasy author Wolfgang Hohlbein.. it's very interesting (just like the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice ^^)
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Re: What do you read?

Post by Heiserich » Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:00 pm

Morgana wrote:
Heiserich wrote:In the moment I'm reading the classic vampire-novel: Bram Stokers Dracula. They are just beginning their hunt for the count himself...
SEND IT TO ME!!!!! SEND IT TO ME!!!!! :P OH PLEASE SEND IT TO ME!!!!!!
:lol: I thought, you'd be interested in that, hehe :wink:

However, I'm reading it in the german translation, sorry. Until now, I didn't see the english original somewhere, but I'm sure you can get it at amazon or so...
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I'm losing my senses, I'm losing my senses

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Re: What do you read?

Post by Dave » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:14 pm

Warrior of Hell wrote:i cannot read

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Re: What do you read?

Post by Beast_Pete » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:39 am

I read Formal Languages. And I also have to study it, sry.
"Mikor az utolsó véred is elfolyék,
S a tested is a porba hullék,
Akkor is van még remény,
Mert a lelked továbbra is él."

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from the book, Nick's legend

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Re: What do you read?

Post by Heiserich » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:00 pm

Hmm, formal language sounds like there's not much... substance in it, right? :roll:
Life can only be understood in reverse
But must be lived forwards...
I'm losing my senses, I'm losing my senses

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Re: What do you read?

Post by stratoplayer » Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:55 pm

stratobabius wrote:Can anyone recommend any books from Edgar Alan Poe or H.P. Lovecraft? I'd really appreciate it...
I got the complete Poe works from a college in the states, poems, stories and some newspaper articles... though I can't find the editorial, but you should buy all of it at once.


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Re: What do you read?

Post by TerrinePotter » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:49 am

Gee, I am a bookworm, I will read everything that falls into my hands. I just finished Harry Potter's 6th book, I am reading the Chronicles of The Vampires by Anne Rice, which was a very nice xmas gift from a friend and I am reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer all of these in English (my native language is Portuguese). I have read some books of a brazilian author named Roberto Shinyashiki who is considered self-help and oriented to business themes but it´s very practical to daily life. Besides that, last year I read The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Zahir, The Princess' Diary serie, and Bridget Jones 1 and 2. And all the University related stuff too... :)

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Re: What do you read?

Post by Equinox » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:15 am

Morgana wrote:
Heiserich wrote:In the moment I'm reading the classic vampire-novel: Bram Stokers Dracula. They are just beginning their hunt for the count himself...
SEND IT TO ME!!!!! SEND IT TO ME!!!!! :P OH PLEASE SEND IT TO ME!!!!!!
That's an awesome book u know? I read it like...6 months ago, it made it to my top 5. And I've always thought the the doctor is the most intresting characters of them all. :)

@TerrinePotter: Does Chronicles of the Vampires by Anne Rice involves a character called Lestat? 'Cuz if so...there's a play here in NYC about that guy. And I feel rather intrested. Tell me about it.

And I hate The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, too much old English. I was reading Huckenberry Finn and I hated it. Thanks God I didn't HAD to read it. :P

Sorry, but can u tell me ur sex? 'Cuz I have no idea.

...And...I ain't reading anything at the moment. I finished reading "If I Should Die Before I Wake". By Han Nolan. Moving, really moving book...
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"Facts about Finland"

Post by Forget-me-not » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:28 am

The last book I've read was a novel of Norwegian writer Erlend Loe "Fakta om Finland" (in Russian edition it was called "The best country in the world"). Actually, Finland is not the main object of
narration, but it also contains a lot of information (frequently stereotyped) about this country.

It is interesting to know what Finns think about this book?

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Re: What do you read?

Post by Equinox » Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:51 am

Right now I'm reading 1984 By George Orwell. Fascinating. I love this concept of "negative utopia".

Highly recomended.
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Re: What do you read?

Post by MaFiaBoY » Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:10 am

Very nice indeed. As for myself, I'm reading for the fourteenth time La Nuit des Temps by René Barjavel. Best SF novel ever.
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Re: What do you read?

Post by Pikkusielu » Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:43 am

I've read some Terry Pratchett's books lately and I'd say they are marvelous. Unfortunately our library doesn't have more of his books.

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Re: What do you read?

Post by StratoFactor » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:15 am

Terry Pratchett's books, Draconlances,David & Leight Edding's books like Althalus(that was the greatest book) and Tolkiens books. Now I'm reading the unofficial epilogue of Metallica. It's my new bible or something(allthough I think that the Bible was quite boring...)
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Re: What do you read?

Post by htcdude » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:15 am

At the moment i'm up to 1 Kings in the Bible....King Solomon.
"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."

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Re: What do you read?

Post by nefertari » Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:37 pm

Just got my copy of Harry Potter- The Half-Blood Prince in Finnish. :P :oops:

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Re: What do you read?

Post by Morgana » Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:45 pm

Still Bram Stocker's Dracula :D I have no time to read it fast but I try to do it in the night... I'm speechless! :P

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